Posted by: Félix E. F. Larocca, MD | Aug 25, 2012 10:09:57 PM
I remember the moon landing very well. Had there been no return for the astronauts -- and I recall the anxiety there would be none -- I would have found this very moving.
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What a piece of crap...
Posted by: Félix E. F. Larocca, MD | Aug 25, 2012 10:09:57 PM
I remember the moon landing very well. Had there been no return for the astronauts -- and I recall the anxiety there would be none -- I would have found this very moving.
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Aug 25, 2012 10:24:36 PM
Now I kind of want to read a whole series of alternate history speeches...
Posted by: henry molofsky | Aug 26, 2012 1:39:34 AM
Felix, why do you say it's a piece of crap?
Posted by: Jeremy | Aug 26, 2012 11:43:40 AM
Henry, just tune into the RNC broadcasts...
Posted by: Elatia Harris | Aug 26, 2012 1:54:57 PM
Literally laughing out loud Elatia.
Posted by: Carlos | Aug 26, 2012 2:11:13 PM
Jeremy, only politicians use personal tragedy to 'inspire' the rest of us.
Ask the likes of Khrushchev and Brezhnev.
Posted by: Félix E. F. Larocca, MD | Aug 26, 2012 4:07:19 PM
There is no shortage of hypocrisy among members of the human race. The Catholic Church provides good examples
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-bishop-of-limburg-triggers-uproar-with-luxurious-lifestyle-a-851707-druck.html
Posted by: w.j.abbe | Aug 26, 2012 8:01:35 PM
Thanks for your lucid comments WJ Abbe about Bishop Tebartz-van Elst.
Is he any different from beloved Mother Theresa or Princess Di?
Go ask Chris (Hitchens that is).
So, we're human and some memberes of our species are more humane than others.
And life goes on, and on, and on, for Bashir al-Assad, Asma, Vanity fair, Prince Harry (the kid needs a DNA to determine paternity) and the rest...
Posted by: Félix E. F. Larocca, MD | Aug 26, 2012 8:24:47 PM
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