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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, January 23, 2019, Page 9A All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Star Trek Special to the Ledger By Kate Scarmalis Calling all you De- plorables! Sound the Trump-loving dog whistles. Time to rise and show your smarts. Join our venerated progressive brethren, for they are the pied pipers of utopia. Slake your thirst for insight with a long draught from that shim mering well of wisdom, generously granted us by our betters, the liberatzi. For truly our progres sive worshipers have garnered a monopoly on enlightenment. Admittance to the elite clan is incredibly easy. All that is required is an unthinking mind. With total submission, the map to the clubhouse and the secret handshake will be revealed in good time. After years of pains taking research and binge-watching, I believe I have uncovered a substantial guide to the rules of affiliation. Every bit of the philoso phy of the radical elitist has been quietly stashed away in that video hand book known as “Star Trek Voyager”. Party directives have been discretely cam ouflaged amid starship battle action, death rays, flashing phaser blasts, and smoking computer consoles. Well-stacked actresses whose pro vocative bodies have been poured into risque, skin-tight cat suits as sure total attention by any man with blood in his veins. The mind of the viewer is so inundated by action and special effects that the brain is soon lost in the throes of rank enter- Lee County Fire and Emergency Services Responds To 104 Calls Special the Ledger Lee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to 104 calls during the week of Janu ary 13 - 19, 2019. EMS Responses EMS responded to three call for abdominal pain/problems.. EMS responded to six calls for breathing problems. EMS responded to one call for carbon monox- ide/hazmat/inhalation/ CBRN. EMS responded to one call for cardiac arrest/ death. EMS responded to two calls for chest pain (non- traumatic). EMS responded to one call for convulsions/ seizure. EMS responded to one call for diabetic prob lem. EMS responded to seven calls for falls. EMS responded to eight calls for fire standby. EMS responded to one call for medical alarm. EMS responded to five calls for psychiatric problem/abnormal be havior/suicide attempt. EMS responded to 15 calls for sick person. EMS responded to one call for standby (other than fire). EMS responded to one call for stork/CVA. EMS responded to three calls for traffic/ transportation incident. EMS responded to one call for transfer/inter fa cility/palliative care. EMS responded to four calls for unconscious/ fainting/near faithing. EMS responded to one call for unknown prob- lem/person down. EMS made 62 calls for the week. Fire Responses Fire department re sponded to one call for structure fire. Fire department re sponded to four calls for activated alarm. Fire department re sponded to one call for grass fires. Fire department re sponded to one call for controlled burn. Fire department re sponded to two calls for MVC. Fire department re sponded to 30 calls to assist EMS. Fire department re sponded to three miscel laneous call. Fire department re sponded to 42 fire calls during the week. Lee County Fire and Emergency Services re sponded to 104 calls the week of January 13 - 19. tainment. Many find the zany plot lines captivating. It’s sci fi, so no one questions that space ve hicles are able to travel warp speeds greater than the speed of light. Added to the fun are strange-looking extrater restrials who look like they are wearing their buttocks on their heads. To further titil late the imagi nation are plot lines depict ing trans porters beam- Kate Scarmalis mg people’s molecules through space, inter species mating, alien impregnation, time distortions and anoma lies, and an all-powerful reality warper/prankster named ‘Q’. Part of the purpose of fantasy and science fiction is to divert the viewer’s mind from the humdrum of reality. Such programs take the onlooker to a different reality, such as the ideal life on a galaxy-level spaceship. The tricky special effects and the assortment of bizarre life forms underscore the entertainment value of the program. It is said that a “spoon ful of sugar helps the medicine go down”. Truly this is the case, for many people don’t look too hard into the progressive life lessons that come along in the Star Trek series. Only the canny progressive will recognize these precepts. Not only that, they will accept them as gospel. Given that we all must certainly prefer to live in a more utopian world, I have taken it upon my self to disclose my find ings as “Rules To Live By”. Oddly enough, they align quite nicely with the changes that Mr. Obama so kindly offered to our populace. So, here we go - “Rules To Live By”, via the model of Star Trek Voyager. Rule Num ber One: Dump that antiquated economic system known as ‘capitalism’. Money is a fallacious measure of value in society and is no longer required for sustenance. All will have access to adequate food, housing, and other necessaries. People will be freed from the vexation of subsistence, enabling them to devote their focus on their work responsibilities. Rule Number Two: There is no need for class distinctions, mak ing way for equity, di versity and inclusion in the workplace. So, who would object to working next to a lizard? How about working next to a female who could im pregnate men by a single brush of the hand? (See Rules Three and Four.) Rule Number Three: Every entity is alike. As all life forms have iden tical motivations, ideally individual differences can be settled logically. Rule Number Four: All life forms are sacred. Many Star Trek episodes face the thorny issue of how to define life. The definition of life does not require sentience. The producers and writ ers will turn themselves inside-out in the debate as to which machine or hologram actually may be certified as a life form, with all rights and privileges pertaining Westouer lawn And Garden, Mm# Westover Outdoor Power Equipment, Anwuxuu l/l/e Aat/e ex/m/ided otut ■. fx/m ol tocUfi&iA/ ^ , _ JvOMf Selling Gooseneck Trailers • Equipment Trailers Dump Trailers • Utility Trailers Car Haulers • Tilt Trailers Westover Lawn And Garden Westover Outdoor Power Equipment 500 S. Westover Blvd. Albany, GA 229-436-1507 East Lamar St. Americus, GA 31709 229-380-0256 thereto. Rule Number Five: Wars are not necessary. Differences between groups or species will be settled diplomati cally through debate and discussion. **Please note** If talk were the only safeguard against war, one should look to the nearest mid dle school for guidance. The hot air generated there would be sufficient to assure world peace for generations. Rule Number Six: There is no need for hostility among people. When greeting a new species, the group leader logically and with reason convinces the alien spe cies that they intend no harm. Then we can all be friends. Rule Number Seven: For the elite classes of the world, hypocrisy does not exist. For example: All life forms are sacred, save for the unborn. Odd, is it not, that the politi cal faction that defines abortion as a mother’s right to choose, will champion artificial intelligence as a credible life form? Human life cannot (in their view) rank higher than that of a non-sentient being (like a robot). How ever, the concept of life beginning at conception eludes them. (See Rule Number Seven.) Ah, the perfect com munistic ecosphere - Star Trek Voyager is the dreamworld of the leftist faction. Beware, my fellow Deplorables. In the dreamland world of leftist design, subjec tive thinking has taken the place of objective reality. Reality is now defined by emotion and personal preference rather than rational logic. Their ideological framework merely demands total passivity, acceptance and uncon ditional conformity. And we can all be friends. In the case of the questioning mind, a lobotomy may not be only desirable, it may be the only answer to inner peace. Kate Scarmalis retired from teaching in the Lee County School System. She has a B.A. in Foreign Languages, Elementary and Gifted Education, and an M.A. in Forensic Psychology TAX RETURNS i Personal • Corporate Partnerships • Estates Trusts Tim Hunter CPA /CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CONSULTANT (229)759-1040 www.timhuntercpa.com ** LUMBER & HARDWARE 153 Robert B. 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