Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Walt Johnson wrote: > Having made it through Louisiana on the tail end of Katrina it's hard to > forget the devastation wrought by the storm. Unfortunately, finding > fault with spending 700 million dollars to explore the Universe seems > misguided. > > Perhaps Dick Cheney's former employers (Halliburton) could spare a > little loose change from the billions in tax dollars they've made in > Iraq? I understand they are doing quite well. > > In defense of space exploration, if we don'tfind a new home for > mankind before Earth is completely ruined,what then? Maybe a tent in > some remote place like Mississippi would look quite inviting. > > Walt > > > SonC@aol.com wrote: > >> It blows me >> >> >>> away that people are living in tents down here when last week a >>> $700 >> >> million >> >> >>> space probe launched last week toward Pluto (or one of those planets). >>> >>> Lee England >>> Natchez, Mississippi >>> USA >>> >> >> >> And furthermore everyone has forgotten Rita... >> >> "Rita treated Cameron and other towns the same way Katrina treated >> New Orleans and Chalmette. Rita's aftermath has been largely >> forgotten because the destruction happened in little-known southwest >> Louisiana, not tourist magnet New Orleans. Plus, Lake Charles' >> streets weren't littered with corpses. Looters didn't help >> themselves to shotguns and TVs from Wal-Mart." >> >> more here: >> http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=4365626 >> >> >> Regards, Sonny >> http://www.sonc.com >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >> ?galit?, libert?, crawfish >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> > > > > >