Geeks are hot.
Mariah Carey agrees. Also featured? Kenneth from 30 Rock. This video his hilarious.
[link found via J.J. Merrick]
We recorded the Democratic debate that took place in Austin, TX and just got around to watching it last night.
Hoo boy.
Going into it, I already didn't like Hillary. Between her recent family history and the fact that she is the first formidable female hopeful, she's got a lot to overcome; and I think that this has made her lose sight of what's important. I don't think she's honestly given much thought to what will happen after the election and instead is just focusing on winning — and doing so by making promises she can't keep. (Specifically, she mentioned that she would address immigration, taxes, health care, and NAFTA all on her first day in office!) Something in particular that she said that caught my interest was that discrimination based on race, religion, and creed are unconstitutional, but that discrimination of the sick is not (and she would change that)… Here's some news for you:
Insurer must pay $9 million for canceling policy – Health Net dropped coverage for woman undergoing cancer treatment. How's that for legal precedent? (And without you in office, I might add!)
To add insult to injury, throughout the debate she ignored the moderators indications that she was taking too long to respond, she repeatedly and deliberately went off-topic, and the straw that broke this camel's back was the mud-slinging at the end.
Immediately after Obama explained the situation behind his alleged "plagiarism" and dismissed it as something silly to discuss, she dove onto the topic as if it was something she had forgotten to bring up herself. To me, that looked childish. It looked like she was grasping at straws. I think that Hillary feels like she's fighting a losing battle, and she's doing whatever she can to win. Kind of a "shoot first, ask questions later" campaign.
On the other hand, Obama was calm, cool, and collected throughout the debate. Unlike
SOME hopefuls, he didn't raise his voice when he disagreed. He answered every question directly, and still managed to rebut some of the ridiculous off-topic claims Hillary was making in a reasonable amount of time for each response. I think that Obama feels like he's ahead in the race, and went into the debate with a conservative attitude and the intention of not alienating anyone who might be leaning to his side of the fence, rather than trying to convince people to hop the fence.
What saddens me is the idea that it's quite possible we could see an Obama-Clinton ticket. I honestly don't want to see Hillary in the White House, but if that's the price we have to pay to get an intelligent, well spoken, proven leader in, I'm willing to pay it.
