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14 years ago @ Big Government - Governor Luis Fortuño... · 0 replies · +4 points

Both of Luis Fortuños parents had American citizenship, so yes, he does qualify as a natural born citizen.

14 years ago @ Big Government - Who Is Going to Bail O... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'm not talking about institutions, but seizure of private stocks of gold bullion.

14 years ago @ Big Government - Who Is Going to Bail O... · 2 replies · +1 points

And yet FDR was able to seize private gold bullion stocks in 1933, paying the owners in paper money that was rapidly devaluing due to inflation. They managed to do it in an era that tended to have far stronger emphasis on private property rights then we do now.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Red Letter Media Evisc... · 0 replies · +6 points

I've heard some people say that actually a subtle joke in these shorts is that only an deranged person would take the time to make movie reviews that are as long as the film being reviewed.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Red Letter Media Evisc... · 4 replies · +10 points

Uh, Plinkett is just a fictional character, not an actual person. Apparently, he first appeared in one of Red Letter Media's early short films as an elderly hardware store owner that was something of a psychopath.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rfPpwEg4CQ

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Red Letter Media Evisc... · 4 replies · +5 points

Yeah, the Olsen Twins joke went too far. I know his character is set up as a deranged and geriatric serial killer, but that went beyond the pale.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - 'War Horse' Review: A ... · 0 replies · +3 points

So in other words, it's Black Beauty, but with a tad more heavy artillery.

14 years ago @ Big Government - Gallup: Fear of Big Go... · 0 replies · -3 points

So, that big dip around 2002 - I'm guessing that's 9/11? So that bought the government a few years of goodwill, goodwill that has pretty much all but evaporated by now.

14 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Video Game Depicts Occ... · 2 replies · -3 points

Ubisoft is a French company though.

14 years ago @ Big Journalism - Russian Newscaster Fli... · 0 replies · +17 points

Main difference is, I suspect that Putin is at least proud of being Russian and is doing what he feels is best for his nation.

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