White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment - Page 3

CorporalCaptain · March 2 2013, 08:15 AM

Locutus of Bored wrote:

Yeah, that's actually the point when the first angel sounded his trumpet.

Zion Ravescene · March 2 2013, 07:40 PM

This looks like a job for Darth Vader:

On the other hand, Mark Mardell suggests Obama might have been referring to Force Meld. Then again, he also mentions Dr. Spock.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21637500

Tora Ziyal · March 3 2013, 12:23 AM

Captain Nebula wrote:

gturner wrote:

Also Dr. Spock does mindmelds

Didn't he write a book about that? 'Mindmelding with your kids' or some such?

Yup. My generation was raised on it.

gturner · March 3 2013, 05:13 AM

Is that the book that taught children to purge their emotions and use logic, like "candy is fattening so I won't demand it at the check-out line?"

Australis · March 3 2013, 09:59 AM

I was going to throw in the 'get a life' comment, but I think it's all for laffs, all the way.

Squiggy · March 3 2013, 02:56 PM

gturner wrote:

Seriously, this is serious business. Obama said he can't use a jedi mindmeld to make the parties reach agreement. What's he gonna say, "My mind to your mind. These are not the cuts you're looking for. Move along"?

Ya know...he never said he doesn't have the ability to do such a thing.

Not having his long form papers, I'm just going to assume he was born on Polis Mombassa and is an agent of the empire.

Sector 7 · March 4 2013, 06:17 AM

While President Obama has given the Vulcan salute, and is known as a trekkie, I have never heard of him being a SW fan. It shows in his failed attempt to speak Warsie.

sidious618 · March 4 2013, 06:41 AM

There was a photo of him in Barnes and Noble reading through the Star Wars Encyclopedia which made me a very happy nerd.

Sector 7 · March 4 2013, 08:46 AM

^Very cool!

cooleddie74 · March 4 2013, 02:10 PM

The Falcon was in First Contact....the Enterprise was in The Phantom Menace....clearly we as a nerd and geek community learned to get our chocolate in our peanut butter lonnnnnnng ago. All that's left to do is insert a TARDIS into the next X-Files movie and have Scully hold a badge with the number "1138" on it while she talks about having seen The Hobbit.

Gaith · March 4 2013, 03:11 PM

gturner wrote:

There is no common ground to be had. lightspeed /= warp, blasters /= phasers, missiles /= photon torpedoes, "*beep* *boop* she just lost her will to live" /= "I am modulating the shield nutation to compensate for the gravimetric anomaly"

The only thing they might have in common is once letting a very irritating, spoiled kid fly a ship.

... Tractor beams.

You LOSE! Good DAY, sir.

Argus Skyhawk · March 4 2013, 03:23 PM

Kestrel wrote:

Fucking Warsies.

The truth of course is that the President knows what too many people don't:

I knew it. Spock is a closet Jedi. He's hiding his birth certificate because he doesn't want us to know he was born on Tattooine.

Squiggy · March 4 2013, 04:53 PM

Sector 7 wrote:

While President Obama has given the Vulcan salute, and is known as a trekkie, I have never heard of him being a SW fan. It shows in his failed attempt to speak Warsie.

Is the binary language of moisture vaporators not good enough for you?

cooleddie74 · March 4 2013, 06:21 PM

Nerf herder!

Kirby · March 4 2013, 07:23 PM

Don't cross the streams Mr. President. Don't cross the streams.

March 2 2013, 07:40 PM	#32
Zion Ravescene Admirable	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment This looks like a job for Darth Vader: On the other hand, Mark Mardell suggests Obama might have been referring to Force Meld. Then again, he also mentions Dr. Spock. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21637500 __________________ "Well, I would like to make another trip," he said, jumping to his feet; "but I really don't know when I'll have the time. There's just so much to do right here."

March 3 2013, 05:13 AM	#34
gturner Admiral Location: Kentucky	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment Is that the book that taught children to purge their emotions and use logic, like "candy is fattening so I won't demand it at the check-out line?"

March 3 2013, 09:59 AM	#35
Australis Writer Location: The Electric Age	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment I was going to throw in the 'get a life' comment, but I think it's all for laffs, all the way. __________________ I will not accept tyranny, any tyranny, even that of Heaven - Terry Pratchett. Always choose cognac over cocaine. -- Jon Lord

March 4 2013, 06:17 AM	#37
Sector 7 Rear Admiral Location: Obama's Achievements - http://obamaachievements.org/list	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment While President Obama has given the Vulcan salute, and is known as a trekkie, I have never heard of him being a SW fan. It shows in his failed attempt to speak Warsie. __________________ “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” -FDR God gives us what we can handle, even if we don't believe it ourselves.

March 4 2013, 06:41 AM	#38
sidious618 Admiral Location: New York, US	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment There was a photo of him in Barnes and Noble reading through the Star Wars Encyclopedia which made me a very happy nerd. __________________ We've met before, haven't we?

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ABOUT US

March 4 2013, 08:46 AM	#39
Sector 7 Rear Admiral Location: Obama's Achievements - http://obamaachievements.org/list	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment ^Very cool! __________________ “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” -FDR God gives us what we can handle, even if we don't believe it ourselves.

March 4 2013, 02:10 PM	#40
cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Location: The Warped Sector of the Demented Quadrant	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment The Falcon was in First Contact....the Enterprise was in The Phantom Menace....clearly we as a nerd and geek community learned to get our chocolate in our peanut butter lonnnnnnng ago. All that's left to do is insert a TARDIS into the next X-Files movie and have Scully hold a badge with the number "1138" on it while she talks about having seen The Hobbit. __________________ This shirt is dry clean only. Which means it's dirty. -Mitch Hedberg

March 4 2013, 06:21 PM	#44
cooleddie74 Fleet Admiral Location: The Warped Sector of the Demented Quadrant	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment Nerf herder! __________________ This shirt is dry clean only. Which means it's dirty. -Mitch Hedberg

March 4 2013, 07:23 PM	#45
Kirby Rear Admiral Location: Alt: 5280	Re: White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment Don't cross the streams Mr. President. Don't cross the streams. __________________ Henderson!!!!