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| SilverLupin |
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| Quote: | Man pushes creation of panel to prepare city for space aliens
By Daniel J. Chacon, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Friday, May 2, 2008
Peckman is back at it, and this time he is bringing little green men along for the ride.
The Denver man, who sponsored an offbeat ballot initiative that would have required the city to implement stress-reduction techniques, now wants to ask voters to create a commission dealing with space aliens.
"It is important because if you're driving down the highway and you saw a crash of a small spaceship and a car or a bus full of kids, you really wouldn't know what to do," Peckman said Thursday. "Do you wait for the hazardous materials experts to show up because of potential contaminants from another solar system? What do you do? People really don't know."
Peckman, 54, who is single and lives with his parents, has submitted to the city a draft of the proposed ordinance, which would require the creation of an Extraterrestrial Affairs Commission.
As required, the city is holding a "review and comment" meeting on the proposed ballot initiative with Peckman on Thursday.
"I don't know what we're going to ask him yet," said David Broadwell, an assistant city attorney.
Peckman hopes to collect enough signatures - he needs about 4,000 - to get the proposed initiative on the November ballot.
According to the proposal, the 18-member ET commission would "create a responsible, common-sense strategy for dealing with issues related to the presence of extraterrestrial beings on Earth," among other tasks.
Peckman said the proposed initiative is "a shortcut to disclosure of the knowledge of extraterrestrial beings on Earth and interacting with people on Earth." He said he has never seen an space alien, but that he has seen evidence proving that they exist.
"I certainly believe that they visit somewhat frequently," he said. "I don't know that they're walking around the streets of LoDo - others might disagree with that. But they do seem to have made their presence known all over the world to a lot of people."
Councilman Charlie Brown was an outspoken critic of Peckman's 2003 "Safety through Peace" initiative, which failed but garnered a healthy 32 percent in support. Brown called the 2003 initiative "looney-tooney" and Peckman's latest proposal "even loonier."
What's next
The Denver City Council will hold a "review and comment" meeting on the ballot initiative at 2 p.m. Thursday in Room 391 of the City and County Building, 1437 Bannock St. The meeting is open to the public. |
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:50 am |
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| Yaish |
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| He's in his 50's and lives with his parents. Who could have guessed he's a little goofy? |
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 5:11 pm |
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I'm hoping to move out within thenext twenty years and not be like this guy... 
Well, the 'sensible' thing to do would be to set up the committee in such a way that the answer is always either "call the military" since that's one of their aspects (dealing with foreign incursions) or make it "call Peckman" - that way he can deal with all the 3am phone calls reporting little green men. |
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| Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 6:13 pm |
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| Yaish |
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I've got a feeling any alien race who makes it all the way here is going to be calling the shots when it comes to meetings.
I also think even if the city of Denver does come up with the worlds best plan for alien contact, I think the Feds are going to step in pretty quick if an actual alien touches down. (unless they came across illegally from Mexico, then the Federal Government pretends they don't exist). |
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... the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:52 am |
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| Oh my god! I never thought about it! What WOULD I do if I saw an alien craft crash into a school bus??? Probably take another drink, I would guess. |
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 10:59 am |
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| I'm more confused about why aliens would go to Denver... |
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 11:17 am |
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| Well it's the mile high city, maybe it's closer since they don't have to go all the way down. |
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... the kilt had concealed a blaster strapped to one thigh and a knife to the other. He was aware of the present gentle customs against personal weapons, but he felt naked without them. Such customs were nonsense anyhow, foolishment from old women - there was no such thing as "dangerous weapons," only dangerous people.
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| Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:31 pm |
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| Damn liberals trying to push those alien protection measures, but what about good ol' fashion vampires, huh? |
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