Hey Congress, Governing Is Not Like An Episode Of Star Trek

Anyone who has ever watched the television show Star Trek more than few times knows the formula for a good Star Trek episode goes something like this, the crew of the Enterprises finds themselves in a predicament that has the potential of destroying the Enterprise, the Earth or the known universe. Then when everything looks bleak and death is knocking on escape hatches of the Enterprise, Captain Kirk or Captain Picard figure out a way for everyone to get along and save the Enterprise and the universe from utter destruction in the last three minutes of the show.