pledging Permanent Moon Bases By End of Second Term

[Agorism]

Pledging Permanent Moon Bases By End of Second Term

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/289295/gingrich-lets-make-moon-state-katrina-trinko


Campaigning in Florida today, Newt Gingrich said, per BuzzFeed, “When they have 13,000 Americans living on the moon, they can petition to become a state.”
“By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon and it will be American,” Gingrich added.


mod edit:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3OiRusAE_0

[Pisces]

Was this supposed to be a joke?

[luctor-et-emergo]

He's nuts.

PS: For anyone that doesn't know anything about this. It takes a couple of years to prepare such things, oooh and a couple trillions but I guess 'Ole Newt would ask Mr Fed Chairman for some lubrication of the printing press.

[trey4sports]

Was this supposed to be a joke?

yes.

his candidacy has been nothing BUT a joke.

[cjm]

He's going for the Cape Canaveral vote.

[luctor-et-emergo]

He's going for the Cape Canaveral vote.

Anyone involved with rocket-science gotta be smarter than that ? No ?

[Pisces]

yes.

his candidacy has been nothing BUT a joke.

true

[Kords21]

Getting a little ahead of himself isn't he? He has to win a first term first, which I don't see happening even if he were to get the GOP nomination.

[Revolution9]

He will have some private property issues to deal with. The current inhabitants probably won't take kindly to the idea nor the presence.

Rev9

[sratiug]

By the end of his second term he'll be ice skating in Hell.

[eduardo89]

How would people on the moon eat?



Edit: Nevermimd, abundant amounts of cheese

[Kluge]

Second term? Dude's one doughnut away from a massive heart attack....though I suppose if he's appropriately evil enough, the powers that be could just replace his alleged heart with some sort of mechanical device--Cheney style.

[jkr]

the m00n?
yeah tha MoooooooooN!

-aqua teen huger stuff

[ONUV]

spreadin 'mocracy to outer space

[Scott_in_PA]

Let's all just imagine if Dr. Paul said this.:eek:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvmE22x4R3oky535Xe_cGOYJxUbweyX HpKvBKlQh61RfdWwmHZyw

[sratiug]

Gingrich boarded Moonbat 1 today to visit the Starship Troopers defending Lunyville.

[brushfire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDKUfYKBS2g

[WilliamC]

I see where Newt is going with this...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCv6b96OK0&feature=related

[libertybrewcity]

DC has 600k people. Why can't they become a state?

[69360]

Was that article in National Review or the Onion?

It's getting difficult to determine what's reality in this race anymore.

Why isn't this front page news that Gingrich wants a country 17 trillion in debt to build a moon base?

[playpianoking]

This is getting to be such a tough race! :( Can Dr. Paul promise the people free candy on Mars to beat Gingrich's offering!??


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3OiRusAE_0&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

[Matthew Zak]

Sure Newt, you go first, we'll catch up with ya.

[tom7126]

LMAO This is hilarious

[AllAboard]

My father and I got into a little debate because he actually believes america should put a base on the moon. This is something he has thought of for a while.

He believes that putting a base on the moon would help bring about advances in science and technology much like what occurred leading up to the first mission to the moon. He doesn't really believe in the base itself -- just the process of being able to overcome the challenges that would arise during the project which would lead to innovation.

In my opinion, while I will agree that I believe building a base on the moon may bring about certain advances, I just don't think it is a project of priority right now given the country's economic woes. I think of the space program as more of discretionary spending and I don't believe the country can afford it right now. My father said, "Well it is better than spending it on the military all around the world." That's true... but I would just rather have the country pay down the debt a little before adding more expensive projects.

Though it may help employ mathematicians, scientists, and researchers that have limited opportunities in their field so I really don't know what to think.

[affa]

another grandiose idea.

moon raker!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHPDIjWgMzw

[Kandilynn]

The longer Newt stays in the race, the more he sounds like an evil mastermind.

[Kandilynn]

My husband thinks having a base on the moon would be a good thing because little gravity + no atmosphere would make it easier for missions to take off from space. He also said that if we don't get off this planet, and something happens to this planet, then the entirety of the human race would be destroyed.

[Badger Paul]

Gingrich campaigns to be President of Outer Space

[Demigod]

This man is a moron.

