[DWPittelli]

Assuming the two simple facts are true (reformulations due to freon and asbestos), as seems probable, how is it that no "mainstream" sites have this story? Can we get it on to Drudge or Rush Limbaugh, from which they might get picked up? Or is the press too biased to think that this is a worthy story, even if true?

[Support Free Republic]

How about the new highway named for Clinton in his home stste of Arkansas? It's a little crooked, and has a long yellow streak down the center. Be careful if you drive on it, it's a little slick.

Manufacturers announced today that they will be stocking America's shelves this week with "Clinton Soup, to honor one of the nation's most distingushed men". It consists primariy of a weenie in hot water.

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[ntnychik]

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[mtbopfuyn]

I don't agree. The environmentalists didn't tell NASA which O ring putty to use. It was NASA's decision to go with that particular type of new putty. Surely there are more than 2 types of putty - old or new. They knew it would crumble in a glass of ice water but they used it anyway. It's NASA's responsibility to develop products/equipment to the shuttle's unique requirements. Same for the foam.

[Pontiac]

Had 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore had his way, Columbia's last mission would have carried a spacecraft called Triana into space. Triana was meant to beam continuous images, via the Internet, of a very small Earth as seen from a point between the Earth and the Sun. The idea was to convey the message of how small and fragile the Earth is, and consequently how small man is, compared to the vastness of space.

What a huge waste of taxpayer’s money and even greater waste of scarce shuttle space this would have been.

This is truly typical of the Clintoon/Gore philosophy of government; style over substance, no cost is to great, it’s the message stupid.

[tophat9000]

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[anymouse]

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