"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Braying Barnyard Ass
Submitted by DP_Thinker on Wed, 2012-09-26 00:00
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As Thomas Jefferson said in the Declaration of Independence, the only purpose of government is to secure the rights of the people and space exploration does nothing to further that purpose.
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Well, Jefferson was being naive about that. Of course government never has and never will give a rip about "rights".