The Alan Parsons Project?
Not only does the U.S. government have plans to build a Star Wars-style Death Star but they are now constructing a giant laser. Having thousands of nuclear bombs which could blow up the planet hundreds of times over is not enough to satisfy the insatiable Rumsfelds of the world. Now we need to have a laser that can simulate a nuclear bomb.
Did the energy department steal the plans from Dr. Evil's secret lair? From the comments at Adventures of The Smart Patrol I learned about the following story:
WASHINGTON - A giant laser being built to simulate the explosion of a hydrogen bomb is facing funding cuts in the Senate that supporters say could kill the project after $2.8 billion has been spent on it.
The device, which would focus 192 lasers at a single point to create a huge release of energy, is nearing completion at the Lawrence Livermore nuclear weapons lab in Northern California.
But a spending plan for energy and water projects approved Thursday by the Senate Appropriations Committee would shut off further construction money for the project, leaving it with just the four laser beams now in place.
What new ways of wasting our tax dollars will our government think of next?
Jeez...All the taste of the H bomb ...none of the calories...
Fucking scum
Posted by: Rduke | June 30, 2005 at 11:54 AM
Maybe instead of lasers, they could build a huge catapult capable of launching a million Bibles at our enemies. Take that, infidels!
Posted by: PusBoy | June 30, 2005 at 11:55 AM
We need to take back out government. This has gone on far too long.
Posted by: PoliShifter | June 30, 2005 at 02:00 PM
All Rove wants is some Frickin' sharks with Frickin' laser beams attached to their heads.
Oh, and the death by hanging of anyone to the left of Tom DeLay.
Is that too much to ask?
Posted by: Paul the Spud | June 30, 2005 at 02:23 PM
Cut me some frickin' slack! I'm just trying to expose the idiocy of government wasteful sprending. Throw me a frickin' bone here! LOL.
Karl Rove's secret motivation speech to urge President Bush to be a stronger leader: Cause your not quite evil enough. Your semi-evil, your quasi-evil, your the margarine of evil, your the diet coke of evil, just one calorie, not "evil" enough.
Posted by: Agitprop | June 30, 2005 at 02:31 PM
Not giant lasers, " "giant" "laaaasers" ."
Posted by: C.b. | June 30, 2005 at 07:03 PM
These assholes would construct a bow and arrow if they could figure a way to pocket billions doing it.
Posted by: Sonoma | June 30, 2005 at 08:11 PM
I can picture Condi Rice as Frau Farbissina yelling FIRE THE LASER!
Posted by: Agitprop | June 30, 2005 at 08:15 PM
You're dating yourself with that headline, boy-o.
Posted by: Roxanne | July 01, 2005 at 06:19 AM
"Eye in the Sky," right?
Posted by: Dr. Fallon | July 01, 2005 at 11:32 AM