To: longnshort who wrote (3363 ) 11/17/2013 1:01:33 PM From: Don Hurst Read Replies (1) | Respond to Ah yes, Solyndra, Solyndra, Solyndra...our government working minimally to assist alternate energy efforts, as they do with the Billions "sometimes" wasted on defense or investing in pharma research to assist them in the development of drugs, some (often?) failures, to protect the health of our citizens and the world.>>"Exclusive: How Steven Chu Used Gamma Rays to Save the Planet An eternal fact of Washington is that government gets much more attention when it performs badly than when it performs well. As an illustration of the former, recall the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. To illustrate the latter, consider how the media is covering government right now. By my count at least three major natural disasters have occurred in recent weeks: the Nashville flooding, the deadly Oklahoma tornadoes, and the BP oil spill (admittedly not "natural" but threatening to be a major environmental disaster). Let's throw in an attempted terrorist attack in Times Square, too. On every front, government has performed ably--and often better than ably. And yet it's understating things considerably to say this success has not been widely recognized. MOREI theatlantic.com
