Can We Start Building It Now?
We the People, a petition site at the White House, says that it will publicly respond to any petition that gets 25,000 signatures in a month.
That, my friends, is a worthy challenge.
And America is up to the task.
Here ya go. Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.
By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.
Or, better yet, use it on states that want to secede. Or the silent filibuster.
Use The Force, Luke.
Thanks to Rick for the heads up.
But will it work when spoiled brats use their mothers’ guns to shoot their way into elementary schools?
1There is a petition to ban assault weapons: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/urge-congress-advance-federal-legislation-banning-sale-assault-rifles-high-capacity-magazines/
2Its just a bigger gun.
Just saying……
3My Star Wars history is a little rusty, but I seem to recall:
1. the first Death Star was destroyed by shooting a torpedo down a ventilation porthole, and
2. The second Death Star was destroyed largely due to the efforts of three-foot tall furry creatures who lived in trees.
Building a “death star” is every bit as dopey today as it was a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…my money’s on the Ewoks, again.
4Remember a month ago, right after the election, when the secessionists thought their cause was to be taken seriously as they had provided the minimum number of signatures to the White House Petition site? Their plans were about as realistic as the blueprints for building a Death Star. You can get 25,000 signatures for pretty much any crackpot idea, because, well, there are just that many crackpots out there. There’s more irony in a plan to build a Death Star than actual iron.
5A galactic mega-structure work program. A Tbaggins stimulus now that’s ironic.
6Too late folks. Jerry Jones has already built the death star. It’s in Arlington and the “Dallas” Cowboys play a game there that occasionally resembles NFL football.
7@Sgt Mike- Don’t stray too far! Yours was a near-legendary remark about the Cowboys!!!
8JJ, He should be in the running for the Gilded Quill in humor!
The Defense Acquisition folks have something to say about that (PDF)
9Feh. The link is supposed to be http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/ATL%20Docs/Sep-Oct11/Ward.pdf
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