The Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US and George Bush were having lunch at the White House. The ambassador wanted to know something

"I am a great fan of your Star Trek, " he said " but there is one thing I am quite curious about. The ships crew has a Vulcan, a Russian a Japanese, a Scot and a black girl. Yet there are no Arabs. Why is this?"

George Bush laughed and replied "that's because it's set in the future !"

Ouch. I know a few people at work that are going to love that one.

I heard that one just after the coalition invaded Afghanistan, except it was simply:
Saddam: "Why are there no Muslims in Star Trek?"
GWB: "Cos it's set in the future."

That's an ancient joke...

The Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US and George Bush were having lunch at the White House. The ambassador wanted to know something

"I am a great fan of your Star Trek, " he said " but there is one thing I am quite curious about. The ships crew has a Vulcan, a Russian a Japanese, a Scot and a black girl. Yet there are no Arabs. Why is this?"

George Bush laughed and replied "that's because it's set in the future !"

Wasn't Doctor Bashir arab? Or are we only talking about TOS here?

Siddig el Fadil.
Of course, they chickened out later...and he suddenly called himself Alexander Siddig in the credits ;).
Of course, he was only born in Sudan, and spent most of his life in England before DS9.
But that name switch is simply incredibly silly.

Of course the Federation is a socialist society so there aren't any Republicans in the future either :D

But that name switch is simply incredibly silly.

Not nearly as silly as this (questionable) joke...

HAHAHAHA....

Not funny :s