The mythology of the West is that any lone cowboy with a pistol can defeat even the most absurdly insurmountable foe, especially if it’s evil. This got me to thinking, What if the US was confronted with a threat from space. No, not aliens, that’s been worked out in that Will Smith hosted Documentary ‘Independence Day’ I’m talking about space itself, like planets and shit. Like this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16187534/
What would we do about it? Well, naturally the response might be something like this:
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061214-124040-1562r.htm
Yeah but you can’t just NUKE the SUN? That’s silly. Sounds like it at first glance, but as long as Charlton Heston lives the dream lives too. (Damn dirty apes!) Maybe it’s silly to think ‘Muricans could beat nature, even space nature, at her own game, but it’s not like we haven’t thought about it.
Like this:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/C5c.html