>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 10:49:31 -0400 (EDT)
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>Subject: Fwd: NASA budget
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>In a message dated 7/27/99 9:35:54 AM, palladium@aol.com writes:
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><<Dear Rep. Pitts:
>
>I am writing to express my outrage at the House Budget Committee's
decision to
>gut NASA's budget by 10%--a $1.3 billion cut that will savage the space
>agency's exploration programs.
>
>I have no connection with NASA, aside from being a lifelong advocate of the
>space program. NASA has given this country some of its greatest moments of
the
>20th century. That House Republicans, on the 30th anniversary of Apollo 11's
>epic flight, while a space shuttle mission is actually in progress, can
>propose
>such a devastation cut in the agency's budget indicates an almost
unbelievable
>blindness and, yes, stupidity on their part.
>
>I have been a lifelong Republican. I have walked precincts for Republican
>candidates, and voted the straight Republican ticket in EVERY election
since I
>reached voting age 24 years ago. IF THE HOUSE ENACTS THESE DEEP, DRACONIAN
>CUTS IN NASA'S BUDGET, I WILL QUIT THE G.O.P. AND JOIN THE REFORM PARTY! I
>WILL
>TAKE AS MANY OF MY FRIENDS WITH ME AS I CAN!
>
>There are tens of thousands, if not millions of people like me, who hold NASA
>up as the best America can be. NASA deserves a budget INCREASE, not a cut! We
>ought to be working on manned missions to Mars, not slashing the agency's
>budget. At a time when the government is awash in money, with surpluses as
far
>as the eye can see, to propose a 10% cut of NASA's budget is beyond the pale.
>
>I urge you to do whatever you can to reverse this cut in NASA's budget.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>David S. Michaels
>Lancaster, PA
>>>
>
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>Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 10:40:43 -0400 (EDT)
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>Subject: NASA budget
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>From:
> David Michaels
> 1998 Pickering Trail
> Lancaster, PA 17601
>
>
>Thank you for using AOL's legislative information services to contact your
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>Rep. Joseph Pitts
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>
>Dear Rep. Pitts:
>
>
>
>I am writing to express my outrage at the House Budget Committee's
decision to
>gut NASA's budget by 10%--a $1.3 billion cut that will savage the space
>agency's exploration programs.
>
>
>
>I have no connection with NASA, aside from being a lifelong advocate of the
>space program. NASA has given this country some of its greatest moments of
the
>20th century. That House Republicans, on the 30th anniversary of Apollo 11's
>epic flight, while a space shuttle mission is actually in progress, can
propose
>such a devastation cut in the agency's budget indicates an almost
unbelievable
>blindness, short-sightedness, and, yes, stupidity on their part.
>
>
>
>I have been a lifelong Republican. I have walked precincts for Republican
>candidates, and voted the straight Republican ticket in EVERY election
since I
>reached voting age 24 years ago. IF THE HOUSE ENACTS THESE DEEP, DRACONIAN
>CUTS IN NASA'S BUDGET, I WILL QUIT THE G.O.P. AND JOIN THE REFORM PARTY! I
WILL
>TAKE AS MANY OF MY FRIENDS WITH ME AS I CAN!
>
>
>
>There are tens of thousands, if not millions of people like me, who hold NASA
>up as the best America can be. NASA deserves a budget INCREASE, not a cut! We
>ought to be working on manned missions to Mars, not slashing the agency's
>budget. At a time when the government is awash in money, with surpluses as
far
>as the eye can see, to propose a 10% cut of NASA's budget is beyond the pale.
>
>
>
>I urge you to do whatever you can to reverse this cut in NASA's budget.
>
>
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>
>David S. Michaels
>
>Lancaster, PA
>
>Sincerely,
>
>David Michaels
>
>
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