Space is a dangerous business, one of the most dangerous on -- and, certainly, off -- the planet. Due, apparently, to a piece of external fuel tank insulation foam -- and NASA arrogance and ignorance -- the space shuttle Columbia broke apart and burned up during re-entry through earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, crisping all seven astronauts to their deaths. What a horrible way to die! The grounding of the Shuttle fleet necessitated that the then current 3-man crew of the International Space Station, two Americans and one Russian, return to earth last week via the Russian Soyuz capsule, which landed 300 miles or so off course. The capsule's location was not known for some time, leading some to briefly wonder whether or not this crew had also perished during their own fiery descent. Americans had never before returned from space via Russia's method; it was a terrifying experience, but all three survived. Now, the Russians will not let NASA in on their private -- and undoubtedly dishonest and untruthful -- investigation into why the space capsule was so far off course. Typically Russian!
Yesterday, as many as 180 men, women and children were sucked to their deaths out the back of a giant Russian Ilyushin 76 cargo plane as it flew over the Congo. The plane was leased from a Russian company and flown by Russian pilots. Imagine flying along in a giant plane when, suddenly, the huge back hatch comes off, and you and your entire family, not to mention scores of other familes right alongside you, get sucked out the back at 10,000 feet high. These poeple knew they would die, and they had plenty of time to think about it before they hit the ground. What another horrible way to die!
The common element in these three latter events is "Russian," which, roughly translated into English, means "half-assed crap!"
Let's try on another way to die, for perspective: Being in outer space and having all the oxygen suddenly sucked out of whatever container you are in, be it space suit, capsule or station. Whatever air was in your lungs would be sucked out, your eyes would be sucked out of their sockets, your blood would boil. You get the idea. Yes, what yet another horrible way to die! This has really almost happened, at least twice!
Truth is that a remnant of the demise of the Soviet Union is a lack of money to fix anything. This, combined with a way of life that is completely corrupt and half-assed, means that anything Russian is, to put it mildly, suspect. It remains to be seen what caused the Soyuz to go off course and why the hatch of the plane came open, but POINT -- The Way no longer wonders if there is any quality in what the Russians touch: it's all crap! For an engrossingly interesting and fearfully enlightening bit of truth, read former astronaut Jerry Linenger's wonderful book Off The Planet -- Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard The Space Station Mir. It's a very easy read, but the imparted truth about the Russian way of life is remarkable. After reading this treat, you will NEVER again think about anything that the Russians say or do in the same way. You will know what truth is!
It's one thing to learn honorable values while growing up. It is another thing entirely to grow up and never know that the way of life in which you live is morally, ethically and economically corrupt. You do learn, however, that, for you, being corrupt (although you don't call it that) is just what life is: "normal." The problem with this, of course, is that its a dangerous and ultimately deadly way to live, always refusing to acknowledge the truth of any situation. This, corruption, poverty and ignorance, is the legacy of communism and a socialist state.
If you value the truth behind the scenes, read the book. You'll forever view everything Russian in a new light. It will make complete sense to you that Russian space capsules go off course and their satellites fall out of the sky onto your head, that plane hatches come off in flight and suck people to their deaths, that it's entirely possible that you may die tomorrow through a terrorist act enabled by some bit of dangerous Russian stupidity such as a failure to monitor their radioactive products. You'll understand evermore why it is so very important for America's government to be strong with foreigners and their governments. clinton was a bad trash joke in dealing with this problem. The current administration of President George W. Bush is doing a much better job. However, we still have a long way to go. The democrats do not have the will, strength or intelligence to stand for America and her citizens. The Republicans do. Now, they need to get on with it more quickly. Let your representatives know that you are aware of their ignorance and that they need to get off the pot, talk much less (are you democraps listening? NOT!) and act more now to prevent the dangers to us that the Russians represent. (And throwing money at them, clinton's "humanitarian" answer, ISN'T the answer; read the book, you'll understand.)
And have a good, albeit cringing, laugh as you forevermore see through everything Russian. Half-assed lethal crap, indeed!
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