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To: Farmboy who wrote (77598)	8/25/2012 9:16:17 AM
From: Gersh Avery	Respond to of 103300

From the MMM conference last weekend. Rep. Michael Callton (republican) tells a story about me. facebook.com "In this video Rep. Callton explains the process House bills are going through for approval, the path that certain bills have already taken, and his very funny first meeting with our own Peanutbutter, Gersh Avery. — at Clarion Hotel and Conference Center - Ann Arbor, MI." Detroit will have marijuana on the ballot again in November. This time to allow recreational use. The people that got this on the ballot, fighting through court systems to get it there, have been friends of mine for years. I'm serious that I could take that US congressional seat for the republicans. Rep Callton currently has about 75% of the vote, according to the poles.

To: Farmboy who wrote (77598)	8/25/2012 12:48:45 PM
From: GROUND ZERO™	4 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 103300

The University of Virginia tell ovomit to shove it up his ass and get lost... foxnews.com GZ

To: Farmboy who wrote (77598)	8/28/2012 12:08:24 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Neil Armstrong: The first man to walk on the moon in the heady days of American exceptionalism has passed away, preceded in death by the U.S. space program with his heirs now hitching rides on Russian spacecraft. We all mourn the passing of Neil Armstrong at age 82, the first man to walk on the moon as commander of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969. A graduate of Purdue with a degree in aeronautical engineering, his academic career was interrupted when he was called to duty with the U.S. Navy in 1949 and flew 78 combat missions in Korea. He was an exceptional man and an exceptional American. President Obama seemingly recognized the greatness of the man and his achievement, posting on his official White House Tumblr account these words: "Neil's spirit of discovery lives on in all the men and women who have devoted their lives to exploring the unknown — including those who are ensuring that we reach higher and go further in space. That legacy will endure — sparked by a man who taught us the enormous power of one small step." Appropriate words, except for two small things. One is that Armstrong had publicly opposed the gutting of the U.S. space program by the Obama administration, which has left us no current way of sending men into space except for paying the Russians for a ride while NASA conducts "missions" like a Muslim outreach program and observing earth for signs of climate change. The other is that if you are going to honor the passing of the first man on the moon, an American, you do not post your words under a picture of yourself in silhouette gazing into the dawn sky. As Doug Rodd on his Web journal notes, the picture is actually a stock photo from the Obama Flickr account showing the president looking at the moon and Venus on April 24, 2012, before boarding Marine One. In one of his last public appearances, Armstrong testified before a congressional committee against the Obama administration's plan to redirect NASA's efforts away from human exploration of space and toward more basic long-term science research, a plan he called "devastating." Armstrong and Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan, the first and last men to walk on the moon, wrote an open letter to Obama, also signed by Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell. It blasted the president's decision to cancel NASA's back-to-the-moon program, Constellation, to focus on activities such as monitoring earth's climate. "It appears that we will have wasted our current $10-billion-plus investment in Constellation," the former astronauts wrote. "For the United States, the leading space-faring nation for nearly a half a century, to be without carriage to low earth orbit for an indeterminate time into the future destines our nation to become one of second- or even third-rate stature." Armstrong, we have no doubt, was proud of NASA's accomplishment in landing the 1-ton nuclear-powered roving Curiosity spacecraft on Mars. But, if asked, he'd probably wonder why no Americans were walking alongside. There are those who say a robust government-backed space program is a luxury we can't afford. American leadership and exceptionalism are imperatives we can't afford to abandon. We need not be a nation of food stamp recipients watching others follow in our lunar footsteps on their way to the stars. We applaud the privatization of space and the effort of entrepreneurs to develop means to carry cargo and tourists into earth orbit. But we need a bigger vision than that. The best way to honor Armstrong would be to make sure the first man or woman on Mars is an American.