Kat Dancing

A couple of science fiction writers have commented on Arnie's election. Comments range from the satirical to the outright despairing. I tend to agree. It's not that I have something against Arnold Schwartsenegger in particular, aside from not particularly liking his movies, but it's pretty clear that we're now electing politicians, not on the basis of our political leanings or their political platforms, but via simple brand recognition.

Not that the Democrats and Republicans haven't been making that clear, mind you - because when you get right down to it, the two parties are almost exactly the same in what they say and what they do, and have been for all of my lifetime. Democrats are just sneakier.

And in the meantime we have only one human being that Arnie could probably beat in an IQ comparison - or a spelling bee - and he's the president. Well, fuck. Perhaps I'll just go stick my head under a blanket for the next, oh, I dunno, ten, twenty years.