Gene Simmons posted this on his personal website ...

Woke up at 2:30 am Monday morning, drove out to the Mojave desert to be a guest at an historic event. Was invited to attend the fantastic second launch of SPACESHIPONE (Spaceship One) by Bob Lorsh. This is the commercial venture that successfully went into "outer space". The first launch was a few weeks ago. This flight was the qualifier that won the crew a $10 million dollar price.
The private sector once again kicked Gov't and Nasa in the butt and showed them how to do something for $25 million dollars -- compared to the hundreds of millions/billions Nasa routinely spends on similar ventures.
But, this is an old story. In various tv and print interviews I did at the site (I was ACTUALLY on the field...very exciting) I was reminded of an astonishing fact. It has always been the American Individual -- the American Entrepreneur, not the Government who created the life we all enjoy today. Think about it.
Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone.
Edison and the light bulb (and phonograph...and hundreds of other inventions).
The Wright Bros and the first airplane.
And all of it invented right here in America.

It DOES all come down to one person. It always does. SOMEONE has a dream. And that person either keeps it to himself, or he spreads it to others --- like a virus. And, if others start believing the dream, anything is possible. Anything.
I'm living proof. If you've read my books or heard the lectures (yeah, I know. They SOUND like lectures) in America, you can do anything. You can come from another country (like myself, like Gov. Schwartzenegger, like lots of others) and scale the heights. Because America lets you go after your dreams. Like no other country in the world. Not the country I was born in. Not the country Schwartzenegger was born in.
This is a tough one to swallow for all the other countries of the world.
But look at it this way: While all the countries in the world discuss the glories of their past, America is walking on other planets

...It's very true - it does always come down to one person's brainstorm

From lil thingz, big thingz grow Aint it da truth

lilmissmissy said:

absolutely!

Natisse said:

I'm the first to think Gene is usually too busy thinking about how to make his wallet fatter to say something worthwhile, but pretty cool.

I still like Henry Rollins better (I'm hoping more and more people check out his spoken word albums/DVD's. Great storyteller.

Although I still think Paul should give beauty tips to the Miss America pageant.

subhuman09 said:

Hey Tisse it's me PRN

PRNLOVER said:

aaaaah my big sis!!!! you're HEEEEERE!!!!

Natisse said:

Yes I'm here
but a little scawred

PRNLOVER said:

it's cool it's like the NPG...you get used to it

Natisse said:

Okey dokey

[/b]Moving to Music: Non-Prince - KISS ROCKS [/b]

Natisse said:

So does that mean I live in an evil Nazi-society where you have to be born and bred Canadian ten generations back to amount to anything?



What a dumbassed thing for him to say.

I agree with the general idea though.
[Edited 10/7/04 2:54am]