All About the Star Wars

[deriksmith]

Bear with me for a minute:

We all know about Star Wars, no not that one SDI, the Strategic Defense Initiative... the satellite warfare program during the Cold War nicknamed "Star Wars" by Reagan staffers? The ruinously expensive plan to put giant death star lasers into orbit that... okay, maybe the name "Star Wars" was sort of appropriate

Comments

[dvandom]

Nah, just another example of the Wrong People learning the lessons Reagan taught. Karl Rove being another.

[deriksmith]

Are you suggesting that Karl Rove works for Al Quaeda?

[dvandom]

Nah, there's room in the world for numerous independent source of evil. This isn't an 80s action cartoon, after all. :)

[deriksmith]

Hey, even G.I. Joe had the Headman, Egyptian Gods and Yeti.
...wait, I'm making your point for you.