check out the spin in this AP headline (Milwaukee Journal January 9 2004)

[progressiverealist]

"President Bush is planning a science base for astronauts on the moon and, in what would be an even greater leap for mankind, human voyages to Mars, officials said."


Now *'s ideas aren't just good, they're "great leaps for mankind."

[wtmusic]

1. Yeah--and they're 10 years down the road

and * cut funding to NASA.

This headline in my local rag: "Bush: Send Men to Mars, Moon".

This spin is nauseating--email them and let them know how you feel. Time to fight back.

[Military Brat]

2. I think it's a takeoff on the original quote of Neil Armstrong

"One small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind."

Or something like that ...

The only leap I want bush to take is -- uh-oh, someone in black at my door. Gotta go!

[JHB]

6. Yeah, my take too: overacheiving headline-writing...

...more than political commentary.

[KC21304]

3. I guess we will need a place to go after he makes this planet

completely uninhabitable.

[loudnclear]

4. And the benefit to mankind from the first moonwalk was....?

And our country is better off because....
And democracy is spread by...
And terrorism is defeated through...
I just wish some "martian" would grab that equipment and hurl it into space!

[Gin]

5. they plan on weaponizing space...a base there to do the job would

fit in with the PNAC plans.