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		Obama to NASA: "If you make contact with Martians, please tell me right away" (gizmodo.com)		164
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Diogenes		2012-08-13 01:21:00 PM

Meh. Probably wants to grant them amnesty.

ZAZ		2012-08-13 01:31:51 PM

Making contact with Martians is Hillary's job.

Makh		2012-08-13 01:34:07 PM

Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Coco LaFemme		2012-08-13 01:42:43 PM

Makh: Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

sno man		2012-08-13 01:45:44 PM

MacEnvy		2012-08-13 02:00:24 PM

Coco LaFemme: Makh: Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

Well I think the first question after discovery is "do they share a common ancestor with extant or extinct terrestrial lifeforms?" If yes, not many adjustments to theology need to be made. If no, then it gets a lot more complicated.

DarkJohnson		2012-08-13 02:10:55 PM

That Obama, he's so silly.

/I built this message all by myself

timujin		2012-08-13 02:14:29 PM

Yeah, that was fun. I got a call at 7:45am, just as I was getting in the shower, telling me that President Obama would be doing a video call with the MSL team and could I please make sure the TV servers are handling the load okay and don't crash... nothing like a timely "heads up."

/csb
//but, seriously, the most appropriate one I've ever posted
///nothing broke.

serial_crusher		2012-08-13 02:19:31 PM

What, Obama and the martians are mad at each other so they've stopped talking, like some high school kids. NASA is that one poor kid who got stuck in Obama's Friend Zone but is still holding out hope.

CommieTaoist		2012-08-13 02:21:54 PM

Man, you people are so gullible! Everyone knows that the only reason 0bama sent that rover up there to begin with was he put his original Kenyan birth certificate on it so Sheriff Joe and his posse couldn't find it.

WelldeadLink		2012-08-13 02:23:36 PM

In the comments: "If it were the kind of alien we can use as a resource" if they're tasty.

Coco LaFemme		2012-08-13 02:28:10 PM

CommieTaoist: Man, you people are so gullible! Everyone knows that the only reason 0bama sent that rover up there to begin with was he put his original Kenyan birth certificate on it so Sheriff Joe and his posse couldn't find it.

I give Arpaio and his merry band of retards three weeks before that's a new talking point.

Relatively Obscure		2012-08-13 02:37:04 PM

unyon		2012-08-13 02:37:56 PM

timujin: Yeah, that was fun. I got a call at 7:45am, just as I was getting in the shower, telling me that President Obama would be doing a video call with the MSL team and could I please make sure the TV servers are handling the load okay and don't crash... nothing like a timely "heads up."

/csb
//but, seriously, the most appropriate one I've ever posted
///nothing broke.

If you don't want to be the last to know, don't work in IT. Getting shat upon with last minute plans and unreasonable expectations is pretty much the job. It's why we get the big buck.

UberDave		2012-08-13 02:40:24 PM

Coco LaFemme: Makh: Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

My guess is that they would simply restructure their faith around that little "problem"....you know, like every other time reality blew dogma out of the water.

MisterTweak		2012-08-13 02:45:11 PM

Coco LaFemme: Makh: Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

*spins the WHEEL OF APOLOGETICISM* aaaaand it lands on... "you once said something mean about a puppy, therefore your argument is invalid".

Always glad to help.

Lsherm		2012-08-13 03:03:11 PM

Coco LaFemme: Makh: Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

There's evidence of million-year-old life on earth and it doesn't trip up the creationists, what makes you think changing the planet is going to make a difference?

God put it there and made it look old. End of argument.

The creationist haters are only slightly less delusional than the creationists. NOTHING is going to make them change their mind, no matter how much you wish for it. They could find a goddamn "Abyss" looking alien body on Mars and it won't make a bit of difference to them.

timujin		2012-08-13 03:07:39 PM

unyon: timujin: Yeah, that was fun. I got a call at 7:45am, just as I was getting in the shower, telling me that President Obama would be doing a video call with the MSL team and could I please make sure the TV servers are handling the load okay and don't crash... nothing like a timely "heads up."

/csb
//but, seriously, the most appropriate one I've ever posted
///nothing broke.

If you don't want to be the last to know, don't work in IT. Getting shat upon with last minute plans and unreasonable expectations is pretty much the job. It's why we get the big buck.

I've been doing this for going on 20 years, I'm aware of how it works by now. And it wasn't that big a deal, they didn't even have to tell me, my servers could handle it. But still, 15 minutes notice for the friggin' President?

Cryoteck		2012-08-13 03:12:56 PM

This won't help get rid of that crazy conspiracy theory where Obama visited Mars as a "Chrononaut" using the CIA's "Jump room" in the 80's

downstairs		2012-08-13 03:21:02 PM

Coco LaFemme: Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

The same as always.

I'm more curious what new and crazy conspiracy theories will come up.

Diogenes		2012-08-13 03:26:10 PM

ZAZ: Making contact with Martians is Hillary's job.

Because she's Secretary of State or because she's one of the Lizard People?

