Really? Looks to me like a happy couple about to wrinkle the sheets.
Of course, according to some, those two things are one in the same.
White House petition demanding apology for "Jedi mindmeld" comment
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Of course, according to some, those two things are one in the same.
Um... seriously... a petition over this? 
Um... seriously... a petition over this?
It's a joke petition, Peach. They're not seriously upset.
He was probably thinking "Jedi mind trick" (as in: "These aren't the droids you're looking for) but when he said "mind" the dominant Trekker side of him naturally followed it up with "meld".
I'm not offended and prefer to save my faux outrage for serious trivial things rather than trivial trivial things.
I'm not offended and prefer to save my faux outrage for serious trivial things rather than trivial trivial things.
ETA: trekkiedane, I'm partial to the Millennium Falcon one.
I think I am too... it's actually a lot of fun trolling RL SW-fanboys- But mostly because the expression wouldn't be a lie if I were to wear it.
Plus, technically the Falcon was in First Contact (it was inserted by ILM FX artist John Knoll)...
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"?
He could use a Vulcan mind meld to try and get the parties to understand where each side is coming from, or he could use a jedi mind trick to fool weak-minded Harry Reid into signing a deal with Mitch McConnell (which would result in cuts), but a combination move would merely trick each party into thinking they understand the other side's position, which gets them absolutely nowhere.
A good negotiator, even one trained in the ways of the Force at Starfleet Academy, should know this, like when Captain Kirk reached an agreement with the Trade Federation to cut off Romulan access to dilithium crystals so they couldn't make more lightsabers, relying on the aid of a P-9 telepath provided by Earth Alliance's Psi Corps to make sure all parties were negotiating in good faith.
He could use a Vulcan mind meld to try and get the parties to understand where each side is coming from, or he could use a jedi mind trick to fool weak-minded Harry Reid into signing a deal with Mitch McConnell (which would result in cuts), but a combination move would merely trick each party into thinking they understand the other side's position, which gets them absolutely nowhere.
A good negotiator, even one trained in the ways of the Force at Starfleet Academy, should know this, like when Captain Kirk reached an agreement with the Trade Federation to cut off Romulan access to dilithium crystals so they couldn't make more lightsabers, relying on the aid of a P-9 telepath provided by Earth Alliance's Psi Corps to make sure all parties were negotiating in good faith.
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.
Star Wars is what you'd get if Wesley Crusher was the central character.
Locutus, the photobucket images show up fine for me.
And more to the point, oil<>water, cats<>dogs, and Republicans<>Democrats.
Jedi mind trick vs. Vulcan Mind meld.... it is hilarious blasphemy. I also have a feeling the flub was intentional... kind of like when Burger King and McDonalds swapped twitter identities.
That is a blasphemy, but it sounds hilarious!
I can picture Wesley Crusher in Vader's armor. Why not?
That's for certain.
I love what Bill Maher said tonight on this topic and its backlash: "These fucking idiots are experts in every world but the real one."
I also remember what my high school teacher once said... he referenced the heroics of "Luke Skywalker from the Starship Enterprise" and we silently tittered about it behind his back.
-His Office, The President of The United States of Science Fiction Trivia
Star Wars is what you'd get if Wesley Crusher was the central character.
That is a blasphemy, but it sounds hilarious!
I can picture Wesley Crusher in Vader's armor. Why not?
That's for certain.
I love what Bill Maher said tonight on this topic and its backlash: "These fucking idiots are experts in every world but the real one."
I also remember what my high school teacher once said... he referenced the heroics of "Luke Skywalker from the Starship Enterprise" and we silently tittered about it behind his back.
-His Office, The President of The United States of Science Fiction Trivia
Yeah, that's actually the point when the first angel sounded his trumpet.
This looks like a job for Darth Vader:
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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
[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCNcWLJGeGM[/yt]
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
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.
There was a photo of him in Barnes and Noble reading through the Star Wars Encyclopedia which made me a very happy nerd.
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.