Obama, our first Trekkie/nerd president...

When you see Obama sink a shot with total ease from 1/2 way across the basketball court, or totally unselfconsiously bust a pretty grovy move on Ellen's show...or fistbump someone...he doesn't carry himself at all like a stereotypical self-consious geek or nerd (like, say, Gore has been in the past...stiff, etc...) Obama's a pretty damn cool guy, in fact. But in many ways, he is a nerd at heart...

"I grew up on Star Trek. I believe in the final frontier."
- Obama, at Wyoming campaign event in March.

and...

Nimoy also just noted that one of the current candidates for President encountered him at a political event some time ago and flashed the Vulcan salute with a smile. He noted dryly, “It was not John McCain.”
(Nimoy said this in Sept. on NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!")

And I already pointed out in a past post how his wife mentioned that he has read (along with his oldest daughter) all 7 of the the Harry Potter books.

And as a kid, he wanted to be a comic book artist. (As was pointed out here...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/26/barackobama-uselections2008 )

Of course the most telling giveaway will be on Monday if, when he's visiting the white house, upon entering the oval office he takes one look at the presidental seal on the carpet and says "Wrong font!"

Christ, just suck him off already and be done with it. We all know you want to.

Sore loser.

Yeah, he's a Trekkie/Trekker that want's to gut NASA's funding...

Get back to me later, when I give a shit.

I voted for him, you twit.

Tuvok was the best character in Voyager.

Ow, my brain hurts.

You can read Obama's space policy statement here:

http://www.nss.org/resources/library/spacepolicy/obama.html

(Too long to repost...but it's pretty detailed, and it sayd that "inadequate funding" has been a problem with NASA meeting it's goals, and getting a sutable replacement for the shuttle working in time.)

Really?


Look, I am just glad to have a president that, the more I learn about him, the more I like and not dislike - him. This is a guy I could have a beer - and some (real) Mexican food - with. Somebody I could have an interesting conversation with.

Yeah, like everything else, when he realized that his idea to push back funding for NASA for 5 years was massively unpopular he changed it.

But that was his original position before it 'evolved.'

He's in a real bind now - there's no possible way he can actually meet all his promises, because he promised everything to everyone. One think tank looked at about 1/3rd of those promises (88 I believe) that they could actually put a specific price tag on and that alone would have tripled last years budget - not including the other 150+ campaign promises that they couldn't put a specific number on.

Chris you are a humorless fuck.

And also the world's tallest midget.

Yeah, he is a trekie alright. A trekie that wants to gut NASA

REPORTER: And my final question Mr. President, who was the better captain: Kirk or Picard?

OBAMA: Well, that's a umm umm umm difficult question to answer. They both have umm umm qualities that umm umm umm bring leadership like I did in the Senate and umm umm umm SISKO!!!

That's because he knows it's going to be the private sector that invents the first warp drive.

It would not surprise me that Barack would be a post TNG 'Trekkie--a world where no one has money and all the peoples of the world work together, each according to his own ability and for the betterment of mankind--it's a Socialist paradise.

Time to post this.

I'm especially impressed with the way he effortlessly shuffles across water.

NASA pisses money away at a rate of knots. They swim in cash.

They could do with learning to cope with budgeting, IMHO.

Bulldog's Law: "As an Internet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving politicians and Paklids approaches one."

"We need money. We make things go broke. We're smart."

Hmmm.... okay and? Who in the hell cares whether or not he wanted to be a comic book artist or that he has read Star Trek books.

Yes, how dare he be human.

Sore winner.

The bottom line is...stop selling a product everyone is already stuck with.

I don't want to hear this any more than I want some Kenmore representative to keep selling me the appliances in my kitchen.

ONE TIME--AT BAND CAMP--HE STUCK A FLUTE IN HIS PUSSY!

That explains the sour notes at least.