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What follows is a speech Ross Perot gave to the National Press
Club in Washington, DC. I apologize for not having the text of
the questions and answers, I will try to provide that as well as
future speeches and information as it becomes available. Winning
a presidential election is never easy, especially as an
independent. I can say, however, that in my city (Austin, Texas),
we have or will soon have more volunteers than Bush, Clinton and
Brown combined. We are all doing everything we can, but that is
not enough. You need to read this speech and call your state or
local petition office, and get to work. We are planning to win
this thing, and when we win in November, we are going to have
more people from both parties involved and participating in
running the United States than the power brokers ever imagined.
This is definitely NOT a protest campaign! Every signature, every
vote, and every volunteer counts, so sign a petition if you can,
vote in the election, attend rallies and volunteer your skills to
change America.
Steve Moraff, Another volunteer in Austin, TX 1992
H. ROSS PEROT: Thank you very much. It's a privilege to be with
you again. You all are going to get to punch me around here for
the last 30 minutes, so let me open by asking you a question. How
many of you ate broccoli today at lunch? That's good. The last
thing I read, it cures cancer. I think we ought to all try it.
Now, you're going to have to endure my speech , but the Q&A
period is fun, so that gives you something to look forward to.
There's a reception before this thing, and that's always fun
because there's a pattern of questions. I'll sweep those out of
the way first. The most frequently asked question is, "Why did
the Press Club invite you again?" Well, I don't know, so that's
easy. Then this one nice person came up and looked pretty
stressed out and said, "Do you still write your own speeches?"
Well, that's the bad news. I'm still writing my own speeches, so
don't expect too much. One nice lady came up, and she looked
really concerned. She said, "Now, will you promise to keep the
same ground rules, particularly, the last part?" I said, "Yes, I
will." Now, you don't know what she's talking about, but here are
my normal ground rules. I don't care whether you agree with me or
not. I just come in here to get you stirred up, and then I leave
town. Now, that's the last part she wanted to make sure of--that
I would leave town. I'll be out of town quick. Normally I have
to. Millions of people from all over the world can only dream
about coming to America. Just think how many people would leave
Russia today to come to our great country. Now, aren't we lucky
we're here? We own this country. It belongs to us. That's the
central theme of everything I have to say today. We have a
history of being first and best. Remember when everybody said we
couldn't build the Transcontinental Railroad, that we'd
never get it through the Continental Divide and what have you? We
built it. Remember when everybody else tried to build the Panama
Canal and couldn't build it? We built it. Remember when Thomas
Edison, whose teachers thought he was dumb, changed the world?
You say, "Wait a minute, didn't he have an NSA grant?" No! He
gave the world the electric light, and I hope you never land at
night when you come into a huge city and look at that sparkling
city down below you that you don't think, "One American did that
on his own initiative." Never forget while you're in that
airplane that two bicycle repairmen from Dayton, Ohio, taught the
world to fly. Never forget there was a Dr. [Samuel Pierport]
Langley that had a government grant, but the Wright brothers had
to fly. Now, that's the history and the American dream, and
that's what we've been. We changed the world with radio and
television. We were the first to put a man on the moon. We
harnessed nuclear power, and the list of firsts could go on and
on. Every person listening to this program, I hope, will take a
minute and think. You know, you or I could be dying in the
streets of India right now. Or we could be in a little boat off
Vietnam dying of thirst. Happy accident of birth or for one
reason or another, we're here. This is the place the rest of the
world only dreams of coming to. They look up to and respect our
great country. We must continue to be an example to the world in
everything we do. It is important that we continue to earn this
respect. You say, "Well, how important is it that the rest of the
world respect us?" I suggest to you it is very important, because
as long as the world respects and admires our country and as long
as we deal fairly with other nations, there is no more
cost-effective deterrent to war. Nobody picks on the strong guy.
