Alien vs. Predator

The tagline on Alien vs. Predator, which opens in theaters today, is “Whoever wins, we lose.” My friend Butler Shaffer, who teaches at the Southwestern University School of Law, makes a similar point about Election 2004 today on LewRockwell.com:

For this year’s election, the political establishment — impresarios of this three-ring circus — has provided the electorate with yet another meaningless “choice”: a Yale graduate, pro-war, pro-Patriot Act, pro-expansive state member of “Skull-and-Bones” George Bush, or a Yale graduate, pro-war, pro-Patriot Act, pro-expansive state member of “Skull-and-Bones” John Kerry.

It’s like getting to choose between emphysema and lung cancer!

Like Butler, I’d rather skip both. I think I’ll skip the movie this afternoon, too.