There must be something wrong with my programming. Somebody please fix me.
I support his policy in Afghanistan. (Not a popular policy on DKos)
I support troop withdrawals from Iraq. (I thought he did.)
I support repeal of DADT. (I hope he does.)
I support marriage equality for ALL Americans including GLBT Americans. (Equal protection under the law, isn't that in the Constitution?)
I support single payer healthcare (Shouldn't that have been our starting point and then the public option be the compromise?)
I support open and transparent government. (But I really don't give a damn about who sleeps with who)
I support the TARP funds. (Rescuing our financial institutions kept us out the abyss, no matter how pissed off I am about it)
I support financial banking reform and a consumer protection agency. (Hell, I still can't understand the rules behind debit card transactions and how my bank charges transaction and overdraft fees. All I know is that their practices can get pretty outrageous and they don't give a shit if you go hungry.)
I support the rescue of the auto industry.(Buy American right? Especially since Toyotas aren't worth jack these days. I drive 19 year Honda with 250,000 miles on it. Go figure.)
I support President Obama's right to be a father and to spend time with his daughters even if it means taking time away national matters. (I'm a dad. I want to spend time with my kids.)
I support his budget proposals increasing funding for basic science research and development across a wide spectrum of industries from genetics to climate science. (I come from a science and engineering background. It's bread and butter)
I support environmental conservation and protection. (I just don't enjoy driving by a paper mill and seeing all that toxic runoff in the river. It is just disturbing)
I support climate change legislation aimed at curbing carbon emissions. (Cap and trade is long overdue, can anyone remember the Kyoto Protocols?)
I support investment in green technologies. (Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!)
I support the jobs bill. (Again: Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!)
I support the Obamas having stargazing parties out on the White House lawn. (Hey! I love astronomy! I just couldn't resist!)
So the one issue I do not support? Can you take a guess? Some of you know. For the rest take a peek here. YEAH! I don't support his new NASA proposal to cut the Constellation program. I thought this would be a pretty safe one to disagree with him on. I mean Constellation had bipartisan backing. Every single Democrat who spoke at the hearings last week expressed skepticism or outright opposition to cancelling the program, even Rep. Donna Edwards for crying out loud. (You gotta see the part of the hearing where she corrects Rep. Dana Rohrbacher, it was hilarious!) I am sorry I just don't buy the premise that private commercial companies are going to be so much more cost effective in providing NASA with human spaceflights to LEO and beyond. What will happen, is that us taxpayers will lose more ability to provide oversight and management on how our tax dollars are being spent in the space program. Some executive is going to buy some really nice expensive furniture for his office with taxpayer money. Not that the stuff doesn't already go on in the defense industry. But why spread the pain?!
BUT NO! Apparently I am just a complete dumbass. I don't understand anything about the space program. I don't understand how government works. I completly wrongheaded in my support for Constellation. I am retro. I am backwards. I am spreading misinformation. I mean did you know that President Obama was increasing NASA's budget over $100 billion dollars over the next 5 years according to one comment? (Uh no. That was somebody's writing error in TIME online magazine, incidentally the same magazine that picked Ares 1 to the 2009 Invention of the Year. NASA is not getting a 100 billion dollar budget increase over the next five years.)
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My record is broken. Oh wait, my CD is broken. Oh wait, by digital voice recorder is broken.
Oh, will somebody just fix me! Dammit!
THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY! Sigh.
Note: Nope, no pictures. Just one link. Just me ranting. Getting it all out before my wonderful weekend with the kids. Cheers!