Few people pick on the strong nice guy. The weak guy is in
trouble. It's as old as the history of man. Trust and respect are
fragile on a human and a national level. You have to earn it
daily. You can lose it in an instant. The real question is, are
our actions those that would continue to earn us worldwide
respect, particularly on our domestic issues? Let's take a quick
glance. We were blessed with a huge land mass and a tiny
population. We had an abundance of natural resources. We were a
new, growing, free nation that had barely begun to tap its
potential. Anytime we exhausted the resources in one area, the
call went out: "Go west, young man, go west." Today we are a
mature country with a large population. We have occupied the land
and creatively tapped our natural resources. We simply cannot
continue to spend beyond our means. When you're small and
growing, you can bury some of those mistakes, but at this point
in time you cannot. And when you have creatively tapped your
minerals and natural resources, it is brains and wits time. Never
forget that--brains and wits time. Somebody can't understand good
Texas talk. We don't like to accept this, but we live in a tiny
little world, and we're stuck with international competition. You
don't have to like it, but you're stuck with it. Somebody wins
and somebody loses, and they don't even give you a red ribbon
when you lose in business. We've got to out-think, out-invent and
out-produce our international business competitors if we want to
maintain the high standard of living that our people have enjoyed
until now. Many of our international competitors have an
advantage over us at this point. Now, we like to strut around and
boast that we're the only remaining superpower. Any time you see
anybody strutting and boasting, get nervous. But, now, just watch
them. You know, we're the last superpower. Well, you can't be a
superpower unless you're an economic superpower, and if you don't
believe that, look at Russia, and I rest my case. That's all I've
got to say about that. We've got to be economically strong to be
a force for good throughout the world. If you question that,
think of the finest person you know who gives away millions of
dollars each year to good and worthy causes and so on and so
forth. Suddenly they're broke. Same instincts, can't do anything,
right? You've got to be able to have the ability to help other
people. Just the desire is not enough. We had the world's
greatest economic engine that lets us do these things. We let it
slip away, and with it went a significant part of our tax base.
And yet we continue to spend. Our present policies will move us
from superpower to Third World status. If you don't believe that,
the principal exports in New York harbor are scrap paper and
scrap steel going to Japan, and now they want to buy wood chips
from Texas to make paper in Japan and sell us paper in Texas.
Now, if that happens, I think we maybe ought to start looking for
a place to hide. Just think about that--how far those wood chips
have to go to come back. You'd think we could make paper right
here, right? We can make paper right here. At this point in time,
it is absolutely irresponsible for both the White House and
Congress not to be linking arms, working together night and day
to fix these economic problems. Unfortunately, this city has
become a town filled with sound bites, shell games, handlers and
media stuntmen, who posture, create images and talk, shoot off
Roman candles, but don't ever accomplish anything. If they want
to debate that, I'll buy my own television time. We need deeds,
not words, in this city. In Churchill's own words, we need
"action this day," not talk. Here's where we are. Let's look at
where we are. We're $4 trillion in debt. We own another $5
trillion we don't like to talk about. We just kind of keep it
down there in the basement. You say, "Well, what are you talking
about, Ross?" I'm talking about a $1 trillion unfunded federal
pension liability. Any question in your mind we're going to have
to cough that up someday? No. The additional debt piled up in
1992--just this one year, the election year--will exceed the
total expenditures of the federal government for the first 155
years of our country's existence. See, the man on the street
doesn't know what $400 billion is. That kind of clears his head.
The interest on the national debt just this one year exceeds the
cost to fight and win World War II. Please never forget that
paying interest does not buy anything for the American people.
The total national debt was only $1 trillion in 1980 when
President Reagan took office. It is now $4 trillion. Maybe it is
voodoo economics. Whatever it was, we are now in deep voodoo,
I'll tell you that!
In 1992, we're going to go in for another $400 billion. You
say, "Well, wait a minute. Let's just do some radical things and
balance the budget this year. Let's do really strange and weird
things, just think about them." Well, I'm going to throw a really
stupid one on the table. Let's just shut down the Defense
Department. You don't get 400 billion bucks. Well, that one
didn't work. Let's just shut down all the public schools
nationwide. Sorry, that won't get me $400 billion. Well, what if
we just seized all the Social Security money coming in this year
and use that to balance the budget? Maybe if everything stays
right on track, that would just about do it. Okay, now, let's
just go over and take it away from business. Let's confiscate the
Fortune 500 companies' profits. I don't have half what I need.
Well, that didn't work. Okay, year in and year out we're saying
to rich folks. "Let's just tax the rich and fix it." Let's
confiscate the Forbes 400 wealth. Doesn't give us nearly what we
need, but we solved the problem--we're all blue-collar now,
right? But we just took all the wealth, and we don't balance the
budget for one year. You say, "Okay, Ross. Give us the bad news.
How much are we going to have to raise personal income taxes to
balance the budget this year, an election year?" Watch my lips.
You're going to have to double it. You don't think anybody would
bring that up, do you?" I doubt it. Okay, you can't do that to
the people, so let's just raise them 500 percent, and that
dramatically exceeds all corporate profits, so you can't do that.
