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U.S. is against Death Star
« on: January 14, 2013, 09:05:13 AM »
Death Star Petition Gets White House Rebuff

The Huffington Post|By Ethan Klapper   
01/11/2013

Sorry, folks. The Obama administration will not be building a Death Star.

The White House responded Friday night to a petition on its website urging construction of a Death Star for job creation and national defense purposes by 2016.


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Re: U.S. is against Death Star
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2013, 09:09:02 AM »
Here's why, according to Paul Shawcross, chief of the Science and Space Branch of the Office of Management and Budget, who wrote an epic response to the petition and its nearly 35,000 signatories:

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 Administration does not support blowing up planets.

Why would we spend countless taxpayer dollars on a Death Star with a fundamental flaw that can be exploited by a one-man starship?

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Re: U.S. is against Death Star
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2013, 09:10:06 AM »
Shawcross did take the opportunity to explain what is being done already, instead of the government spending the estimated $852 quadrillion (in case you were wondering what the above number was) to build the ultimate planet-destroying machine.

There's the International Space Station (which doesn't destroy planets). There's the two rovers on Mars ("one wielding a laser"). Oh yeah, here's the president wielding a light saber! Who knew -- the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is even "supporting research" on building Luke Skywalker's arm.

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Re: U.S. is against Death Star
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2013, 09:13:30 AM »
Shawcross closed by plugging a big initiative of the Obama administration: science, technology, engineering and math education:

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.

Sorry, "Star Wars" fans, it seems the gravitational pull of Washington's budget battles was too much to make a $852 quadrillion investment.

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Re: U.S. is against Death Star
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2013, 09:14:21 AM »
from a government functionary, this is one h_ll of a witty answer.  what a jedi!

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Re: U.S. is against Death Star
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2013, 09:16:51 AM »
The Death Star (officially the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station) is a fictional moon-sized spacestation and superweapon appearing in the Star Wars movies and expanded universe. It is capable of destroying a planet with a single destructive energy beam. (wikipedia)

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Re: U.S. is against Death Star
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2013, 09:24:07 AM »
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Re: U.S. is against Death Star
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2013, 09:37:30 AM »
Ibaligya na lang nila ang whole U.S.A para makabuild sila ug Death Star.. hehehehe...

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