tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804096900155479142.post9021181533020506338..comments2023-11-16T13:29:33.994-05:00Comments on Blue in the Bluegrass: Earthrise: The Picture That Changed the WorldYellow Doghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15340604354589650030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804096900155479142.post-90028569944489342352008-12-26T06:20:00.000-05:002008-12-26T06:20:00.000-05:00It is very disappointing to see such pessimism on ...It is very disappointing to see such pessimism on your part. If, as you claim, we are hopelessly trapped in the nightmarish liberal "nanny state" you portray, how do you explain our abundant entrepreneurial spirit? If you study our history, you will see that, time and again, the American people have been stymied - temporarily - by great obstacles in our path, yet we have ALWAYS prevailed in the Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804096900155479142.post-12147482752088675792008-12-25T00:24:00.000-05:002008-12-25T00:24:00.000-05:00Seems like just the opposite is true. We have beco...Seems like just the opposite is true. We have become a timid, fearful nation beset with people who want big government to take all the risk out of life. The WWII war effort you speak of would be utterly impossible today. OSHA, unions, ACLU, trial lawyers, EPA, zoning laws, political activists, etc would make such a dramatic mobilization absolutely impossible. We will never even build another solarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142631086947541154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7804096900155479142.post-17555680738753657112008-12-24T20:37:00.000-05:002008-12-24T20:37:00.000-05:00Our fabulous achievement in sending astronauts to ...Our fabulous achievement in sending astronauts to the moon and back in less than a full decade after we first undertook the mission should not only stand as a source of great wonder and pride. It should also remind and inspire us that we can achieve great things as a nation. The Great Depression? We overcame that in a little over a decade. World War II? We went from a small armed forces to the Jack Jodellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165430903903838990noreply@blogger.com