[FoRK] A closed-loop train wreck in progress

[Kent Spaulding]

Damnit Tom!  No spoilers - or at least a warning.  Cripes.
As bad as it is watching on NBC.com, I'm not caught up yet.

It has to be Iran, 'they' have spend the last 7 years building a
healthy (ahem) fear of Islam...

On Dec 5, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Tom Higgins wrote:

> There has to be, has to, a THEM for US to be us. Who else is it going
> to be? NKorea? Nope. Russia? Heck given the way things are going over
> there its hard to see there not being some sort fo friction but at
> this point it seems WE are their THEM but THEY are not THEM, such as
> it was in the cold(er) war. Who else is there? Chavez? I do not that
> is "sexy" enough, the back story is not as well built up and its a
> little too close to home. Castro? I think that horse has been beaten
> on and again is not "sexy" enough, specially when you consider they
> have not fallen in the 40 some odd years we have put harsh sanctions
> on them (a great point to ponder as you hear bush call for more
> sanctions). What about the mess in Sudan? Nope, again the american
> populace would have such a hard time getting into the back story it
> would not sell as  in the time left for Bush to play on this stage.
>
> Sadly the way the stage has been set and the audience readied the Iran
> plotline is probably going to be the one Bush attempts to play out
> over the rest of this time on stage.
>
> But there is some hope. Consider this.  Sylar just got his powers
> back. Peter has lost Nathan for real this time. Hiro looks like he is
> about to snap. HRG is back with the company (did he do the hit on
> Nathan) ...... Heck Bush could well have a real mess on his hands with
> this many grief stricken powers running on the ragged edge.
>
> -tomhiggins
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