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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Do we know what Ronald Reagan junior thinks? Though honestly the daughter is enough, the older son it's kinda hardly to take serious as he once called Ronold junior "an embarrassment" for speculating about their dad having had Alzheimers while president.
edited 28th Apr '16 6:23:07 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranYeah, but doing a movie making fun of Reagan's Alzheimer's? That doesn't really sound like something he'd do, to be honest. It just sounds tasteless, even for him.
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And Cuba Gooding Jr looks barely anything like OJ Simpson.
edited 28th Apr '16 6:51:19 PM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?A Hosue bill has passed committee to make women in the US register for the draft the same as men. As now that combat roles are going to be de-suggested the previous defence against women not being made to register (that the Do D had judged them not fit for combat, same way that someone in a wheelchair presumably doesn't have to register) is no longer valid.
Amusingly the guy who proposed it did so to try and get women kept out of combat roles. [1]
Cross posted between military/women's issues/US politics threads.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI find that hilarious ironic, considering what his idea about "starting a conversation" was. The conversation was already ongoing, and he was firmly in the "women can't do combat" camp. Fuck you, man.
Still, I've got to wonder how relevant the draft even is in the average American's life these days. It's not like they pulled the draft for this whole goddamn thing in the Middle East.
You still have to sign up for it, but after Vietnam, no one actually expects it to be called for anything less than WWIII. If the government tries to call the draft for anything less than something that threatens the survival of the United States itself, people will not put up with it. There would literally be riots in the streets.
Really from Jupiter, but not an alien.Besides, the United States has the most powerful military in the world by far already... They don't need to pull in untrained civilians for anything less than World War III, and even then, all the US would need for that is nukes, not soldiers. There is literally nothing that would threaten the survival of the United States from an outside force that would not also threaten the survival of humanity.
Wizard Needs Food BadlyI would consider Communist Aliens to be one of those outside forces that could threaten humanity if they invaded Earth. Because they are Commies from Space.
Wizard Needs Food BadlyHe says he'll support whoever the Republican Party chooses as a nominee except if it's Cruz . . . though he's still hoping a contested convention could nominate Paul Ryan.
edited 28th Apr '16 10:18:08 PM by RavenWilder
That was completely uncalled for. I've watched Lucifer, and he is a lot more charismatic than Ted Cruz could ever be. I would certainly vote for Lucifer Morningstar before ever voting for Ted Cruz.
edited 28th Apr '16 10:30:47 PM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food BadlySeems like you are in good company then: Rep. Peter King: Cruz gives Lucifer a bad name
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Gaunter O'Dimm
for president! Giving you exactly what you asked for, since...forever!
edited 29th Apr '16 12:11:13 AM by TerminusEst
Si Vis Pacem, Para PerkeleI once read a short story in which a politician made a Deal with the Devil to get himself elected President without resorting to mudslinging, personal attacks against his opponents, and other negative campaigning tactics. It didn't work; not even the Prince of Darkness could pull that one off.
But by the end of the story, Lucifer had decided to run for President himself.

I thought it was going to be a drama?
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?