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This is so much like my and Melly’s arguments about Superbad it’s scary:

Meh. He’s no George Will, but at least he’s no Pat Sajak.

Don’t use up your sympathy strikers…

Membership in any movement must always be voluntary, never compulsory. Of course Leno is free to write his own jokes if he so wishes. And yes, the strikers are free to publicly criticize him.
But don’t come up with some bullshit like this:

Asked what the guild would do if Mr. Leno performed a monologue anyway, Mr. Verrone said any violation of strike rules would be brought before a Strike Rules Compliance Committee.

Strike Rules Compliance Committee? That sounds like some shit he thought of on the spot.

Look guys, I’m already pissed you split up the new Lost episodes. I agree with your aim, you should totally get money for digital downloads. Just… just don’t get all Teamsters on us, k?

This only goes to further prove my theorem:

X + Yakety Sax = Funnier version of X

I failed

I love his movies, but God, he is such a herb.

In an attempt to damage Obama, the Clintonoids cited Obama’s opposition to federal mandatory minimums. This is the kinda no-tolerance shit where possession of 5 grams of crack will get you a minimum 5 year prison, while it takes 500 grams of powder cocaine to get the same. In case you were wondering, it’s because white people tend to use powder over rock. Mandatory minimums wreak havoc in almost every other “criminal” area, from sex laws to firearms. They are almost always wrought with good intentions, but tend to be reactionary attempts to stem tides of recent crimes or vice. This is how prescription drug,
consensual sex, and fraud cases will often receive harsher sentences than first-degree murder.
The U.S. prison population DOUBLED under Bill Clinton. It doesn’t seem as if Hillary has any other plans.

My cynical side says that last night’s victory for Obama is a fleeting moment, that maybe Obama is not what he seems, that he’ll turn out like the rest, that he is all charisma and no substance. But still, a glimmer of hope lies behind the murky cynicism. Of course this hope is somewhat dulled by the fact that “Hope” is his message, his brand. Am I, and much of America, simply falling for Obama’s marketing machine? Has Obama’s visage become subliminally linked with the idea, and indeed the feeling, of “Hope”?

There are many reasons to oppose Obama. I disagree with him on several issues. One of the main reasons for me is Gay Marriage; Obama is against Gay Marriage and for Civil Unions. I believe that Gay Rights is the fundamental civil rights issue of our time and that history will prove this. In fifty years, a politician opposing Gay Rights will be as archaic as a politician nowadays opposing integration. But honestly, in this respect there are no major candidates who are on the right side of the issue, or at least publicly.

Obama is a moderate, in the true, mainstream sense of the word, and so his only real radicalism lies in honestly reaching out to Independents and Republicans. I consider myself to be a radical moderate, in that I lean left and right on many issues, but am extreme on several, mainly issues of personal freedom. Am I going to pan Obama because he is not for the unconditional legalization of all drugs? Probably not, since no one running but the relatively crackpot-ish Ron Paul is.

The biggest thing Obama has going for himself is the charisma, confidence, and striking image of a great leader. He is at once youthful and authoritative. He will be very appealing to people who have been embarrassed by having Bush as our world representative. Here would be a young, confidence, compassionate leader of the most powerful country of the world, such a contrast to Bush.

The most impressive aspect of last night’s caucus was the youth vote. Obama used them to secure his win. The power of the youth was dismissed in the last election, mainly because of Howard Dean’s collapse and Kerry loss. I don’t believe that too many young people related to Dean, I sure didn’t, but his ideas somewhat resonated with them. The problem was, he was not an inspiring speaker or leader. People did not really look up to him. And Kerry, well, we all know what happened there.
The young people of today have surprisingly good bullshit detectors and they saw through Kerry and they can see through Hillary. People voted for Kerry and support Hillary because they feel they should, people support Obama because they want to. Sure, Obama deals the bullshit, the Mother/Cancer story is getting old, but it is so much less than the other candidates.

The last two elections were about the lesser of two evils. Say what you will about Obama, I don’t believe he is evil. And that is really what Obama is all about. He is a viable presidential candidate who is strong, commanding, and somehow not evil. It’s an odd feeling.

Let’s hope he doesn’t get himself assassinated.

Dude.

-via Neatorama