Debt Star (debt + death star)
The Star Wars science fiction movies featured the Death Star—a fictional space station capable of destroying a planet with its laser weaponry. In early 2009, a graphic poster was made of the Death Star with the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign logo on it and the words “DEBT STAR—THIS IS NOT THE HOPE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR” beneath it.
The term “debt star” is used to describe a powerful and evil debt-creating federal government in Washington, DC. “Debt Star: may the Farce be with you!” was also cited in print in 1993.
Wikipedia: Death Star
A Death Star is a fictional space station and superweapon appearing in the Star Wars science-fiction franchise created by George Lucas. It is capable of destroying an entire planet with its powerful superlaser.
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DS propulsion
Jim Nevermann
11/6/93
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And if it did—WOW!—imagine the DS’s monthly power bill Empire citizens would have to pay to keep the gravity generators running! But more mind boggling yet: just imagine the multi-planetary governmental BUREAUCRACY required to fund, build, administer, and amortize it! I can easily picture their recruiting slogan:
“Debt Star: may the Farce be with you!”
—Jim in Seattle
AR15.com
Posted: 1/7/2009 3:53:32 PM
[Last Edit: 2/25/2009 12:46:31 PM by GiggleSmith]
THE DEBT STAR
THIS IS NOT THE HOPE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
(A “death star” shows the Barack Obama election logo on it.—ed.)
Twitter
Landon Estay
@cajunmaverick
The Debt Star: This is not the hope you are looking for. http://is.gd/mIGh #tcot #sgp
10:52 AM - 10 Mar 2009
PJ Media
The Debt Star Has Cleared The Planet
By Ed Driscoll
July 30th, 2009 - 4:57 pm
(A poster reads as follows.—ed.)
THE DEBT STAR
THIS IS NOT THE HOPE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
Twitter
John
@NobamaDotCom
www.Nobama.com Blog budd on Some pictures and other random Obama junk: I like the “Debt Star”! Long ago in a plac… http://bit.ly/8WZDYR
8:26 AM - 20 Apr 2010
YouTube
The Obama Debt Star
bzradone
Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012
A video made by Brazos County Young Republicans and Youth for Ron Paul Texas A&M University, as a “short” to be played during the 2012 Brazos County Republican Party Reagan Day Dinner. It features the Star Wars Death Star as an Obama Debt Star.
Moonbattery
December 1, 2012
A Powerball Ticket Every 81 Minutes
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Meanwhile, in the federal Debt Star…...
Twitter
RJ Moeller
@rjmoeller
#Obama and The Debt Star pic.twitter.com/vzpN4VrL
3:25 PM - 3 Dec 2012
Moonbattery
December 30, 2012
Petition the Debt Star on ObamaCare, Feinstein
Why shouldn’t our rulers share in the blessings they bestow upon us? Just as Obama et al. should be protected by gun-free zones, the entire nomenklatura deserves to be graced with ObamaCare. If you agree, you can sign the petition: ...
Moonbattery
June 5, 2014
Obama Official Implies Bowe Bergdahl Might Have Been Right to Desert
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No country that allows itself to be governed by the kind of people currently running the Debt Star in Washington will survive for long. Nor would any country deserve to.