My husband read the biography “First Man” and found it compelling and a great window into the history of that time. He did say that Armstrong came off as a little ... detached.

I will always remember the summer day when we all, including my parents, who never watched TV in the daytime, were glued to the screen to see that first step on the moon.

I remember that too. I was a 9 year old who had built models of the Murcury Redsone rocket and Gemini capsule and was captured by space.

It was a hot night in our non-air conditioned home in Chicago.

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Thanks, Gimp. I really appreciate the insights. I wasn’t going to go see it because of the omission of the planting of the American flag, and after your review, I’m still not sure if I will see it.

Did you notice that they omitted the American flag on the shoulders of the space suits?  I heard that, but can’t verify it.

I do love the human bravery and balls of steel of these astronauts, especially the launch and space sequences. How do you think that is portrayed?  Have they been feminized and emotional? 

Lastly, is there enough of the space scenes to capture a fellow NASA geek, or is it more melodrama of their personal lives?

I just have to put up another picture so Lucifer’s sick picture doesn’t pop up on my phone when I open PS in Tapatalk.

Upon her request my ass. Sounds like a holdover Hillary loyalist wrote that.

Yet none of you volunteered to fly into the hurricanes for data collection with your planes.  Wusses. 

I would have, but we don’t fly the PT-26’s wooden prop in the rain due to possible delamination.  Plus, with a cruise of 105 mph, I don’t like flying backwards. It makes me dizzy.

What is meant by "reform".  It is sort of in the eye of the beholder.

Take "tax reform" for instance.  Everyone said we needed "tax reform", but I suspect a liberal's version of tax reform would be quite different from my version.

As for Prison reform, what is meant by that?

To me, prison reform would end the concept of amateur criminals going into prison and coming out professional criminals.
It would mean ending "prison gangs".

Prison should have 3 goals.
1. Punishment.
2. Protecting society from criminals.
3. Rehabilitation.

It would be wonderful if #3 (rehabilitation) was the #1 goal, but some people just can't be rehabilitated.

To me, reform does not mean softer mattresses, better food, conjugal visits or the restoration of civil rights.  It means taking criminals off the streets.

I would also go so far as to say prison reform would end the situation where capital punishment may take 30 years or more to carry out.  Punishment should be swift or it is ineffective.

So what does "prison reform" mean to you?

If you’re asking me, prisons don’t need to be reformed, unless that means that staying in one is decidedly less pleasant than it is today.  What I mean by that is for anyone to be a recidivist means that they feel that they could get along in prison if they have to go back.  I’m ok with the Cool Hand Luke model of prisons, but I’m probably an outlier. 

You mention that prison reform to you means keeping criminals off the street.  I don’t see any other way than possibly increasing the prison population.  Given the prison reform discussion that has taken place in Wisconsin, a Milwaukee County judge was on the radio a few weeks ago and said that virtually no criminal, absent true violent crimes like murder and rape, ever go to prison after the first offense.  They are sentenced to the solutions that Anthony mentioned above, with a good dose of probation to boot.  Same with their second offense.  Come the third offense, they are probably off to prison. 

It’s a shame that these people get a second or third chance to victimize victims. 

It would be par for the course if not coming from the people who say that Kavanaugh didn’t have the temperament to be on the high court, and are holding themselves up as  paragons of virtue.