Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Can't Afford The Gas No More While Whiteys Flyin' Round The Moon! **

 

** I couldn't pass up using the title -- ripping off Gil Scott-Heron's wonderful poem Whitey On The Moon -- even though it isn't 100% accurate.  Victor Glover, a Black astronaut, is up there on Artemis II along with three White astronauts zipping around the moon.  And why exactly are they up there, and why do we care?  To forget our troubles down here?

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