January 24, 2004 |
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“…it will not be one man going to the moon…it will be an entire nation. For all of us must work to put him there.”
President John F. Kennedy
January 23, 2004 |
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I’m relieved to report that the Mars Rover Spirit is once again communicating with NASA. In the words of Project Manager Pete Theisinger, “The spacecraft sent limited data in a proper response to a ground command, and we’re planning for commanding further communication sessions later today.”
January 22, 2004 |
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CNN and others are reporting that NASA has lost contact with the Mars Rover Spirit. In the words of project manager Pete Theisinger, there was a “very serious anomaly” and “[t]here is not one single fault that explains this.” Although the rover is not dead, it has apparently entered a “fault mode” where it is only transmitting random strings of binary code that cannot be deciphered by scientists.
January 21, 2004 |
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The President may say, “The Kay Report identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities.” But the report still says, “We have not uncovered evidence that Iraq undertook steps to build nuclear weapons or produce fissile material.” There has been no evidence of “mobile biological production efforts.” Iraq “did not have a large, ongoing, centrally controlled chemical weapons program after 1991.”
January 21, 2004 |
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In case you haven’t already heard enough reaction to last night’s State of the Union Address, allow me to add to the mix….False dichotomies and black and white pronouncements rob our nation of the honest, spirited, and public debate on which our democracy and freedom depend. The President’s ongoing attempts to bifurcate the world into those “with us or with the terrorists” only fuels a fire that is already raging out of control fire.
January 19, 2004 |
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“…I’m concerned about a better world. I’m concerned about justice; I’m concerned about brotherhood; I’m concerned about truth. And when one is concerned about that, he can never advocate violence. For through violence you may murder a murderer, but you…
January 13, 2004 |
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Echoing the President’s comments following the capture of Saddam Hussein, Feeney puts forth the frightening, dangerous, and ridiculous notion that the United States possesses some sort of unique moral authority that grants us the right to “control the destiny of the entire Earth.” Can it be any wonder that we find ourselves increasingly isolated with more and more of the world’s people against us?
January 07, 2004 |
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“Afghanistan is free and moving forward.”
Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense
“The job in Afghanistan is only half done and will be no easier in the year ahead.”
Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General
January 01, 2004 |
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Welcome 2004. Glad to see you made it. I greet you with an unusual mix of optimism, trepidation, and hope. For surely you will not be quite so violent, shameless, or divisive as your predecessor. At least I hope not.
