OT: What is RIGHT With America?

Well...the problem is that too many people are afraid to try something beyond the "Big Three Names" (Budweiser, Miller, Coors). If one has the courage, free-will, and independent thought:

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What is Right ion America, A great deal is good in America jut don't always listien to the media.

For 12 eyars I am glad to say I served as a submariner and nuclear reactor operator. I left my family for 3 months at a time to live vvery deep in th ocean. I then thought nucelar physics and Engineering at the Idaho Navy Nuclear trraining center. The new equipment that ran the controls at my plant I teseted and they now run on several of the US Aircraft Carriers. A pair of those plants equal one commnercial nuclear station. Westhouse house was so impressed they offered me a role as an engineer as well.

And I've traveled the world and got outside the USA. Here is a somethings to be pround of., those 18 year old kids that go to sea work every day of every year and all holidays. They train in schools that pack nearlt three years of work iin one year. and once they qualify, they are retested to rigid standards every year. and they serve with pride and ask very little back.

Years later I got to give a keynote address at University of Illinois school of Aerospace Engineeri. I taqlked about how model rocketry and the Navy gave me a life rich and rewarding. And that the NAR and TRA aer commited to the edifcation in areospace for youth and students alike. And I talked about turning a passion into projects and gaining knowledge.

I saw the sparkle in that criowd, in the eye of the professors and studnets. There where some 150 gathereed during the presentation. As I closed my address, I thought about my Dad, Harry Stine and Admiral Rickover. Because they all helped me get on that stage.

when I finished, the crowd did a wonderful thing that I will always remember, They gave me a standing ovation. I was so taken up with it as I drove home I got a tad emotional. My wife asked how the night went. Well I jsut did one of best things I will ever do.

The moral is this. All of us can do great things if we will to do so. Press your imtersets and never retreat to a easier path that you gain nothing in return.

Look at all we have gained since the 1960's folks. We have walked on the Moon, solved the riddle of the Big Bang and look at what we have done with satellites , GPS as a case and point. Sure like any species we have a few bad apples. Even our leaders make errors don't they. But we are making progress, that is part of being human.

The Rocket Scientist wrote:

Yes, but what about elastic shock cords? RocketEngineer wrote: > What is Right ion America, A great deal is good in America jut don't > always listien to the media. >

You just never get enough punishment, do you?

Yet another flame war?

Why not?

Get Cletus warmed up.

Who takes punishment when a little ass with a big keyboard shows their stupidity? I pity you - when I'm not laughing at your ignorance.

Phil

I find myself wondering if your neighbors in Cheltenham know what you do in your basement.

Besides buggering little Ariel, that is.

Well, we can give one answer to those who ask how our kids learn that bullying, fighting, and name calling are appropriate means.

They learn it by example.

Poor Steve.

Thankfully poor Steve doesn't have any kids. I hope he gets help before he hurts himself or someone else. I think the nut case that killed the kids in that school might have a lot in common with Steve.

Phil

yEP. pOOR ME.

i cAN'T CONTROL MY CAPS LOCK, EITHER....

You obviously don't know Phil. Or Jack.

I don't know who Jack is but anyway, it sounds like you think we should be thanking you for doing the world a favor. How sick is that?

Phil