Remember Dexter's Laboratory? One of my favorite cartoons ever. And I remember the episodes which introduced Dexter's rival, Mandark. Mandark demanded that Dexter shut down his lab, since it was obviously inferior to Mandark's own. And when Dexter was given a tour of Mandark's lab, it did indeed seem amazing.

But... Mandark fell for Deedee, Dexter's sister. Dexter helped to arrange a date, and once Deedee got inside Mandark's lab, the whole place was ruined in about 10 minutes.

Dexter's Lab has survived Deedee's predations for years. Deedee is Dexter's Quality Assurance team, though he doesn't know that. And it is a sign of how good Dexter's designs are that even though Deedee runs rampant in the place (Dexter never figured out how to keep her out) it doesn't come crashing down to the ground, the way Mandark's lab did.

Who's the better president, Bush or Obama? Hmm?

Well, consider that Bush accomplished most of what he really wanted to despite years of bitter criticism and obstruction by the American left and most of the American press.

Obama, on the other hand, is screaming and crying because Fox News refuses to genuflect the way all the other TV networks (and most of the newspapers) have been.

Adverse news reporting is QA for politicians, and Obama seems allergic to it. Worse, he says that it could derail his program.

If so, it's a pretty poorly constructed program. Obama's political effort is more like Mandark than like Dexter.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Weird World at 08:19 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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