Posts Tagged ‘Obama’
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Oh well… let’s call it a tribute to Rankin and Bass, shall we?
I realize that this particular election cycle has been going on for about… oh… four years now, and has been particularly obnoxious for the last ten months or so, but I’m an old-fashioned sort of fella and like to think that the real election season begins with The State of the Union Address: Election Year Edition. The incumbent sets his electoral platform, the opposition responds, and hilarity (and mudslinging) ensues. I mean if you start things out too early, people are just going to be burnt out come November, right?
You would think so, anyway…
This year’s address and opposition response, of course, were far from inspiring… but what can you expect? We have a President who promised change, but was unprepared to bring it, and a Republican “leadership” who seems to have forgotten whom they are supposed to be representing and what exactly their jobs in Washington are, so as the man said plenty of “words and meaning and signifying… nothing.”
But(!!) now is the time for politicians to engage the American people! To lift them up. To inspire them to great works…
…or to… you know… carry on with the same useless bickering and dickering that they’ve engaged in since McCain stopped being a Maverick…
I’ve heard a lot of people commenting on how Washington is more divided now than ever before. This isn’t actually true, of course… it just feels that way. I’m sure Lincoln and Douglas could tell a few tales (except for that whole being dead thing), and their story is hardly unique either. I, of course, am not the one to be speaking on such matters. It would be nice if @ThatArdraGuy or Direcorrector could pipe in hear as they are much better prepared to speak of the antics of presidents past than I, but barring that, let me just say, it’s been bad before, it will be bad again. Things always get better, and if you think that the folks in Washington no longer deserve to be there, there is a very easy solution… vote.
Of the people, by the people and for the people…
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For better or worse, this poster image popped into my head as I twittered yesterday about the fact that the State of the Union address and the Apple announcement were occurring on the same day and wondered who would get the most press coverage? I mean we have a President who has got to try and rally a nation to his banner when the national mood seems to be frustrated versus Steve Jobs and his reality distortion field.
It’s going to be a blood match…
…I hope the iSlate is cool…
[Editor's Note: I changed Bush to McCain because while the Obama landslide was a repudiation of the Bush legacy, McCain made more sense from a narrative point of view... that and Obama hasn't exactly changed much from the Bush presidency yet, anyways...]
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So I was a bit surprised by the announcement that our President had been awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Certainly, he’s not the first US president to receive one, but it seems a bit… premature. We all expect great things from President Obama, but for God’s sake, let him actually achieve them before handing out the awards…
In kids sports these days, they tend not to keep score. At the end, everyone gets a trophy… and, in the end, the trophy is meaningless. Let’s keep the Nobel from similar degradation, shall we? Can we do it? Yes, we can…
Edit – Hey everyone, Tara is coming to Penguicon. Just think, if you win, you can show her your Crumpler Bag!
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I honestly don’t know what Obama is thinking. It seems it’ll be hard for him to be seen as the quarterback of this team, but I suppose that depends on how strong a leader he is. Time, as always, will tell.
So, yes, I’m on the road again. I’m in Fort Collins looking at a bio-containment unit for a cell sorter. That’s right, I live a wild, wild life. No family with me this time hence the photo contribution to the comic, but at least I have net access, eh?
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It helps, I suppose, if you are a fan of the classic game, Lemmings. Not everyone had the benefit of playing this game for hours at a time on the Commodore Amiga, but then again, it has been re-released so many times that there is really no reason why anyone (up to and including newborn infants) should not have been sufficiently exposed to the game. Heck, I just picked up the PSP version for $9.99 the other day.
I hate to bring up the ‘C’ word in relation to the election, of course, as since both sides are using it, change has lost all meaning. However, there is a saying that seems fitting here:
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
Ignoring for the moment that this is not actually the definition of insanity, it is, at the least, food for thought regarding the upcoming election. If you are not satisfied with the current state of the nation, do you think that a vote for McCain is going to change anything or be a repeat of the same things we’ve been doing for the last eight years?
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Thank you to the Obama campaign for using such a ridiculous stunt as texting his choice of VP candidate to the nation. I don’t personally feel the need to know the moment it’s announced, but it did provide me with a setup to announce the the Electronic Frontier Foundation will the recipient of funds form the Charity auction at Penguicon in May!!! I won’t ramble on too much at the moment about the EFF. If you are unfamiliar with their work, start reading. I’ll have more to say later in the blog space, of course.
My wife, Laurie, is actually in charge of the auction this year and has begun to solicit donations from companies large and small. We’re aiming, of course, for items that will appeal to the geek and otaku mentality. As the items come in, they’ll appear on an auction preview page over on the Penguicon site, so that you can get an idea about where you might want to bid. For those who’ve never been, the Penguicon auction is always a LOT of fun, so be sure to stop in and spend some money on a worthy cause!
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Okay…I hereby solemnly swear that I’m laying off the political humor for at least a week.
I mean sometimes it is just too easy. Take our good Senator Clinton. Losing the nomination is no reason to concede. No, having lost the competition, she can’t even bow out gracefully, but vows to go on in…at least until Friday as it turns out. I guess time will tell, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Friday’s speech turn out to be an in-depth explanation of why the Democratic Party will be cast into Hades if they don’t give her the nomination.
Time will tell, I suppose, but I promise to step away from politics for a bit…after all, we can always rant about hybrids and the soon to be released 4th Edition
Mischief Managed…
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