Londo doesn't match up with a Bush era figure.
If we're allowed to go back a ways: Londo = Nixon.

Um… but… PLANET KILLERS.

Murc,
The civilian vs ambassador comparison for B5 reps isn't really fair- humans weren't just there to play diplomat, there were actually running the station, which in this context is a military role (security, defense, etc).
However, I did think it would have made more sense, politically, to have a civilian politician…

Well not it's not the same- the Technomages never had a war with and nearly obliterated humans.  I don't see any mystery as to why Technomages would or could not recruit some- they are not associated with any primary species.

But they're named after the Texas Rangers.
I mean sure the distinction is that these are in space but.. so what?

SPOILERS

Agreed!
How awesome does that make a certain scene (I wanna say season 3?) where she tells him something REALLY IMPORTANT and it's just the two of them in a room and they both do so much ACTING and.. *goose pimples*

Rangers, like military or teachers or doctors or whatever, aren't "good" or "bad" in and of themselves in terms of story telling.  It's all about the characters and story and whatnot.

The novel your'e referring to is called To Dream In the City of Sorrows, and it also has Marcus.  It is one of two non-trilogy books considered cannon.

The first time I saw the series was like all out of order.  I think the first episodes I saw were in season 4! (I know, I know).
Then when I finally saw this one I spent the whole time going "oh… oh… now I get it."

Ack… my post sure doesn't make sense now that I re-read it.  I blame work for distracting me from my internetting.

Enterprise season 4 was well-executed by boring, like a giant wikipedia article, full of "and this is why this, and this is why that."  I want my TV to be entertaining, not a history lesson… of not even real history.

The irony of this point (and I pretty much agree with it) is that DS9 is often referred to as the least non-Trek like Trek series.

My god that is so accurate, and the most upsetting non-news related thing I've read all week.

Last night my mother was watching this, which shocked me because she does not watch Bachelor type show.
I know have lost a bit of respect for her. *weeps inside*

Yes, this, and also to show Margaery having to struggle to keep her outrage down at Joffrey insulting something about the one person in the world she cares about.

Not run by women, we are just seeing the women navigate themselves as best they know how.  Remember it wasn't their idea to ally themselves with the Lannisters and the old lady said straight-up it is a mistake, a decision made by the men whom I don't think we've seen yet, and they are just trying to clean up the mess…

Well what I remember is him saying he wanted a theatrical release to give the actors a big payday, that's why it had to take place within or at least near the timeline of the B5 series.

JMS was planning to make the Telepath War a theatrical release.  It would indeed have been the perfect storyline since it can kind of stand alone yet still be part of the world and still feature all of the major characters for the series.

Hells yeah.  Love that scene.  That's exactly the kind of thing the show did better than anyone and why I love it despite its other faults.