Comments on: Earmarks: The Alien Menace http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/politics/earmarks-alien-menace News & Opinion from Las Vegas, Nevada Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:29:49 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Vinnie Vegas http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/politics/earmarks-alien-menace/comment-page-1#comment-2185 Vinnie Vegas Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:39:47 +0000 http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/?p=655#comment-2185 True! Who knows what wonders an alien civilization might bring to us! The benefits would be manifold! True! Who knows what wonders an alien civilization might bring to us! The benefits would be manifold!

]]> By: jaytee http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/politics/earmarks-alien-menace/comment-page-1#comment-2168 jaytee Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:24:53 +0000 http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/?p=655#comment-2168 True, most earmarks could use a trimming, but SETI should be left alone. The results could be enormous: we might contact a race of aliens, expert in auto maintenance, who could dramatically reduce our need for oil, so that we'd never need to drill again! True, most earmarks could use a trimming, but SETI should be left alone. The results could be enormous: we might contact a race of aliens, expert in auto maintenance, who could dramatically reduce our need for oil, so that we’d never need to drill again!

]]> By: Vinnie Vegas http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/politics/earmarks-alien-menace/comment-page-1#comment-2156 Vinnie Vegas Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/?p=655#comment-2156 Many earmarks are not for a lot of money, relatively speaking. But they do add up. They are the preferred method of politicians to pay back supporters and otherwise buy votes, with the citizenry's money. I have no problem with a program like SETI at all, but I don't think it should be publicly funded in any way. Just one man's opinion! :-) Many earmarks are not for a lot of money, relatively speaking. But they do add up. They are the preferred method of politicians to pay back supporters and otherwise buy votes, with the citizenry’s money.

I have no problem with a program like SETI at all, but I don’t think it should be publicly funded in any way. Just one man’s opinion! :-)

]]> By: jaytee http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/politics/earmarks-alien-menace/comment-page-1#comment-2143 jaytee Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:23:48 +0000 http://www.silverstatechronicles.com/wordpress/?p=655#comment-2143 I guess the question is, are earmarks money well spent? SETI is a good idea, and costs virtually nothing, but maybe more wasteful earmarks are the just the cost of doing business. Compromise is the name of the game. Maybe important bills couldn't get through without the little concessions like these. I guess the question is, are earmarks money well spent? SETI is a good idea, and costs virtually nothing, but maybe more wasteful earmarks are the just the cost of doing business. Compromise is the name of the game. Maybe important bills couldn’t get through without the little concessions like these.

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