That's how big $400 billion is. Now, I'm not talking about the $4
trillion. I'm just talking about the $400 billion. The tax and
budget summit in 1990--this was a study in the White House
arrogance as far as I'm concerned. We were told if we agreed to
the $166 billion in new taxes, the 1991 deficit would be $63
billion. The following April, we said, "Oops. It's going to be
$318 billion. That's a $255 billion mistake. That would get you
fired in most soft-headed company in corporate America. Now,
there are a lot of reporters here today. I never got the word,
and I read the paper. Nobody ever told me that while they were
increasing our taxes by $166 billion, they increased federal
spending by $304 billion, or $1.83 in new spending for every tax
dollar raised. I'm not too smart, but I can figure out that we
spent more than we took in, and as far as I'm concerned, we were
conned. Who conned us? The people working for us, our elected
officials. We were told at the tax and budget summit that the
five-year deficit would be $92 billion. Now we're told it'll be a
trillion. That's just a $900 billion mistake. The chief financial
officer of a publicly owned corporation would be sent to prison
if he kept books like our government. We used to have a saying in
Texas that maybe they put lunatics in charge of the insane
asylum. I don't quite know what the problem is here, but this is
an out-of- control financial situation. To me this is like flying
a 747 down on the deck at night through the mountains with no
engines. It's just a question of which hill you're going to hit.
We cannot continue to tolerate this. The average citizen works
five months a year just to pay taxes. Forty-two percent of
his income goes to taxes. All the personal income taxes collected
west of the Mississippi are needed just to pay the interest on
the national debt. That's kind of depressing, isn't it? Just
think of all those folks working west of the Mississippi not
buying anything new--just paying interest on debt. Let's look for
the good news. Well, surely all this spending created utopia here
in the United States and everything is wonderful and perfect and
we've just got to kind of scramble around and clean it up, right?
Surely we bought a front row seat, a box seat for the main event.
Where do we stand? Let's take a hard look at utopia. We're the
largest debtor nation on Earth. We're the most violent,
crime-ridden nation in the industrialized world. Millions of
innocent people have created their own prisons. They have to put
bars on their windows, bars on their doors because we've
abandoned their neighborhoods to crime, and you don't have to go
10 minutes from the White House or 10 minutes from the Capitol of
the United States to see that. That's inexcusable. We spend over
$400 billion a year on education including colleges, yet we rank
at the bottom of the industrialized world in terms of academic
achievement. We have the largest number of functional illiterates
in the industrialized world. We spend, but, see, we've got all
these things that don't work for us. We spend a lot on education
that doesn't work. We spend more than anybody else on health
care, and yet we rank behind 15 nations in life expectancy and 22
other nations in infant mortality. We've got 5 percent of the
world's population, 50 percent of the world's cocaine use. Until
we get rid of that we're going nowhere. Getting rid of it won't
be free. Our system of justice has failed the people. We've got 5
percent of the world's population, two- thirds of the world's
lawyers, and the average fellow on the street can't afford one to
go to court. Strange. Young lawyers out of law school make more
than judges. There's a legal system upside down. Go to London,
Paris, Rome and the other cities in Europe that have existed for
many centuries. They work. Now, then, go to our cities, which are
relatively brand-new. New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Detroit
and many other major cities are dirty, run-down, ravaged with
drugs, crime and violence. What's wrong with us? Now, let's just
start right here in Washington where the president can look out
the window at Washington and the Congress can look out the window
at Washington. I love this. They are just covered up with
security. All the folks that work for us are just covered up with
security, right? But the folks that are the bosses of the
country, the people, are in high-crime areas and totally exposed.
Kind of strange, I think. Maybe it even seems normal here, but it
seems odd when you get away from it. We've got the murder capital
of the United States here. Fifth- and sixth-graders in this city,
31 percent of them have witnessed a drug deal and 75 percent have
witnessed an arrest? Think about it. Is this an alabaster city
gleaming undimmed by human tears? That's what the rest of the
world thinks we are. That's what we had been. That's what we can
be, but that is not what we are today.
Now go to Singapore. There's a jewel of a city. When you are there, you're looking at tomorrow. Some of our
cities, you leave and you think you've seen yesterday. Okay,
who's at fault? You know, the first thing you've got to do in our
country is blame somebody, right? Well, go home tonight and look
in the mirror. Everybody watching television, go home tonight and
look in the mirror. You and I are at fault because we own this
country, and there is the problem in a nutshell. We have
abdicated our ownership responsibility. As owners of this
country, we hold the future of this in the palm of our hands. I
ask you now, can we agree that going $4 trillion into debt did
not create utopia? We've wasted the money. We've got to pay the
$4 trillion back, and we've got to pay the interest. Obviously,
throwing money at problems has not created utopia, and yet we
continue to do it this year. Today we have a government in
gridlock. Nothing happens unless Congress and the White House
work together constructively for the benefit of the people.
That's the way our founders planned it. That's the way it ought
to be. Daily we watch with fascination as Congress and the White
House finger-point, shout, fight with one another like children.
