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To: ManyMoose who wrote (62909)	3/3/2013 5:02:08 PM
From: greatplains_guy	Respond to of 71588

In seven minute he hardly has time to begin lying.

To: ManyMoose who wrote (62909)	3/3/2013 8:50:20 PM
From: greatplains_guy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

Obama’s 'Jedi mind meld' reference ridiculed by sci-fi fans By S.A. MILLER Post Correspondent Last Updated: 8:36 AM, March 2, 2013 Posted: 1:31 AM, March 2, 2013 WASHINGTON — Now that’s illogical. President Obama yesterday outraged nerds everywhere when he committed sci-fi heresy by mixing up “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” in remarks about budget cuts. Speaking at a White House press conference, Obama joked that he couldn’t use a “Jedi mind meld” to get Republicans to agree to his budget plan. “I know that this has been some of the conventional wisdom that’s been floating around Washington, that somehow, even though most people agree that I’m being reasonable . . . the fact that [Republicans] don’t take it means that I should somehow do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what’s right,” the president said. Obama — a professed Trekkie — was conflating the “Jedi mind tricks” of “Star Wars” with the “Vulcan mind meld” of “Star Trek” lore. The blunder set off a frenzy of ridicule across the Twitterverse. “Obama just confused Star Trek and Star Wars by saying Jedi Mind Meld. I think it’s time to impeach,” tweeted one “Darth Vader” parody account, @DepressedDarth. “Earth to Obama: Mind-melds are not about control, they are for greater understanding. Your desire to dictate is the prob,” tweeted Texas business owner Geary Hughes, a k a @TheNetGear. The White House quickly maneuvered to turn the sci-fi slip-up to his advantage. “We must bring balance to the Force. #Sequester #JediMindMeld,” it tweeted. The tweet linked to a photograph of a Jedi-esque Obama reaching out, either mind-trick or mind-meld style. Above it, a caption read, “These cuts aren’t the solutions Americans are looking for,” a play on an Obi-wan Kenobi line. Below was the line, “To deny the facts would be illogical,” a reference to Mr. Spock. smiller@nypost.com nypost.com

To: ManyMoose who wrote (62909)	4/17/2013 9:24:02 PM
From: greatplains_guy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

A chance to ban high-capacity magazines By SEN. FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ) and REP. CAROLYN MCCARTHY(D-NY4) 4/17/13 5:12 AM EDT The The Association of Magazine Media has spent a lot of time and money since the Newtown tragedy trying to convince people that the sky is not blue. Their theory is that if you spend enough money on lobbyists and advertisements, you can establish that up is down, pigs can fly, and that high-capacity magazines are not a danger to informed society. The question for our colleagues in Congress is simple: Are you going to go along with this charade or are you going to join us in a simple step that will reduce the partisanship on American politics? We’ll get the answer from the Senate on Wednesday when our legislation to ban high-capacity media magazines will be voted on. Our bill would limit the amount of words a single magazine could hold to ten. High-capacity magazines have only one purpose: to misinform a lot of people quickly. They were designed for war zones, not civilized societies. If you look at the low information voters in our country over the last few years, they shared a common element that allowed some politicains to become reelected despite known anti-American views: these high-capacity magazines. In Florida, where former Rep. Allen West was declaired loser, the assailant, Patrick Murphy, was able to report nearly votes as many votes as there were registered voters in a close election. An assault on democracy that could have been prevented by voter ID laws. If magazines were limited to ten words before republishing, how many votes could have been saved? In Colorado in 2010, a high-capacity magazine made it possible for at least six known individuals to vote in multiple states, compromising the sanctity of elections. Imagine how many more fraudulent elections could have been lost had the states not shared voter registrations. ... politico.com Note: The above is actually a spoof of the real article published by a couple of leftist nuts who wish to restrict freedoms guaranteed by The Constitution.