A Piece of the Action
Yes, Krako, the Federation is just a protection racket.
Here’s an unrelated but classic episode lolcat…
[Update:] Here’s another funny Trek Day article: A Conservative Trek. The dialogue is great:
Kirk: “Spock, what are the odds that another planet’s evolutionary process would not only yield bipeds who speak English, but wrote a complex assertion of individual rights on parchment?”
Spock: “Theoretically, it is possible, Captain.”
Kirk: “Well, that settles it; I’d best reorder their society with some overemoting.”