Recently it's been more like mud wrestling as far as I'm
concerned. You know, if you and I don't like one another but we
are equals and nothing's going to happen unless we work together,
we have no choice. I just think it's ludicrous that we seem
fascinated by this as opposed to being so repelled by it that
they'd cut it out. I feel as owners of this country if we're
going anywhere, you've got to sent them a message. You work for
us. We don't work for you. Under the Constitution, you are our
servants. Grow up! Work as a team. Serve the people. Solve the
problem. Move on to the next one. Build a better country, and
stop throwing away money we don't have. We're spending our
children's money. Never forget it. On the trend we're on now,
it'll be a $12 trillion debt by the year 2000. Now, that's so big
nobody can think about it. Let me just put it to you in plain
terms. Do you realize that at $12 trillion, you could buy a
$120,000 house for every family in this country? We can't afford
a $12 trillion debt because the interest alone on a $12 trillion
debt would be approximately $1 trillion a year. And guess what
the gross receipts in our country are right now. One trillion
dollars a year. You'd just be spending it all on interest. It
won't work. The primary rule of finance is never finance long-
term projects with short-term debt. How many of you know what
percent of our debt is due and payable in the next five years?
Sixty-eight percent is due and payable in the next five years. Go
home tonight and pray that the Japanese, the Germans and the
Arabs keep showing up to buy or T-bills. You don't want to put
this country in that kind of a situation, and whose fault is it?
We all have to go look in the mirror. I ask everybody that's
listening and watching this today to think, "Did I know that 68
percent of our national debt is going to turn over in the next
five years?" If the answer is no, why not? You own this country.
The message to us from both political parties this year--I love
the message coming from both parties--is, "Can we buy your
votes with your money this year? And, by the way, we'd like to
borrow $400 billion of your children's money this year." And, of
course, we and our children will have to pay it all back with
interest, but that comes later, after the election. Your first
reaction is, "How dumb do they think we are?" Well, wait a
minute. It's worked for years. Who knows, maybe it'll work again.
We need fundamental long-term solutions to these problems, and at
this point we're running around Washington with a hypodermic
needle loaded with novocaine trying to give everybody quick
temporary pain relief just to get past the election. These quick
fixes will, with certainty, produce additional long-term damage
to our economy. The best analogy I can give you is an old race
horse that has a good record. It's got bad knees, but we've got
to get one more race out of him. We shoot him up. He runs the
race, and that's his last race because we wrecked his knees. This
is absolutely irresponsible, particularly if you love your
children. If I haven't touched you yet, I'm sure I just touched
everybody listening to this speech right now. Look at those
little children or the big ones. Are you willing to put this
burden on them? Absolutely not. Fixing these fundamentals is far
more important than who gets elected. Delaying work for one year
is irresponsible. Can I prove that point? Yes. We know in 1984
the president of the United States was formally told by a
presidential commission that the savings and loan industry was a
mess. It was a $50 billion problem then. Don't you wish it were a
$50 billion problem now? We didn't do a thing until the day after
the election in 1988. Do you know why? The savings and loan
crooks were pouring into this city with money, just taking care
of everybody that needed anything. But isn't it interesting, the
day after the election we started to fix the problem. By then it
was a several-hundred- billion-dollar problem. But the PAC money
kept flowing. Any business executive who behaved in this manner
would go to jail-- not be fired. Think about it. Why is it that
these people who work for us put other people in jail, skate off
with the money and keep the party going? No, the folks in
Congress and the White House, in my judgment, are not villains on
this whole economic situation. They just don't know what to do.
Most of them are either lawyers or career politicians. They don't
understand business, so they just stand there frozen, worrying
about their images, taking polls, bouncing personal checks and
raising money from foreign lobbyists as the economy deteriorates.
You're here and I'm not, but when I'm here in the halls of
Congress, I just find it fascinating who's wandering up and down
the halls of Congress and what their mission is. Never forget the
United States government is the world's largest and most complex
business. Anybody want to disagree with that thought? Can you
think of any more complex business? Now, for a moment let's
assume you own the country, a hundred percent. With that thought
in mind, ask yourself which of these candidates for president you
would let run your business. You say, "Well, that's too big a
problem." Fine. But maybe it's just
a normal medium-sized business. Let's say it makes $100 million
revenue. Which of the current presidential candidates would you
let run your medium-sized business that you own personally? When
you own the business, you really think about that sort of thing.
You own this country! For some reason we disconnect and don't
think in terms of who can make it work. Here are a few
basics--things we've got to do. We're deeply in debt, we're
spending beyond our means. We've got to protect the job base.
