Loyal readers know that I’m a small government guy … I’m with Reagan that government isn’t the solution, it’s usually the problem.
I think that the Federal government is collectively inefficient (i.e. bloated and wasteful) and, with increasing frequency, totally incompetent.
There are a couple of exceptions: the Military, the FBI, and — hold your hats on – the pre-Obama NASA
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It used to be that I was pro-NASA and pro-space exploration because of emotion.
I can still remember being glued to the TV during the first moonwalk.
Even as a teenager, I felt a pang of excitement and national pride.
Later, I was able to rationalize the spending when I saw my older brother selling stuff from the space program to commercial businesses.
Of course, last week’s incidents provided two additional rapid-fire proof points.
The Homa Files 