Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Don't Care

“Can you imagine how much a gay president would have to overcompensate to please the macho ninnies who control our national debate?” Bill Maher told me. “Women like Hillary have to do it, Obama had to do it because he’s black and liberal, but a gay president? He’d have to nuke something the first week.”

-- Maureen Dowd for The New York Times

Congress repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" today, marking another historical civil rights victory, allowing gays to serve openly in the military. President Obama and the Democrats actually closed out the session with a bang, including closing the nukes deal with the Russians. The big weapon in their arsenal was holding Congress over the holidays until they took care of business, over the lamentations and the gnashing of teeth of Republicans complaining about how the Democrats were committing sacrilege against Christianity. However, this legislative weapon only works when you have the majority, which they won't have next year. So, it's not going to get this good again, at least not before the 2012 election.

Don't Ask, Don't Tell - Don't Care

“Can you imagine how much a gay president would have to overcompensate to please the macho ninnies who control our national debate?” Bill Maher told me. “Women like Hillary have to do it, Obama had to do it because he’s black and liberal, but a gay president? He’d have to nuke something the first week.”

-- Maureen Dowd for The New York Times

Congress repealed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" today, marking another historical civil rights victory, allowing gays to serve openly in the military. President Obama and the Democrats actually closed out the session with a bang, including closing the nukes deal with the Russians. The big weapon in their arsenal was holding Congress over the holidays until they took care of business, over the lamentations and the gnashing of teeth of Republicans complaining about how the Democrats were committing sacrilege against Christianity. However, this legislative weapon only works when you have the majority, which they won't have next year. So, it's not going to get this good again, at least not before the 2012 election.

Macro of the Day: Lindsay Lohan

I'm not a big Lilo fan, but I was sorry to see her fall away from the Linda Lovelace biopic. I thought she had the bad girl sex appeal to make the role sing, not to mention the hot body for it. The replacement girl doesn't really have the boobs to maintain one's high hopes for that film, but she might make up for it and give us full frontal. One day, though, Lilo might be the subject of a pretty sensational biopic in her own right, and maybe movies will be less circumscribed by then.

Macro of the Day: Lindsay Lohan

I'm not a big Lilo fan, but I was sorry to see her fall away from the Linda Lovelace biopic. I thought she had the bad girl sex appeal to make the role sing, not to mention the hot body for it. The replacement girl doesn't really have the boobs to maintain one's high hopes for that film, but she might make up for it and give us full frontal. One day, though, Lilo might be the subject of a pretty sensational biopic in her own right, and maybe movies will be less circumscribed by then.