They call themselves the Vulcans. What more do you need to hear?

There are still people who think BushCo is legit. Fucking amazing.

But, I would just like to add that it is illogical to think that BushCo is legit.

Cheney, Rummy, Wolfie, Condi--the neocons--refer to themselves as "The Vulcans." No joke. This is a living fantasy for them. The game is played with real lives.

Spock would be ashamed ...

They've apparently mixed up the Vulcans with the Death Star. Pathetic Neocons...

edit: added... Actually, I think Romulans would be a better match. They are relatives of the vulcans, after all. Romulans were sort of neocon vulcans.. it now makes sense

Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rumsfield, Perle, Rice
all the Vulcans.
whatever the F&ck that means.
He pretty much stated in oh so eloquent terms that Cheney has his hand up Bush's arse and Cheney runs the show.

the vulcans were logical, above all. if the reference is to greeks mythology, it still makes no sense.

I've heard it before, but never been able to track down a link.

What does Bush have to do with Star Trek? ;)

Didn't Wolfowitz say our ancsetors would sing songs about us conquering the middle-east?

n/t

We need a Massive Roll of Toilet Paper to Wipe the White House Clean.

At least the Klingon wouldn't be a pathetic, cowardly, moronic, cocaine-snorting, alcoholic stooge.

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While campaigning for president in 2000, George W. Bush downplayed his lack of foreign policy experience by emphasizing that he would surround himself with a highly talented and experienced group of political veterans. This core group, consisting of Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Armitage, and Condoleezza Rice, has a long history together dating back 30 years in some cases. Dubbing themselves the Vulcans, they have largely determined the direction and focus of the Bush presidency. In this remarkably researched and fascinating book, Mann traces their careers and the development of their ideas in order to understand how and why American foreign policy got to where it is today.



http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0670032999/102-9564631-8240130?v=glance

i will try and find the source...it was a book with volcan in the title ...gave up beef last year...things keep falling into those spongi holes in my brain :scared:

n/t

Just greed. Slightly vulcan, I guess.

Vulcan was a fire god, a smith who made Zeus's thunderbolts, weapons for Mars the war god, and a magic shield for ... someone else whose name I forget.

Vulcan a 60's era british warplane, delta wing, perhaps their first supersonic bomber?

Vulcan modern gattling gun. 20mm, shoots like 5000 rounds per minute. Depleted Uranium ammo. Used for last-chance anti-missle defence on navy ships, probably other uses.

Anyway as Hawks and PNAC proponents, I thought the first - fire god - reference might be as likely as the Star Trek Vulcans

And, it makes sense...

So, yet again, BushCo has gotten it wrong.

"Vulcan is the Roman and Greek god of fire and the forge, and mythical inventor of smithing and metal working. His Greek equivalent is Hephaestus. His forges were under Mount Aetna on the island of Sicily. He was smith, architect, armorer, chariot builder and artist of all work in Olympus--dwelling place of the gods.

Vulcan is the son of Jupiter (Zeus) and Juno (Hera), husband of Venus (Aphrodite) and is considered to be one of the twelve Olympians. With the help of Cyclops, the one-eyed giant, he made the thunderbolts of Zeus, the weapons of Hercules, and the armor of Achilles."

http://www.vulcaninc.com/plt0p02.htm

One of the most singular of the inferior gods was Pan, whose worship was universally regarded. He was the god of shepherds and herdsmen, of groves and fields, and whatever pertained to rural affairs...

His favorite residence was in the woods and mountains of Arcadia...

Pan was originally, among the Egyptians, worshiped in the form of a goat, and under the name of Mendes...

Pan, like other gods, who dwelt in forests was dreaded by travelers, to whom he sometimes appeared, and whom he startled with sudden awe or terror...

http://www.sacklunch.net/mythology/P/Pan.html

There y'go. An inferior god, who likes to live in the woods, worshipped as a goat, and a little twit who's into "shock and awe." I don't know if Pan was Greek or Roman, but then boosh* doesn't know if he's fish or fowl, either.

http://iron.lcc.gatech.edu/classes/carney/engl1101_l/Group1/The%20myth%20of%20Daedalus%20and%20Icarus.htm

Overview

Daedalus...told his son (Icarus) escape may be checked by water and land, but the air and the sky are free, and he made two pairs of wings for them. They put them on and just before they took flight Daedalus warned Icarus to keep a middle course over the sea. If he flew too high the sun might melt the glue and the wings would fall apart. If he flew too low, the wings would not sustain the properties required for flight. As the two flew lightly and without effort away from Crete the delight of this new and wonderful power went to the boy’s head. He soared exultingly up and up, paying no heed to his father’s commands. He then fell into the sea and the waters closed over him. Daedalus flew safely to Sicily , where he was received kindly by the King.

Icarus, though, strikes me as more a tragic figure. And no one suffered from Icarus' overreach but Icarus himself.

What we need is a Greek or Roman god called "Numnutz" to draw the appropriate comparisons. :-)

Neocons are idealist, not critical thinkers.

The sound of their vulcan space ship leaving earth!