Posted on 04/01/2005 7:25:51 AM PST by cogitator
US President George W Bush declared today that he had signed a rare presidential decree canceling any further expenditure of Federal funds on the US Space Shuttle program.
"We cannot find any justification to continue deficit funding of a program that has no application other that proving that with enough money America can do anything," said Bush.
"The whole world knows that already, so why keep spending money on it," he added.
The announcement was made during an even rarer press conference with Whitehouse press corps, at which the President started proceedings by handing out Easter Eggs, quipping, "it might be politically incorrect to hand these out, but don't worry we got them at a discount at a Walmart sale yesterday so they aren't really a religious item anymore."
With the press left looking like stunned bunnies, the President took to the podium before dropping today's bombshell that Congressional supporter's of the Space Shuttle now have told SpaceDaily, "will cost thousands of jobs, and leave school children confused as to what America can actually do in space anymore."
During the press conference Bush told reporters, "I don't want to see another NASA administrator - appointed on my watch - left to justify a program to Congress based on lies, dis-information, half-truths and sexed up reports."
During a brief two-minute period provided for questions from the press, the first reporter asked if this meant the Space Station was also being shut down. To which the President answered, "we plan to either hold an auction on Ebay or give it away to "our international partners."
And that the article about Michael Schiavo contracting salmonella hadn't been an AFJ.
Poor April Fool's joke. A good one need to be slightly incredulous, but still not be so blatant as a joke. Way too many over-the-top things in here to be "bought" for even a second.
Great!
Now put it in your files!
It is perfect for this spoof!
I did. :)
OK, but they will have to bring their own air with them.
We do need to get rid of the shuttle at some point. Its an expensive dinosaur. But lets do it when its replacement has been baptized, not before!! Until I saw the line about "Auctioning the station away on Ebay", I thought for a second this was true. OK, you got me!!
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