LOST vs obama, really? ... and my thoughts on the apple "islate?"

I wanted to write about this a few weeks ago: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/08/AR2010010803616.html It is ridiculous that so many people got riled up over the possibility that President Obama's State of the Union, his first, would interfere with season premiere of LOST. Health care has been a prominent issue over the last year but I bet more folks know the specifics about LOST than the two current versions of healthcare reform that the house and senate are currently working on merging. Obama should have allowed CSPAN or better yet NBC (we all know their current programing sucks) to air/recreate current legislation/debates in the house and senate. We need another series like the West Wing, but one that covers current issues, who knows maybe Denzel or Will Smith can play Obama. Or mix in some politics into Jersey Shore, something, anything, that will get this nation off their asses and involved in what is going on. Instead, we are stuck with two major media outlets that focus on the extreme edges of the political spectrum (one more than the other in my opinion) which help fuel the inability of bipartisan cooperation. We need the majority of this country, the moderates, those watching LOST, to wake up, to get informed, and to get involved. Only in this way will bipartisan cooperation actually occur, when representatives on both sides of the aisle will have to answer to the average american, versus having to pander towards the extreme edges that the current media cover.

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Apple iSlate? (http://www.tgdaily.com/consumer-electronics-features/45522-apple-tablet-poised-to-change-the-course-of-western-civilization)

Is all the hype real? More importantly, if it is, will the iSlate live up to the hype?!?! I for one, actually hope it does live up to the hype. Now, as most of you know, I am a PC person. Only apple products I own or have owned are the iTouch and ipods. I also haven't really been impressed with the iPhone. Blasphemy, I know. But alas, the iSlate has captured my attention, and yes I am quite aware that there has been NO official info on any part of the iSlate. However, Apple has done a great job in the past on taking things to the next level. The iSlate can take the Kindle/e-readers to the level that will actually get me to make the leap and purchase. Here is what I am looking:

• touch screen
• screen I can write on, so i can take notes, and easily manage them electronicaly
• a book reader, but more importantly something I can read newspapers on
• lightweight
• portable

is that too much to ask for? lets see what happens! what do you want in the iSlate?