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Death Star Petition

We did it!

Job security for those of us in the defense industry!

First target, those jerks that demoted pluto.

I guess we even have a sith lord to run it already.
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I thought Dick Cheney retired.

reply to Draiman
Haha I signed it yesterday! Was wondering how long until someone posted it up here; I was too lazy.
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reply to Draiman
Someone here made reference to it in another thread but I felt it deserved its' own thread.

reply to Draiman
How is this supposed to cut government spending and decrease the debt?

Thank Yoda that these petitions don't carry any weight. For if they did, then we might see Pizza the hut in space as well.

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reply to Draiman
Now all we need is $852,000,000,000,000,000 and 2,200,000,000,000,000,000 pounds of steel. And 830,000 years to build it.

Source - »www.centives.net/S/2012/how-much···th-star/

China said they can finance it.

and a fraction of the quality and safety.

reply to Draiman
"In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the United States will be reorganized into the first World Empire for a safe and secure society."
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Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy.

I got what looks like an official Email from the Whitehouse regarding the petition to build the Death Star.

And its posted on the site as well. I like the detailed response. Both tongue and cheek and informative.

»petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio···eathstar

"This Is Not the Petition Response You're Looking For

By Paul Shawcross, Chief of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget

The Administration shares your desire for job creation and a strong national defense, but a Death Star isn't on the horizon. Here are a few reasons:

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?

However, look carefully (here's how) and you'll notice something already floating in the sky -- that's no Moon, it's a Space Station! Yes, we already have a giant, football field-sized International Space Station in orbit around the Earth that's helping us learn how humans can live and thrive in space for long durations. The Space Station has six astronauts -- American, Russian, and Canadian -- living in it right now, conducting research, learning how to live and work in space over long periods of time, routinely welcoming visiting spacecraft and repairing onboard garbage mashers, etc. We've also got two robot science labs -- one wielding a laser -- roving around Mars, looking at whether life ever existed on the Red Planet.

Keep in mind, space is no longer just government-only. Private American companies, through NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo Program Office (C3PO), are ferrying cargo -- and soon crew -- to space for NASA, and are pursuing human missions to the Moon this decade.

Even though the United States doesn't have anything that can do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, we've got two spacecraft leaving the Solar System and we're building a probe that will fly to the exterior layers of the Sun. We are discovering hundreds of new planets in other star systems and building a much more powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope that will see back to the early days of the universe.

We don't have a Death Star, but we do have floating robot assistants on the Space Station, a President who knows his way around a light saber and advanced (marshmallow) cannon, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which is supporting research on building Luke's arm, floating droids, and quadruped walkers.

We are living in the future! Enjoy it. Or better yet, help build it by pursuing a career in a science, technology, engineering or math-related field. The President has held the first-ever White House science fairs and Astronomy Night on the South Lawn because he knows these domains are critical to our country's future, and to ensuring the United States continues leading the world in doing big things.

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.

Tell us what you think about this response and We the People.
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-Jimi Hendrix

»news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/whit···ics.html
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