Labor update

Well... laber started witha splash and ended quite quickly. We now have a son! 7lbs 2oz 20 1/2 inches long. All are doing great!! 7 1/2 hrs of labor... and 3 pushes.

Starting Labor

Does anyone know of anyways to start labor? Any hints or tips to get things going? My wife is 2cm dialated... and nothing is happening. Any ideas???

Richard C. Hoagland and NASA Part 2

Mr. Hoagland are you that arrogant and self-involved that you think that Mr. Hale of NASA selected that song and that message to signal you that you are on the right track? Mr. Hale, and I have this on a very reliable source, had no hidden agenda, message or meaning behind that music selection.

You have this unbelievable ego that has you so above everyone else. You THINK you have all the answers and you don’t. I could probably go through every mission and pull every single wake up song and you would find a hidden meaning behind it.

Are you forgetting the unbelievable feats these astronauts perform on a daily basis? Do you have any clue at all of the skill and training they go through to accomplish their mission? And you still sit there and think the entire mission is political. Every word that is said, every eye blink, every wave of an arm is a political message.

You are a sad man. These people put their lives on the line every day they are in space. From those on ISS to those on the shuttle to those in training. They didn’t get drafted they volunteered. Further to sit there and think that people in NASA because of political reasons would sacrifice the lives of these people you are truly sick.

Has your diluted mind strayed so far from reality that you really think that this mission is purely political? I have no doubt that there have been times that decisions have been made because of political reasons. Any time you have the government involved it will happen… it happens every day in congress with bills that should only cost a few million but are inflated to billions because of pet projects.

If you looked at funding for NASA you will probably find the same thing. Sure Congress gives them say $20 billion but the real cost is more in the $80 billion. The problems are not NASA. The problems are Congress and the Administration.

Back to the real point… what right do you have to sit there and slam on an organization like NASA? Sure we have freedom of speech in this country so yes you can. But to take the stand that things are being said and done to send a message to YOU is simply ludicrous and egotistical.

Can someone please let the air out of his head?

Richard C. Hoagland and NASA

Ok ... First he complains that NASA doesn't release information. Now he is complaining that they did release information and are being completely UPFRONT about what is going on with the Shuttle! Man you wouldn't be happy if the Aliens came and landed in your front yard, knocked on your front door and said "Hi! We are the ones you have been talking about and here are all the truths of the Universe!" He would probably find fault in even them!

Hoagland you really need to get a life.

Every mission that is flown into space, with or with out people, is done knowing that something can fail. We have been going into space for less than 50 years. What the hell do you expect? 50 YEARS!!!! Yes we have made some very impressive advancements in aerospace and orbital flight but really it’s in its infancy. This has been an amazing feat in it self that we even made it to space. Does everyone know that the shuttle fleet is aging and won’t last much longer? YES WE DO! Funding or not they are old spacecraft.

Mr. Hoagland… the car you drive is how old? And the car before that was how old? We change cars and they wear out far sooner than any one of the shuttles have. Everyone knows they are old and the tragedy two and half years ago kind of brought things closer to the public eye and NASA’s for that matter. You make it sound like they want people to die just so they can retire the shuttle fleet. Man you are sick.

They know the craft are old. They know better than anyone that there are problems with them because of age. I’m sure there isn’t a person at NASA that would like nothing more than to retire the fleet and have new birds to send up. The problem hasn’t been NASA. The problem has been CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT! Do you think that maybe if say 20 years ago they said “Ok NASA. The shuttle won’t last forever. Here is money go spend it on development of new birds,” that we wouldn’t be facing this now?

Let’s put blame where blame is due.