Topic: Star Trek and Obama

[Clive]

The Iranian Ambassador to the UN had just finished giving a speech, and walked out into the lobby where he met President Obama. They shook hands, and as they walked the Iranian said, “You know, I have just one question about what I have seen in America.”
 
President Obama said, “Well, anything I can do to help you, I will.”
 
The Iranian whispered “My son watches this show Star Trek and in it there is Chekhov who is  Russian, Scotty who is Scottish, Uhura who is Black, Su lu who is Chinese, but no Arabs.  My son is very upset and doesn't understand why there aren't any Iranians, Syrians or Iraqis on Star Trek.”
 
President Obama smiled, leaned toward the Iranian Ambassador, and whispered back, “Because it takes place in the future.”

[Simon]

[sam]

that joke worked better when it was George Bush 

[Simon]

I hadn't heard it before!   

[Sandra]

Its similar to the one that said :

In 2050 a guy was showing his young son the memorial to the 9/11 atrocity and he was telling him what happened.
He said some arab terrorists had flown hijacked planes into the twin towers that used to stand where they were standing now, killing thousands of innocent people.
The young lad replied, "what are arabs ?"