Kobashi Maru -

Are the Republicans Star Trek fans? Frustrated by the continuing specter of the Democrats employing the filibuster to block their conservative judicial nominees, some Republicans want to change the rules in the Senate regarding the filibuster. And, if they are short of the 2/3 majority in order to change the rules, they want the Vice-President to do it by the stroke of a pen, sending the whole thing to the courts.

Captain Kirk did it while a student at the Star Fleet Academy. No one had ever solved the Kobashi Maru war games problem, so the Captain reprogrammed the computer to get to victory. Are the President and Vice-President Star Trek fans? Would the President ignore the Prime Directive and decide to change worlds to fit with his ideas of right and wrong? Forget about the Bible; I am going back to review the original Star Trek shows to see how things are going to come out.