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Todd Epp: Hildebrand ?is kind of behind some of this"South Dakota liberal blogger Todd Epp conceded the obvious last weekend when he told Robert Novak that former/current Daschle campaign manager Steve Hildebrand (who is still being paid by Daschle) was orchestrating the blog attacks on Senator Thune. Novak said:The...NASA Out of Space, Again! Free-enterprise starts Spaceflight Project
I'm A Hard-Line Conservative, You're A Hard-Line Conservative...Interesting juxtaposition of spaceflight-related stories here. Private enterprise vs. government bureaucracy?
NASA to Ground Shuttle Program Over Foam Debris
More trouble with the fuel tank foam has caused the grounding of the shuttle fleet (again), pending some resolution of the problem. They KNOW how to fix it...but...when they changed the foam due to new environmental requirements, they started having trouble with it. 'nuff said. In this decadant age bureaucracy trumps good engineering every time.
Richard Branson and Burt Rutan Form Spacecraft Building Company
British entrepreneur, Sir Richard Branson, has teamed up with aerospace designer, Burt Rutan of Scaled Composites to form a new aerospace production company. The new firm will build a fleet of commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft. Called The Spaceship Company, the new entity will manufacture launch aircraft, various spacecraft and support equipment and market those products to spaceliner operators. Clients include launch customer, Virgin Galactic?formed by Branson to handle space tourist flights.These guys will do it themselves, do it right, and make money at the same time!
If NASA is to maintain any credibility, they had better get off their keisters and get going on building something a bit more state-of-the-art than the 50-year old shuttle technology.
Why do I get the impression that the New York Times would characterize any organization that isn't part of the MoveOn/Soros wing of the Democratic party as "an organization of hard-line conservatives"?...My Point Entirely
Mr. Clean Cut Kid directs us to this Quinnipiac University survey showing that by a 61-31 margin Americans support upholding Roe v. Wade. I guess Chad isn't reading this site too closely, because just a few days ago I anticipated...A Literal Slap on the Wrist
So-called "Millenium Bomber" Ahmed Ressam, the man who was arrested with explosives on his way to try to blow up Los Angeles International Airport, was sentenced to a mere 22-years in prison. So I guess we're not really taking this...PBS on Gun Bill
The bill banning gun companies from dumb lawsuits finally passed the Senate yesterday. Here's an exchange from the News Hour on PBS which discusses Tom Daschle and what happened to the last bill:MARK SHIELDS: The votes were there, Jim. I...
South Dakota Blogs
You Can Believe As Much of THIS as You Want To!Death of an Innocent
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Numbskullery, Another Look
CCK is a liar
Daschle & the Pro-Israel PACs
Please, Please, Please
The truth about America?s founding
Japanese Androids
Petty McCarthyism On the Left
Brit MSM Reporter Member of Terror Group
Anonymity In the South Dakota Blogosphere
Thune getting it done
Thune against Kelo land stealing
Dems values does not include forgiveness
No Rational Policy without Just Compensation
Brits Doing It Right
As If George Washington Waged War On the Citizenry
A Very Satisfying Headline
Schuldt can?t even be honest about the time
American Blogs
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University Rebukes Gay-Bashing Muslim Employee
Dean's PJ Post
Don't look back in anger
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Oriana Fallaci: The Enemy We Treat Like a Friend
Pro-Freedom, Anti-Terror
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Polygamy no fun, admits Ethiopian
Rep. Ed Royce on North Korea
Paging Thomas Barnett
Seuss on Japan
Women running for their lives in Afghanistan elections
Doing It Right
South Dakota Mainstream Media
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Law enforcement career woos teen
Love fest continues
Wildfires and bikers
Framers want more time
Officials studying abortion
Wal-Mart site spoken for
American Mainstream Media
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CAFTA: Big Sugar, Big Lies
World Leaders Gather for Fahd Funeral
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Long Day for Candidates in Detroit Mayoral Primary
On Campus, Only Some Free Speech Protected
Mariners Pitcher Ryan Franklin Suspended
British Mainstream Media
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Record Drink-Drive Dinner Lady Jailed
Blair Will Quit Commons - Agent
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