This is one of the best things I've read all day ;)
This Isn't the Petition Response You're Looking For
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#12Just hilarious! May the Force be with you!
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#13Now that they write a joke response to a joke petition, it would be nice to see a serious response to a serious petition.
Agreed. In fact, it's the government's job to respond to a joke petition as a serious petition. Maybe we all want a Death Star?
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#14Now that they write a joke response to a joke petition, it would be nice to see a serious response to a serious petition.
While there are jokes within the response, I do not believe this to be a "joke response". The points he makes are good, and the call to action regarding careers in math and science is a fantastic way to handle a response likely to be read by 14-16 year olds throughout the reaches of the internet.
Paul Shawcross is still a long way from making amends for what he's done to help cripple our human space flight program, however.
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#15I can't tell you how happy it makes me to know our federal government has a sense of humor.
I can't tell you how jealous it makes the others, whose governments a sense of humor lack!
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#16Hilarious, this made my day :D
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#17applause
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#18Just hilarious! May the Force be with you!
I think the Farce is strong in that one.
Seriously though, all it takes is a bunch of Star Wars reference to garner a bunch of Likes? No wonder there are so many actors in politics.
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#19"The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it."
The White House blog doesn't link to the source article, so here it is:
http://www.centives.net/S/2012/how-much-would-it-cost-to-bui...
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#20"The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than $850,000,000,000,000,000. We're working hard to reduce the deficit, not expand it." The White House blog doesn't link to the source article, so here it is: http://www.centives.net/S/2012/how-much-would-it-cost-to-bui...
Estimated cost of death star $850,000,000,000,000,000
Estimated current US debt $16,437,339,543,399
Cost of Death Star per US citizen $2,705,101,099
Estimated US debt per US citizen $52,311