Thank Goodness someone finally said this.
Was so annoyed.
Sputnik got CREAMED by us.....are Americans so damned stupid now, they don't realize this??
The use of Sputnik IMO was Obama inferring we are getting our butts handed to us by China and other developing nations. And, as Sputnik was answered with a massive government spending program we called NASA, so must the current threat be met with - you guessed it - a massive government spending program. We can all it:
Special Highspeed Intraontinental Train.
Obama is an idiot.
Failing economy.
Crushing unemployment.
Surging inflation.
A world in chaos.
And the child king is talking about Sputnik? What!?
Like an idiot who just learned a ‘new word’ and can’t wait to use it, he empiriously throws it out there with exaggerated meaningfulness and pompousity which no one but he understands.(maybe) Meanwhile, the world listening to this tripe is left collectively scratching their heads.
The only thing consistent about Obama is that he never fails to fail and disappoint.
His Presidency is a High Speed Trainwreck!
Pray for America
Have to disagree. America did have a “Sputnik moment” in 1957 and the response was an increased emphasis and math and science education and space exploration.
But to try and drag that out and declare another Sputnik moment in 2011 is fairly ridiculous. Nothing remotely comparable is happening today. If some other nation puts a man on Mars, then that would be a new Sputnik moment.
What else would a good socialist, commie leaning president refer to in a state of the union message but “a sputnik moment?” In reality, to the soviet union the sputnik was their highpoint.
I hope Obama has a “Carter Moment” - that he gets voted out and replaced with a Reagan.
Have to disagree as well...I’m an American and I had a Sputnik moment just the other day after downing 2 Taco Bell seven layer near-beef burritos. At least is sounded like sputnik anyway.
Get back to me on that when someone actually reaches ignition, Schmitt.