Re: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!

[Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 10:16:42PM -0500, Robbie Wells wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Self" <jocknerd@mac.com>
> To: <twuug@twuug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 8:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [twuug] Space Shuttle Columbia blows up on reentry!
> 
> 
> >
> > On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 07:08 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, Feb 01, 2003 at 01:19:33PM -0500, James wrote:
> > >
> > >> I sure wish I could withdraw my support of NASA. Unfortunately this is
> > >> impossible because NASA is hugely subsidized by the taxes extorted
> > >> from me.
> > >
> > > We pay less for NASA than the cost of a single squadron of B2 bombers.
> > > NASA is about research, and that means failure.  It's funding needs to
> > > be increased.
> > >
> >
> > Expect funding for NASA to go down in the future. Bush has already
> > announced he wants to increase defense spending another 4%.
>
> Extorted huh? Yeah guess your right, I mean who wants to pay for the nice
> roads, schools and police force that we have. What about all those other
> cute government programs? Like national defense and junk. Lets all stop
> paying taxes and just let the country sink into oblivion.

Now that this message is no longer top-posted, can you see how your
reply doesn't make sense?

You replied to Jeff as if he were the one talking about extortion.

Some of you guys top-posting are ruining the threads because you are
replying out of context.  If you must top-post, at least give us some
idea which message it is you are replying to.


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