Consistency

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gumprich called it in calling the recent floor-crossing in Parliament what it was, I think. A certain amount of consistency of position is certainly a good thing to practice, especially when it's a key part of the platform you campaigned to get into office on. It's certainly an important thing, although there are days when I admit to being hard-pressed to practice consistency in my own life. Not providing any examples at the moment, though, for reasons of promises made to others near and far.

Also, as Chris does, I have to give credit for that consistency where I do find it. I don't agree with the two gentlemen under discussion there very often, so when I do find myself in accord, I have to admit to it.

This is starting to read very much akin to a "me too" posting.

I'm still vexed by the NASA decision on the Terrestrial Planet Finder project. Cancelling it at this juncture -- if cancellation it is in fact -- makes no sense to me from either a budgetary, scientific or PR viewpoint. Someone's going to get that "first confirmed Earth-type planet discovered outside of Sol system" feather for their metaphorical cap, and since NASA's been on the forefront of this sort of thing since before I was born, why not let them off the budgetary leash a little more. Just in case?

Inconsistency is certain a hobgoblin to this mind of mine.

And that's just where the real worlds are concerned. Some of you already know how I am about some of the fictional worlds...