Comments on: Big Thoughts, Part I http://blog.dickharper.com/2008/02/18/big-thoughts-part-i/ Most excellent shines and whines Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dick http://blog.dickharper.com/2008/02/18/big-thoughts-part-i/#comment-5 Dick Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:06:36 +0000 http://blog.dickharper.com/2008/02/18/big-thoughts-part-i/#comment-5 Does this country really need a grand invention? gekko asked. Now more than ever. The President could indeed enable it as Jack Kennedy did when he said "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" and then prodded Congress into appropriating the money. The grand explorations of history have indeed been underwritten by governments. The grand work of history has been done by men. The President has the greatest bully pulpit known. A president can and should ignite the passion for mens and wimmens to go back to the Moon. Does this country really need a grand invention? gekko asked.

Now more than ever.

The President could indeed enable it as Jack Kennedy did when he said “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth” and then prodded Congress into appropriating the money.

The grand explorations of history have indeed been underwritten by governments.

The grand work of history has been done by men.

The President has the greatest bully pulpit known. A president can and should ignite the passion for mens and wimmens to go back to the Moon.

]]> By: gekko http://blog.dickharper.com/2008/02/18/big-thoughts-part-i/#comment-4 gekko Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:54:28 +0000 http://blog.dickharper.com/2008/02/18/big-thoughts-part-i/#comment-4 Does this country really need a grand invention? And is it a President who needs to enable it? I had always figured a President and a Congress and a Court needed to keep the wheels of the nation turning smoothly, and then the peeps in the nation can do the grand inventioneering. When you have the necessity for a President to enable an invention, then you have, sadly, more socialism than capitalism. Does this country really need a grand invention? And is it a President who needs to enable it? I had always figured a President and a Congress and a Court needed to keep the wheels of the nation turning smoothly, and then the peeps in the nation can do the grand inventioneering. When you have the necessity for a President to enable an invention, then you have, sadly, more socialism than capitalism.

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