"Why do you come to that, Ross?" That's where the taxes come
from. People who are not working don't pay taxes. With our $4
trillion debt, we need all the taxes we can get. You can't sit
back and let the job base deteriorate. When you lay off a worker,
never forget--you had a taxpayer, right? Now you've got a welfare
user. Do you understand that his welfare check will be bigger
than his tax deduction used to be? It's a double hit, and it's
more than a double hit. We need a growing job base to produce a
growing tax base. We need taxpayers, not tax users. We need
strong growing companies to keep America at work, and it's got to
be our highest priority. There is no place to run, no place to
hide, you've got to make the words "made in the U.S.A." the
world's standard for excellence once again. Otherwise people
won't buy our products. If you wonder about that, just go home
and look a your television and your consumer electronics tonight.
Look at the car you're driving. We've got to make "made in the
U.S.A." the world's standard of excellence. We can help at the
government level by ceasing the adversarial practices with
business and by not getting our pockets picked at international
trade negotiations. I hope you'll bring that up in the Q&A
because, boy, oh, boy, is that a sad event! In our country, there
is an adversarial relationship between government and business.
In our international competitors who are winning, there is an
intelligent supportive relationship between government and
business. We'd better study it, we'd better copy it, we'd better
improve it. Our educational system has to be the finest in the
world. We know what needs to be done. Let's stop reading to
children in school. Let's stop having two-day summits for
governors that don't amount to anything, and let's get down to
blocking and tackling and fixing it now because you won't have
the benefits for 15 to 20 years. Every day is precious, and we
just talk about it. We've got to have strategic plans industry by
industry. There are industries we've got to keep in this country,
and we're losing them right and left. We've got to target them.
They will create millions of jobs. We've got to make sure that
we're first and best. In Japan, that's called MITI (Ministry of
International Trade and Industry). Study it, analyze it, improve
on it, instead of trying to dismantle our companies. In
Washington, the principal contribution to American industry is to
try to break its legs every day. Anybody that's a businessman
will tell you that. People in Washington do not know how to do
this. Take a page out of FDR's book. Bring up people who do, pay
them a dollar a year, pay them nothing. Have them figure it out,
get it done. Right now our government will not accept that kind
of outside assistance. Until you change that, you won't have the
people up here you need. We think 10 minutes ahead. Japan thinks 10 years
ahead. I suggest we start thinking 15 years ahead and ace them.
Our current tax system is like an old inner tube with a thousand
patches. I suggest we throw it out and start with a blank sheet
of paper. Set the criteria. Number one, it must be fair. Number
one, a), it's got to raise the revenues. Number 2, it should be
paperless for most Americans. This is nothing more interesting
than running several different computer models, building a
consensus with the American people and marching forward from
there with a new tax system that works. Philosophically I'm for
free fair trade. We don't have free fair trade. The White House
is all excited about the new trade agreement with Mexico. This
agreement will move the highest paid blue-collar jobs in the U.S.
to Mexico. This is going to create serious damage to our tax base
during this critical period. We have got to manufacture here and
not there to keep our tax base intact. I hope we'll talk about
that in Q&A. We've got to have an intelligent energy policy.
We've known that since the '70's. Nobody wants to touch it. We'd
better get started. We're divided by racial strife. I just hate
this! Look, we're not Japan where everybody's the same race, same
religion, same background, same philosophy. We're a melting pot,
right? Okay, we ought to love one another. That takes care of
most of us. Then for the guys who can't quite cross that bridge,
we ought to get along with one another, because divided teams
lose and united teams win. Now, I am sick and tired of watching
both political parties try to divide our country during the
campaign. We need to unite as a team. Now, then, finally you've
got a few hard- core haters. My advice to them is just pretty
simple and blunt. Nobody's going to leave this country. Nobody's
going anywhere. We're stuck with one another, so let's get back
up into category two. Let's get along with one another, form a
united team and stop wasting all this energy on racial strife. We
will not have a winning team, if we do all these other things, if
we left that unattended. You say, "All right, Ross. Which one of
the presidential candidates can fix this?" Solomon can't fix
this--the wisest man that ever lived. You know why? Because we
have to fix it. You cannot just go vote in November, send some
poor devil up there and go home. You're going to have to get in
the ring, stay in the ring and act like you own this country. Our
founders created a government that come from us. Please listen
carefully to this. We now have a government that comes at us. The
process has reversed itself. That's why you have to get in the
ring. You must never leave the ring again. Once millions of good
decent citizens assume this ownership role, anything is possible.
If you had problems of this magnitude in your business, you'd
grab control. You, the people, must take control of this great
country. And since we, the people, own this country, here are
just a few unsolicited ideas. Number one, you got to be fully
informed. How can you become fully informed? Not with sound
bites. We've got to have, using television, an electronic town hall where we explain each of these issues we're talking about today in great detail to
you, and with the current technology we have today, you can
respond by congressional district and send a laser-like signal to
every congressman in Washington about what you want as a way of
clearing their heads. You just ride around the special interests.
