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lapfog_1

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29. I got through the Bush years

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 07:27 PM

Saturday

watching The West Wing...

amazing the number of subjects covered in that show that appear IRL now.

But I have watched it so much that it no longer really helps. It used to remind me of what a real Presidency would be like... but that is so far out of reach now...

I also watch Silicon Valley... just because I've lived it... of course it is a little bit unrealistic, but I've seen all the exact characters and many of the situations that happen in the show.

As for movies... nothing much comes to mind. Maybe The Magnificent Seven with it's simple and somewhat fatalistic story of seven warriors taking on an army that is terrorizing a village.

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