Writer's Block: Running Things

[aunt_zelda]

[Error: unknown template qotd] I would force a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as two people who say 'I do,' put on rings, and receive a pretty piece of paper.
Then I'd conduct a nationwide search to for my father's future-husband, make abortion legal in all states and not have it require consent of parents or boyfriends or husbands, up the pay of WGA members, install LARGE windmills in Cape Cod, give John Edwards a big old smack for cheating on his wife and deceiving us all, halt the construction of the (shoddy) fences on our border, and get the CIA to kidnap David Tennant and stash him in my bedroom. At the end of the day I'd kick up my feet and order a lot of commities to work on the issue of people DYING IN THE DESERT to try and get into this country, and send helicopters to Darfur.

Comments

[scotty-2-shoes.livejournal.com]

What about The Religious Reich?

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

I'd ... fix them ... somehow ...
*shrugs* Maybe I'd get them to work on the immigrant issue. That'd keep 'em busy for a good long time ...

[lesmisloony.livejournal.com]

*ahem*
May I come... visit... your Tennant?

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

Of course you could! (If I had him, I'd totally share. Especially with John Simm ...)

[phoenixjustice.livejournal.com]

sounds awesome.

But...then I'll stay in your room all day if DT is in it. XD We can always share. <3

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

David Tennant is too sexy-cute NOT to be shared. I'm sure he wouldn't mind ... *tosses hair and tries to strike a sexy-pose*

[phoenixjustice.livejournal.com]

no kidding! =X Of COURSE he wouldn't mind! *tries to strike sexy pose and trips* X_X

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*helps you up* Particularly since I'd have the CIA kidnap John Simm and John Barrowman as well. *grinz*

[gavreel.livejournal.com]

isn't he a hunk....?

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

*faints* Good LORD! That's NEVILLE?!
He can call ME up anytime! GUH ...

[gavreel.livejournal.com]

i TOLD you!!!
cant wait for monday
*squees*

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

I definitely agree with you on all of it. :)

(As for Jonathan Edwards...could you enlighten me a bit? Just wondering)

As for me, I'd probably *pull the troops out of Iraq*, outlaw the Westboro Baptist Church altogether, get rid of global warming, etc. etc.

(Although the Westboro Baptist Church thing might be wishful thinking on my part, even for this prompt. :/)

[aunt-zelda.livejournal.com]

(As for Jonathan Edwards...could you enlighten me a bit? Just wondering)
John Edwards was one of the many, many people running for President back in '08. On the Democrat side, it was between him, Obama, and Hillary in the end. I was backing him. Then it came out that he'd been cheating on his wife (who had inoperable cancer ... she died last year) with a campaign aide lady (and possibly had a lovechild with her ... not that that matters, that's for the tabloids to discuss.) That's the kind of scumbag I would have given my vote to, if I'd been able to vote then. *headdesk*

Pulling out the troops: HELLZ YEAH! (The problem is that with all the people, heavy equipment, stuff, and people, it'll take more than someone saying "get up and leave" to "get the troops out of Iraq." It'll be a process of months of withdrawing, not a snap-thing, which is unfortunate, because there will be people fighting the withdrawing every step of the way.

(Although the Westboro Baptist Church thing might be wishful thinking on my part, even for this prompt. :/)
Freedom of Speech is a lovely, wonderful thing ... but sometimes it really, REALLY sucks. People who take advantage of awesome laws deserve a lifetime of inconvenient colds!

[ladyhadhafang.livejournal.com]

John Edwards was one of the many, many people running for President back in '08. On the Democrat side, it was between him, Obama, and Hillary in the end. I was backing him. Then it came out that he'd been cheating on his wife (who had inoperable cancer ... she died last year) with a campaign aide lady (and possibly had a lovechild with her ... not that that matters, that's for the tabloids to discuss.) That's the kind of scumbag I would have given my vote to, if I'd been able to vote then. *headdesk*

...Jesus.

No, seriously, that really bites. You know, that he cheated on his dying wife. What sort of messed-up person would pull a stunt like that?

Pulling out the troops: HELLZ YEAH! (The problem is that with all the people, heavy equipment, stuff, and people, it'll take more than someone saying "get up and leave" to "get the troops out of Iraq." It'll be a process of months of withdrawing, not a snap-thing, which is unfortunate, because there will be people fighting the withdrawing every step of the way.

That's the problem?

...then let's say that being President should come with a free bottle of emergency aspirin. That, or calming tea. Still, if I were president, I would have gone through all that if that's what it took. After all, that's what being president is, isn't it? :)

And I doubt anyone but the most vocal minority would be fighting against pulling out. I remember Peter Jackson on the TWO TOWERS commentary when he said "No one's ever willingly pro-war", and I think it's true. It just depends on whether or not it's a justifiable war. And really, the war in Iraq was definitely *not* a justifiable war, no matter *what* people like Bill O'Reilly may have said.

Freedom of Speech is a lovely, wonderful thing ... but sometimes it really, REALLY sucks. People who take advantage of awesome laws deserve a lifetime of inconvenient colds!

Holy shit, yes. I remember the ACLU defending the Westboro Baptist Church picketing soldiers' funerals under the whole "freedom of speech" thing. Now, I usually admire the ACLU, especially when they fought back during the Bush era, but dude, what the hell? What they're doing isn't freedom of speech; it's a hate crime. (Seriously, when it gets bad enough that the Klu Klux Klan releases a *public statement* on their website explicitly saying they don't want to be associated with you, it's probably time to go home and rethink your life. :/)

I think their ultimate Moral Event Horizon, though, was what they did at the Holocaust museums. I remember reading that Eight Bit Mickey did an interview with them and I have to admire him for being able to keep his composure. If I were in his place, I probably would have cracked. So...*claps* Bravo, Eight Bit Mickey. You deserve a medal, my friend. :)

Sorry if my reply has a more serious bend than my other ones, but...let's say that...*that* entry on TV Tropes sent me into a Heroic BSOD. And thanks for your reply; it was, as always, a joy to read. :)