Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 05, 2011

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    pouncingtiger  over 13 years ago

    Danae’s delusional/disillusioned and Jeffrey’s glad that she’s gone.

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    bagbalm  over 13 years ago

    I just realized what would work – but now I need to save it for a book…

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    weasel_monkey  over 13 years ago

    About 0.58% of the US Federal Budget is directed towards NASA for all of its programs. Between 28-38% of the Budget is earmarked for the DoD of which the Pentagon is part… and yet they can only offer a paltry $500k for an idea on how to take the human race to another solar system? Priorities?

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    Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago

    The Pentagon is really doing that.

    My invitation apparently got lost, too.

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    fullyloaded55  over 13 years ago

    The answer is right before us…the U.S. Mail Service…It’s faster than the speed of light and half the cost of it’s competition…LOL…

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    farmermatt  over 13 years ago

    Danae already appears to be living on another planet.

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    Sandfan  over 13 years ago

    I get these invites all the time. They’re sent by a front organization called Publisher’s Clearing House.

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    GROG Premium Member over 13 years ago

    You may already be a winner!

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    Can't Sleep  over 13 years ago

    Uh-huh, and who’s on the list of people the Pentagon are planning to send? (Can I make some suggestions?)

    The frightening thought is that the Pentagon plan sounds real. (Tell me it’s not so, Wiley!)

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    wittyvegan  over 13 years ago

    @towerwarlock: You are mixing something up. It is the Tea Party that complains all the time if decisions are left to experts … sorry: elites.

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    lewisbower  over 13 years ago

    A waste is a terrible thing to mind.

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    Justice22  over 13 years ago

    I like Danae’s confidence. Going a loooong way in this world.

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    palos  over 13 years ago

    As others have alluded, the contest appears to involve one way tickets

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    Lawrence Stetz Premium Member over 13 years ago

    I think the brainiacs would be more interested in proving that the could figure out the problem than the money.

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    puddleglum1066  over 13 years ago

    I don’t know why they’ve organized this “contest.” By their own admission, the DoD has been routinely performing operations in other solar systems since at least 2009. See this Air Force recruiting ad:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzAoBzQv0jA Note the setting, a planet with two (very large) moons, and note the tag line: “IT’S NOT SCIENCE FICTION. IT’S WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.” (But look quickly, as the Air Force seems to have been trying to make this ad disappear since early 2010.)

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    freeholder1  over 13 years ago

    Danae is the perfect example of modern education telling a kid over and over that she should be confident and proud even when she doesn’t study or learn or pay attention to anyone else. Explains the Kardashians.

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    freeholder1  over 13 years ago

    Basil: you might also point out how NASA as a civilian run agency returned $8 for every $1 invested and only started losing money once the DOD could steal…er, re-appropriate funds from it. Kind of like where all the money went from Soc Sec.

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    wynot  over 13 years ago

    Are they red because they’re afflicted with sunburn?

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    bmonk  over 13 years ago

    Will they contact Chap Foey Rider? (see: http://www.amazon.com/Chap-Foey-Rider-Capitalist-Stars/dp/1587151960)

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    freeholder1  over 13 years ago

    g: i raised one of these. Trust me. They may be alien, but they have plenty of help staying that way from idiot administrators and misguided teachers who have been rid of any real enforcement powers.

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    dflak  over 13 years ago

    Jeffery might be the only male in Wiley’s universe that truly understands women.

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    Varnes  over 13 years ago

    weasel_monkey, they should do what Eisenhower did with the interstate highway system. Declare it vital to our national defense, and fund it through the defense budget. NASA would have more money than it could ever find uses for……Just like the Pentagram….

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    Varnes  over 13 years ago

    Line from the new Jim Lauderdale and Robert Hunter bluegrass CD, Reason and Rhyme.Blackbird sitting on a daisy chain Sayin’ come in out of the rain. Why not just postpone the war, Feed your hungry, clothe your poor, Before you take your sword back out again…

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    Biltil Premium Member over 13 years ago

    Sad thing is, based on the history of government thought, Danae is probably in the top 150 thinkers

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    freeholder1  over 13 years ago

    plowshears everywhere thank you, Varnes.

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    Ernest Lemmingway  over 13 years ago

    I wonder sort of gasket Danae will blow when she realizes she’s not on the list? Or worse, she uses Jeffrey to submit her own ridiculous idea and it’s the WINNER because politicos know as much about reality as she does? If I sound cynical about our leaders, it’s because I helped elect them.

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