Sure, they be trying to make some sort of point...

Yeah, they were trying to make Steve Job's boat look good.

Hmm, Mr. Fusion is due in a couple of years...

The 'insurmountable' doesn't exist. The impractical is a little different. And to me, without faster than light travel, dragging our meat bags around to 'nearby stars' does not seem practical. I will grant that only greed and politics prevent regular service to the moon, it is they that make it seem as distant as an extrasolar planet.

Oops.. I should've taken that left turn at Albuquerque...

The color shows up just fine.

Right now it doesn't matter if it were 1.5 light seconds away. We can't get there. It may as well be in another universe. By the time we can conveniently travel that far, the whole concept of distance will be meaningless. For the sake of argument, yes, 22 light years is closer than 13 billion, but for now, in practical terms, the distance is infinite. If you already bought your ticket, I would suggest you ask for a refund.

That's funny as hell...

And? So they lie. It's a prerequisite of winning an election and keeping the job. They do it because we reward them for it. Those who tell the truth are given the electric shock. It's Pavlovian conditioning. What do you expect??

And from your perspective, what do you call the AQ fighters in Syria that the US and Europe are financing? I only bring this up because it appears that you and your peeps define 'terrorists' by their target.

You are a real machine, man.. Dig it

Ah, but the problem isn't complex. That's just people trying to sound all superior, spreading condescending bullshit.

Or he could be a stooge for... the NSA. The PR hit is a trivial matter, and will have little to no effect on the election. It ensures that the the voters remain evenly divided so that no one faction of the party (crazy republicans on one side and evil democrats on the the other) dominates and becomes a direct focus of attention. Equilibrium is maintained.

Read up on the more recent 'ricin' scares if you want to see how mind boggling these 'plots' are.

So the [put any country's name here] government is under the thumb of organized criminals.... there's a surprise.

You will have to elect some brave souls who are willing to give up everything they love if you expect anything to change at all. That is the business we are in.

The 'rule of law' is bullshit if not applied to everybody, including those who write and enforce it. Don't expect any respect until that changes. Pretty simple.