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Author:  Aethien [ Thu Feb 24, 2011 11:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Remind me again which alternative reality I'm in
I swear, I read articles, columns, etc., about things that I know - in some cases intimately - and think to myself, "What reality is this person living in?!" I mentioned this in my comment about reviews of The Eagle, and have just come across it again, this time in The New York Times, for cryin' out loud:

Quote:
Unfortunately, so far, Speaker Boehner has not been all that helpful. There is very little in Washington that can’t be explained by an episode of the original “Star Trek,” and Boehner is playing out the one where the Romulan captain prefers the ways of peace but is saddled with a crew that will mutiny if he fails to follow through on the plan to blow up the galaxy.


:|

OK, there are, what, three episodes with Romulans in them in TOS. Balance of Terror, The Enterprise Incident, and ... The Deadly Years. (OK, I had to look up the last one, and I don't think they actually even appeared in that episode.) There are no peaceful Romulans in any of these episodes ... Oh, wait, is she talking about Balance of Terror? That captain isn't particularly peaceful, just tired. And there isn't any plan to blow up the galaxy, just the Enterprise.

/sigh
Author:  Khross [ Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:12 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Remind me again which alternative reality I'm in
You're living in the alternate reality where Obama is already trying to blame the Republicans for a shutdown that hasn't happened. He literally said people would not get their social security checks if the Republicans didn't cave to the Democrats budgetary demands last week. Of course, he probably forgot that Clinton designated the Social Security Administration as an emergency operations department during the last shutdown, or just convenient forgot to include that in his bald faced lie.
Author:  Lenas [ Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:19 pm ]
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Khross:

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Author:  Vindicarre [ Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:40 pm ]
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I still chuckle when people confidently state that the Republicans "shut down the Government" when Clinton was in office. Just like then, the Republicans will put forth a budget bill and the President will threaten, or use, the veto. The Republicans of the '90's made the mistake of outwardly challenging the President, to sign the budget or try to run the Government on no money; that's when they lost the battle of public opinion. I don't think they'll make that mistake again.
Author:  Aethien [ Tue Mar 01, 2011 1:19 am ]
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I was going more for the alternate reality in which someone confidently remembers Star Trek episodes that never happened.
Author:  Khross [ Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:22 am ]
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Aethien wrote:
I was going more for the alternate reality in which someone confidently remembers Star Trek episodes that never happened.
They're writing to an audience which hasn't seen more than a handful of the original series.
Author:  Squirrel Girl [ Tue Mar 01, 2011 7:49 pm ]
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Khross wrote:
Aethien wrote:
I was going more for the alternate reality in which someone confidently remembers Star Trek episodes that never happened.
They're writing to an audience which hasn't seen more than a handful of the original series.


As opposed to me who saw all the episodes when they were first came out, and at one time (in the distant past) had the names of all episodes memorized. *old lady shakes her stick at the sky*
Author:  Wwen [ Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:59 am ]
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I never saw that many original ST episodes.
Author:  Aethien [ Fri Mar 04, 2011 6:59 pm ]
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Wwen wrote:
I never saw that many original ST episodes.

See, there you go again with this alternate reality thing. I don't even know you any more!
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