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« Reply #1850 on: January 07, 2015, 08:06:45 PM »
« edited: January 07, 2015, 08:14:42 PM by traininthedistance »


Favorite Politicians (contemporary):  Joe Manchin, John Kasich, Brian Sandoval, Scott Walker, Andrew Cuomo, Justin Amash, Rand Paul, Heidi Heitkamp........quite the smorgasboard, I know. Tongue

You should probably leave or never mention that again.

Otherwise, most of that other stuff should allow you to fit right in.

What's so bad about Cuomo?  He seems like a pretty reasonable, moderate, pro-business Democrat.

As one of the leading lights of the Atlas Cuomo Hate Brigade, let me just go on record as saying that I'm far more disturbed that you're a fan of the Vikings and the Packers.  I mean, either one is fine but both is just wrong.

But, to answer your question for serious, in my case it's because my particular area of expertise as it were is public transit and other urban infrastructure-type things, and my sense is that Cuomo has shown a special disregard for best practices there (e.g. throwing away years of planning process to push an unnecessarily large, transit-free, fiscally irresponsible Tappan Zee replacement; arranging shiny photo-ops for "kick the can down the road" MTA union contracts all the while raiding from their balance sheet and preventing discussion about sustainable revenue sources, etc.).  Basically, if he was really a "good government" moderate I'd actually be totally fine with that even if I'd be to his left.  But he's pretty obviously a bad government moderate on some of the issues where I'm actually informed and qualified enough to pass judgment.  

That's admittedly an idiosyncratic reason, more people will probably cite his picking a fight with the teacher's unions or something.  That and collaborating with Republicans to perpetuate a gross gerrymander in the State Senate, which is... well... yet another shining example of that "bad government" moderation. Tongue

Sorry for the mini-firehose of polemic there.  Welcome to Atlas!
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« Reply #1851 on: January 09, 2015, 11:41:55 PM »

Are you training to be a full-time teacher TNF?
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« Reply #1852 on: January 10, 2015, 12:27:43 AM »

Good for you. So are you in the sort of 'limbo' stage where you have to pass a bunch of certifications or something?
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« Reply #1853 on: January 11, 2015, 02:25:59 AM »


I'm actually surprised he didn't name her as his favorite President.
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« Reply #1854 on: January 11, 2015, 11:55:07 AM »


I'm actually surprised he didn't name her as his favorite President.

I have faith she can make the top 10 at least. Wink
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« Reply #1855 on: January 12, 2015, 12:58:23 AM »

Age: 17
Sex: Male
Height: 6'1 or something around there
Weight: Somewhere between 110 and 130 lbs
Race: White
Ethnicity: Scandinavian, German, English, and Irish
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Religion: None, agnostic
Language: English
Other Languages: Spanish, barely
Current Location: Waukesha County, WI
Birthplace: Waukesha (city), WI
Occupation: Just a high school student
Favorite Politicians: Rand Paul, Thomas Massie, Walter Jones, Justin Amash, Ron Paul, Mike Lee, Scott Walker, Charlie Baker, Gary Johnson
Favorite Politicians (historical): Grover Cleveland, Robert Taft, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Van Buren.
Favorite President: Lincoln (not necessarily best though)
Political Orientation: Right-libertarian
Favorite Foods: Pizza, cheeseburgers, fried chicken, pretzels, all American goodness!
Favorite Books: sh*t
Favorite TV shows: South Park (casual), Daily Show (news), History channel documentaries (notably Book of Secrets)
Favorite Movie: You expect me to choose a 'favorite movie'?? Tongue
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Sports Teams: Packers only
Favorite Music Genre: Hard rock/metal
Favorite Video Game: Grand Theft Auto
Do you live by yourself? No
Siblings: An older sister (20)
Relationship: Single
What year did you join? 2013
If you could pick a nationality? Switz
News sources: Reason, Cato (opinion), RCP, Washington Times and Post (objective)
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« Reply #1856 on: January 17, 2015, 02:10:38 PM »