You say, "Even those dudes from Asia that are spending $400
million a year in this country?" Yes. They're going to listen to
you because you own the country if you act like owners. The
American people will then understand the problems and the
alternative solutions. With this knowledge you can make sound
decisions. Then you can respond, and Congress will know. If you
say, "Well, generally, what are you talking about, Ross?" you saw
the CBS program after the State of the Union. You can do that
sort of thing now. You can do that sort of thing much refined
now, and when interactive television comes, you can do it right
on the bull's eye. We've got to stop deficit spending
immediately. We've got to replace Gramm-Rudman with a real bill
that cuts out all tricks, loopholes and improper accounting
procedures. You've got to take away Congress's right to raise
taxes. Now, there's a radical idea. You say, "Well, that means a
constitutional amendment." Fine. Now, you say, "Why am I doing
it?" These boys are drinking to much, that's why. You've got to
take the bottle away from them for a while at least. Now, if they
need more money, just put it on the ballot and let the owners of
the country sign off. The board of directors and the stockholders
of a company would want to. Well, that would be controversial,
but that's why I put it on there. You know, step one is stop the
bleeding. Step two is make sure you don't just tax and spend, tax
and spend, tax and spend. Now, then, here's one. From now on, if
they want a raise, put it on the ballot. That's all federal
employees. You own this country. You know, any publicly owned
company, you can't give yourself a raise. I think the Congress
would be a lot more comfortable with that. Congress, White House,
the whole bunch-- if they want a raise, just put it on the
ballot. If we think they're doing a good job, we'll give it to
them. Give the president the line-item veto to get rid of
porkbarrel and waste. Now, I say that for three reasons. Number
one, we ought to do it. Number two, I'd like to see what he does
with it. And number three, I'd like him to stop whining about it.
Now, just put it on there, and then go from there. Now, finally,
Congress absolutely must not exempt itself from the laws it
imposes on us. You know all about that. This includes, but not
limited to the Disability Act, the Equal Opportunity Act, the
Occupational Safety Act, etc. Cut the retirement plan. It's two
to three times as good as the one we have for ourselves. It's
unrealistic for the servants of the people to have a better
retirement plan than the people. Restructure the whole system--I
can summarize what I've tried to say--where citizens come to
Washington to serve us, not to cash in. Require all members of
Congress and the president to turn in excess funds from each
campaign. Some guys have war chests now of up to $13 million, $15 million. A non-incumbent doesn't have a chance. The founders of this country would be shocked to know that. Stop cashing in on public service. Pass a law. On
this, if I could have one wish before I turn out the lights, this
is it: Former federal officials--elected, appointed and career
officials- -cannot serve as lobbyists for domestic interests for
five years after they leave office and they cannot lobby for
foreign countries, companies or individuals for ten years, and
there are criminal penalties if you do. Now, these boys come up
here--and I'm not talking about elected necessarily--the
appointed guys on the staff, stay a few years, cash in, make
30,000 bucks in a month and are on the campaign staffs. What can
be more obscene than that? These are lobbyists for foreign
countries. You don't come to Washington to cash in; you come to
serve the people. Pass a law making it a criminal offense for a
foreign companies or individuals to influence U.S. laws or
policies with money. Here's one I am particularly interested in.
Pass a law that no former president, vice president, cabinet
officer, CIA director, Federal Reserve chairman, Senate majority
leader, speaker of the House and others you may want to put on
the list can ever lobby for either foreign or domestic interests,
accept gratuities or fees, or cash in any way on their service.
They came to serve us, not to cash in. You say, "What if they
write a book?" Give the money to charity. Okay, eliminate PACs.
Make our elected officials responsive to the people. Eliminate
all possibilities of special interests giving large sums of money
to candidates. Leave no loopholes. Limit political contributions
to $1,000. No large gifts. Shorten the time for campaigns. Cut
them to five months. That'll cut the costs. Now, here's a weird
one. Why do we have elections on Tuesday? A working fellow can't
get there. Let's have elections on Saturday and Sunday. Why can't
we leave the polls open two days? If anybody has a good reason,
call me collect. You know, I would like for everybody to vote. I
would like for everybody to really know the issues, not to be
sound-bitten to death, and then go vote. Make it easy for people
to vote. It's really fun when you get interested in it. The
Seventh Day Adventist says, "Can't go on this day." Well, if you
do Saturday and Sunday, you can kind of handle everybody. You
know, Baptists can vote on Saturday. Folks who go to church on
Saturday can vote on Sunday. It just all works out. No exit
polls. A criminal offense if anybody prints exit polls. And no
data from East Coast polling booths until the last booth closes
in Hawaii so that you don't influence the election. Now we're
getting things a little bit straightened out. You say, "Ross,
this is kind of basic, simple stuff." Well, let's start with
basics. Make adequate television time available for all
candidates so the incumbent doesn't have an advantage. Get rid of
all the freebies. These are things that just look bad. You know,
you got the free haircuts, the big gymnasiums. One electrician
stopped me one day and said, "Why don't these boys join a health
club? It's hard times." You know, we're talking about all this
fancy stuff--free prescription drugs, parking
places and so forth. Get rid of the 1,200 airplanes worth $2
billion that are used to fly our servants around like royalty.
