Comments on: Our Long, National Nightmare Is Over

By: Ged

Ged — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:03:48 +0000

Well, thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment. Feel free to bookmark and visit again if the mood should strike you, I’m not going anywhere man!

By: Lesserdevil (J S Day)

Lesserdevil (J S Day) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 04:17:20 +0000

When I searched for Katee Sackhoff the motorcycle picture that popped up was from your blog. I usually dig through people’s writing a little bit when I stumble into a new blog. I see that you are very moderate and even keeled politically, although maybe tilting somewhat to the left. You use social networking in the extreme, and do work in scaled pixel graphics (and png?).

I’ll probably never breeze through here again. I am a Battlestar fanatic, a lifelong science fiction and fantasy reader, and a writer for twenty years now. I am deeply leftist. I am from Southeast Louisiana so I firmly believe Bush is going to hell, but I’m often wrong so it doesn’t matter what I believe. I build my own Linux systems and despise all things Redmond. I also don’t do any form of social networking.

Take it easy, Ged. Have a nice life.

By: Ged

Ged — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:13:48 +0000

Rich & Mike,

Well said, both of you. I think Bush fatigue has dulled many Americans to just how badly things got these last few years. There are *so* many examples it’s difficult for the average Joe to remember them all and reflect on how they matter to us. In time, Bush’s approval ratings will rise, and people will start to remember him fondly, which is natural. In the meantime, we’ll go about the business of putting this country back in order.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

By: Mike Rundle

Mike Rundle — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:46:02 +0000

I think my favorite part about Obama taking the Presidency is that he and his cabinet finally usher in a new era of intellectuals in the White House. Not people that shoot from the hip, make decisions from the gut, and vindicate bad decisions by saying God told them to make them, but people who value facts and science above all else and use logic and rationality to make decisions.

Just one very tiny example of Bush’s anti-intellectualism in action are the abstinence-only teachings in Texas that he championed. Years after they were instituted, every study has shown that teenagers who are given abstinence-only education end up more sexually misguided (and pregnant) than their “sex education” counterparts who learn to value their bodies and use protection. Why were abstinence-only teachings part of the curriculum? Because of religion, not because of any scientific study showing them as a better alternative. That was just one small example, now think of all the other bad decisions that were made in light of evidence showing they weren’t the right decision. Weapons of mass destruction? Domestic wiretapping? Taking away freedoms… to um… protect our freedoms?

If Obama and his cabinet use HALF the common sense that they possess, America will start to turn towards a more positive future. I don’t agree with every decision Obama makes, but as long as I know he’s evaluating facts and opinions from his top advisors to make those decisions, I will respect what he chooses.

By: Rich Siegel

Rich Siegel — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:24:56 +0000

Our long, national nightmare is over. Now we’ve awakened and discovered that our two-hundred-year old house is infested with termites, the pilot light in the basement furnace went out while we were sleeping, and the repo man just showed up to take the car.