Wal-Mart and more L4

[Ronn! Blankenship]

At 02:06 AM Thursday 2/21/2008, Dave Land wrote:
>On Feb 20, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Dan M wrote:
>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: brin-l-bounces at mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-
> >> bounces at mccmedia.com] On
> >> Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship
> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 11:48 PM
> >> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
> >> Subject: RE: Wal-Mart and more L4
> >>
> >> Oh.  For a second I thought I was going to read about the first
> >> Supercenter on a space colony . . .
> >
> > No, the robotic union has successfully blocked it.
>
>
>The Robot-union dodge is completely bogus. All off-planet robotic
>sites have been right-to-work since Reagan deregulated the industry.
>
>L4 has been given to Haliburton under a no-bid contract to develop a
>base for the Reticulian attack on Earth in 2012, just as the Mayans
>predicted. If you think black helicopters are a-comin-a-gitcha, you
>ain't seen nothin' yet: Think black flying saucers.



Which make a lot more sense for alien invaders to use than ones which 
glow bright green . . .



>As a result, the New World Wal-Mart will be on L5, not L4, and it will
>NOT be unionized.



So presumably it will be ionized?



>PS: remember that L4 and L5 are *moving* points, tracing tadpole-shaped
>orbits ahead of and behind Earth on its orbit, so the nearest New World
>Wal-Mart could be as much as a quarter orbit behind Earth at any given
>time.



So, not within walking distance, and a fair way to go in the SUV 
(unless modified as per Jerry Oltion)  . . .


-- Ronn!  :)