How can he promise things for which he does not even know if there is the technology to make.

Even with the technology to make a permanent base in 7 years from scratch would be a miracle.

[A. Havnes]

So, he's going to balance the budget while expanding military spending and putting bases on the moon? Wow. And people are flocking to him right now because "Pelosi is scared of him!"

[V3n]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/7/2008/09/medium_Greg_Lindsey_Jeopardy.flv.jpg
"What are two things that are NEVER going to happen?"

[Working Poor]

How is he going to pay for it? Is he going to make the pentagon cough up the 2 trillion$$ they lost when he balanced the budget?

[Drex]

& people call Ron crazy! HA this guy is nuts!

[A. Havnes]

Working on two anti-Gingrich articles to publish on squidoo right now. I also just commented on the Daily Mail article asking people to think about how he's going to afford this when we're in massive debt because of the bases we have here on earth.

[swissaustrian]

Helium-3 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3#Extraterrestrial_supplies ) is the only reason that would justify a moon colony. The problem is, however, that the Helium-3 would have to be transported back to earth in order to be used as a source for fusion energy. That's way too costly to make any sense.
The best way to make progress in space exploration and colonization is to reduce the cost of getting into geostationary orbit, i.e. cheaper and more effective means of transportation.
I'm financially supporting some German and Swiss scientists who do research on space elevators, a very promising concept:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Space_elevator_structural_diagram--corrected_for_scale%2BCM%2Betc.TIF/lossy-page1-260px-Space_elevator_structural_diagram--corrected_for_scale%2BCM%2Betc.TIF.jpg

[brushfire]

...with freakn laser beams attached to their heads!

http://wompolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/newt_evil.jpg

[IDefendThePlatform]

Working on two anti-Gingrich articles to publish on squidoo right now. I also just commented on the Daily Mail article asking people to think about how he's going to afford this when we're in massive debt because of the bases we have here on earth.

Fantastic. Please post when their out. Here's my effort at spreading Newt's ridiculousness:
https://twitter.com/#!/TonyStuntz/status/162501535799066624

[swissaustrian]

...with freakn laser beams attached to their heads!

http://wompolitics.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/newt_evil.jpg
Best picture ever! +rep.

[Revolution9]

Second term? Dude's one doughnut away from a massive heart attack....though I suppose if he's appropriately evil enough, the powers that be could just replace his alleged heart with some sort of mechanical device--Cheney style.

That falls under Dept of Spare Parts for Political Perpetuity Protocols.

Rev9

[steph3n]

So now we have a candidate quite literally promising the moon!

[The One]

Shouldn't we finish conquering Earth first?

[Brian4Liberty]

Newt needs Starships to attack Klingons before they develop nuclear weapons and destroy Israel. The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission has not been able to inspect the Klingon home world of Kronos, and experts say that they are just 6 months away from developing weapons of mass destruction. Bill Kristol, speaking on behalf of the Emergency Committee for Israel, warned that the Klingon people converted to Islam many centuries ago, and plan a galaxy wide jihad to spread Sharia Law. Newt is the only candidate that can save us from this grave, existential threat.

[The One]

Newt needs Starships to attack Klingons before they develop nuclear weapons and destroy Israel. The United Nations Atomic Energy Commission has not been able to inspect the Klingon home world of Kronos, and experts say that they are just 6 months away from developing weapons of mass destruction. Bill Kristol, speaking on behalf of the Emergency Committee for Israel, warned that the Klingon people converted to Islam many centuries ago, and plan a galaxy wide jihad to spread Sharia Law. Newt is the only candidate that can save us from this grave, existential threat.


Newt is scared because Callista told him, "Newt, there are Klingons on Uranus."

[fatjohn]

He's nuts.

PS: For anyone that doesn't know anything about this. It takes a couple of years to prepare such things, oooh and a couple trillions but I guess 'Ole Newt would ask Mr Fed Chairman for some lubrication of the printing press.

To be fair Apollo tranlated into 2010 dollars would be about 150 billion. So a permanent base would probably be in the order of 300 billion dollars.

[DerailingDaTrain]

This is stupid. I actually spent the last 30 minutes of my life doing some quick research on whether this is possible or not and it is but the massive costs and negatives that would be experienced by anyone living there are too great.

