Okay, I'ma say this

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Can I just stand up and say how utterly fucking SICK I am of people focusing exclusively on the whole torture issue? For fuck's sake, there are people running around (NOT Repubs, by the way) claiming Obama's administration has "already failed" because he's not toeing the line on the whole thing. YEAH, I'd like to see it blown wide open and all the scumbags in jail. But seriously, did anyone really believe that he was going to start out his tenure by doing a slash-and-burn through the whole apparatus of the government? I mean, come ON.

The guy's gotten quite a bit done in the short time he's been in there, and done it whilst navigating a veritable minefield left behind by the mendacious fucktards of the previous administration. (Jesus, I can't even write that fucker's name anymore.) I wouldn't wish that job on anybody, and the fact that an intelligent, accomplished, canny, GEEKY guy has volunteered is pretty damn amazing, after what we'd gotten used to.

This whole turnabout on the part of so many liberals is distressing, and you know, it makes me finally agree that the image of Democrats only being able to shoot themselves in the foot is, in fact, correct. Here we've finally got a good, solid guy in the White House, and all we can do is complain that he isn't doing EXACTLY WHAT WE SAY. We don't actually do anything, of course, but we bitch REALLY LOUD. (Among ourselves. Because you know, I don't see any fucking protests anywhere.) We expect that because we voted for the guy, he must automatically handle EVERY SINGLE ISSUE exactly the way we want him to.

You know what that is? That's FUCKING FANDOM. You heard me. This shit reminds me of nothing so much as a bunch of whiny Harry Potter fans going on about how J.K. Rowling is shipping Harry with What's-Her-Name OMGWTFBBQ!!!11!!!! How DARE Obama pick his own nominees? How DARE he not consult the Radical Progressive handbook on every decision??? (Setting aside the fact that he never once said that's what he was, by the way.) HE'S RUINING THE CANON!!!

Seriously, I wish people would grow up about this kind of thing. I don't know about you, but I voted for the guy not because I believed I knew what he'd do, but because I decided that he was the kind of person I'd want in the White House. He has the qualities I listed above, and his record showed a particular attitude towards law and government, so I voted for him, without knowing his future actions. In other words, I trusted him. And it is WAY too soon for me to make any kind of judgment on his presidency. Individual actions, maybe. But not the whole goddamn thing, not after FOUR MONTHS. Yeah, that's right; it's only been FOUR MONTHS. He hasn't even gotten through picking his people yet, for fuck's sake!

You know, I've been more attentive to politics the last couple of years than I've been in a long time, and the one thing I've absorbed pretty thoroughly is that this shit is COMPLICATED. What seems simple to us - why doesn't he just throw the fuckers in jail already, goddamit? - is anything but. So yes, I might be unhappy with this or that choice, but honestly, other than the torture thing, I think the Prez is doing pretty well, considering the shitstorm he inherited.

I don't mean people shouldn't express their views. But for gods' sakes, can we temper those views just a tad, with maybe a little hard-headed realism? Because if we're going to set up our ONE ISSUE that is SACRED and cannot be handled any other way than the WAY WE SAY, then we're just acting like fucking Republicans. We're giving them a wedge to drive between us (and don't for a minute think they haven't noticed all of this), and we could end up torpedoing the guy we put in place to fix the country. Said country being flooded with a HELL of a lot more problems than the mess that asswipe left in Cuba.

/rant

Notre Dame

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Wow. Beautiful speech. Beautiful. What a talent our Prez has for getting at the heart of things, and speaking rightly (as Valentine Michael would say).

And my goodness, I didn't expect him to tackle the abortion issue head on like that. I figured he'd discreetly avoid the whole thing, given the shitstorm that's been going down on that. But he didn't. He stepped up to the plate and made a reasoned, impassioned argument for understanding and partnership that will result in real change for the better, not divisive shitheadedness.

I'm mightily impressed, once again. Gotta say, everything else tends to pale in comparison to the fact that the Prez is NOT an idiot, NOT a joke, NOT an embarrassment. That he might actually have a chance to restore respect to the image of the Presidency, and put an end to our tendency to wince at the prospect of a presidential opinion. That's worth the world to me, far more than any pet issue, because our image around the world rests in great part on the image of our leader. We really need someone like that, and we've got him.

Now let's see if we can keep him.

Geeky greed

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Oh my gods, WANT. WantwantwantwantWANT.


*ahem* Sorry about that. Carry on.

Yay!!

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Hey, everybody! Having a boring evening? Well, never fear, for I come bearing the gift of:


STAR TREK WANK!

Cue theme music: tata TA TA TA TA TAAA tata TATA...


"Old-timer" gets all huffy at newbie ST fans. (Though how she can claim old-timer status when she' only 27 fucking years old herself, I don't know.) Shakes her entitlement cane at the kids who want to write Spock/Uhura, and despite making several PRONOUNCEMENTS about what is and isn't "cannon", goes on to claim that she and her fellow fans are "not like the Harry Potter fandom".

Oh yeah? You sure about that, Sparky?


It's delicious fun. Do go and giggle. *is happy*


Oh, one other thing - do NOT miss either of these two links:

Star Trek Kink Crackfic Post - I think the one where Spock learns to use Kirk's blue (!) dildo has me a bit hypnotized

And somewhere in the comments to that post: Vulcan pickup lines - OMFG, I think I just pulled a muscle laughing.

Lemme try... Lieutenant, it is my observation that your appearance is especially well-maintained this evening.

What fun!