quote:He works at Publix Super Market at Hampton Cove.
Makes sense.
Posted by Malnurtured Snayer (Member # 411) on :
Hey, it would fund NASA ...
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Actually not a possibility, as the candidate is a wacko even by Alabama standards, which is saying something.
This ties in to something I'm going to talk about in my other rant, so, you know, stay tuned and stuff.
Also, I apologize to Alabama. We are all in this together!
[ April 24, 2002, 12:24: Message edited by: Sol System ]
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
He must have been beat up by nerds as a child.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Revenge of the Nerd, part One.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Well, my first reaction was also a big "WTF?" that scared both my cats sleeping in my room.
But upon consideration, funding NASA isn't as bad a cause as some other things that this country's taxes are used for. But then, I'm not that happy with the current NASA management either.
Still, I agree that this candidate must be a wacko. (Working in a supermarket? That's pretty funny...)
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Probably fund NASA for a couple of years and then get filtered into the DoD's budget...
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Assuming that NASA as a whole doesn't get folded into the DoD as well...seeing where the world is heading, its not that absurd a possibility.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
The new guy seems intent on making it into the PR arm of DoD. "Oh! Look! We're sending teachers into space!"
Posted by Rhi'a (Member # 720) on :
LOL! That's the funniest thing I've seen since my vitsa was attacked by bannana birds! ~Rhi'a
*The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe.-Joanna Marcy*
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
That is a scary thought...
Posted by Alpha Centauri (Member # 338) on :
1%? I don't know exactly how much money is involved in the entire SF-industry, but I don't think that one percent of that will be a very significant contribution to NASA.
Posted by Malnurtured Snayer (Member # 411) on :
If there are ten million sci-fi fans in the US, and they all spend at least ten dollars in a year on sci-fi related merchandise (Star Wars crap, Star Trek crap, ID4 crap, whatever), then NASA gets a million bucks.
Not much, true, but ... that's a conservative estimate of how much a sci-fi fan spends in a year on sci-fi crap.
Posted by Grokca (Member # 722) on :
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