Ted Cruz to oversee NASA

[kairos12]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/senator-ted-cruz-to-oversee-nasa-in-congress/


snip:
Senator Ted Cruz will chair the committee that oversees science and Nasa in the new Republican-controlled Congress, raising fears that the conservative Texan will cut funding to the space agency and science programs.

In his first action Senator Cruz will expose the "Apollo moon landing" as having taken place in Walter Cronkite's garage.

[tridim]

1. Looking for the Onion or Borowitz tag.

Nope.

I refuse to believe this is a real appointment.

[kairos12]

4. Unfortunately, no Onion article.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. WTF?

[Historic NY]

3. Oh Boy...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

5. Isn't a first term senator a little low on the totem pole to be chairing ANY committee?

[Reter]

10. Obama was elected President as a first termer

So it's not the time that really matters. Jesse Helms was Senator for 30 years, and wasn't qualified to hold the position. I for one would like first termer Warren to be Commitee Chairwoman.

[Thor_MN]

6. I wouldn't trust that dumbass to be able to spell NASA.

[kairos12]

7. For Cruz

NASA stands for:

Not
Any
Science
Allowed

[blkmusclmachine]

8. That's like putting Hitler in charge of the Dept. of Affairs for Jewish and Gay People

[PrismProwler]

9. Petition to remove ted cruz from this position. Sign and share!

Petition to remove ted cruz from nasa position--->https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-ted-cruz-position-nasa-oversight-subcommittee-space-science-and-competitiveness/0hj7fRCY

[Kablooie]

11. I've been reading articles about eliminating government funding of science.

the CATO institute thinks private funding will be sufficient.
They advocate complete elimination of science funding from the budget.

Yeah, that's the ticket!
I'll bet Cruz is licking his lips at the chance to be a huge budget cutting hero.

[greymattermom]

12. If they eliminate science funding

Many medical schools will close. I guess India better ramp up educating MDs.

[kairos12]

14. According to rethugs science has a librul bias. As has been said, facts are stubborn things.

[quadrature]

13. the manned space effort... total waste

cut there

[uriel1972]

18. what could possibly go wrong?... nt