Keep an airplane for the president if you want to. Downsize it to
a Gulfstream. The Cold War is over! Now let me just lay it out
for you. It costs the taxpayers several hundred thousand dollars
every time the vice president goes to play golf the way we fly
him now. Here's my advice. Let him, let everybody else that's up
here go to the airport, get in line, lose their luggage, eat a
bad meal and get a taste of real life! No, I don't want to leave
anybody out, so if somebody needs to go to the dentist, just tell
him to catch the bus. Okay, now, slash the White House staff, the
cabinet staffs, the congressional staffs. If I've learned
anything in my business career, nothing happens at headquarters.
All the action's in the field. In summary, we own this country.
Government should come from us. It now comes at us with a
propaganda machine in Washington that Hitler's propaganda chief
Goebbels would have just envied. We've got to put the country
back in control of the owners. In plain Texas talk, it's time to
take out the trash and clean out the barn or it's going to be too
late. We've got a choice. We can wait until the clock stops
ticking and it'll take us two decades to fix it or we can move
now. It's our choice. I make no bones about it, and I think I
speak for most everybody here. I love this country, and I love
the people in this country. And I love the principles this
country was founded on, and I am sick and tired of seeing those
principles violated. My comments today are dedicated to millions
of folks who don't get to speak at a place like this, but I think
I share their views. As I look at our country today, I can't help
thinking of General Motors in the mid-'80s. There was plenty of
time and money to fix it all, and they waited and waited and
waited and waited. Now they're losing $500 million a month.
They're permanently downsizing. This is our greatest corporation.
I started with IBM. Nobody could have ever convinced me that IBM
would have had to downsize, and yet they are. Time is not our
friend. It's unconscionable not to move now. The American dream
can survive, but it'll only survive if we're willing to accept
responsibility that goes with this country. Go home tonight.
Think about the history of this country. Think about the problems
we have today. They're nothing compared to those that the people
had at the time of the Revolution. And if you say, "Gee, I can't
just get caught up in all this," we're not asking the average
citizen to do anything except know the issues and be alert and
let his congressman know and the White House know what he wants.
Contrast that--I'm just going to give you one man who signed the
Declaration of Independence, John Hart. He was driven from his
wife's bedside by the English as she was dying. Their 13 children
had to flee for their lives. He had to live in the fields and the
forests and caves until the end of the war. He returned home
after war to find his wife dead, his farm and his house
destroyed, and his 13 children had disappeared. A few weeks later
he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Now, that's what people did to give us this country. And won't we do
the little simple things we have to do to make it what it can be?
Think about the sacrifices your parents made for you. Did they
love you more than you love your children? Of course not. Okay,
then let's start making some sacrifices to leave our children a
better country. We can do it. Let's leave them a country where
they can dream great dreams as we did and have those dreams come
true. If we will do that, then without any question we can be a
shining beacon to the rest of the world whose best days are in
the future. It's a privilege to be with you.
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What does your Forum name mean?, Why did you pick that name?
Feb 22 2009, 04:54 AM
Post #1
Type: Designer
What does your Forum name mean?
Why did you pick that name?
Is this the first place you used it?
What does your Forum name mean?
Razvan is a Romanian male name of unknown origins.
It is said that Razvan is an angel of the hidden treasures of paradise in some lore.
This is thought to have come about as a variant of the angel Raziel.
Raz means secret.
Sedekiah is a "treasure finding" Angel whose name is inscribed on the pentacle of the planet Jupiter.
Sedekiah is thought to have come from the name Zedekiah which means "justice of YAHWEH".
Why did you pick that name?
I am obsessed with Angel names from all over the world.
I picked the combination Razvan Sedekiah, because both angels have treasure associated with the name.
I kept it because I like to think that I can find the treasure in each person... I like to encourage people to peruse their creative endeavors, because I think the end product is treasure!
I also have a strong liking of the angel Raziel, because I love to create mystery.
