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Would The United Nations Stop An Asteroid?
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| February 21, 2007
| Ben Shapiro
Posted on 02/21/2007 5:01:08 AM PST by UltraConservative
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To: UltraConservative
Hans Blix "What asteroid? I don't see any asteroid and my inspectors couldn't find any either."
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posted on
02/21/2007 5:51:15 AM PST
by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
To: UltraConservative
The United Nations couldn't stop a toilet without first spending 35 million on a feasibility study and then taking three votes; one to condemn Israel, one to petition the United States to continue funding the project, and one more to condemn Israel.
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posted on
02/21/2007 5:52:09 AM PST
by
AD from SpringBay
(We have the government we allow and deserve.)
To: The Great RJ
Roids, there aren't no stinkin' roids out there...
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posted on
02/21/2007 5:53:45 AM PST
by
Broker
(Haddi Nuff)
To: UltraConservative
No mater what, I see the UN looking for another large check from the US to study the issue.
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posted on
02/21/2007 5:54:24 AM PST
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: UltraConservative
"Would The United Nations Stop An Asteroid?"I have worked on a United Nations team (the GRRF, the Working Party on Brakes and Running Gear). Based on this experience, I don't believe the UN could stop a spitball, much less an asteroid.
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posted on
02/21/2007 5:55:18 AM PST
by
norwaypinesavage
(Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by incompetence.)
To: UltraConservative
Would The United Nations Stop An Asteroid?Only if it landed at First Avenue at 46th Street
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posted on
02/21/2007 5:58:57 AM PST
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: UltraConservative
A gravity tractor is an incredibly stupid idea. For all the thrust it would take to move a massive object into an orbit near a threatening object, such that they would gravitationally interact for a more-than-fleeting length of time, all you get is the miniscule force of gravity between the two objects. Thousands or millions or billions of times more efficient would be to apply the same thrust directly to the threat object, and push it out of harm's way.
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posted on
02/21/2007 6:08:03 AM PST
by
coloradan
(Failing to protect the liberties of your enemies establishes precedents that will reach to yourself.)
To: UltraConservative
There might be an endangered species on that asteroid. We cannot interfere with it's natural habitat by changing it's trajectory.
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posted on
02/21/2007 6:14:46 AM PST
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
To: UltraConservative
Didn't Bruce Willis already take care of that "issue"?
To: UltraConservative
The UN would pass a resolution.
And the US Congress would respond with a more aggressively worded non-binding resolution.
While the EU debates the issue and decries the aggression of the United States and Israel.
And Al Gore declares it a product of global warming climate change.
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posted on
02/21/2007 6:41:15 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: UltraConservative
another excuse to raise taxes
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posted on
02/21/2007 8:08:02 AM PST
by
vigilante2
(Thank You Troops)
To: UltraConservative
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posted on
02/21/2007 8:09:45 AM PST
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: UltraConservative
Make it against the law to shoot down an asteroid. The U.N. has broke every law in the book...this would be a good one to break! LOL
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posted on
02/21/2007 10:03:53 AM PST
by
Issaquahking
(Pardon Compean and Ramos Now!)
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