WMDs IN SPACE

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Perfect Organism

Add layers of bureocracy, outdated procedures and neglected technology over a long enough period of time and the WMDs will probably be effectively impossible to use. 'Nuclear fusion weapons require approval by both houses of the Terran senate before they are used, but the lower house was disbanded in the electoral reforms twenty years ago. I'm afraid you will have to wait for the legislation to be revised before you can use them...'.

"Approval passed through the House no problem, but the Fatcat Party is threatening to filibuster it in the Senate if we don't sign off on another tax cut for the top 1% income bracket."

"But that's literally impossible! The top bracket is already taxed at 0%!"

"Yep..."