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Feb 7, 2004 Ever since the day Klatu and Gort arrived in Washington, D.C. to warn mankind of its ever pressing need to get along or face destruction, I have been concerned about the menace of illegal aliens. Klatu was certainly illegal. He came into American airspace unannounced. He flew his craft into the restricted airspace of the nation’s capital. He landed in an area not zoned or marked for any type of aircraft. He deplaned, (deshipped? desaucered?) without a Visa or proper authorization, brandishing a pointy object of unknown capability while being followed by a massive robot of frightening, subjective power. It is no wonder he was shot. The fear, at first, seemed warranted. Gort retaliated by taking out a tank and an artillery piece just by batting an eyeshade. It was fortunate that Klatu was only wounded or Al Gore would never have gotten his chance to invent the Internet. It turned out Klatu was friendly. And Gort? Well, Gort was just messing around. Aliens still scare us. Even in the days of Captains Pichard, Janeway and Cisco, it was a rare thing to find aliens to befriend and impart sponsorship into the United Federation of Planets. If not for the bravery of the likes of Spock, Kirk, McCoy and Mr. Scott, we would not have been able to open a universe of wonder and knowledge to the untold millions of the Earth bound. I always understood though, why the Klingons, the Romulans and the Vulcans never desired to migrate in quantity to the Earth. The paperwork is just unbelievable! The tax forms are just indecipherable. The work was just too menial. It was best just to send their kids to Star Fleet academy to get the best possible education, then return home with their knowledge to help the home planets. I understood too, why there were no bands of humans protesting against the governments on Vulcan, or Romulus or Kronos for anti-war, pro- abortion rights or “gay” pride. Of course, none of these planetary systems would accept such barbarism or feministic claptrap. Such ideas would be rejected for the illogical and weak standards they are. And can you imagine anti-war protests against the Borg? Fortunately, there were many aliens who did lend Earth and the Federation its gifts of knowledge and labor. The Borg was defeated and men could again explore and gain wisdom. Eventually, every employer in the Federation had a good core of steady employees to complete the tasks set before them. When a job went wanting for a worker, the network would soon find a match, whether from the planet Orion, or from the ore mines of Cardassia. The main thing was the earth. Earth was permitted to retain control of Earth matters. The federation kept itself out of local planetary matters and only involved itself in matters of interplanetary scope. Vulcan laws remained Vulcan. Romulan laws remained Romulan. Klingon laws remained Klingon. Earth’s rules belonged to earth. For anyone who desired to live within the rules and laws of a particular planet, life was good. I could never blame the aliens we encountered for being suspicious or even downright hostile to the upstart earthlings who would dare enter their sovereign space uninvited and unannounced. I could always be upset at their failures to listen to a message of greeting and peace before making the lives of Kirk and Spock so complicated. All we ever wanted from anyone was peace, understanding, knowledge and shared wisdom and technology. Each new contact brought advances that permitted a new horizon to be reached each time. A sharing of worker’s strengths and knowledge, usually meant advances in the standards of living for each culture that shared with the other. This eventually led the skeptics to wonder, “Why did we ever fear in the first place?” We must be doing something right. Klatu and Gort have not returned to destroy Earth. The Cold War ended without a stray atomic bomb blowing up anyone else’s nation. Yes, we’ve slipped a couple of times and right now we are in a war against a faceless enemy embroiled in his own hate and decadence. I think Klatu understands such matters. I just wish he’d send Gort to help out a little. We should not fear allowing willing workers to assist needful employers. We say we are concerned about the world’s conditions of poverty and starvation. I think the President’s immigration plan can relieve much of that for our nearest neighbor, Mexico. The implementation of the plan should be considered. Mr. Scott, you can beam me up now. ------------ About the Author: Independent, Conservative, Christian. Married 29 years with 5 children raised and one grandson being raised. 30 year Army Veteran and published poet with www.poetry.com since Y2K. Email Michael John McCrae: michael.mccrae@us.army.mil Comment on this column in the forum. Tell a friend about this site! ------------ |
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