So, the original Star Trek series ended in 1969. And Star Trek: The Next Generation started in 1987, 18 years later. And now it is very nearly 2006, 19 years later still.
In other words, the amount of time in between the end of the original Star Trek series and the beginning of Star Trek: The Next Generation is less than the amount of time in between the start of Star Trek: The Next Generation and today.
WHY THE RIGHT KEEPS TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS.
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If you've been watching Fox News, you know that conservative pundits have been spending the last few weeks promoting boycotts against companies that say "Happy Holidays" or "Seasons Greetings" instead of "Merry Christmas."
Why are they making such a big deal about this? Do you think they really get offended when someone says "Happy Holidays"? No.
They're picking this fight because they are trying to frame the left as anti-Christmas, anti-Christian, and anti-religion. They're doing it by making very poor arguments that are easily countered. And the left is biting the bait, positioning themselves exactly where the right is trying to put them.
Progressives need to reframe the issue properly, and the correct issue is this one: Is it right for the majority to force its religious views on the minority?
I'm pro-Christmas. I'm pro-Christianity and pro-religion (although I'm opposed to fundamentalist extremism). But I'm against the majority forcing its religious views on the minority. Why are conservative right-wingers trying to ruin Christmas by creating a divisive fight by insisting that people impose their religious views upon people who do not share their faith? It's anti-American.
When you die And I'm speaking to every single person in this room
When you die And when you get to Hell
And you're bent over
And your pants are down
And the Devil comes over
And sticks you with his Pitchfork
In your ass:
What do you think that's going to feel like? What is that going to feel like, inside of your head, while that's happening? While that's really happening? For a hundred million years?
(I'm sorry. That is such an exaggeration. I mean, in a hundred million years, you will just barely have started to be raped in the ass by Satan--forever. A hundred million years is nothing! It is a blink of an eye compared to the length your sentence in Hell.)
I'll answer my own question Since you obviously won't
What does it feel like, to be jabbed with the Devil's pitchfork?
I'll tell you what it feels like.
It feels exactly like regret.
That's what regret is. It's the devil sticking his fingers into your belly, right here [indicates stomach]. Right here, but in the fourth dimension, and wiggling his fingers all around. That's what regret is. That's all it is. And that's why your regret is so hard to let go of.