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Old 09-14-2001, 10:53 AM   #28
kaleidoscopic ziggurat
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Join Date: May 2001
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Re: For the record

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Originally posted by sycamore


From the Urban Legends Reference Page, this editorial is indeed TRUE. However, it was done by radio commentator Gordon Sinclair in 1973, not recently. The text that Urban Legends uses is from the Congressional Record, which would explain why the words are Americanized.
ah yes, i later got to the bottom of this... and now i know why much of the commentary simply DIDNT ADD UP... it's old, that's why

it was mostly the reference to moon landings and railroad building that ticked me off... it's a real tragedy that america has abandoned space because it serves little political purpose now... and i suppose that with current events there's even less of a chance of us ever getting off this rock.

*hoping for the best for everyone*
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