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2012-08-26 -Obits-

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Posted by Beavis 2012-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 A remarkable life. I highly recommend Neal's biography First Man by James Hansen which shows what a different breed that came out of the depression.
My favorite line - Anytime you land successfully, it's a good one. Anytime you can reused the aircraft, it's an excellent one.

Posted by Dikhed Al Fuqwad 2012-08-26 09:26|| 2012-08-26 09:26|| Front Page Top

#2 RIP Neil Armstrong, a great American.

To show how far we've gone into Bizarro World, this is how the NYT (!!!) reported the landing:

"July 21, 1969

Our Men Walk on the Moon

Stars and Stripes Placed on Moon in Historic Moment

Two Americans landed on the moon and explored its surface for some two hours Sunday, planting the first human footprints in its dusty soil. They raised their nations flag and talked to their President on earth 240,000 miles away."

Posted by Matt 2012-08-26 10:53|| 2012-08-26 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 "July 21, 1969

Our Men Walk on the Moon

Stars and Stripes Placed on Moon in Historic Moment

Two Americans landed on the moon and explored its surface for some two hours Sunday, planting the first human footprints in its dusty soil. They raised their nations flag and talked to their President on earth 240,000 miles away."

"Muslims demand an apology"

Posted by Frank G 2012-08-26 11:49|| 2012-08-26 11:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Neil Armstrong represented the best of America. RIP.

Posted by JohnQC 2012-08-26 11:50|| 2012-08-26 11:50|| Front Page Top

#5 He used to refer to himself as "a white socks, poket protector, nerdy kind of guy."

The attire of heroes.

Posted by Fred 2012-08-26 12:40|| 2012-08-26 12:40|| Front Page Top

#6 That's "pocket protecter."

Got a new Bluetoof keyboard for my iPad.

Posted by Fred 2012-08-26 12:43|| 2012-08-26 12:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Got a new Bluetoof keyboard for my iPad.

Which one? Keyboard that is.

Posted by Secret Asian Man 2012-08-26 13:38|| 2012-08-26 13:38|| Front Page Top

#8 You will be missed Neil. America is still producing men and women of that caliber, but the government is doing its best to keep them down rather than letting them build up.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-08-26 14:35|| 2012-08-26 14:35|| Front Page Top

#9 I love the headline NBC used yesterday for a while:

Astronaut Neil Young, first man to walk on moon, dies at age 82.

Time to put on After the Gold Rush, I guess.

Posted by Eric Jablow 2012-08-26 20:53|| 2012-08-26 20:53|| Front Page Top

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