Makh		2012-08-13 03:26:11 PM

If you actually want a plausible life/fossil cover up. It would be that they have already discovered it and asked for the funding to discover it. Excellent results, every time.

Gig103		2012-08-13 03:33:19 PM

timujin: I've been doing this for going on 20 years, I'm aware of how it works by now. And it wasn't that big a deal, they didn't even have to tell me, my servers could handle it. But still, 15 minutes notice for the friggin' President?

It doesn't help you, but you would have had months worth of notice If he was coming to your office instead.

EducatedBum		2012-08-13 03:41:31 PM

NASA's liaison to the Office of the President.

fluffybunny		2012-08-13 04:13:35 PM

"Venus was at its peak brilliance last night. You probably thought you saw something up in the sky other than Venus, but I assure you, it was Venus."

ZAZ		2012-08-13 04:24:03 PM

ZAZ: Making contact with Martians is Hillary's job.

Diogenes: Because she's Secretary of State or because she's one of the Lizard People?

Mostly because she's Secretary of State, but also because her experience landing under sniper fire makes her the ideal official to face off against the Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

medius		2012-08-13 04:54:35 PM

ooh, let biden talk to them

mjg		2012-08-13 04:56:01 PM

anchor babies

plastic_cow		2012-08-13 04:56:09 PM

EDL was (in no small part) created by a guy who taught physics as a summer class to my elementary/middle school classmates. It was awesome.
Also, I started the classroom on fire with batteries.

uber humper		2012-08-13 04:57:28 PM

DarkJohnson: That Obama, he's so silly.

/I built this message all by myself

But you posted it using the Internet that Al Gore invented.

medius		2012-08-13 04:58:58 PM

mjg: anchor babies

an anchor? a foot on the head should be enough

wildsnowllama		2012-08-13 04:59:22 PM

Cryoteck: This won't help get rid of that crazy conspiracy theory where Obama visited Mars as a "Chrononaut" using the CIA's "Jump room" in the 80's

I was told Obama had his own time machine. Are you telling me "he didn't build that?"

theorellior		2012-08-13 04:59:22 PM

This text is now purple		2012-08-13 05:00:18 PM

Coco LaFemme: Makh: Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

Catholic dogma has no issues with extra-terrestrial life. The Bible is taken to refer to God's covenants and interactions with Earth, and other than some vague statements in Genesis, doesn't say much one way or the other about other planets.

medius		2012-08-13 05:00:51 PM

wildsnowllama: Cryoteck: This won't help get rid of that crazy conspiracy theory where Obama visited Mars as a "Chrononaut" using the CIA's "Jump room" in the 80's

I was told Obama had his own time machine. Are you telling me "he didn't build that?"

he got a government loan, from the future, so we owed him interest

sneaky bastard that one

Expolaris		2012-08-13 05:00:56 PM

Coming up next on Fox News... OBAMA OFFERS AMNESTY TO MARTIAN ILLEGALS, TELLS NASA TO AVOID CHAIN OF COMMAND AND TELL HIM DIRECTLY

/calling it now

Sticky Hands		2012-08-13 05:00:56 PM

Nem Wan		2012-08-13 05:02:25 PM

Hailing frequencies open.
3.bp.blogspot.com

/fun fact: Nichelle Nichols recruited Sally Ride to NASA

krej55		2012-08-13 05:02:34 PM

Diogenes: ZAZ: Making contact with Martians is Hillary's job.

Because she's Secretary of State or because she's one of the Lizard People?

Yes

buckeyebrain		2012-08-13 05:02:42 PM

And if they find the elusive Illudium PU-36 Explosive Space Modulator, duck and cover!!!

Eagles409		2012-08-13 05:02:51 PM

If they do find life on Mars, I give it an hour before they're all registered to vote in Chicago.

protectyourlimbs		2012-08-13 05:02:57 PM

uber humper		2012-08-13 05:03:10 PM

EducatedBum: [media.tumblr.com image 400x349]

~~NASA~~ICE's liaison to the Office of the President.

FTFY

OtherLittleGuy		2012-08-13 05:03:21 PM

If he want to find Martians, I'm just going to leave this here....

medius		2012-08-13 05:03:34 PM

krej55: Diogenes: ZAZ: Making contact with Martians is Hillary's job.

Because she's Secretary of State or because she's one of the Lizard People?

Yes

she is secretary of state because she is one of the lizard people?

it all makes too much sense

way south		2012-08-13 05:04:30 PM

I hate to be one of those "Maybe its a rock, maybe its an alien landing pad!" guys... but I'm hoping so damn hard that they find an unusual rock or object, if only to scare congress into giving some of their exploration budget back.

2 Replies		2012-08-13 05:06:36 PM

Relatively Obscure: Coco LaFemme: Makh: Oh please, NASA find life/fossils/oil.

Oh I wonder what the Christians will say, if there's evidence of millions-year-old life on Mars....even if it's just microbial.

Contamination from Earth.

Splatter from God's circle-jerk?
End of the world = he eats the cookie?