Always good when the killing stops, if even for a short while.
Always.
Bill in Portland Maine had a good one this morning:
CHEERS to deafening silence. Thanks to a cease-fire effectively brokered by the United Nations (making right-wingers fume), the violence between Israel and Lebanon has stopped for now. President Bush---apparently the self-appointed spokesperson for Israel---says his team won. Hezbollah says its team won. Meanwhile Joe Lieberman accused both sides of petty political partisan posturing and announced an independent bid to win the region.
Meanwhile, the screeching weasels need to get their stories together:
Bush: Israel Won
Bill “Warpuppy” Kristol: Hezbollah won
Michelle Malkin: Israel and the US lost
National Review: Iran won
Dan Riehl: Bush caved
Pam “Atlas Barfed” Oshry (Correpsondent Representative, American Loons): AARRRG HOWL GRRRR GARRF HOOOWL MMRRRF BARK BARK BARK! KillkillKILLKILLKILL!!
dead people in Lebanon and Israel: Hey, can we talk about who really fucking lost here?
NEW RULE: Howzabout there's no starting new wars until we actually figure out how the last one turned out and the books are closed, hmmm?So anyways, let's be thankful while it lasts. And maybe turn our attention back to the debacle in Iraq.
TC, a far better Star Trek reference would be episode 124 of the original series: A TASTE OF ARMAGEDDON. Check it out.
ReplyDeleteOr perhaps The City on the Edge of Forever, arguably the best episode of the original series. In it, Kirk and Spock must let poor Joan Collins die to save millions of others.
ReplyDeleteSo, I guess stopping the killing isn't always good (Yes, I know she wasn't actually killed, but the point is still valid). Melting the guns only works if you can get everybody to do it. If anybody can figure out a way to melt all of them simultaneously, I'm with you.
I'd guess you could pick a ST ep to illustrate anything you wanted to.
ReplyDeleteFor instance,Patterns Of Force, the episode where immoral power hungry officials in a faux-Nazi society prop up a figurehead to augment their own powers and create a full-fledged fascistic state, has particular resonance for me in recent times.
Or maybe we could go with I, Mudd where a jovial buffoon installs himself as Leader of a planet of easily duped androids.
I could do this all day.
LOL!
ReplyDeleteI'll give you props for a good response, TC.
For once.
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