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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

If only Harper had half the spine of JFK


"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too. "

I've never been a big Kennedy fan, he was spoiled, groomed, funded by his families bootlegging money and his father was a Hitler appeaser who willing had a daughter lobotomized. That said he did have spine, gumption, and the ability to convince people to make the hard choices such as staring down Russia and taking great leaps of faith such as the moon missions.

His quote shown here could just as easily said "We choose to solve global warming in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too"

But of course Harper is not JFK, just a small, sad, foolish, insecure wimp.

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1 comment:

Val said...

As much as I dislike many of the policies of the Conservative government and I'm not sure that I would get along great with Harper if I had the chance,although he is a policy wonk and supposedly very intelligent so, maybe... did you have to select *that* picture. Poor man, it is really, very unflattering, especially the angle.

I too wonder when we will see a politician of great vision in this country. One who can give the rest of us something better to aim for than 'resource whore'. I'm not sure that even EFM gives us a comprehensive vision.

Other than my vision, are there any that aren't apocalyptic. Personally, I vote for Bhutanese Gross National Happiness. :-)

(hmmm... this is starting to sound like a blog post...)