Something must be wrong...

February 7, 2003 7:44 AM

Did you ever think the U.S. could be declared under Martian Law? Would you believe it if someone told you the U.S. already has 600(!) detention camps ready? No? Better check this one out!...
posted by acrobat (20 comments total)

Brillant spelling.
posted by none at 7:46 AM on February 7, 2003

Damn those Martians and their oppressive laws!
posted by cyrusdogstar at 7:49 AM on February 7, 2003

And I thought this was going to be a conspiracy theory post... :(
posted by gwong at 7:51 AM on February 7, 2003

And here all along we were thinking Saddam was the real threat.
posted by soyjoy at 7:51 AM on February 7, 2003

Prepare to be obliterated.
posted by yhbc at 7:53 AM on February 7, 2003

THEY HAVE LANDED ! THEY ARE INVADING US !
PANIC NOW !
posted by XiBe at 7:54 AM on February 7, 2003

Just what are the tenants of Martian Law anyhow?

I don't grok why they'd need detention camps. I thought they were all about free love and sharing water...
posted by jdroth at 7:55 AM on February 7, 2003

There's really no hope that the discussion will go in the intended direction now, is there? I mean, that typo precludes any sort of normal discussion...
posted by jdroth at 7:57 AM on February 7, 2003

Is "Martian Law" a typo or a Sealab reference?
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:58 AM on February 7, 2003

What's worse...it's a cookbook!

Interesting link, acrobat. Would have liked some more sources cited, though, to move it out of X-Files territory.
posted by Vidiot at 7:58 AM on February 7, 2003

C'mon guys. Give the poor guy a break, so he made a typo.


posted by jeremias at 7:58 AM on February 7, 2003

I'm just listening to this on the radio.

Here is live coverage!
posted by sebas at 7:59 AM on February 7, 2003

Besides the fact there are just pictures of vacant fields.
posted by thekorruptor at 8:00 AM on February 7, 2003

My two cents, reality tv and mcdonalds are--really--all the prison camp that anyone[martians or other] needs to control most of america. wacko conspiracy theory ala internet.
posted by th3ph17 at 8:01 AM on February 7, 2003

ALERT ALERT:

Homeland Security Alert Level - ORANGE

The Martians must be coming....
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 8:01 AM on February 7, 2003

Bush just declared Marshmallow Law...all hot chocolate is to be seized under penalty of naptime.
posted by filmgoerjuan at 8:03 AM on February 7, 2003

oops, that snarkiness about "X-Files territory" was directed at the original author, not at you, acrobat. No offense meant.
posted by Vidiot at 8:03 AM on February 7, 2003

My day has been made.
posted by anathema at 8:04 AM on February 7, 2003

Ok guys... Don't let ME catch you misspelling something now, alright? As for more links to this info, why don't you try this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=REX+84&btnG=Google+Search
posted by acrobat at 8:06 AM on February 7, 2003

Brillant spelling.

Murphy's Law of Blog Responses:

A post criticizing spelling is 74% more likely to have a spelling error in it than a regular post. :)

(By the way, I've proofed this post about 7 times now...)
posted by byort at 8:07 AM on February 7, 2003