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Jan. 20th, 2006 09:25 amElenderel comments on a frighteningly accurate similarity between our current administration and Red Dwarf:
Something about Kryten's court speech made me think of George Bush:
KRYTEN: I ask the court one key question: Would the Space Corps ever have allowed this man to be in a position of authority where he might endanger the entire crew? A man so petty and small-minded, he would while away his evening sewing name labels onto his ship-issue condoms. A man of such awesome stupidity --
RIMMER: Objection!
JUDGE: Objection overruled.
KRYTEN: A man of such awesome stupidity he even objects to his own defense counsel. An overzealous, trumped-up little squirt --
RIMMER: Objection!
JUDGE: Overruled.
KRYTEN: -- an incompetent vending-machine repairman with a Napoleon complex, who commanded as much respect and affection from his fellow crewmembers as Long John Silver's parrot.
RIMMER: OBJECTION!
JUDGE: If you object to your own counsel once more, Mr. Rimmer, you'll be in contempt.
KRYTEN: Who would allow this man, this ... joke of a man, this man who could not outwit a used teabag, to be in a position where he might endanger the entire crew? Who? Only a yogurt. This man is not guilty of manslaughter; he is only guilty of being Arnold J. Rimmer. That is his crime; it is also his punishment.
Scary, isn't it?
On a more positive note I'm going to be an aunt again today! Just waiting for the phone call from someone back home to confirm when it happens and how my sis and new niece are doing. Of course this does mean another January birthday for me to remember, though at least it's 4 days before one sister's and 7 days after my dad's. Which reminds me I need to get that 4 days away package out in the mail pronto. Then I get a two week break until the next birthday.
Will post more about Nora's entry into the family later on. I'm so excited!
Something about Kryten's court speech made me think of George Bush:
KRYTEN: I ask the court one key question: Would the Space Corps ever have allowed this man to be in a position of authority where he might endanger the entire crew? A man so petty and small-minded, he would while away his evening sewing name labels onto his ship-issue condoms. A man of such awesome stupidity --
RIMMER: Objection!
JUDGE: Objection overruled.
KRYTEN: A man of such awesome stupidity he even objects to his own defense counsel. An overzealous, trumped-up little squirt --
RIMMER: Objection!
JUDGE: Overruled.
KRYTEN: -- an incompetent vending-machine repairman with a Napoleon complex, who commanded as much respect and affection from his fellow crewmembers as Long John Silver's parrot.
RIMMER: OBJECTION!
JUDGE: If you object to your own counsel once more, Mr. Rimmer, you'll be in contempt.
KRYTEN: Who would allow this man, this ... joke of a man, this man who could not outwit a used teabag, to be in a position where he might endanger the entire crew? Who? Only a yogurt. This man is not guilty of manslaughter; he is only guilty of being Arnold J. Rimmer. That is his crime; it is also his punishment.
Scary, isn't it?
On a more positive note I'm going to be an aunt again today! Just waiting for the phone call from someone back home to confirm when it happens and how my sis and new niece are doing. Of course this does mean another January birthday for me to remember, though at least it's 4 days before one sister's and 7 days after my dad's. Which reminds me I need to get that 4 days away package out in the mail pronto. Then I get a two week break until the next birthday.
Will post more about Nora's entry into the family later on. I'm so excited!
