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USA will not build a "Death Star"

jdoleckijdolecki Posts: 726
edited 2013-01-18 02:36 in General Discussion
White house responds to request to build planet destroying space station.

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/isnt-petition-response-youre-looking

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  • Oldbitcollector (Jeff)Oldbitcollector (Jeff) Posts: 8,091
    edited 2013-01-16 08:15
    On risk of being "political", I wish they would respond to a few other legitimate petitions which they have chosen to ignore.

    Jeff
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-01-16 08:28
    i'd have to agree with Oddbitcollector. It seems that the media has gotten more and more into feeding the public factoids of the Ripley's Believe or Not genre and less about a real dialog about real concerns. This trillion dollar platinum coin is another zinger from the far side.

    There are real issues and there are real political under-currents that are serious in the world today. But as Marshall McCluhan claimed, 'The media is the massage'.

    For instance, China seems to be laying a very serious foundation to justify expanding its borders regardless of what the world or its neighbours think or say. And they appear to be expanding their navy to do so while exploring ways to eliminate satellites from an airspace over China and maybe beyond.

    I can't figure out if China wants to do this for the oil and other resources, as pay back for getting beaten up in events leading up to WWII, a dislike of all western powers, or just a cultural need to attempt to create a new world order based on a Chinese dynastic rule. But I do feel that I may soon to be living in Chinese occupied territory. It feels like a repeat of what happen to Poland is about to take place.
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2013-01-16 08:40
    Oldbitcollector (Jeff) wrote: »
    On risk of being "political", I wish they would respond to a few other legitimate petitions which they have chosen to ignore.

    Jeff

    Would that be the a-political ones? They all look political to me.
  • localrogerlocalroger Posts: 3,452
    edited 2013-01-16 16:44
    The Galactic Empire responds to the white house response:

    http://starwarsblog.starwars.com/index.php/2013/01/15/planet-earth-abandons-death-star-project-in-face-of-superior-galactic-imperial-power/
  • frank freedmanfrank freedman Posts: 1,983
    edited 2013-01-16 17:37
    It's always about the resources. And China has a few billion reasons to covet the same.........

    Loopy Byteloose wrote: »
    i'd have to agree with Oddbitcollector. It seems that the media has gotten more and more into feeding the public factoids of the Ripley's Believe or Not genre and less about a real dialog about real concerns. This trillion dollar platinum coin is another zinger from the far side.

    There are real issues and there are real political under-currents that are serious in the world today. But as Marshall McCluhan claimed, 'The media is the massage'.

    For instance, China seems to be laying a very serious foundation to justify expanding its borders regardless of what the world or its neighbours think or say. And they appear to be expanding their navy to do so while exploring ways to eliminate satellites from an airspace over China and maybe beyond.

    I can't figure out if China wants to do this for the oil and other resources, as pay back for getting beaten up in events leading up to WWII, a dislike of all western powers, or just a cultural need to attempt to create a new world order based on a Chinese dynastic rule. But I do feel that I may soon to be living in Chinese occupied territory. It feels like a repeat of what happen to Poland is about to take place.
  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2013-01-17 11:21
    You have to start somewhere...

    http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/01/17/alpha-station-private-inflatable-spacebase/

    C.W.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,259
    edited 2013-01-17 17:19
    "Do not exceed 20 PSI when inflating Death Star or warranty is void."

    "Do not use or carry sharp objects in your pockets while destroying planets or warranty is void."

    "Do not fire lasers or death rays within Death Star or warranty is void."

    "Do not disclose location of secret self-destruct button to Droids or X-Wing pilots or warranty is void."
  • ctwardellctwardell Posts: 1,716
    edited 2013-01-17 18:58
    Reminds me of the Alan Parsons Project:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei_GZnrr1nw

    C.W.
  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2013-01-18 01:32
    "The X-wing starfighter in the mirror may be closer than it looks"
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2013-01-18 02:36
    Virtual perfection is never what is is hoped to be. Accept the status quo and enjoy the peace.
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