Obama-Nation

In the Hollywood film National Security, government agents engage in wacky high jinks qua "police work" that ends favorably when the protagonists overcome personal prejudice, racism, crime, and ineptitude to become contributing members of society. It's heartwarming, or at least reminiscent of those old Disney movies with the bumbling FBI agents, like That Darn Cat. Apparently, the FBI did not take kindly to Disney's representation--as indicated in a fairly lengthy repository of information.

Hayley Mills in That Darn Cat.
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I generally think that national security is a great reason to vote for a president. After all, it seems good, in a certain way, to have a country within which to debate the social and political issues that are near and dear to my liberal-leaning heart.

In the recent presidential election (ie, the one that ended yesterday with a new president), I began to think about national security in a new way. Instead of thinking about how the Democratic candidate liked trees or cared about education, I found myself thinking about how the nation may actually be a safer place today because President-elect (then-Senator) Obama and his campaign encouraged all of us to reengage in the political process.