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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:20 PM Jan 2012

Gingrich vows to establish permanent base on moon by 2020, says little about paying for it

COCOA, Fla. — Newt Gingrich is promising to establish a permanent base on the moon by 2020 if he’s elected president.

Gingrich, the former House speaker, told an overflow crowd gathered on Florida’s space coast Wednesday that he wants to develop a robust commercial space industry in line with the airline boom of the 1930s. He also wants to expand exploration of Mars.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/gingrich-vows-to-establish-permanent-base-on-moon-by-2020-says-little-about-paying-for-it/2012/01/25/gIQAlPBLRQ_story.html

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Gingrich vows to establish permanent base on moon by 2020, says little about paying for it (Original Post) icymist Jan 2012 OP
Noot is a fruitcake. Send him to the Moon... lumpy Jan 2012 #1
He'd probably like that... 3waygeek Jan 2012 #2
Why punish the moon? Isnt Newt trying to destroy one world enough? cstanleytech Jan 2012 #29
Only thing, where will the money come from? nanabugg Jan 2012 #3
From the peons who R idiot enough to vote for him, of course... Amonester Jan 2012 #20
For what purpose, Newt? HuckleB Jan 2012 #4
He wants to send Martin Landau and Barbara Bain up there... Joe Bacon Jan 2012 #26
That's the Tories' plan for dealing with global climate change. nt patrice Jan 2012 #5
Moon says "No thanks Newt" FailureToCommunicate Jan 2012 #6
Hey, love it.. lumpy Jan 2012 #8
Maybe he's trying to appeal to the Moonies. qb Jan 2012 #7
We'd be on Mars by now were it not for your party's Budget Hawk BS. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #9
Republicans. Budget hawks. tabasco Jan 2012 #12
. chrisa Jan 2012 #10
Send that motherfucker and don't bring him back tabasco Jan 2012 #11
I bet Mrs. Gingrich IV is waiting for him now. She just put liner on her giant eyeball. Happyhippychick Jan 2012 #13
"...a permanent base on the moon..." unkachuck Jan 2012 #14
LOL! lunatica Jan 2012 #30
Not exactly the typical family vacation destination, but, hey, lindysalsagal Jan 2012 #15
Don't forget Newt's old district caraher Jan 2012 #16
Fucking moonpie eat'n, moon-faced look'n, ignoranus. Can we rocket your fat ass there and plant you lonestarnot Jan 2012 #17
Speaker Moonbeam.... yellowcanine Jan 2012 #18
Ok Newt Skywalker, you're not fooling anyone. These INTERNATIONAL plans have been in the works for truthisfreedom Jan 2012 #19
If we can send a man to the moon AnnieBW Jan 2012 #21
Wants to take imperialism to a new level. DLine Jan 2012 #22
Mittens Also Said that he wants to make space a priority AnnieBW Jan 2012 #23
He wants to find the Ferengi JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2012 #34
"And everyone gets a pony." nt bemildred Jan 2012 #24
How about we fix the roads here first... tinrobot Jan 2012 #25
fine with me if he stays there. diane in sf Jan 2012 #27
Noot can promise anything he wants - he knows he is going to lose PuffedMica Jan 2012 #28
As long as he is on the moon ship with no plans to return.... MarkCharles Jan 2012 #31
I'm all for it, AND for the kind of government and economy that makes it do-able... JHB Jan 2012 #32
Who do you think is going to pay for it? Grandma. Vinca Jan 2012 #33
EASY! Tax cuts for the rich will pay for it. They solve ALL financial problems. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #35
 

nanabugg

(2,198 posts)
3. Only thing, where will the money come from?
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:23 PM
Jan 2012

If people can't make it here on earth, what the hell are they going to do on the moon?

Amonester

(11,541 posts)
20. From the peons who R idiot enough to vote for him, of course...
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:52 PM
Jan 2012

And all their other victims as well, plus their offspring down to their grandchildren, of course...

I would go as far as to bet $10K it would not be the RomNAYs Royals. (cash)

Joe Bacon

(5,163 posts)
26. He wants to send Martin Landau and Barbara Bain up there...
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 12:37 AM
Jan 2012

Remember what happened the last time they went to the Moon, Newt?



Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
9. We'd be on Mars by now were it not for your party's Budget Hawk BS.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:29 PM
Jan 2012

And we would have the Superconducting Supercollider, too.

 

tabasco

(22,974 posts)
12. Republicans. Budget hawks.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 09:37 PM
Jan 2012

[font size =72]LOL![/font]

They drain the treasury on wars and corporate welfare but won't spare a dime for exploration.

 

unkachuck

(6,295 posts)
14. "...a permanent base on the moon..."
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:22 PM
Jan 2012

....we couldn't afford to put a permanent base in Toledo....but I still love that old fat fascist....

....he and his visions appear suddenly, then proceed to attack your senses like the morning after a bag of Sliders....I think we should explore Jupiter....

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
30. LOL!
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 07:28 AM
Jan 2012

He has a very mysterious mind. Not even he knows what it contains or what it will expel. It makes his life an adventure.

lindysalsagal

(20,433 posts)
15. Not exactly the typical family vacation destination, but, hey,
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:29 PM
Jan 2012

why go to Paris when you can visit giant, cold, airless craters?

We just don't deserve Newt. We really don't.

caraher

(6,276 posts)
16. Don't forget Newt's old district
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:37 PM
Jan 2012

He was the congressman representing some of the biggest military and aerospace interests in the nation; it's home to major operations for what is now Lockheed Martin. Shoveling government dollars in the direction of people who make big rockets is an old mission for Newt.

 

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)
17. Fucking moonpie eat'n, moon-faced look'n, ignoranus. Can we rocket your fat ass there and plant you
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:47 PM
Jan 2012

permanent base you money wasting thief of a pig?

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
19. Ok Newt Skywalker, you're not fooling anyone. These INTERNATIONAL plans have been in the works for
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 11:37 PM
Jan 2012

many years. You're jumping on this bandwagon like you invented space travel. What a newtwit.

tinrobot

(10,848 posts)
25. How about we fix the roads here first...
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 12:26 AM
Jan 2012

If our infrastructure keeps deteriorating, it'll be easier to go to the moon than drive across the country.

PuffedMica

(1,061 posts)
28. Noot can promise anything he wants - he knows he is going to lose
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 06:45 AM
Jan 2012

Gingrich will never have to come through on any promise he makes; Gingrich will never win election.

 

MarkCharles

(2,261 posts)
31. As long as he is on the moon ship with no plans to return....
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 07:43 AM
Jan 2012

I'm all for it! Let's send him this year!

JHB

(37,128 posts)
32. I'm all for it, AND for the kind of government and economy that makes it do-able...
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 08:17 AM
Jan 2012

...strong regulation of the financial sector, high marginal taxes, higher capital gains taxes, fewer legalized means of dodging corporate (and personal) taxes, and generally encouraging the making of money by investing in people, innovation, and production, not by speculation and the liquidation and channeling of pools of wealth that someone else built up into the pockets of a few well-connected wheeler-dealers.

You know, kind of like what we had at the time of the Apollo program, during the Cold War. What today's Republicans call "socialism".

Frankly, I think a robust space industry has many potential benefits, and one that is often overlooked but is not politically insignificant is that it provides a way to channel the sort of engineering, heavy manufacturing, and research that is usually reserved for the Pentagon into less violent products.

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