NASA is Chock Full o' Hillbillies

And since people often refer to me as one, I ought to know.

All the news about the latest shuttle blast-off thingy (whatever the hell they call it when they launch something into space) seems to revolve around the way NASA has been kind of half-ass repairing this shuttle.

Personally, I get a little nervous when thinking of two monster tanks of jet-fuel powered by something their engineers are scratching their asses and saying, "Ah hell, it should be fine." I've driven many vehicles with non-working gas gauges and lots of fuel leaks. My personal experience is it isn't fine. So we're gonna' get another Columbia repeat. Fucking brilliant.

While NASA people are using bailing wire to hold the hull together (key difference there- hillbillies use bailing wire while rednecks use duct tape) I hope the astronauts are signing their life insurance policies and making everything right with their maker.

Here's to nothing going wrong.