Mr Manifesto
16th August 2003, 12:10 AM
From the NY TIMES 17 August 2003
Washington
A giant asteroid has struck the heart of the United States. Officials have no way of estimating current casualites, but say that "it is highly unlikely that it is anything less than several million".
Scientists predict that the resulting collision will send up dark clouds of dust into the atmosphere triggering world wide ecological disaster...
(continued on page 3, pictures page 4, editorial page 8, late changes to TV programmes ENTERTAINMENT)
The following reactions were taken from the JREF P, CE & H forum.
"This is what happens when you don't deregulate the space program! If the space program had been operating under the free market, the asteroid belt would be covered by mining companies by now and they could have done something about it!"
"This is the environmentalists' fault! They pressure the government until they have no choice but to put asteroids under heritage listing so no-one can do anything about it. Once again, the PC lobby has destroyed America!"
"Why doesn't the article say anything about the Muslims' reaction to this? It wouldn't be because they are glad this has happened, would it?"
"This is just a big smoke-screen by the Bush government to deflect questions about Iraq!"
"This is all because Clintion lied about Monica Lewinsky!"
"Obviously America was experimenting with a new weapon that's gone tragically wrong. This is what happens to a country that aggressively expands her empire like America."
And, one last arcane post by someone with the username Kedi Jnight:
"This is a result of the Feminist Matriarchal Totalitarian Regime!"
Washington
A giant asteroid has struck the heart of the United States. Officials have no way of estimating current casualites, but say that "it is highly unlikely that it is anything less than several million".
Scientists predict that the resulting collision will send up dark clouds of dust into the atmosphere triggering world wide ecological disaster...
(continued on page 3, pictures page 4, editorial page 8, late changes to TV programmes ENTERTAINMENT)
The following reactions were taken from the JREF P, CE & H forum.
"This is what happens when you don't deregulate the space program! If the space program had been operating under the free market, the asteroid belt would be covered by mining companies by now and they could have done something about it!"
"This is the environmentalists' fault! They pressure the government until they have no choice but to put asteroids under heritage listing so no-one can do anything about it. Once again, the PC lobby has destroyed America!"
"Why doesn't the article say anything about the Muslims' reaction to this? It wouldn't be because they are glad this has happened, would it?"
"This is just a big smoke-screen by the Bush government to deflect questions about Iraq!"
"This is all because Clintion lied about Monica Lewinsky!"
"Obviously America was experimenting with a new weapon that's gone tragically wrong. This is what happens to a country that aggressively expands her empire like America."
And, one last arcane post by someone with the username Kedi Jnight:
"This is a result of the Feminist Matriarchal Totalitarian Regime!"