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In a telling post today one of America’s foremost conservative commentators, Michelle Malkin, has a two-thought article leading her site. Essentially it says Ted Kennedy is dead, please wait until the body is cold before kicking the almighty crap out of him.
As someone who has always been more interested in watching the bile spilling from dogmatic ideologues than actually agreeing with anything they have to say, I find this fair enough. Kennedy haters are champing at the bit. The last of the Commie-loving, big-spending brothers is dead.
But watch out. I’m about to use an –ism. It must be a red letter day.
The moon landing captured the world’s collective imagination in a way that has been unparalleled either before or since.
This is part of the the newly digitally-enhanced NASA footage of the landing:
Humanity’s will to discover has been the engine room of progress and Neil Armstrong’s steps on the moon are perhaps humanity’s greatest achievement of discovery and a most magnificent triumph of the will.
It was an achievement born of one President’s declaration combined with seven years of political will to realise it.
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Payton L. Inkletter says:
The real conspiracy that needs to be exposed is how the Yanks covered up Australia’s moon landing the day before they got there. Nevertheless Richard, the Aussie flag still ‘flies’ in the Sea of Teabilly, as these photos prove with a google web search: ‘CAPE YORK Australia’s secret weapon in… Read more »
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Razor says:
Those who are unaware of Australia’s fledgling space industry would be astounded by the scale of the launch facilties that now lie in ruins at Woomera. Read more »
Australians want their politicians to be “in touch”. They want us to listen.
Adapting to new technologies is critically important for politicians. In the 1960s, successful politicians had to embrace the new medium of television.
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In the US, John F Kennedy understood the immense power of communicating directly into people’s living rooms
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Bill Rutherford says:
Hey, what’s the deal with Mike Rann blocking everyone on Twitter, who criticizes or disagrees with his Govt’s policies? Interesting that he is still happy to follow porn sites and scams. Wouldn’t you think, with all the negative publicity that he has received , he would have blocked all those… Read more »
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