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[The Other Castro]

Words cannot describe my hatred for Pixar.  The Toy Story trilogy was good, but pretty much every other film they've made has been lousy.  Plus, they killed traditional animation and destroyed Disney, so I pretty much detest everything about them.

What in the holy hell is wrong with you?

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I thought cruel and unusual punishment was illegal in this country, but the existence of those shirts prove otherwise.

[TDAS04]

Context:

Freedom Site, easily.  Sometimes, it's hard to distinguish them from real news.

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I'm still ready for Hillary!

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Bernie Sanders is all the rage.

Administration of Bernard Sanders

President - Bernie Sanders
Vice President - Bernie Sanders
Sec. State - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Education - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Commerce - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Health/Human Services - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Defense - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Energy - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Agriculture - Tom Vilsack
Sec. Transportation - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Veterans Affairs - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Treasury - Bernie Sanders
AG - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Interior - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Labor - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Housing - Bernie Sanders
Sec. Homeland Security - John McCain (#bipartisanship)
NEW POSITION - Secretary of the New American Comintern - Bernie Sanders

[Antonio the Sixth]

I haven't seen either trilogy in total.  But, come on, the Star Wars are legitimately terrible.  The Hobbit is boring and mediocre, but it's at least decent.  It has good acting performances, the dialogue makes sense, they're at least okay movies.

Star Wars Episode 1-3 are just awful.  The acting is trash, the dialogue is horrible, the script is shockingly bad, just all garbage.  The guy who plays Darth Vader is legitimately the worst actor of all time. 

I feel like you're regurgitating what you've heard/read on the Internet. The Prequels were not great films by any stretch of imagination but we're still enjoyable.

The Phantom Menace suffers from a lack of a protagonist and an annoying 9 year old Anakin. There was also not enough of a focus on Obi-Wan or his relationship with the one who would become his apprentice. But it also had excellent performances on the part of Ewan McGregor & Liam Neeson as Qui-Gon Jinn. Darth Maul also had a terrific turn as a truly terrifying villain while also producing what was perhaps one of -if not the greatest- lightsaber duel in the entire saga with the Duel of the Fates. All in all, a mediocre go bad film.

The plot in Attack of the Clones simply dragged A LOT and the romantic sub-plot between Padme and the now whiny adolescent Anakin seemed forced and lukewarm. Hayden Christensen is not a bad actor, but a lot of the lines he was given and the part he was written made it nearly impossible for anyone to give a good performance in the role. The introduction of Christopher Lee and a possibly sympathetic antagonist coupled with the Battle of Geonosis and Yoda's first duel made the third act very enjoyable, but it is possibly the weakest film in the trilogy.

Now Revenge of the Sith was by far the greatest Prequel, and my favorite film behind ESB. The action sequences were all beautifully choreographed, from the Battle Above Coruscant to the Duel on Mustafar. And John Williams was in top form on the soundtrack, especially on Anakin's Betrayal and the Battle of the Heroes. Aside from a few lines of bad dialogue, this film was a beautiful peace of Sci-Fi cinema.

[Türkisblau]

In partisan terms, this is surprisingly not as lopsided as I would have thought. I guess that's due to the fact that in most States, Republicans and Democrats both had a "champion" to rally around.

Here's the map. As you can see, much more split delegations than IRL.

I've counted Morse and Sanders as Independents caucusing with the Democrats, but Specter as a Republican, as he was one for the bulk of his Senate term.

Democrats: 57 (+2 Independents)
Republicans: 41

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Communist = HP

Utopian communism seems to be a noble ideal to me, at least...

[Enderman]

Jeb Bush should be the first president to have multiple Vice Presidents (knowing the sheer awesomeness of the one and only Jebbers, I bet he could find a loophole somehow) :

-VP 1: Marco Rubio, in order to appeal to Hispanics
-VP 2: Ben Carson, in order to appeal to African-Americans
-VP 3: Carly Fiorina, in order to appeal to women
-VP 4: Barry Goldwater, in order to appeal to Jews who vote for non-Jews with Jewish-sounding names
-VP 5: John Kasich, in order to appeal to Ohio
-VP 6: Jeb Bush, in order to appeal to Florida
-VP 7: Bob McDonnell, in order to appeal to Virginia
-VP 8: Cory Garnder, in order to appeal to Colorado
-VP 9: Joni Ernst, in order to appeal to Iowa
VP 10: Brian Sandoval, in order to appeal to Nevada
-VP 11: Kelly Ayotte, in order to appeal to New Hampshire
-VPs 12 & 13: The Koch Brothers, in order to appeal to the Koch Brothers
-VP 14: Dave Leip, in order to appeal to the peoples of Atlas Forum
-VP 15: Small children, in order to appeal to Dennis Hastert and Catholic priests
-VP 16: Hillary Clinton, because she deserves it

Give me a second, I'll put this in the Crabcake Bureau...

