Hero Vindicated

Niel Armstrong is my kind of hero. When the best available evidence was that he muffed his line on the moon, dropping the “a”, he accepted that he may have screwed up. But now it seems that (as I suspected all along) the “a” was just obscured by static. Says Armstrong:

“I have reviewed the data and Peter Ford’s analysis of it, and I find the technology interesting and useful,” he said.

“I also find his conclusion persuasive. Persuasive is the appropriate word.”

No word yet on whether or not he really found Allah on the moon.

Why We Need Bigger Government

Ray Haynes is truly a treasure. In this week’s Monday Morning Memorandum he patiently explains exactly why we need bigger government. A sample:

[G]overnment education, child care, and children’s programs. Parents don’t love their children, and want to be sure that every child they raise grows up ignorant and starving, so government must have school breakfast and lunch programs. Childhood obesity is a growing problem, especially among children on government run school breakfast and lunch programs. Ignorance is a growing problem, especially at government run schools, so government needs more money, more power and more bureaucrats.

Got that?