Age: 18
Sex: Male
Height: 5'1
Weight: 210lbs
Race: Caucasian
Ethnicity: German, Dutch, French Canadien
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Religion: Episcopalian
Language: English
Other Languages: Fluent French, basic Spanish
Current Location: Berkshire County, MA
Birthplace: North Adams, MA
Occupation: Student, Reservationist at a local transport company, occasional campaign volunteer
Favorite Politicians: Charlie Baker, Mitt Romney, Jane Swift, John Kasich
Favorite Politicians (historical)Sad John C. Calhoun, John F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower
Favorite President: John Kennedy
Political Orientation: Center-Left on most issues, center-right on others.
Favorite Foods: New England Boiled Dinner
Favorite Books: A Song of Ice and Fire series, Percy Jackson series
Favorite TV shows: Doctor Who, Friends, anything on the Food Network
Favorite Movie: Remember the Titans
Favorite Color: Green
Favorite Sports Teams:  Minnesota Vikings, Boston Red Soxs, Dutch National Soccer Team
Favorite Music Genre: Classic Rock and Roll
Favorite Video Game: Pokemon
Do you live by yourself? No
Siblings: No
Relationship: Single
What year did you join? 2013
If you could pick a nationality? Dutch
News sources: FOX Business and MSNBC for TV, BBC for online, The Boston Herald for Print
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« Reply #1857 on: January 17, 2015, 03:31:25 PM »

Favorite Politicians: Charlie Baker, Mitt Romney, Jane Swift, John Kasich

Why not R-MA?
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« Reply #1858 on: January 17, 2015, 05:06:44 PM »


When I joined the forum I was much more D than R. I've just never gotten around to switching it. I may do that now.
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« Reply #1859 on: January 18, 2015, 11:56:04 AM »


When I joined the forum I was much more D than R. I've just never gotten around to switching it. I may do that now.

Scale of 1 to 10 how much more R are you?
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« Reply #1860 on: January 18, 2015, 09:56:58 PM »


When I joined the forum I was much more D than R. I've just never gotten around to switching it. I may do that now.

Scale of 1 to 10 how much more R are you?

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« Reply #1861 on: January 25, 2015, 12:34:40 PM »

Hello, new to the forum. Wanted to say hello and introduce myself.
A moderate in all cases. I've voted for both Democrats and Republicans. In 2016, I'm looking for a candidate that can unite our country. A moderate on social issues and on fiscal matters. I know that candidate is probably not out there, but I guess we'll see.

Looking forward to being apart of this forum.
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« Reply #1862 on: January 26, 2015, 11:00:28 PM »

^ Good, welcome!
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« Reply #1863 on: February 02, 2015, 09:18:30 PM »

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: Mixed-raced hispanic
Religion: One of my own
Height: 5'9
Weight: 130 lb (estimate)
Location: Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
Where you were born: Lima, Peru
Occupation: College student
Person you most admire: Hard one ^^'
Favorite Band: There's many
Favorite President: A US president? Kennedy, I guess, I'm not sure.
Favorite Sports team: Real Madrid
Your other interests: Music, Literature, Science Fiction, History, Political Geography, Strategy videogames... maybe more to add ^^
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« Reply #1864 on: February 23, 2015, 02:29:10 AM »

^ Welcome! Another D-NC poster who I can vent to about my least favorite new Senator Wink
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« Reply #1865 on: February 23, 2015, 06:06:59 AM »


haha
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« Reply #1866 on: March 03, 2015, 07:34:45 PM »

age: 618Ms
gender: female
race: literally marshmallow
ethnicity: german
sexual orientation: pansexual
religion: nah
languages: english and german fluently, lower levels of french, japanese, esperanto, and nāhuātl
occupation: student
favorite politicians: russ feingold, tammy baldwin, elizabeth warren, jared polis, kyrsten sinema, bernie sanders
favorite politicians (historical): shirley chisholm, robert lafollette, frank church, eugene v. debs, jeannette rankin, dan hoan, huey long, paul wellstone
favourite president: fdr
political orientation: progressive democratic socialist
favorite food: tom kha gai
favourite author: andreas eschbach
favorite tv shows: i don't watch tv
favorite movie: frozen
favourite color: spring green
favourite sports team: dfb national team
favourite music genre: i'll listen to pretty much anything except screamcore or whatever tf it's called. world music is probably my favorite genre i guess.
favorite video game: ck2 and saints row
do you live by yourself?: no
siblings: two younger brothers
relationship: single
what year did you join?: 2008
if you could pick a nationality, …?: idk maybe canadian
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« Reply #1867 on: March 05, 2015, 09:33:59 AM »

