You can also watch the video here below of Stephen Colbert explaining what budget sequestration is on his show, The Colbert Report. If you’d like more information on the situation with the budget plan and sequester, watch this video with political analysts on The Ed Show and check out this article (with video) with 6 Questions (and Answers) About the Sequester. At the very least, maybe the “Jedi Mind Meld” comment can unite Star Wars and Star Trek fans in peace and/or disgust (can’t we all just get along?). ![]() Interestingly enough, the hit to the President’s geek cred was probably worth it in the end, as it allowed the current situation with the budget plan to be brought to the attention of a lot of people, some of whom might never have even noticed what is currently happening with the government or what a sequester even is. ![]() Therefore, this mash-up of epicfail proportions was probably just a simple flub. He’s not a poser this man loves this stuff. #Sequester #JediMindMeld /whitehouse/sta”¦Īnyone familiar with Obama knows he’s the ultimate geek figurehead, professing his love of Star Trek from day one - giving the Vulcan salute, including one in a photo taken with Trek‘s Nichelle Nichols he’s been photographed in front of a Superman statue, teamed up with Spider-Man, and fenced with lightsabers. #Sequester #JediMindMeld” – as you can see, they’ve wisely made good use of the currently treading “JediMindMeld” hashtag, as well as set up a website to include the newly coined phrase – wh.gov/JediMindMeld, which explains the President’s budget plan (which is the deal that the majority of Republicans in Congress were unwilling to take, instead letting the sequester come, which will see cuts to airport security, teacher positions, and much more – see this list of 57 Terrible Consequences of the Sequester). LLAPĪfter the facepalm heard across the world was set off, The White House was quick with the damage control, posting a Star Wars/Star Trek mash-up meme of its own to the official Twitter account, stating “We must bring balance to the Force. Only a Vulcan mind meld will help with this congress. Obama noted that some seem to believe he can do 'a Jedi mind-meld with these folks and convince them to do what's right.' To us, it sounds like he meant Jedi mind trick as in, influencing the. ![]() Leonard Nimoy, who played the popular Vulcan science officer on Star Trek, also took to Twitter to comment on the situation. President Barack Obama became the center of the universe Friday when he tried to explain a special power to get Congress to take his deal to avert the sequester. You can watch Takei’s appearance on The Ed Show here below. Jedis, of course, are famed for their mind tricks, as when Obi-Wan Kenobi convinced storm troopers that R2 and C3P-O were not the droids they were looking for but a mind meld is a. “Well, that’s what the president is trying to do–bring those two forces together.” And mind meld is the Vulcan way of having the force of pure, clean communication between one mind and the another,” Takei said on “The Ed Show” on Friday. “Jedis are the guardians of peace and justice.
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