
Originally Posted by
pancakefrompele
One of my friends recently posted a very poignant opinion of America concerning the BP oil spill. He was referencing disaster movies, such as Independence Day and Armageddon, in which the government creates this awesome machine, device, etc. and eventually saves the planet from ultimate destruction. However, he asserted, if the U.S. can't plug a freakin' oil leak, I don't have much faith that it could actually be successful in avoiding a worldwide disaster like an asteroid. In reality America would simply send a nuclear bomb filled with hair into space to knock an asteroid off course. Talk about brilliant ideas.