Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

Jack Bauer Kill Counter – Hour 8

Monday, February 9th, 2009

The economy is really hurting 24 this season.  Bill cannot afford a nice office, decent transport or even a shave.  CTU was disbanded because California cut the budget for moles.  Now tonight’s episode could get pushed back because President Obama is going to deliver a prime time address to the American people about the rough economy.

I’d be more interested in tonight’s speech if Obama had a little Jack in him.  If Jack Bauer spent less time in DC riding around in techno-colored pedophile vans and more time advising the president, well tonight’s address would’ve lasted 12.5 seconds and would look something like this:

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“Hey, I’m President Obama and this happens to be Bernie Madoff’s head.  Now, are there any questions from Wall Street?  Good, now FIX IT Dammit!”

Let’s hope that Jack continues his hot streak tonight – he’s killed dudes for two straight hours!

Here are the points and winner from last week:

 Killing Someone = 1 point X 5
Total Points = 5

Hour 1-4 Winner: Jim says: I’m going low. 5 points.
Hour 5 Winner: Jack Bauer says: I am going with 3 points tonight.
Hour 6 Winner: steveegg says: Dean stole my 1, so I’m going 2.

Hour 7 Winner: RFTR says: Was going to say 6. Guess I’ll go with 5.

Post your guess at how many points Jack Bauer will rack up tonight in the comments. A list of the points is below.

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Kill Counter 3.0

Killing Someone = 1 point
Killing a good guy = -1 point

Bonus Points
“Dammit” = 1 point
“We don’t have enough time” = 1 point
Shooting down a helicopter = 5 points
Mentioning Kim Bauer = 2 points
Apologizing for anything = -5 points
Crying = -5 points
Surrendering to bad guys = -10 points

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President Palmer, precursor to President Obama?

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

That’s what Dennis Haysbert says, anyway.

Now, look. I know President Palmer (David, not Wayne) is a beloved figure in these here parts, and Obama’s, well, not…

But after I got past the thought that Haysbert has a really healthy ego, I thought he might have a point.

Palmer was beloved by looselugnut libs and right-wing nutjobs alike. He always had the day’s crisis to resolve and so never really expounded on his beliefs about tax breaks, social services or foreign policy (beyond wanting to make sure he was about to bomb the crap out of the correct unnamed nation, which I think pretty much everyone can agree is probably the right course). We have no idea what kind of policies he worked on as commander-in-chief.  He was too busy trying to stay alive or keep the nation from blowing up.

But all that aside, this country’s never had a black presidential candidate who actually stood a reasonable chance of being a major-party nominee, never mind of perhaps even being elected to the highest office.

Is that because seeing virtual black presidents such as Palmer or, maybe, Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact, has made people a little more color-blind? Huh. I dunno, but maybe Haysbert’s not so completely ego-centric?

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More TLJBD On The Campaign Trail

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Clinton and Obama get into the festivities.

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