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Turn the whole thing over to the Federation Supreme Judicial Council (but only after Captain Barock has appointed at least two new members). Then they can emote about the living Charter!
That was funny! Release the hounds, uh… I mean Hillary.
EdGi - May 10th, 2009 at 7:44 pm
Chris, another LOL, far better than anything the more well paid are doing. Soros 4, heh, you will face the wrath of Kahn ACORN for that – youse on da list for Jackboot Janet. Oh, it appears the reset button for the Hildabeast smart torpedo is stuck on stupid. Fortunatly for us, the WH correspondants Dinner and Pelosi,s seven veils of secredy dance prove this administration is being run by the Pacleds.
Chris Muir - May 10th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
EdGi, the Pacleds 'make me strong'…!
Heh.
Forlourned - May 10th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
How the hell is this accurate? If demorats run this country further into the grand canyon size hole of poverty and debt and government shackling and massive indoctrination of the "yots" of America we won't be any closer than the hight a plane can reach in the future. Hell, if them tree huggers have their way. The limitations of air travel will only be serviced to the "enlightened" and not to the common greedy scum called middle America.
I believe the world of 'Soylent Green' (The poster, not the movie itself) filled with Mack trucks shoveling people into a grinder and 'Idiocracy' style mountains of trash -not that damn ugly mess of a pixar flick- with cars running off dilapidated highways will be our future. Heck, that incredible tv in the movie won't be sold since it would consume too much fuel. Ever family will get a tv without a lcd or crt in it like what was seen in 'The Terminator' to warm themselves with their burning crap!
I went to Russia back in '82 and it was a DUMP. People knew I wasn't local because of the way I WALKED! The way I LOOKED. I didn't do what they did by just staring forward and stay silent. The bookstore was filled with old.. old folks looking over yellowed paperbacks with a few bright new English works from celebrated Russian novelists. It was tragic even more so because I went to a children school and saw how innocent their eyes where, how ecstatic they where when we came; even the teenagers where more engaging with a slight guarded feel. Perhaps more engaging because they all had tons of propaganda pins to trade with us for anything we had. Wrigley gum was the most coveted by them.
So I know what this country will look like in the not so distant future if those bastards still hold sway too long.
P.s. This hilarious Sunday -the only one I read now- was wonderful, but I had to just imagine the u.s.s. amerika vaporizing as the telecap stutters into the vacuum with a plea of trying to get along with the aliens!
In Star Trek, there is no money. So, free vacations do not make sense because it already is socialist. And it's not just America or Earth, it is the entire Federation of Planets.
jack - May 11th, 2009 at 4:45 am
You know, we were just talking about that. There was money on DS9–and everybody seems to be aware that 'gold-pressed latinum' has value. There are traders plying their wares across the galaxy(ies) and Federation citizen buying those wares–somehow…so why do we have this idea that there is no money in the Federation?
Chris - May 11th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Actually, there was always money in Star Trek. The Federation called theirs 'credits'.
DS9 introduced latinum bars as a hard currency, also it was easier to see the latinum on the Dabo table than just some numbers in your personal credit account.
A money-free society was one of Roddenberry's tenets for a utopian future. Latinum was used to barter with the Ferengi who were not in the Federation.
"…so why do we have this idea that there is no money in the Federation?"
Here's a direct quote from Picard:
"The economics of the future is somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th century… The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of Humanity."
[...] me grin with his perfect Day by Day cartoon; thanks, Chris, I needed this to tickle my funny bone: Star Trek Reloaded. Thumbs up on this one, [...]
Thus was shown how Star Trek got soft and squishy and wimpier as the timeline went on, requiring deadlier menaces threatening all human life, even all life period, to motivate anyone to do truly noteworthy acts. No wonder the new movie is a "re-imagining" of the universe, seems they're starting over at the beginning to get it right. There wouldn't even be a Federation without capitalism, Zefram Cochrane only built his warp drive to get money.
Now all the talk from TNG onward makes more sense, with people concerned about "furthering their careers" and "how they are remembered," seeking prestige. A Federation whose greatest people are solely motivated by having their egos stroked. Bring on the Borg, signs of intelligent life are fading fast.
EdGi - May 13th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Chris – to also quote the Pacleds "…Geordi's smart – We're not smart…" or "Where's that reset again? ..slower, the prompters going too fast…" OK, I made the last two pacled thoughts, but it may be more true than not.
I was saddened to see the recent attacks on Sean Hannity and the Freedom Alliance. All chariites should be subject to scrutiny and public information, thus, the Freedom Alliance's recent disclosure should elicit a challenge or apology/correction. Whatever one's politics or agenda, slandering military charities is a...
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Soros 4, huh? I don't recall seeing that in the Star Trek Encyclopedia.
Pretty accurate representation of the future, if things stay the way they are…………….
Are you sure there's "smart" in those weapons?
ah, the jokes we could do with the imagery of hillary shooting out of a torpedo tube…
BRILLIANT!
Fit's right in line with "The Next Generation" writers!
Love it!!!! (evil grin)
Too funny!! Just goes to show why a great politician may fail as the leader of a nation. Some things can't be negotiated.
Turn the whole thing over to the Federation Supreme Judicial Council (but only after Captain Barock has appointed at least two new members). Then they can emote about the living Charter!