[Goldwater]

Holy crap Texas! Just imagine the pain of redistricting there, much less trying to gerrymander it

[Boston Bread]

[1] Louisiana
[2] Tennessee
[3] Arkansas
[4] Alabama
[5] Mississippi

That's exactly my order.

Well, that doesn't happen very often.

Finally, Goldwater and I agree on geographic favourability.

[RFayette]

Question 3: Should the Senate play an assertive role in responding to international events, such as the troubles in Ukraine and the recent coup in Puerto Santos?

We should respond to world affairs as they arise. While I do not have experience in foriegn policy, as a Senator I will not be dealing with foreign policy on my own. I will work with my fellow senators in this area. I will be following the GM and foreign news more closely from now on so I can provide informed debates and votes. Over time, I would gain as much expertise as the other Senators in office.

Atlasia should respond to world news, and the responsibility lies partially with the Senate. The Senate should enact resolutions in respond to news, provide aid when a foreign country is beset with disaster, and enact sanctions when a country goes out of the bounds of international law. These matters are something that I can resolve as a senator.

I am a non interventionist when it comes to the military. The troubles in Ukraine or the coup in Puerto Santos may demand action, but military action in these areas would not improve the situation. In regards to ISIS, I favor Drone action and giving military supplies to our allies in the region, but no ground forces.

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x RFayette

[Goldwater]

Jeb Bush should be the first president to have multiple Vice Presidents (knowing the sheer awesomeness of the one and only Jebbers, I bet he could find a loophole somehow) :

-VP 1: Marco Rubio, in order to appeal to Hispanics
-VP 2: Ben Carson, in order to appeal to African-Americans
-VP 3: Carly Fiorina, in order to appeal to women
-VP 4: Barry Goldwater, in order to appeal to Jews who vote for non-Jews with Jewish-sounding names
-VP 5: John Kasich, in order to appeal to Ohio
-VP 6: Jeb Bush, in order to appeal to Florida
-VP 7: Bob McDonnell, in order to appeal to Virginia
-VP 8: Cory Garnder, in order to appeal to Colorado
-VP 9: Joni Ernst, in order to appeal to Iowa
VP 10: Brian Sandoval, in order to appeal to Nevada
-VP 11: Kelly Ayotte, in order to appeal to New Hampshire
-VPs 12 & 13: The Koch Brothers, in order to appeal to the Koch Brothers
-VP 14: Dave Leip, in order to appeal to the peoples of Atlas Forum
-VP 15: Small children, in order to appeal to Dennis Hastert and Catholic priests
-VP 16: Hillary Clinton, because she deserves it

[Mr. Smith]

Context:

Meh, I don't really care. People obsessing about the show can be annoying, but the people complaining about people watching it are just as annoying.

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Bernie or bust

[RR1997]

Rubio is an empty suit who would be exposed as such as soon as the first debate if not before that.

Good point. I voted Walker, but Rubio is actually a really weak candidate. People only assume he's good because he's young, attractive, and Hispanic but in reality he's a horrible speaker.

[Goldwater]

What's this "video store" you speak of?

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

What's next people?  Oklahoma is flat?

TBH, having never been there I thought it was pretty flat.

[ElectionsGuy]

 

[TDAS04]

Lets be real, Trump is an idiot.

385-153. In today's age, that's a gigantic landslide.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Despite my Kennedy bashing, it is pretty easy to see how this is true:

He was certainly more courageous on civil rights than Ike.

[JerryArkansas]

Can't be worse than Frank.

[PJ]

Another example that I forgot to post above is Jefferson buying lands in Louisiana.  The constitution says nothing of buying land.  But he used the right to govern territory to defend his purchase of it.

And the argument in favor of a living document ITT in general.

[Antonio the Sixth]

I come from an Irish, northeastern, bleeding heart Catholic background.

This is true for me as well. My entire family is huge Kennedy hacks, and one of them even claimed that Kennedy was a better president than Lincoln.

Personally, I think he's vastly overrated. Choosing to begin American involvement in Vietnam was a bad move, and his tax cuts were too overzealous, but he had a positive impact on civil rights, got the ball rolling on space exploration, and the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was definitely needed. Had he not been assassinated, he probably would've had an even more lasting legacy, but he also would've had the potential to do more damage. I feel like a moderate hero because I already gave the last two presidents three stars, but that's what I'm saying here too.