[identity profile] foreverbeach.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] talkpolitics
Keynesian idiocy aside, this is pretty important. It turns out that the majority of surveyed Americans would rather have Ob-ma as president than Rhombus if a malevolent alien force arrives to Earth. From USA Today:

The results are in: Seventeen percent of Americans don't believe UFOs exist, 36% think they do, and 48% aren't sure. The survey was commissioned for National Geographic Channel's series Chasing UFOs, premiering Friday at 9 p.m. ET.

Nearly 65% think Barack Obama would be better suited than Mitt Romney to handle an alien invasion.


I agree with this. That drone fleet is no f'ing joke, and Ob-ma has demonstrated that he'll kill women, children, wedding-goers, funeral-goers, school kids in school with it, etc. -- he doesn't have any qualms about tearing it up. Aliens want no part of that.

Romney would be against the alien invasion before he was for it, and knowing him, he'd sell out the world to the aliens so fast it would make your head spin. They'd just have to send a lobbyist with a couple of suitcases full of whatever currency we'd be changing to.

TEAM OB-MA when the aliens come!

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Date: 28/6/12 11:36 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] htpcl.livejournal.com
Saw that on Stewart (OK OK I confess!!) Hilarious.

If aliens invade the planet, how any president, king, or Pope handles it would be totally and utterly irrelevant, since we'd be like cockroaches compared to them.
Edited Date: 28/6/12 11:36 (UTC)

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Date: 28/6/12 11:43 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fierceleaf.livejournal.com
> Ob-ma

Why do you abbreviate His name?

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Date: 28/6/12 12:15 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com
Oh, so it's out of reverence. :)

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Date: 28/6/12 13:02 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com
He sure does (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mvP0ArKIGY).

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Date: 28/6/12 16:22 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophia-sadek.livejournal.com
Holy s**t! And here I thought it had something to do with sidestepping Google searches.

Rather than use the G-word, I prefer the expression "material Creator of the flat and immobile Earth." It shows reverence where reverence is due. Perhaps rather than using a mangled O-word, you could say something like, "supreme potentate of the slave free world."

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Date: 28/6/12 12:06 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com
No realistic alien invasion would see humans have a chance to actually fight it off, so.......

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Date: 28/6/12 16:25 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophia-sadek.livejournal.com
I prefer a more fluid game board:

Image

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Date: 28/6/12 18:06 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com
What kind of map is that? What happened to the Dardanelles? Why is that damned Kazakh border there randomly? Why is Iceland so far south?

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Date: 28/6/12 19:39 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com
They glued Asia Minor to the Balkans. Bastards...

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Date: 28/6/12 20:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com
I suppose they wanted to make Asia minor into Asia Major.
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Date: 28/6/12 19:40 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ddstory.livejournal.com
I'd like to play this game with your friends.

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Date: 28/6/12 19:58 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] terminator44.livejournal.com
You should convince them to play DEFCON (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON_%28video_game%29). It lasts no longer than two and a half hours.
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Date: 28/6/12 21:23 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] terminator44.livejournal.com
You can find it on Steam for $10. Trust me, it's worth every penny.
Edited Date: 28/6/12 21:24 (UTC)

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Date: 28/6/12 21:33 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gunslnger.livejournal.com
That sounds like fun, what game is that?

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Date: 30/6/12 20:41 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophia-sadek.livejournal.com
I do not recall any case where that happened, but I usually fall asleep before the rest of the party.

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Date: 28/6/12 12:46 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com
It doesn't matter how good any US President is. Aliens that break the laws of relativistic physics will kick our asses by virtue of simply being able when physics says "No" say "Yes" and physics sits down and does nothing. You might as well argue an anthill would take on Godzilla and that work well. And for the rest of the world it's even worse. Can you imagine North Korea v. an alien invasion?

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Date: 28/6/12 14:43 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nevermind6794.livejournal.com
They don't necessarily need to break any laws of physics, you know. There are all sorts of ways a dedicated alien civilization could reach us without being THAT far ahead of us technologically.

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Date: 28/6/12 15:08 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com
No, not really. You need some kind of FTL to actually reach a planet unless you're thinking we're going to be going through the Worldwar version of aliens showing up expecting Stone Age humans and meeting 21st Century humans.

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Date: 28/6/12 12:52 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curseangel.livejournal.com
Well, naturally, when the alien invasion happens, you want the guy in office who'd be authorizing supply drops and making sure survivors have food and water, not the guy who'd leave you to fend for yourself and say giving blankets to survivors and protecting anyone who isn't filthy rich enough is communism.

I MEAN WHAT--

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Date: 28/6/12 15:41 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rimpala.livejournal.com
This all depends, of course, on the aliens deciding to attack the U.S.

The Earth is a pretty big place and Americans aren't at the center of it. Heck if anyone has a chance of fending off Aliens it would be China right now.

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Date: 28/6/12 16:16 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophia-sadek.livejournal.com
Have you not seen the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still?

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Date: 28/6/12 16:27 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rimpala.livejournal.com
I'm pretty sure they'd already come up with something that can defend against that, it's China for crying out loud.

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Date: 28/6/12 16:29 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophia-sadek.livejournal.com
The Chinese cannot stand up against the power of Keanu Reeves. He is irresistible.

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Date: 28/6/12 16:32 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rimpala.livejournal.com
Nobody can stand up against him in Poker that's for sure. :p

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Date: 29/6/12 06:49 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] op-tech-glitch.livejournal.com
*Comic Book Guy voice* No, I have not!

(The weekend it came out I fired up the old Michael Rennie one instead. Even I've got some standards.)

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Date: 28/6/12 16:09 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sophia-sadek.livejournal.com
I was under the impression that Obama is convinced that aliens will work hard to contribute to the American economy.

Proof that aliens exist:

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Date: 28/6/12 16:10 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] oportet.livejournal.com
They'd have to be a little tired after travelling a few light years. A Romney speech would finish them off.

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