scifi traditionally is a tale of morals ...maureen dowd has written some scifi thot's not too shabby

[MichaelSoE]

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/opinion/sunday/dowd-welcome-to-ted-cruzs-thunderdome.html?adxnnl=1&ref=opinion&adxnnlx=1381057300-8Dde9VYphoJ39NglP0u3NA

excerpt

In 2084, there’s little sign of life in the godless and barren lost world. The insurance exchanges are open and the kinks are almost ironed out. But there is no one to sign up. Koch brother drones patrol the skies. A Mad Max motorcycle gang wielding hacksaws roars through the C.I.A., now a field of dead cornstalks, and the fetid hole that was once Michelle Obama’s organic vegetable garden. Will Smith and Brad Pitt are here, hunting aliens and monsters.