[cripplecreek]

Folks like your brother are the folks that we are going to need if we are going to get anything done in this country.

Agreed but we're going to need hands on people too. Despite our ideological differences, he and I do agree that we should be much further ahead in space technology. I've been leaning on him to talk to the folks who want to get into asteroid mining.

Actually it was the incident with the car that convinced him that America's future in space won't always belong to a handful of cross trained PhD s. True success in space will require PhD s and wrench turners.

[JCBreckenridge]

I agree wholeheartedly. I’m a teacher. I don’t have many conservative allies, so I’m constantly on the lookout for fresh recruits. It bothers me when I see conservatives talking down education - because it can be done right, and if we aren’t ‘doing it right’, then we are conceding large swathes of the battlefield to liberals.

Why aren’t there conservative curriculum developers? Is that just not something we do? It’s a problem.

I’m glad you were able to convince your brother that lesson, it’s an important one. Education just isn’t the degree. Competency is the most important part.