Doonesbury Say What?

[thewayne]

"Um, I'm very sorry, right off the top of my head, I know that there are a lot, but I'll put it up on my website, I promise you."
-- Delaware senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell, asked to name a recent Supreme Court decision with which she disagreed

In some ways, I'd like to see her get elected. We have plenty of idiots in Congress, what's one more? It reminds me of the one and only televised debate that Arizona governor Jan Brewer did, showed up as an absolute idiot with no public extemporaneous speaking skills, something that's kind of important in the state's highest elected official. Brewer was appointed when Napolitano was picked to head up Homeland Security, Brewer is running for governor for the first time though she has held other elected office previously. Most famously Brewer claimed in a TV interview that decapitated bodies had been found in the AZ desert caused by drug runners, something thoroughly debunked.

Basically I want people SMARTER THAN ME IN CONGRESS AND HIGHER. I've never understood this "would you like to have a beer with him?" mentality.

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[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

"Basically I want people SMARTER THAN ME IN CONGRESS AND HIGHER."

I couldn't have said it better myself!!!!!!!!

[silveradept]

And Guu spitting out a skull is entirely too appropriate for this post.

[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

You are clearly awesome because
A) You know about Guu and
B) zomg, Kodama with a trombone!

:D :D :D

[silveradept]

Guu is one of those characters you keep coming back to watch just to see what she's going to do next. And how she's going to torment poor Hare while she's at it. And possibly the man village elder, if it involves the chest-hair afro.

Although, using the soot sprites carrying candy starts is a quite whimsical countermove.

[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

::cracks up:: the oh-so-classy afro chest!

I propose a toast to our excellent dueling icons!

[silveradept]

A toast! (Although, as I am limited to six icons, I don't quite think I'll be able to go that much longer in an actual icon duel.)

*smash!*

[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

Ohs nooooos!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

An icon duel and you would of course do it while I was in class. I've got over 100...

http://www.livejournal.com/allpics.bml?user=thewayne

What I find funny is I think you two are two of the three people on LJers that I've met who weren't already friends, and the third is the GF of an old friend that I used to work with.

[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

Whoa! ::bows at your superior icon usage::

also, haha, that it awesome, clearly we have the same nerd tastes though! So good!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Well, I've been here for six years, one tends to accumulate a few if one has the storage space and good taste ;-)

And you, Sam, are also a person who is cool in the extreme! Are you doing NaNoWriMo next month? Russet is going to try.

[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

Awwwww why thank you! ^_______^ I most certainly will be attempting another WriMo year. Ya'll should swing by Plateau, we're gonna try those write ins again, I'd love to see the both of ya! :D

[silveradept]

Oy! Don't you follow the Red Dragon's advice? A two would have done just fine in this situation, thanks!

Not to mention, I think one of my icons is being censored by LJ because it has a unique name and/or there's a Dragon Conspiracy to cover up the Dragon Conspiracy.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

SA is awesome, I met up with him for dinner and general hanging out when I was in Seattle for a conference a couple of years ago. We hung out together for a good 3+ hours just BSing and having a good time.

Definitely a good egg, a recommended person with a cool news blog and a great job.

[silveradept]

How about Roe v. Wade, Christine, since you've been a card-carrying member of the Junior Anti-Sex League for decades now?

I'm with you on wanting people smarter than I am in public office. What I worry about is that all the likely voters are applying that standard to their own lives, too, and finding the candidates they choose meet that standard.

That says a lot more about how smart we are, I think, than how dumb our politics is.