And just what tone you'd expect, too, from the Administration of our first Trekkie President (although everyone knows he's ready to take on a bat'leth any time):
For starters, Pawl Shawcross—of the Science and Space Branch at the White House Office of Management and Budget—actually titled the reponse to this "We The People" online petition of 35,000 signatures as...
..."This Isn't The Petition Response You're Looking For" ...
Death Star Petition Gets White House Rebuff
Via Ethan Klapper/ HuffPo...
The White House responded Friday night to a petition on its website urging construction of a Death Star for job creation and national defense purposes by 2016. ...
—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?
I'm told this reply is being sent on all hailing frequencies and linguacode ...
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