I was thinking the same thing as Gauldar--some kind of compulsion, like collecting buttons, except, you know, with infants.
Reminds me of the scene in Raising Arizona when Glenn explains that he and Dot are trying for another baby in their already huge family because "These are getting too big to cuddle."
Well, caveats given, the language and existence of the order surely falls within the "action taken" column. Call me low-expectations Sally, but it's more than we could have hoped for previously, so I was encouraged.
Saying out loud that it was torture, that the shadow trial set-up is unacceptable, that the effect on our identity as a nation of laws based on the rights of man is pernicious, and that it needs to go is a step we had lamentably not climbed before.
And Ledbetter is amazing and unprecedented, and certain cabinet appointments have been incredibly heartening, especially with regard to Holder on record as declaring torture as torture and holding the door open for those with deep pockets and great power to potentially be held accountable for crimes that far, far outweigh the petty ones that the poor and powerless are routinely and harshly penalized for. The mere suggestion that the vast and utterly disgusting gap in justice between the very powerful and the most powerless has me feeling a wee bit warmed.
My point stands that there is activity and there is movement, and there are things to cite if one were so inclined to be informed of them.
@Lloyd: Everything you said up until the last sentence is supportable. But those statements don't, just because you can argue them with some effectiveness, make your last statement valid. Logic doesn't work that way; a+a+a+a does not just equal c just because you say so.
Are all those admonishing people to "wait until he's actually done something" just not paying attention?
What do you call issuing an order with a hard deadline for closing Guantanamo and signing legislation ensuring equal pay for women within a week of his inauguration?
Continue lamenting Obama posts on neatorama all you like, but at least don't just make up stuff. Any cursory investigation of his time in the last week will reveal plenty of action.
Huh, Safari won't let me open the NUQ or the FAQ or anything. It says:
"Too many redirects occurred trying to open “http://www.neatorama.com/upcoming/”. This might occur if you open a page that is redirected to open another page which then is redirected to open the original page."
@Dave: My point was predicated on its being what it purports, so yours is a legit discussion but doesn't really go to the essence of what I was saying.
And I don't say his behavior affects all our lives as some kind of hero-worship. I hope you didn't parse that as "his behavior affects everything about our lives." I say it because his actions will have an impact. Disputing that simple assertion seems like quibbling for its own sake.
This "not a political blog" mantra has lost all meaning. A political post that you might legitimately protest would be a post that opines in one political direction or another.
Stories that happen to involve politicians but are simply fact-based do not cross this horrifying line so many seem so traumatized by. If you cannot abide any posts that mention anybody in political office, that is a simply a bizarre mental tic, not a justified reaction to an oppressive atmosphere of bias and political shilling on neatorama.
Reminds me of the scene in Raising Arizona when Glenn explains that he and Dot are trying for another baby in their already huge family because "These are getting too big to cuddle."
Saying out loud that it was torture, that the shadow trial set-up is unacceptable, that the effect on our identity as a nation of laws based on the rights of man is pernicious, and that it needs to go is a step we had lamentably not climbed before.
And Ledbetter is amazing and unprecedented, and certain cabinet appointments have been incredibly heartening, especially with regard to Holder on record as declaring torture as torture and holding the door open for those with deep pockets and great power to potentially be held accountable for crimes that far, far outweigh the petty ones that the poor and powerless are routinely and harshly penalized for. The mere suggestion that the vast and utterly disgusting gap in justice between the very powerful and the most powerless has me feeling a wee bit warmed.
My point stands that there is activity and there is movement, and there are things to cite if one were so inclined to be informed of them.
What do you call issuing an order with a hard deadline for closing Guantanamo and signing legislation ensuring equal pay for women within a week of his inauguration?
Continue lamenting Obama posts on neatorama all you like, but at least don't just make up stuff. Any cursory investigation of his time in the last week will reveal plenty of action.
"Too many redirects occurred trying to open “http://www.neatorama.com/upcoming/”. This might occur if you open a page that is redirected to open another page which then is redirected to open the original page."
Is it just me? It's never happened before.
And I don't say his behavior affects all our lives as some kind of hero-worship. I hope you didn't parse that as "his behavior affects everything about our lives." I say it because his actions will have an impact. Disputing that simple assertion seems like quibbling for its own sake.
Stories that happen to involve politicians but are simply fact-based do not cross this horrifying line so many seem so traumatized by. If you cannot abide any posts that mention anybody in political office, that is a simply a bizarre mental tic, not a justified reaction to an oppressive atmosphere of bias and political shilling on neatorama.