star trek

The Future of Humanity's Economy
by Saab Lofton

"Money is a terrible thing. Why do people work at jobs in Star Trek? Why does someone become a baker? Because the family is going to starve to death? No. People become bakers because certain people love the smell of things baking."
--Gene Roddenberry, from Yvonne Fern's book, The Last Conversation

"By the time I joined TNG [The Next Generation], Gene [Roddenberry] had decreed that money most emphatically did NOT exist in the Federation, nor did 'credits' and that was that. Personally, I've always felt this was a bunch of hooey, but it was one of the rules and that's that."
--Ronald D. Moore, writer and producer of several Star Trek episodes

... I got your "hooey," right here, you fucking bastard ...

Obama AIN'T Spock !
by Saab Lofton

"I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
--Lloyd Bentsen, from the 1988 vice presidential debate

For years, motherfuckers have gotten on my case about pop cultural metaphors -- particularly if they concern Star Trek, because out of all the franchises in fictional history, it's the most threatening to the rich (since Gene Roddenberry envisioned a future Earth devoid of poverty) and the powerful (since Starfleet/The Federation follows Amnesty International's rule book while America burns it) ...

Zefram CochraneHow Much is Life Worth?
by Saab Lofton

"Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life and that to destroy, harm, or to hinder life is evil."
--Albert Schweitzer