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2010: Dawn of the Terran Empire?
Pajamas Media ^ | October 1, 2010 | Paul Hsieh

Posted on 10/01/2010 12:29:40 PM PDT by Kaslin

Like Kirk and Spock, I fear we may have passed through to a parallel (political) universe.

Remember that episode of Star Trek (original series) where Captain Kirk, Scotty, Dr. McCoy, and Lt. Uhura accidentally transported into a parallel universe which was an eerie mirror image of the real world? The Federation was an evil “Terran Empire.” Star Fleet officers moved up not by merit, but by assassinating their superiors. And mirror-universe Spock wore a cool goatee.

Well, sometimes I feel like I’ve just woken up in a political parallel universe. Otherwise, how else can we explain a world where:

Fidel Castro has admitted that Communism has failed in Cuba? And Cuba is adopting capitalist reforms?

The Europeans are lecturing us about the need to reduce government spending?

France is chiding us for being too soft on Iran?

Sweden refused to bail out its leading car manufacturer Saab, whereas the U.S. bailed out General Motors?

Russia wants to return to the gold standard to help solve the world financial crisis?

The Department of Justice, headed by an African-American attorney general in the administration of the first African-American president, orders its lawyers not to cooperate with a U.S. Civil Rights Commission investigation of voting rights violations?

Congressional Democrats who voted against “universal health care” are trumpeting that fact in their re-election campaigns, whereas those who voted for it are nervously changing the subject?

The NAACP praises Klansmen, while attacking African-American grassroots activists for standing up for their rights?

Liberals who cut their teeth during the Vietnam War and civil rights protests of the 1960s call for restoring the military draft?

A first lady who can’t get her husband to stop smoking wants to give us healthy diet and lifestyle advice?

The New York Times advocates restricting the constitutional rights of American citizens who have committed no crimes?

A top Republican congressman touted as a defender of capitalism tells the Wall Street Journal that one of the legitimate functions of government is “securing some minimum standard of living“?

On the other hand, I do like the fact that bacon is now a health food.

I can no longer tell up from down.

I hope I wake up soon back in the normal universe. But if I don’t, then at least maybe Michelle Obama can persuade her husband to grow a cool goatee.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: bizarrouniverse; mirrormirror; startrek; terranempire

1 posted on 10/01/2010 12:29:41 PM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin; fieldmarshaldj; KevinDavis

Does that mean that Empress Hashi Sato will be out new leader?


2 posted on 10/01/2010 12:35:30 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: Kaslin

3 posted on 10/01/2010 12:36:39 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Kaslin
Marlena Moreau Hubba Hubba ping!


4 posted on 10/01/2010 12:37:41 PM PDT by frithguild (Joe Wilson was wrong when he shouted "You lie!" Obama doesn't just lie - he lies all the time.)
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To: Kaslin

Michelle is more likely the one to grow a goatee...


5 posted on 10/01/2010 12:37:48 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: Kaslin

BFL


6 posted on 10/01/2010 12:44:38 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Hoosier-Daddy
Michelle is more likely the one to grow a goatee...

Check Nancy Pelosi. As tight as her facial skin has been pulled back...

7 posted on 10/01/2010 12:52:37 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Grblb blabt unt mipt speeb!! Oot piffoo blaboo...)
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To: Kaslin

lol


8 posted on 10/01/2010 12:53:14 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Kaslin

It doesn’t make sense that the US is running toward socialism while the rest of the world runs away from it unless you know that Obastard’s agenda is to punish and destroy the United States.


9 posted on 10/01/2010 1:05:16 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Islam is the religion of Satan and Mohammed was his minion.)
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To: frithguild
Ah, but this is truly a parallel universe, so instead of Marlena you get this:


10 posted on 10/01/2010 1:09:24 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Blood of Tyrants
You said it right here unless you know that Obastard’s agenda is to punish and destroy the United States.
11 posted on 10/01/2010 1:12:05 PM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: colorado tanker

12 posted on 10/01/2010 1:31:18 PM PDT by Perdogg (Nancy Pelosi did more damage to America on 03/21 than Al Qaeda did on 09/11)
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To: Kaslin
Remember that episode of Star Trek (original series) where Captain Kirk, Scotty, Dr. McCoy, and Lt. Uhura accidentally transported into a parallel universe which was an eerie mirror image of the real world?

I thought that was EVERY episode(???) :O

13 posted on 10/01/2010 1:38:42 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: Kaslin

I've said this for almost 2 years now.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

14 posted on 10/01/2010 1:39:09 PM PDT by The Comedian (Guns, Gold, Food - The guy with the guns ends up with all the gold and food.)
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To: Perdogg
It was good to be a guy in the Terran Empire!

at least until your replacement assassinated you . . . .

15 posted on 10/01/2010 1:39:44 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Kaslin

Black snow falls up?


16 posted on 10/01/2010 1:40:40 PM PDT by Antoninus (It's long past time for conservatives to stop voting for Republican liberals. Enough!)
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To: Kaslin

“But if we fall, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. “ — Winston Churchill


17 posted on 10/01/2010 2:07:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both.)
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To: Perdogg


sounds good to me,,,

18 posted on 10/01/2010 2:52:52 PM PDT by Nat Turner (I can see NOVEMBER from my house....)
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To: Perdogg

She can be my empress any day.


19 posted on 10/01/2010 5:57:10 PM PDT by rmlew (You want change? Vote for the most conservative electable in your state or district.)
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