star trek

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