Space Turkey = Bush Administration

The similarities are overwhelming:

1. Both are powered by bullshit. America was told that the two-year hiatus in Space Turkey launches was done to keep big honking chunks of foam from flying off the tank and destroying the Space Turkey. During yesterday's launch, a big honking chunk of foam fell off the tank and (GOOD NEWS!) did not cripple the shuttle.

2. Both are run to feed billions into the military-industrial complex. Have you seen a full life-cycle accounting of the costs of the Space Turkey program lately? Didn't think so.

3. Both use cheap propaganda tricks and TV spectacles to sell dangerous and stupid schemes. (Whoa! Look at her go! That's the pride of America!)

4. Both reflect a deep-seated inability to learn from failures. When you keep doing the same dumb shit again, and again, and again, there is something wrong with your brain.

5. Both use sophistry and spin to confuse and manipulate pubic opinion. The shuttle was sold as "cheap, reliable transportation to space." Now it's "each launch is a test flight."

6. Both make America ridiculous in the eyes of the world. Grounding the Space Turkey fleet (both of them) certainly impacts the rescue option in case Discovery can't make it back.