I am completely amazed at how easily the media allows the Bush admin to play them like a drum.
Bush announces a 'mission' to return to the Moon and then on to Mars, and the media fawns "we are returning to moon and then on to Mars"
an intelligent media would ask: what is the plan?
i.e show us the timetable and the cost estimates.
Without doubt, the response would be "uhhhh, will have to get back to you on that"
This isn't a 'plan' to return to the moon, this is some broad vague mission statement.
It was the exact same with democratizing the middle east. Does anybody have any idea how precisely the Bush admin plans to accomplish that? Yes, the media fawns "The Bush admin touts its invasion of Iraq as part of a plan to democratize the middle east"
It really is pathetic.