Lost In Space,

[stilltrucking]

Astronaut doesn’t have a ticket to come home.

The problem is that the U.S. doesn't have a seat on the Soyuz that will be returning with Mr. Tokarev because of politics and international negotiations. The mission to take Col. McArthur to the International Space Station and return Mr. Phillips fulfills the Russian's obligation to transport U.S. astronauts.

The good news for Col. McArthur and NASA is that Congress may budge. On Sept. 15, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, introduced a bill to provide temporary relief from the Iran restrictions. If the House agrees, NASA will be able to purchase additional space on the Soyuzes.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/national ... -5245r.htm

Let me tell you the story
Of a man named Charlie
On a tragic and fateful day
He put ten cents in his pocket,
Kissed his wife and family
Went to ride on the MTA
Charlie handed in his dime
At the Kendall Square Station
And he changed for Jamaica Plain
When he got there the conductor told him,
"One more nickel."
Charlie could not get off that train.
http://web.mit.edu/jdreed/www/t/charlie.html

[stilltrucking]

I suppose you think I am trying to be cute, funny. To me this is a snap shot of the insanity of the government of the United States. So we are trying to put a strangle hold on Iran. For some reason I think if Carter's boycot of the 1980 Olympics. That son of a bitch.

So we send a man into space and have no arrangements to get him back, because we are boycoting Iran and Russia.

Nothing important, just strikes me as peculiar. If I really thought it was funny I would have put it on humor. I think it is a god dam shame.

[jimboloco]

Man I bet that rich American goes up there on the Russian space ship thathe bought a ticket to ride on, and he visits the space station and says howdy to the Iranians from outer space and the Russians are happy and everybody drinks vodka and plays the bailailaikaha, and after the party he leaves, and the American is still trucking up there in outer space, because the presidunce once again imposed pseudo-restrictions on Iran somehow, cause they trade with the Russians and they have civilian nuclear power, as it were, the Persians at home.

I suppose you think I am trying to be cute, funny.

If I really thought it was funny I would have put it on humor. I think it is a god dam shame.

you ain't trying hard enough, straight man. It is a dad burned lo down gosh darned gawd awfull goldurned shamefull and sinfull shame.
what's funnier than a straight man on humor?
a clown on culture, man!