http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2009/07/cory-doctorow-cheap-facts-and-plausible.html
*I think it's important that you read this, especially the last half of it, and devote some intellectual attention to pondering how totally messed-up this is.
*You wanna see me write some science fiction with this premise? No problem:
"Sarah Palin's here."
"Her again?"
"She's brought us some moose."
"Okay, great, I don't have much use for her or her monster kids, but those antlers can be repurposed for dielectric capacitors. Let her into the squat and tell her to park the militia outside."
