The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
The best explanation for government I've ever gave was a NASA illustration oh how things get done. I asked the class "If NASA launches are from Cape Canaveral in Florida, why is mission control in Huston, Texas?" I get a lot of blank stares in reply. "Because the president was from Texas, and he was bring home the bacon; he'd nix the program if a lot of spending wasn't in his home state." The following discussion illuminated a lot of things, and that light caused a lot of much-needed disillusionment.
British version of Top Gear did a segment on the new experimental rover. It was also quite humorous.
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ReplyDeleteThe best explanation for government I've ever gave was a NASA illustration oh how things get done. I asked the class "If NASA launches are from Cape Canaveral in Florida, why is mission control in Huston, Texas?" I get a lot of blank stares in reply. "Because the president was from Texas, and he was bring home the bacon; he'd nix the program if a lot of spending wasn't in his home state." The following discussion illuminated a lot of things, and that light caused a lot of much-needed disillusionment.
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