Comm-Link:2523 - The Three Pillars

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2523: The Three Pillars
Series	Time Capsule
Type	Spectrum Dispatch
ID	12695
Published	2012-09-20
Source	2523: The Three Pillars
In the series
Title Published 2075: The Stars Get A Little Closer 2012-09-08 2113: When Do We Go Too Far? 2012-09-09 2120: Give These People Air 2012-09-12 2125: A Dark Day 2012-09-13 2140: A Ship in Every Garage 2012-09-14 2157: Blue Skies on Mars 2012-09-15 2214: The March of Progress 2012-09-16 2232: The First Push 2012-09-17 2262: The Neso Triangle 2012-09-18 2271: One Small Jump for Man 2012-09-19 2380: Together We Rise 2012-09-20 2438: Hello 2012-09-21 2460: Breathe Free 2012-09-22 2516: A Better Earth 2012-09-23 2523: The Three Pillars 2012-09-20 2530: The Galaxy Gets Bigger 2012-09-25 2541: Awfully Crowded in My Sky 2012-09-26 2546: A Leader Rises 2012-09-27 2610: Tears of Fire 2012-09-28 2638: A Call for Sovereignty 2012-09-29 2681: Scorched Earth 2012-09-30 2758: Not in Nottingham 2012-10-01 2789: A Cold War Thaws 2012-10-02 2792: The Tide Rises 2012-10-03 2795: A Kinder, Gentler Human 2012-10-04 2800: The Neutral Zone 2012-10-05 2872: Behold Sisyphus 2012-10-06 2920: The Money Pit 2012-10-07 2928: Campaign Promises 2012-10-08 2934: A Dreamer Dreams 2012-10-09 2942. . . 2012-10-10

SHOWDOWN! - UPE Announcement

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ANNOUNCER: Welcome back to the hottest Current Affairs show on the Spectrum. With our panel, Kyle Black, political analyst, Sheldi Chen, bestseller author and speaker, and Ben Feller, futurist. It’s time for another… SHOWDOWN!

KYLE: So we’re back talking about this new bombshell from the UNE, they are going to restructure to… what is it now? UPE?

BEN: United Planets of Earth.

SHELDI: What a ridiculous name.

BEN: Come on. It makes perfect sense. We have a couple dozen planets that are approaching Earth-size populations with more on the horizon. These people need to be represented. And seriously, United Nations of Earth is a little outdated.

KYLE: From what we can tell, and they released a fifteen hundred-page dossier outlining the changes so we’re still sifting through the details, but it looks like the set-up is pretty much the same.

BEN: It is. The Congress will now be made up of delegates representing planets rather than the Old outmoded Nations. It’s a better system.

KYLE: What do you think about these new figureheads; a High Secretary who manages infrastructure, a High General for military, and a High Advocate for Law.

BEN: When a government has to manage the sheer number of constituents that-

SHELDI: Sounds like a great set-up for fascism.

BEN: Are you serious?

SHELDI: Anytime you focus the power from the many into the hands of a few, someone’s going to learn how to abuse it. And also, how the hell did Robert Thorn make High Advocate? The man is an idiot and should be thrown out of office by a mob not promoted. He’s not even a Citizen.

KYLE: Oh stop, it’s been proven time and time again that he-

SHELDI: I DON’T BUY IT. His file could be doctored. Do you have any idea how easy-

KYLE: Look if it’s that easy to break into FedDataBanks then everybody’s Citizenship standing is suspect. How can I really know that you’re a Citizen?

SHELDI: Hey, I served my time in the AF and did twice the necessary community service to earn my Citizenship. Look it up, you <<INFRACTION>>.

BEN: Right, your parents didn’t contribute at all…

SHELDI: Shut your <<INFRACTION>> mouth.

BEN: <<INFRACTION>> you.

ANNOUNCER: Stick around for more SHOWDOWN! After these local commercials. </translate>

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