For those who doubt that this president is no more than a little boy doing a big person's job, you should
check this out.
Yes, the headline proclaiming that we've adopted a "tough space policy" is pretty entertaining in itself; it makes me feel like we'll all be wearing aluminum suits in the not-too-distant future. But then we read on to discover that our tough policy entails that we can tell other people that they
can't be in space if we don't want them there. Who knew we had such space authority?
Anyway, there's been talk of us putting weapons into space since we can be up there whenever we want but no one else can. Officially there's no sign that we're going to start "weaponizing" space anytime soon, although with Dick "Darth" Cheney as second-in-command, who knows. Especially since the administration has explicitly said they don't want to put weapons in space. They're so adamant on this point that they won't even discuss it. That's usually a sure sign that not only are we planning on weaponizing space, we've already armed the satellites and trained them on Kim Jong Il.
Don't you love it? Isn't it like we're all living in some crazy sci-fi novel? Oh, wait... it actually is really stupid when you consider that we can't even finish the shit we start on Earth. If this is what they're counting on for an October surprise, they are really getting low on good ideas. That whole "distract-the-public-from-the-war-and-the-scandal-by-talking-about-going-into-space" thing stopped working once the Prez started fantasizing about sending men to Mars.
In other news, they're beta-testing a new robot that will clean your house and be your best friend. Ha! Just kidding. But wouldn't that make this delightful science fiction dream all the more beautiful and insane?