It Ain't Me, Babe

Across the country and throughout the media, there is much gnashing of teeth over the projected budget deficits over the next few years.  However, it is important to note that Obama is not totally to blame.

I applaud his cuts at NASA, for one.  For too long NASA has been a sacred cow, an untouchable entity.  No President wanted to tell them "NO" for fear of being the President who cut funding to John Kennedy's dream agency.  Wrong.  We need to focus on getting our house straight first before we go exploring.  To be certain, there are and have been and will be benefits from space exploration, but as in any time where money is tight you cut back on unnecessary items and focus on staples. 

Now if we could only get the Pentagon budget under control. Imagine what we could do with that much money...