{"id":3958,"date":"2007-01-27T11:48:45","date_gmt":"2007-01-27T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/27\/faux-klingons\/"},"modified":"2019-12-20T11:42:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T19:42:24","slug":"faux-klingons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2007\/01\/27\/faux-klingons\/","title":{"rendered":"Faux Klingons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:4796,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/programs\\\/waitwait&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20091010084712\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/\\\/programs\\\/\\\/waitwait\\\/\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 17:54:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-18 17:18:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 07:39:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 07:39:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6151,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/rss\\\/podcast\\\/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5183214&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/rss\\\/podcast\\\/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5183214&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6152,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.rules.house.gov\\\/Archives\\\/one_minutes.htm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6153,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/redirect.html%3FASIN=0143034898%26tag=djwudicom-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\\\/o\\\/ASIN\\\/0143034898%253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/redirect.html?ASIN=0143034898&amp;tag=djwudicom-20&amp;lcode=xm2&amp;cID=2025&amp;ccmID=165953&amp;location=\\\/o\\\/ASIN\\\/0143034898%3FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I just heard about this through last Sunday&#8217;s &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/programs\/waitwait\/\" title=\"NPR: Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!\">Wait Wait&#8230; Don&#8217;t Tell Me!<\/a>&#8216; show (which I just found out is available as a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/rss\/podcast\/podcast_detail.php?siteId=5183214\" title=\"NPR: WWDTM Podcast Info\">podcast<\/a>, since I never manage to remember to turn on the actual radio), and I think this might be the best Iraq War analogy I&#8217;ve heard yet:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Pe4WA58rMu0\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Pe4WA58rMu0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rules.house.gov\/Archives\/one_minutes.htm\" title=\"House of Representatives House Rules: One Minute Speech\">One Minute Speech<\/a> by Rep. David Wu, D-Oregon, 1st District, Portland:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  Mr. Speaker,<\/p>\n<p>  Four years ago, this administration took America to war in Iraq without adequate evidence. Since that time, this administration hasn&#8217;t listened to the American people, it hasn&#8217;t listened to our professional military, and it certainly hasn&#8217;t listened to this congress.<\/p>\n<p>  You know, it&#8217;s said of a prominent businessman in downtown Portland that he never listened to anybody, and that if he was ever drawn in a cartoon, he would be drawn without ears. Now, this President <em>has<\/em> listened to some people: the so-called &#8216;Vulcans&#8217; in the White House, the ideologues. But you know, unlike the Vulcans of Star Trek, who made their decisions based on logic and fact, these guys make it on ideology. These aren&#8217;t Vulcans! There are <em>Klingons<\/em> in the White House!<\/p>\n<p>  But unlike the <em>real<\/em> Klingons of Star Trek, these Klingons have never fought a battle of their own. Don&#8217;t let faux Klingons send real Americans to war. It&#8217;s wrong.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So. Very. Awesome. I love this.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, there&#8217;s a book out called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html%3FASIN=0143034898%26tag=djwudicom-20%26lcode=xm2%26cID=2025%26ccmID=165953%26location=\/o\/ASIN\/0143034898%253FSubscriptionId=02ZH6J1W0649DTNS6002\" title=\"'Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet' (James Mann)\">Rise of the Vulcans<\/a> focusing on Bush&#8217;s core advisors, who have dubbed themselves &#8220;Vulcans&#8221; after the Roman god of War. Wu just took the Vulcan thing and ran with it. In <em>entirely<\/em> the wrong direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t let faux Klingons send real Americans to war. 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