Sometimes a thing gets broke can’t be fixed.
Firefly is a wonderful Science Fiction Western, with an entertaining mix of high and low technology, a crew filled with memorable characters, and excellent writing and directing. In one of the best episodes, “Out of Gas”, the Serenity is damaged and adrift in space, without life support. Captain Mal, who is both deeply cynical and even more deeply optimistic, tells his genius engineer Kaylee to fix the problem and get them moving again. Kaylee’s mournful response is the title of this post:
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As far as I can see, the next President will have to deal with an impossible set of circumstances for which there is no real solution. The question for the electorate then becomes, who is likely to do less damage in the Middle East, John McCain or Barack Obama. I suspect Abu Muqawama would suggest Obama while I believe McCain is the safer bet not to make things immeasurably worse, all the while keeping in mind Kaylee’s comment that “sometimes a thing gets broke can’t be fixed.”