Regretting Putting A Man on the Moon

I'm starting to regret that we ever put a man on the moon. This enormous feat of science has done nothing but serve as inspiration to every half-cocked moon-bat delusion cooked up by people who can't change their own oil or explain how electricity gets into homes. And I include myself amongst these people, I'll have you know. In 2002, I supported turning Afghanistan into a democracy. In 2010, I realize the foolishness of this enterprise. It would be smarter for me to run a marathon on a recently repaired ACL than to think we could bring "democracy" to Afghanistan.

The gushing BP oil wreck underlines what is true - we cannot control everything, we cannot do everything, we must make choices and allocate limited resources, and prepare for worst-case scenarios.

I was watching Bill Mahr the other day and he was hectoring oil companies and other boogie men and talking about windmills and solar power and all this freaking nonsense. The audience and his guests were clapping wildly and I felt like yelling at all of them, "how the fuck did you all get to the studio today? How do you think all these sets were built, all these cameras constructed and shipped here?" All of this was built on the lubrication of oil - a cheap combustible fuel - that allows people and objects to be moved around and transported at a cost. Do they honestly think freaking windmills are going to generate enough electricity to fuel people and goods getting around? Sure, the science exists, but do you want to spend your entire life savings to travel to Los Angeles and be an audience member of the Bill Mahr show? Because that's how much it would probably cost in real dollars. Solar panels? These stupid f---king hippies really think solar panels are going to warm their homes in the winter and run the air conditioning when it is hotter than all hell during the summer in LA? Well, if we can put a man on the moon, we can make a green economy. Yeah, get back to me when you can change your own oil, create one functioning business, write one good screenplay, build one piece of furniture, raise one healthy family, or any simple, useful thing and upon realizing how hard it is to accomplish these small, human feats, then explain how this green economy will work.