So how do you violate the prime directive of Nerd-dom? Well here’s an example.

“Most people agree I’m presenting a fair deal. The fact that they don’t take it means that I should somehow, you know, do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what’s right.”

Well it turns out that Jedi’s have a mind trick and that it is the Vulcan’s (like the half-Vulcan, half-human Spock) who use the mind meld on Star Trek.

And horror of horrors. The violation of the prime directive shown above was made by none other than US nerd-in-chief President Obama.

But maybe this is the White House being incredibly devious. Instead of agonizing over the fact that the country has fallen over the fiscal cliff, the legions of Trekkies can now debate just how damaging this violation of the prime directive really is. And with approval of the House Republicans lagging the president’s by 20 or 30 points, jumping over the fiscal cliff is starting to look a bit lemming-like for the Grand Old Tea Party.

And amid all the hand-wringing and the arbitrary cutting, no doubt the U.S deficit will continue heading to infinity and beyond.