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The ending is the best part! > If you do pursue a career in a science, technology, engineering > or math-related field, the Force will be with us! Remember, the > Death Star's power to destroy a planet, or even a whole star system, > is insignificant next to the power of the Force.
Stopped reading at "Death Star". Kind of ashamed that I blew 20 seconds typing this. Also ashamed that probably 50K in tax dollars were blown in responding to it.
($50k/$2.9 trillion government taxation revenue * my approximate tax paid yearly = $0.00043)
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So many things to say, but really not the right forum. Sigh. I laughed at this, it's a fun and smart response targeted to a sub-community that barely broke the threshold to get that response. But let's be real. If your standard of 'blowing up the planet' is somewhat lesser than 'the Republicans'...it might make you feel better to say it but history shows both of them are plenty happy dropping bombs for no justifiable…
I am afraid that history doesn't show that we wage wars "for no justifiable reason".
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I am afraid that history doesn't show that we wage wars "for no justifiable reason".
How about the Mexican-American war, where US soldiers crossed the Mexican border, Mexican troops chased them away, the US decided this was a Mexican invasion, the US declared war, then we took the entire South-Eastern United States from Mexico. All because WE invaded THEM first.
(Note, I grew up in Canada, which became a single country for mutual defense in case the USA wanted to repeat the incident on its northern border. Details are a bit more complicated than that, but that is the gist of it.)
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So many things to say, but really not the right forum. Sigh. I laughed at this, it's a fun and smart response targeted to a sub-community that barely broke the threshold to get that response. But let's be real. If your standard of 'blowing up the planet' is somewhat lesser than 'the Republicans'...it might make you feel better to say it but history shows both of them are plenty happy dropping bombs for no justifiable…
I am afraid that history doesn't show that we wage wars "for no justifiable reason".
Stopped reading at "Death Star". Kind of ashamed that I blew 20 seconds typing this. Also ashamed that probably 50K in tax dollars were blown in responding to it.
I am proud if $0.00043 of my taxpayer dollars went to this. It gave me more value than I get from the vast majority of $0.00043 increments of my taxes. ($50k/$2.9 trillion government taxation revenue * my approximate tax paid yearly = $0.00043)
One afternoon of this guy's time at $50,000 would mean an annual salary of $26,100,000.
(261 workdays per year * 2 * $50,000)
In all likelihood, this was either done on this guy's own time or took like an hour....
Time well spent if you ask me :)
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I think when people say "destroy the Earth" they are talking more about it's habitability than what a Death Star can do.
Well, it recovered pretty well after a 6 mile wide rock going millions of miles per hour hit it right in the face and cause one of the biggest extinction events in its history. If that didn't destroy its habitability for good, I'm not sure we'd be able to do it.
I can't tell you how happy it makes me to know our federal government has a sense of humor.
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I am proud if $0.00043 of my taxpayer dollars went to this. It gave me more value than I get from the vast majority of $0.00043 increments of my taxes. ($50k/$2.9 trillion government taxation revenue * my approximate tax paid yearly = $0.00043)
Now I am as critical as anyone of frivolous public spending, but how in god's name did you get to $50,000 for this? At worst, this took one Friday afternoon of this government employee's time. Just how well do you think this guy is paid? One afternoon of this guy's time at $50,000 would mean an annual salary of $26,100,000. (261 workdays per year * 2 * $50,000) In all likelihood, this was either done on this guy's ow…