Gingrich promises 'moon colony' if he gets elected (twice)

[Kathinka]

pretty shocking that a slightly insane borderline-fascist ultra-religious nut like gingrich even believes in the moon instead of the biblical flat-earth world model...

 

[SilentCom]

Only a moon colony? If you vote for me we will have intergalactic travel!

 

[Terminate421]

That's something to strive for, it helped when Kennedy was in office and it may stir up the economy, hell, it may give hope to the world.

The republicans are not insane old people, they still have goals that make humanity worth keeping.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

Can you say desperation?

 

[Something Amyss]

I'm pretty sure it's going to be the other way around, like in Atlas Shrugged/Bioshock

Nah, we already have one of those going up. I think it was the founder of Paypal doing it.

As long as the money isn't being spent on helping poor people, it's okay.

Especially blacks (He did call out black people over social programs when whites are the most common users, so there must be something he finds particularly reprehensible about blacks receiving aid).

 

[WeAreStevo]

Wait....

A politician promised something in an election campaign and people actually believe that said politician intends on keeping his promise?

I believe I'll express my thoughts on this, in song:

 

[Mathak]

Well, I guess Mr. GOP Candidate thinks that if you pull yourself up by your bootstraps hard enough you'll eventually achieve orbit.

 

[bz316]

For a fiscal conservative, this guy sure likes to make some damn expensive promises...

 

[General Vengeance]

There's Only one little problem Newt Gingrich is a liar.

 

[idodo35]

that seems kind of dirty... however i would vote for him (well probably not cause im not an american and i dont know much about his campaign or about his oponets...) all i know is that this guy is offering a MOON SETELMENT if he gets elected (twice)... anyone willing to make it one time? or maybie a setelmant on mars? anyone who does gets my voice

 

[Talshere]

Dont let the Yanks build it Leave it to a consortium lead by the Japanese (that way it might actually get finished in our lifetimes). Better yet, lets not get the yanks involved. They think good design is a cadillac.

Yes thats it, a Eurasia consortium. It might actually be shared then too

 

[Cpu46]

I do worry about his apparent ignorance of and/or disregard for the 1967 Outer Space Treaty that states that "outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means", so no Moon colony could actually be part of any Earth nation. It would have to be run like the International Space Station.

I say we have the base manned by LRR. Moonbase Mk IV on the actual moon!


OT: Good idea but I doubt that even if he is elected he will actually follow through. I have a feeling that, at least in the US, the private sector will be the first to make a habitable structure on the moon.

 

[boag]

[link]http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/gingrich-pledges-moon-colony-during-presidency/2012/01/25/gIQAmQxiRQ_blog.html[/link]

As it says in the story, Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has promised that by the end of his second term in office he will have established a permanent colony on dear 'ol Luna. He goes even further and promises to engineer a spaceship capable of reaching Mars.

Thoughts on this? It sounds like something a cartoon supervillain would promise to sway naive followers (or closer to "I got some yummy candy in mah van...").

I dont care if he eats puppiesfor breakfeast.

If he delivers on this one single promise, so much shit on the planet would finally start making sense. This achievement could potentially rally people to fucking with each other so much.

 

[Macgyvercas]

I think I'll still keep to my plan to vote for Vermin Supreme. He's promising every American a free pony.

Correction: a MANDATORY pony that you are required to take with you at all times as identification. What if I don't want a pony? I can't take care of my cat, let alone a pony. Also, ponies smell bad. And I can't even ride on them because they're so small !

Vermin Supreme is just another politician bought by the corporations, pandering to his MLP campaign donors.

You do know that he's a satirical candidate, right? Nobody expects him to win, least of all himself. This is more for fun than anything else.

 

[Erttheking]

A lunar colony? Oh god my inner nerd wants that to happen so badly.

 

[Erttheking]

What a fucking idiot. We're in the deepest economical crysis of the last 80 years and this dipshit is promising moon colonies? For what purpose?

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deepest economical crisis of the last 80 years...Uh, have you ever heard of the great depression buddy? I'd do my research before going around calling other people idiots.

 

[Staskala]

Gingrich on the other hand is just a candidate. He has no technology, no influence, nothing! He is talking out of his ass. It seems that these Yugoslavians have a certain knack for science. I'm sure you all know that Tesla was from Serbia, which was a part of Yugoslavia once.

Tesla was a Serb, yes, but not from the region that constitutes present-day Serbia. The region of Lika was part of historic Austria, Yugoslavia and now belongs to Croatia. The debate as to what modern nation Tesla gets attributed to can fill pages of heated discussion and I'd rather not have it, but saying he was from Serbia is completely wrong.
Also, there is no such thing as "Yugoslavians".