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: Mixed-raced hispanic
Religion: One of my own
Height: 5'9
Weight: 130 lb (estimate)
Location: Lima Metropolitan Area, Peru
Where you were born: Lima, Peru
Occupation: College student
Person you most admire: Hard one ^^'
Favorite Band: There's many
Favorite President: A US president? Kennedy, I guess, I'm not sure.
Favorite Sports team: Real Madrid
Your other interests: Music, Literature, Science Fiction, History, Political Geography, Strategy videogames... maybe more to add ^^

My fiance is Peruvian! Born in California, but his father was born in Lima.
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« Reply #1868 on: March 07, 2015, 12:37:44 AM »

Age: 21
Gender: Male
Race/ethnic compostion: Russian, Polish and Finnish.
Religion: agnostic
Height: 6'0
Weight: 190
Location: New York
Where you were born: New York
Occupation: Student
Person you most admire: Durruti
Favorite Band: Kino
Favorite President: Thomas Jefferson
Favorite Sports team: None, I don't like team sports.
Your other interests:  Being an asshole, Video games, reading.
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« Reply #1869 on: March 10, 2015, 11:21:16 AM »
« Edited: March 10, 2015, 11:25:29 AM by Zen Lunatic »

Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnic composition: Irish, Russian-Jewish, Scottish/Welsh/English
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Religion: Agnostic
Height: 5'7
Weight: 120
Location: New York
Occupation: Canvasser/Freelance Writer/Actor/Musician
Favorite politician: Russ Feingold, Bernie Sanders, Brian Schweitzer, Alan Grayson, Sheena Bellows, Elizabeth Warren, Bill De Blasio, Denis Kucinich, Ron Paul, Howard Dean
Favorite Presidents: JFK, Jimmy Carter, FDR, Eisenhower, Lincoln
Political views: Libertarianish anti-war Democrat
Favorite Band: The Ramones
Other Interests: Music, movies, good books, cultural escoteria, beer sampling
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« Reply #1870 on: March 10, 2015, 02:21:19 PM »

I do not label myself politically or ideologically but I tend to prefer independent-minded public officials of the more pragmatic centrist variety.

Oh, you'll be loved here.
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« Reply #1871 on: March 13, 2015, 07:03:19 AM »

I do not label myself politically or ideologically but I tend to prefer independent-minded public officials of the more pragmatic centrist variety.

So how do you square that with supporting Netanyahu?
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« Reply #1872 on: March 23, 2015, 10:56:08 AM »
« Edited: March 23, 2015, 09:25:20 PM by Murica! »

I'm doing it again because the last time it was really obscure and I didn't say much.

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Religion: Agnostic

Languages: English and Russian

Location: Rochester Suburbs

Where were you born? Rochester

Occupation: Student

Political figures you most admire: Friedrich Engels, Durruti, Mikhail Bakunin, Peter Kropotkin, Emma Goldman, Rosa Luxembourg, Nestor "Batko" Makno(all I can think of right now, might add more later)

Favorite president: Thomas Jefferson

Political orientation: Anarcho-syndicalist

Favorite Musician(s): Kino, Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins, Killing Joke, The Smiths, Black Sabbath, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Big Black, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Tool, Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, Cream, Radiohead, I could go on forever.

Favorite book: *head explodes*

Favorite TV shows: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Star Trek: Next Generation, Battlestar Galactica 2004(I was watching that Netflix!!!)

Other interests not involving politics: History, Reading, Video games, generally nerdy things.

Favorite color: None(Black)

Do you live by yourself?  Yes

Do you have any siblings?  Yes, a half sister and half brother in Russia.

Relationship status?  Single

What year did you join Atlas? October 2014?

Do you have any nieces, nephews?  Yup

Have you ever been attracted to someone of the same sex? No

If you could pick your own nationality, what nationality would you pick? I don't believe in nationalities.
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« Reply #1873 on: March 23, 2015, 11:01:25 AM »

Do you have any siblings?  Nope
Do you have any nieces, nephews?  Yup

…?
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« Reply #1874 on: March 23, 2015, 11:06:16 AM »

Do you have any siblings?  Nope
Do you have any nieces, nephews?  Yup

…?
Sorry, fixed that. (expect me to do stupid crap every once in a while)
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