{"id":41271,"date":"2013-01-15T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=41271"},"modified":"2014-12-30T02:48:51","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T09:48:51","slug":"death-stars-vs-anti-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2013\/01\/death-stars-vs-anti-catholics.html","title":{"rendered":"Death Stars vs. Anti-Catholics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

A reader writes:<\/p>\n

There is a \u201cWe the People\u201d online poll put up by the White House. Anyone can open a petition, and if they get 25,000 signatures, the White House will give an official response. Around Christmas, some group started a petition to classify the Catholic Church as a hate group<\/a>. As of January 7, they have 2,200 signatures, and they have to be at 25,000 by January 24th. <\/p>\n

However, there was another petition put up to create jobs by building a Death Star<\/a>. They easily got their 25,000 signatures, and the White House has responded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think this is fantastic. I had some readers writing me in a panic about the hate group thingie, but it was hard to take it too seriously. Meanwhile, I\u2019m totally on board with the Death Star idea. If I can get my infiltrating minions to reprogram the Death Star software with a few lines of well-placed code so that I can seize control of it from my throne at the Dark Tower at the Global Unveiling Ceremony, then interrupt all television broadcasts worldwide with a demand for one milllllion dollars and conclude with a hearty, \u201cFools! I will destroy you all!!!\u201d I\u2019ll really feel like I\u2019ve done a good day\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

Of course, the stoopidheads at the White House killed the Death Star idea<\/a>. Nobody lets me have any fun.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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