During the ’08 campaign, before Obama had contradicted himself so many times you still felt comfortable at least listening to what he said, he made one of the best points about American politics I’ve ever heard. He pointed out that despite W Bush being pro-life, the rate of abortions had actually increased during his presidency. Then he pointed out that even though he’s pro-choice, here are the things he wants to actually do to decrease the rate. He won support from several religous groups that way. For all his ridiculousness, Obama does get that a lot of the bickering in Washington is arguing overing symbolic nonsense that doesn’t accomplish anything.

The “Obscenity Task Force” should just be one guy who has 3 or 4 vetted informants inside the industry. They’re probably the most up to date on anything obscene whether it happens in the industry or just becomes popular on webcams, etc.. This guy spends a couple of hours talking to informants on the phone every six months. If they want to report anything, they have his number. But after going after Stagliano and finally getting to court where the judge laughed at their case, probably even the people in porn look down on the “Obscenity Task Force” and wouldn’t bother with any informancy/reporting nonsense. They’ve gone backwards.