Posted by
Gerry Scully on Friday, July 09, 2010 1:12:38 AM
Funny thing is, on the one hand, I'm very happy to know that the greatest of all mankind's travelers, astronaut Neil Armstrong is very much alive and kicking !!, but on the other hand it blows a hole for my blog title "Neil Armstrong must be turning over in his grave" after hearing what NASA administrator Charles Bolden had to say this week about his mission, as defined to him by Mr Obama, which in essence is, to reach out to the Muslim world !!, and "to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering,"...
Now I understand only to well, that in time, history will (at least honest historians will) declare Mr Obamas presidency the unmitigated disaster for which it is, with his most noted piece of legislation being the reparation of wealth from the majority of this country to the minority !!, and that in time we will be blessed once again with another great Leader along the lines of a Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Reagan, who will return our country to being the "land of the Free, home of the Brave, and Prosperity for those willing to work for it" ..
But in the absence of such a leader, I have decided to step forward with some basic "mission information" for you Mr Bolden, which is this, the only thing (of note) to come out of the Islamic world, ever since it's inception (early in the fifth century) has been Muslims !! and the total depth of their knowledge, has less to do with Science, Math and Engineering, and more to do, with that which they do best, Trade !!, because you see Mr Bolden our muslim friends were the beneficiary's from one of our worlds greatest highway systems, the Silk Road !!..
Now Mr Bolden, while I'm sure our young muslim president Mr Obama would have you believe, that the only benefit from the silk road to the world of Islam, was silks and spices !!, he'd be quite wrong !!, because you see, there was a far more valuable commodity being traded along that legendary road, and that was Knowledge, which is exactly what Science, Math and Engineering is !!, after all, when the great silk road trader / explorer Marco Polo returned home, silk clothes wasn't all he had, he had a lot to tell about the many wonders in China, such as paper currency, coal, and other wonders virtually unknown in Europe, and Europe, Mr Bolden wasn't the first place such information reached, because the middle and near East was the beneficiary of such information, long before poor old Marco and Europe...
So Mr Bolden when you find yourself on your next "Out-reach Mission" to the world of Islam, you would do well to keep in mind, that the knowledge they (Arabs & Persians) gained from the Silk Road long ago, has long since been stifled by Islam !!, because knowledge is the harbinger of the conflict between men of Science and men of God, and while Neil Armstrong may have found the answer to that question (is there a God) by way of the massive science, math and engineering project we proudly called NASA's Apollo program, nobody in the Islamic world will ever do the same, simply because, such a "Question" can never be asked.........
"sapiens homines, semper, reguntur, stulti"