Newt Sure Moves Fast!



Alas, this weekend headline from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper had nothing to do with GOP presidential candidate New Gingrich’s pledge to establish a U.S. colony on the moon by 2020. Instead, in an increasingly familiar refrain, it’s a story about local lawmakers fighting an Air Force plan to close the 911th (gotta love that designation) Airlift Wing in Moon, a small town just north of Pittsburgh International Airport.

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