[acptulsa]

Now we know where he's going to put the FEMA camp--and all of us.

He's going to be making moonbats out of us, folks.

[V3n]

If he were President I'd be the first one in line to get the heck off this planet!

[acptulsa]

Shouldn't we finish conquering Earth first?

We can afford to do both! Just print more FRNs!

[iamse7en]

Sex on the moon? I'm sorry, but this is the ticket. Sorry Ron. You're consistent, incorruptible, prophetic, principled, and 99% right, but Newt can give me sex on the moon.

NEWT 2012!!!

[rambone]

Newt Gingrich | Sex in Space (http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/25/newt-in-1996-lets-build-a-real-jurassic-park-have-sex-in-space/#ixzz1kfmAcblt)

The former House speaker has long been known for his boyish enthusiasm for subjects like dinosaurs, zoos and outer space. And in his 1996 book “To Renew America (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00125VZVK/thedaical-20)” he even devoted a short chapter to proposals that are, in some cases, directly inspired by popular science fiction. “Why not aspire to build a real Jurassic Park?” Gingrich asked on page 190 of the book, adding in parenthesis that such an achievement “may not be at all impossible.”

We could also have sex in space.

“I believe that space tourism will be a common fact of life during the adulthood of children born this year, that honeymoons in space will be the vogue by 2020,” Gingrich wrote toward the end of the chapter. “Imagine weightlessness and its effects and you will understand some of the attractions.”

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wsJSV05zS5A/TyFwgPjSeVI/AAAAAAAACM0/Uc5Vf60X3MY/s640/GINGFAIL.JPG (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wsJSV05zS5A/TyFwgPjSeVI/AAAAAAAACM0/Uc5Vf60X3MY/s1600/GINGFAIL.JPG)

[HOLLYWOOD]

Newt Gingrich is a very Very Dangerous person.

SO, how do we label/stigma this lunatic? There needs a campaign against Hitler II.

[swissaustrian]

lunatic?
Funny fact: luna = moon in Latin :D

[alucard13mmfmj]

it would be nice to claim the moon as part of the USA hahaha... The moon will have 9 delegates.

[swissaustrian]

it would be nice to claim the moon as part of the USA hahaha... The moon will have 9 delegates.
[I know you're joking...]
There is an international treaty that exempts all extraterrestrial space from claims of individual nations:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

[HOLLYWOOD]

Funny fact: luna = moon in Latin :DLOL!!!! LunarTic


FOX BIZ has a poll: Do You Trust Newt Gingrich?


http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/willis-report/index.html


Newt is winning

Yes 51.04%

No 48.96%

[Agorism]

bump

[Valli6]

Helium-3 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3#Extraterrestrial_supplies ) is the only reason that would justify a moon colony. The problem is, however, that the Helium-3 would have to be transported back to earth in order to be used as a source for fusion energy. That's way too costly to make any sense.

Yeah, but think of all the balloons! :)
http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x449/valli6/Ron%20Paul%20Trenton%20NJ/RonPaulBalloons-2-1-1.jpg

[devil21]

Helium-3 ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3#Extraterrestrial_supplies ) is the only reason that would justify a moon colony. The problem is, however, that the Helium-3 would have to be transported back to earth in order to be used as a source for fusion energy. That's way too costly to make any sense.
The best way to make progress in space exploration and colonization is to reduce the cost of getting into geostationary orbit, i.e. cheaper and more effective means of transportation.
I'm financially supporting some German and Swiss scientists who do research on space elevators, a very promising concept:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Space_elevator_structural_diagram--corrected_for_scale%2BCM%2Betc.TIF/lossy-page1-260px-Space_elevator_structural_diagram--corrected_for_scale%2BCM%2Betc.TIF.jpg

I dont see how that could possibly end up badly. Interesting idea but way too many variables at first glance to be safe yet effective. Btw, every presidential candidate promises the moon (literally) in some form and so far iirc JFK is the only one to have it happen on his watch.

[idiom]

I dont see how that could possibly end up badly. Interesting idea but way too many variables at first glance to be safe yet effective. Btw, every presidential candidate promises the moon (literally) in some form and so far iirc JFK is the only one to have it happen on his watch.

It only worked for JFK because it was posthumous.