"Live long and prosper on government assistance!"
Would CPT Barock be so callous as to use the Hillary option?
SCOTTY: There's a problem with the torpedo bay, Captain Barock.
CAPT. BAROCK: Now what?
SCOTTY: Remember your affirmative action program for torpedo bay technicians?
CAPT. BAROCK: Yeah…
SCOTTY: You said it was okay that they don't know how to read or write, as long as they come from an oppressed racial, religious, or sexual group.
CAPT. BAROCK: Oh, no…
SCOTTY: They wrecked the priming mechanism. We need at least two solar days to repair it.
CAPT. BAROCK: Scotty, contact Starfleet immediately, take responsibility, and give them your resignation.
That was funny! Release the hounds, uh… I mean Hillary.
Chris, another LOL, far better than anything the more well paid are doing. Soros 4, heh, you will face the wrath of Kahn ACORN for that – youse on da list for Jackboot Janet. Oh, it appears the reset button for the Hildabeast smart torpedo is stuck on stupid. Fortunatly for us, the WH correspondants Dinner and Pelosi,s seven veils of secredy dance prove this administration is being run by the Pacleds.
EdGi, the Pacleds 'make me strong'…!
Heh.
How the hell is this accurate? If demorats run this country further into the grand canyon size hole of poverty and debt and government shackling and massive indoctrination of the "yots" of America we won't be any closer than the hight a plane can reach in the future. Hell, if them tree huggers have their way. The limitations of air travel will only be serviced to the "enlightened" and not to the common greedy scum called middle America.
I believe the world of 'Soylent Green' (The poster, not the movie itself) filled with Mack trucks shoveling people into a grinder and 'Idiocracy' style mountains of trash -not that damn ugly mess of a pixar flick- with cars running off dilapidated highways will be our future. Heck, that incredible tv in the movie won't be sold since it would consume too much fuel. Ever family will get a tv without a lcd or crt in it like what was seen in 'The Terminator' to warm themselves with their burning crap!
I went to Russia back in '82 and it was a DUMP. People knew I wasn't local because of the way I WALKED! The way I LOOKED. I didn't do what they did by just staring forward and stay silent. The bookstore was filled with old.. old folks looking over yellowed paperbacks with a few bright new English works from celebrated Russian novelists. It was tragic even more so because I went to a children school and saw how innocent their eyes where, how ecstatic they where when we came; even the teenagers where more engaging with a slight guarded feel. Perhaps more engaging because they all had tons of propaganda pins to trade with us for anything we had. Wrigley gum was the most coveted by them.
So I know what this country will look like in the not so distant future if those bastards still hold sway too long.
P.s. This hilarious Sunday -the only one I read now- was wonderful, but I had to just imagine the u.s.s. amerika vaporizing as the telecap stutters into the vacuum with a plea of trying to get along with the aliens!
Very funny. I’ve always wondered how socialism would harm people in outer space.
!!Nerd alert!!
In Star Trek, there is no money. So, free vacations do not make sense because it already is socialist. And it's not just America or Earth, it is the entire Federation of Planets.
You know, we were just talking about that. There was money on DS9–and everybody seems to be aware that 'gold-pressed latinum' has value. There are traders plying their wares across the galaxy(ies) and Federation citizen buying those wares–somehow…so why do we have this idea that there is no money in the Federation?
Actually, there was always money in Star Trek. The Federation called theirs 'credits'.
DS9 introduced latinum bars as a hard currency, also it was easier to see the latinum on the Dabo table than just some numbers in your personal credit account.
HAAAA!!!! Hilarious, Chris! Political Correctness in Space.
Bad ideas load straight into black holes. And THAT'S why the universe sill soon implode…from the weight of all the PCBS.
My friend, the good Vulcan Soval would concur that that is highly illogical.
A money-free society was one of Roddenberry's tenets for a utopian future. Latinum was used to barter with the Ferengi who were not in the Federation.
"…so why do we have this idea that there is no money in the Federation?"
Here's a direct quote from Picard:
"The economics of the future is somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th century… The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves and the rest of Humanity."
For more info:
http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Money
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/335895/s...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation_credit
Live long and prosper, Chris.
[...] me grin with his perfect Day by Day cartoon; thanks, Chris, I needed this to tickle my funny bone: Star Trek Reloaded. Thumbs up on this one, [...]
Thus was shown how Star Trek got soft and squishy and wimpier as the timeline went on, requiring deadlier menaces threatening all human life, even all life period, to motivate anyone to do truly noteworthy acts. No wonder the new movie is a "re-imagining" of the universe, seems they're starting over at the beginning to get it right. There wouldn't even be a Federation without capitalism, Zefram Cochrane only built his warp drive to get money.
Now all the talk from TNG onward makes more sense, with people concerned about "furthering their careers" and "how they are remembered," seeking prestige. A Federation whose greatest people are solely motivated by having their egos stroked. Bring on the Borg, signs of intelligent life are fading fast.
Chris – to also quote the Pacleds "…Geordi's smart – We're not smart…" or "Where's that reset again? ..slower, the prompters going too fast…" OK, I made the last two pacled thoughts, but it may be more true than not.
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