Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for July 16, 2011

GASP

They are after the unobtainium!

Dances with Smurfs 2

DOD has a lowest bidder policy. I’m not overly worried about them building space craft; unless I have to fly in one.

Survival after the launch………….

Our new economic recovery program, funded, of course, by tax dollars.

Let’s see… During the Cold War underground facilities were build to protect the Government (read politicians) and military leaders. Could moving them and the CEOs to another solar system be the next step?

And the meek shall inherit the Earth.

double GASP

hehehe….google elenin and enjoy a good read here:http://globalrumblings.blogspot.com/2011/05/breakingcomet-elenin-white-house-letter.htmlonce all the clowns are gone, the meek shall inherit the earthand it must be true, i read it on the internet ;)

Perhaps it’ll be our equivelent of the Botony Bay and they’ll load all the terrorists on it. Wouldn’t that be nice?

I’m gonna start a blog and a conspiracy theory you won’t believe. Wait, I meant a conspiracy theory all the nuts will believe. Wait, I mean————

So Ralph will send Alice to a star?

So that’s it! Half a century of our government taking our tax dollars to make nukes to point at the [then] Soviet Union and NOW they get around to space exploration (just as the space shuttle program is concluding) just because two little girls and their pets set free a little white flying elephant that threatens the world!

I think Wiley Miller is one of the best comic strip creators working today … maybe even the best.

First off: the premise of half-a-mill for the secret to the universe is ridiculous…and this one is starting to sound like a repeat of Kornbluth’s “The Marching Morons.”

Actually, I am wondering if this is not a situation that will call for the return of the Eckert to save the day from the evil mechinations of the Pentagon and the rest of the military-industrial complex.

The goal is not to travel to another universe, but to keep the military-industrial complex operating at it’s peak..

Wow. Mary Sue wins again. Mary Sue always wins. I never thought the gag-a-day bits would be funnier than the story of a comic strip, but this strip has found a way, and all it took was this strip’s entire universe bending to the whims of a Mary Sue.

“Alert the CEO’s”… Well, they’ve got to spend all the money they save on taxes SOMEWHERE!

Yeah, the tax payers will pay to get creamed while the big deal politicians will leave the planet!

I had just assumed it was the Pentagon because with no more shuttles and no more exploration craft to crash into Mars, NASA wasn’t up to much.

Frankly I think it would be great if they would ship all the felons and the politicians to another planet and leave the rest of us alone to do what we know is best and right.

Who is Mary Sue?

A Mary Sue character is usually a character in a wish fulfillment story. They get everything they want without working for it. Everybody loves them, everything goes their way. They are usually flat two dimensional characters that exist solely to make the author feel good about themselves.

They are going to send all of those middle managers and telephone sanitizers away, like in the Hitchhiker’s Guide.

I think the Ekert is about to make a reappearance. I remember these Military Industrial complex guys were trying to destroy the Ekert when they learned it had gotten loose.

Actually, the Military and CEO s know that the planet Nibiru is on it’s way and the Earth will be reduced to a glowing ember… they’re going to try and get out while the going’s good. That’s why they need a new star system… this solar system will be toast… mmmm toast!

Rockngolfer beat me to it – darn! Except, maybe if we send all the military higher ups, the god botherer fanatics, and CEOs, from all countries we may still have a chance…

Not a good idea. Google “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress” a 1966 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein.

beat me to it, tex, but i think it has to do with getting rid of the eckert….

@Grog Heh – http://bash.org/?262417 ;-)

Instead of “Invaders From Mars,” it’ll be “Invasion of Mars” courtesy your friendly DOD.