Seriously folks? Colonizing the moon?!?!? How can #2 not be the most absurd?
I don't know about you, but I'd rather colonize the moon than reinstating child labor.
I'd like to colonize the moon with child laborers. We could put them to work making mirrors to illuminate our streets. That way, if any secular atheists tried to drive up to Ground Zero to build a mosque, we'd be able to catch them, and any plans they have to impose sharia law would wither on the vine.
Of course, I'd only sign onto this plan if I can go to the Moon myself to inspect the work of the child laborers. But only if I can ride there in Moon Force One, in the front of the rocket, and we can take off from the Greek cruise ship I'll be on, where I'm doing some work for Freddie Mac as a historian, and yelling at reporters who ask me debate questions.
Yeah, that's the plan. Call it a "Contract with the Moon". What do you think? Is this going to work or does it involve too much right wing social engineering? As long as it isn't guided by a Kenyan anti-colonial worldview, I think we're OK. Hopefully, this plan will preclude Bob Livingston from going after my job, or my having to pay any $300,000 fines for ethics violations.