Nov. 2nd, 2010

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This is what happens when I don't pay attention to local politics or local news. Stuff like this appears on the ballot and I almost don't notice.

"Shall the voters for the City and County of Denver adopt an Initiated Ordinance to require the creation of an extraterrestrial affairs commission to help ensure the health, safety, and cultural awareness of Denver residents and visitors in relation to potential encounters or interactions with extra-terrestrial intelligent beings or their vehicles, and fund such commission from grants, gifts and donations?"

(The political climate being what it is, I'm surprised the initiative doesn't contain a provision requiring the immediate impoundment of the alien spaceship and mandating inordinate fees for the spaceship's release.)

The Democratic Party of Denver has taken no position on this issue, by the way. I can see why the Democrats haven't, this being a damned if you do, damned if you don't predicament: If they oppose the measure, they risk offending people who hate extraterrestrials on principle, whereas if they support it, they risk offending the many Denver residents who believe themselves to be from another planet. (I think I read somewhere that Colorado has the highest per capita number of such people in the nation.)

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