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Obama Observes 'Talk Like a Pirate Day'

Seems arrrr Commander 'n Chief's a goodly seafarin' pres'dent, aye!


SQUEEEEE!!! How cool is it to have a GEEKY president? Would you ever see Dickhead Rmoney doing something like this? NEVERRRRRR!!!

Crawler under an Onion video:

POLL: 1 in 3 Americans believe Obama has personally scattered garbage on their lawns.


Heehee.

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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.

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Bobby Jindal's Republican Response - TDS 2/25/09

The Prez gives a kick-ass first speech,
and this is the best they can come up with.


See, guys like Jindal just make it too easy.

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Heehee. I can just imagine the shrieking and frothing in Wingnutistan tonight. Methinks Jon and Stephen will be having some fun this week.

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"On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that government should not intrude on our most private family matters. I remain committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose.

While this is a sensitive and often divisive issue, no matter what our views, we are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make. To accomplish these goals, we must work to find common ground to expand access to affordable contraception, accurate health information, and preventative services.

On this anniversary, we must also recommit ourselves more broadly to ensuring that our daughters have the same rights and opportunities as our sons: the chance to attain a world-class education; to have fulfilling careers in any industry; to be treated fairly and paid equally for their work; and to have no limits on their dreams. That is what I want for women everywhere."


Wow. It's like he actually cares. How...strange. I don't know if my mind can handle it.