Live Long and Be Funky

I found this article on Topless Robot and it just confirms my belief that my African brother Barack is THE coolest guy ever and he will lead us all to the promised land...or in final battle with the alien zombies that we all KNOW are just wating for the right moment to start causing shit. Barack Obama is the holder of many firsts in America, virtually all of which have been covered elsewhere. But I'd like to talk to you about him today because he is the first nerd to ever be president. Now, I don't want to start a political argument, so I'm not going to talk about his policies or anything like that—and if any of you get even slightly uppity in the comments, I will ban you hard your mother won't recognize your username. But whether you're a Democrat, Republican or Other, if you're reading Topless Robot, I think you can appreciate the significance that for the first time ever, a man who collected comic books will be the leader of the country.

Yes, Obama collected both Spider-man and Conan the Barbarian comics; he actually wanted to be a comic artist when he grew up. He owns all seven Harry Potter books. Wired says he's a Star Trek fan, and offers this awesome anecdote from Leonard Nimoy:

He is a big fan of Star Trek. He said himself: "I grew up on Star Trek. I believe in the final frontier." And, when Leonard Nimoy was the guest on NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" in September, he said that he had run into "one of the presidential candidates" and that that candidate had, upon seeing Nimoy, given him the Vulcan salute. He refused to name the candidate, but said he "was not John McCain." And of course, he traveled to the home of Superman, the tiny town of Metropolis, Illinois, and took the above picture of himself at the town's Superman statue, which he even put on his Senatorial website. I don't know what this will mean for nerds in the long run, but I do know one thing—Hayden Panetierre still doesn't want to shake his hand.

Can you just imagine what that moment was like...Barack flashing his Vulcan gang sign...it just gives me goosebumps. This action figure needs to come with extra hands just to replicate that moment.



At the recent annual newscasters dinner in Washington Barack and John McCain made very comical speeches. This one line from Brother Obama firmly cements his place in the geek hall of fame...

"I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-el, to save the Planet Earth."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vws9fTtQgz4