Or, to rephrase my objection in a way that isn't constantly running in circles about the political implications of cartography and how astonished we should be by them: if Aaron Sorkin really wanted to make that point, and wanted to make it in a way such that a regular character showed surprise at it, did he have to do…

Or, to rephrase my objection in a way that isn't constantly running in circles about the political implications of cartography and how astonished we should be by them: if Aaron Sorkin really wanted to make that point, and wanted to make it in a way such that a regular character showed surprise at it, did he have to do…

Right, @drdarke:disqus , but CJ Cregg was supposed to be a super-smart, super-articulate Important Political Person who has personally met the leaders of several countries that routinely end up on the bottom of that map, whereas you are - no offense - some guy on the internet with a Dr. Who icon, so one would…

Right, @drdarke:disqus , but CJ Cregg was supposed to be a super-smart, super-articulate Important Political Person who has personally met the leaders of several countries that routinely end up on the bottom of that map, whereas you are - no offense - some guy on the internet with a Dr. Who icon, so one would…

His delightfully tragicomic speech at the school assembly on how that mid-air collision he basically caused was really no biggie is a particular highlight for me.

His delightfully tragicomic speech at the school assembly on how that mid-air collision he basically caused was really no biggie is a particular highlight for me.

I mean, seriously! There's an episode in which she meets with a group of cartographers who are like, "Did you know that you can present the world with the southern hemisphere on TOP, because there isn't literally a 'this side up' in space?" and CJ is like "Oh my god, that never ever occurred to my tiny brain!"

I mean, seriously! There's an episode in which she meets with a group of cartographers who are like, "Did you know that you can present the world with the southern hemisphere on TOP, because there isn't literally a 'this side up' in space?" and CJ is like "Oh my god, that never ever occurred to my tiny brain!"

Holy shit, yes. See also: that scene in either the first or the second season when someone criticizes the (White House) writing staff for being all white dudes, and the white-guy head writer (of the White House! not of the show, of course!) responds by saying, "I just happened to hire the very best and brightest, and…

Holy shit, yes. See also: that scene in either the first or the second season when someone criticizes the (White House) writing staff for being all white dudes, and the white-guy head writer (of the White House! not of the show, of course!) responds by saying, "I just happened to hire the very best and brightest, and…

If she drives to my place, I'll tell her I felt really bad for her every time they made her character, ostensibly a highly intelligent, well-educated press secretary for the most powerful person on the planet, do a stupid pratfall, cluck like a chicken, or pretend like she didn't know basic economics so that a Very…

If she drives to my place, I'll tell her I felt really bad for her every time they made her character, ostensibly a highly intelligent, well-educated press secretary for the most powerful person on the planet, do a stupid pratfall, cluck like a chicken, or pretend like she didn't know basic economics so that a Very…

"please check out The West Wing, at least the first couple of seasons. That’s good TV."

"please check out The West Wing, at least the first couple of seasons. That’s good TV."

Advertisers only care if you've got a Neilson box. You don't have a Neilson box? Well, then, fuck you!

Advertisers only care if you've got a Neilson box. You don't have a Neilson box? Well, then, fuck you!

That period was good for the country in a lot of ways? We have a very different memory of that period, sir! Because I remember the American People going from sobbing at Enya songs to screaming for Muslim blood in like the space of half an hour.

That period was good for the country in a lot of ways? We have a very different memory of that period, sir! Because I remember the American People going from sobbing at Enya songs to screaming for Muslim blood in like the space of half an hour.

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