I just figured out where the Bush Administration is getting all its foreign policy ideas.
Steve Martin = George Bush and El Guapo = Al Qaeda...
"Steve Martin: In a way, each of us has an El Guapo to face. For some, shyness might be their El Guapo. For others, a lack of education might be their El Guapo. For us, El Guapo is a big, dangerous man who wants to kill us. But as sure as my name is Lucky Day, the people of Santa Poco can conquer their own personal El Guapo, who also happens to be *the actual* El Guapo!"
Steve Martin = George Bush, Mexico = Iraq, and Jefe = any Iraqi...
"Steve Martin: I have three demands. One: That you stop harassing the people of Santa Poco. Two: That the land of Mexico be redistributed equally among the people and a proportional system of government be established consisting of three separate, but equal, branches the legislative, the executive and the judicial. And three: That the girl Carmen be returned to me unharmed.
Jefe: Amigo, why you come here? You don't belong. Now we have to kill you."
-The Three Amigos
John Christopher's White Mountains (Tripods) series is a classic for young SF readers.
To TNH and other Viable Paradise gurus: is there any chance of a book version of the VP experience? Or even a book version of the "Uncle Jim" column? I realize the interaction and intensive process of VP is irreplacable, but the lecture titles I've seen at the VP site sound like chapters in a book that I'd love to read.
Lastly, thanks for all your work on this marvellous site. I'd feel a definite void without my visits to Making Light.
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