Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Retread Update

Denizens of Slashdot's copylefty comment boards are reacting to Obama's appointment of music industry litigator Tom Perrelli as Associate Attorney General. And they are not pleased with The One for tapping someone Slashdot terms "The Recording Industry of America's favorite courtroom lawyer." A collection of some of my favorite Slashdotter comments:
  • Congratulations on electing a politician. Please enjoy the next 8 years of corporate whoring.
  • Obama wants to change the system. But in order to do that, he needs insiders, clinton retreads, lobbyists, and big corporate stooges that know how to get shit done. Once he's surrounded by them, he'll be able to change the system.
  • Now I'm laughing at all the drones here that fell for the Messiah's clever PR campaign.