Posted by Christopher Mc on Thursday, July 8, 2010
Under: Affairs
Gosh, I haven't blogged on The Left Hand of Darkness for ages. It really was like shooting fish in a barrel for so long, the compassion in me wouldn't allow it.
But then we hear that Obama didn't, you know, realise there might be some hurricanes coming, and this might be interfere a little with the Gulf clean up.
And try this little test now. You know NASA? The National Aeronautic and Space Administration? Okay, so you're the head of Nasa and the President calls you up. He wants to tell you what his priority is. You stand up - this is a stand up moment - this is like when Jack Kennedy said "we will put a man on the moon before the end of the decade or me and my brothers die tragically, whichever happens first". You're the director of Nasa - the President is about to tell you that America is going to Mars. No, maybe that's too good, we're going back to the moon. God this is brilliant. And then you hear the immortal words, delivered in that ever so dull modulation:
"I want you to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science, math, and engineering."
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Catholic, Carmelite, Husband, Father, Reader of all sorts of books, Writer of occasional letters, Viewer of lots of TV and movies, Lover of tea, Hater of coffee. Anything I write is my own opionion and is not intended to represent the views of any organisation with which I have a connection. You can email me at "blog at live.ie" (replace the "at" with @). Don't be shy. To comment, click on the title of post. You have to include a name and email but fake ones work fine. Make sure there's an @ in the email.
