In which Obama stubbornly refuses to start to piss me off...

WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union commends the Obama-Biden Transition team for including sexual orientation and gender identity in its non-discrimination policy as it prepares to assume power in January. Although President Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 11478, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, there are no explicit federal protections from gender identity bias in government hiring.

Hmm.

Okay, I will grant that the Bush administration, plus the CA/AZ/AR anti-gay ballot measures have set the bar for "not an asshole" unbelievably low, but...pretty much Obama's first act as Prez-to-be (hiring people) has gotten the ACLU's official stamp of approval.

Seriously, Mr. Obama - a lot of us have gotten pretty used to being angry and bitter about politics. You're kind of overwhelming, because - well, obviously it's way to early to call, but there's maybe a chance you're going to continue not being an asshole, even though you already were elected.

Keep it up, and we'll get used to it, I promise.