Here's a treat for ya...The Guardian reviews Palin's speech yesterday......this is hilarious

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17. For context, see the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode titled "Darmak"

Thumbnail synopsis: The Enterprise goes to a planet to make contact with the inhabitants. Another Federation ship had visited years before, but wrote off the planet as speaking incomprehensible gibberish. Picard makes contact with the leader of the planet, who seems friendly enough, but keeps talking about "Darmak and Gelaad at Tenagra." When Picard can't make hide nor hair of what he's talking about, the leader intones, "Shaka, when the walls fell."

Eventually, the crew figures out that the inhabitants speak a shorthand dialect that references popular myths or historical events. But since they don't know the stories being referred to, they are in the dark about what the planet wants or how to establish friendly relations. The leader of the planet finally makes the ultimate sacrifice to get Picard to understand that his people want to establish relations with the Federation. The Enterprise has to depart, but leaves behind a survey team to suss out the planet's stories and establish a basis for communication.

In the same way, Palin speaks in a dialectic shorthand that refers to the myths and histories that the members of her tribe tell each other over and over again. They're so familiar with the stories that comprehensible sentences or fully-formed thoughts aren't necessary: Those inside the tribe know what she's talking about. When Palin crams ten passwords together in the space of a few seconds, her audience gets what she's talking about as if she held forth for five minutes or more. In fact, by avoiding any detail or nuance, each member of her audience can fill in the gaps in the way most pleasing to each of them, and experience those Rich Lowry starbursts again as if for the first time.

This tribe, unlike that of Darmak, isn't interested in friendly relations with outsiders.