And I think Razvan Sedekiah sounds nice when you say it! :-)
Is this the first place you used it?
Diablo II online, for my treasure finding sorceress.
Some fun sites to post your name/forum name into:

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MY RESULTS (pretty close... but not 100%)
* The name of Razvan creates a friendly, sociable, charming nature, but causes you to be too easily influenced by others.
* While you find it easy to meet and mix, and can appear agreeable and compromising in conversation, you can become unbending and forceful if pressed too far.
* Others learn that you cannot be told what to do and you seldom change your mind once it is made up.
* You prefer situations that allow a degree of independence, but are reluctant to take on a demanding work-load or responsibility.
* Although the name Razvan creates the urge to understand and help others, we stress that it causes a blunt expression that alienates others.
* This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses in the fluid systems, and tension or accidents to the head.
Link to Razvan's Game A:
Razvan's Faceset archive. (sorry it's such a mess of a site right now.)
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Feb 22 2009, 05:09 AM
Post #2
Well, I have to admit, mine is hardly as well thought out as yours is, but I'm sure you're all curious now because you've seen my name.
I got it from a random picture I stumbled upon; of an upside-down (inverted) top-hat eating some guy's head. I wasn't sure whether to be disturbed or laugh my head off. Anyways, the name stuck ever since.
First used it as my XBL (original) name.
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Feb 22 2009, 05:18 AM
Post #3
Sneaking into the night
Type: Designer
Let's see...
My name was created because I was tired of using Zero Slash as my alias. My real name is daniel, so if you rearrange daniel to aldien and add ZX (for zero slash) you get zxaldien.
First used as my PSN name.
When put into those websites, no results found...
Story-90%, Event/scripts-25%, Maps-5%, Other-10%
Thanks for the userbar Zabre!
GrandmaDeb's Resource Index
GrandmaDeb's Script Index
Thanks Even Angels!
You call me arrogant because I speak the truth when I proclaim myself to be superior to you. If it wasn't the truth, then you would be calling me a liar not arrogant.
you can only get the clap so many times before it turns into applause
Feb 22 2009, 05:19 AM
Post #4
Type: Writer
Alignment: Neutral Good
Mine's not as thought out as yours, Razvan Sedekiah.
I just used the name my friends gave me back in highschool when they compared me to Sakura (CardCaptors) saying that I was pretty much of a clumsy person as she was. lol. Though I am no longer that kind of person now, that name got stuck on me since I am also a fan of CCS, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles and Naruto.
As for the Martinez part, I used that since that is my last name. Also, Sakura Martinez is the name I've been using as an alias/pen-name for a long while now, so there...
Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.
Courage allows you to dream big and surpass obstacles. With courage you can have faith because without faith there's nothing worth believing.
Believe that you were meant to make a difference.
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Feb 22 2009, 06:46 AM
Post #5
The Cute, Homicidal Girl Named Alma Told Me To...
Type: Designer
Alignment: Unaligned
Well, EvenAngels actually comes from a phrase I coined for Stella Loussier from Gundam SEED Destiny (told you all I'm a Gundam nut).
It's short for Even Angels Fear Death. I've had it for a couple of years now... My other usernames are BrokenOpen and Rael. BrokenOpen comes from the song Broken by Seether, and Rael is the name of a character I RP as on a Gundam SEED RP forum.
As for those sites, the first one wouldn't load, but I have a picture somewhere from doing it ages ago that I can try and find. The second one... No matches, unsurprisingly.
Feb 22 2009, 06:53 AM
Post #6
Type: Designer
EvenAngels- You might be interested to know this about Rael
A Wednesday Angel residing in the third Heaven.
He is also one of the intelligence's of the planet Venus.
Invocant must face North when conjuring up Rael.
Link to Razvan's Game A:
Razvan's Faceset archive. (sorry it's such a mess of a site right now.)
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Feb 22 2009, 07:15 AM
Post #7
The Cute, Homicidal Girl Named Alma Told Me To...
Type: Designer
Alignment: Unaligned
Wow! I never knew Rael was an Angel. Cool! Thank you for telling me Razvan!
Feb 22 2009, 07:34 AM
Post #8
Super Saiyan 12
Type: Designer
Alignment: Chaotic Good
My name is pretty self explanatory.
I'm pretty much the most arrogant person in the universe. So naturally I'd want a name so that is worded so that whenever you say it, you are proclaiming just how much I rock.
Feb 22 2009, 09:00 AM
Post #9
Too Many Ideas, Not Enough Paper
Type: Musician
Alignment: Unaligned
My particular name was coined while I was in the military. I used to be in the Air Force, and my job was Security Forces (aka MP).
The job code for Security Force is 3P0X1. I slapped an SF on the front, and got SF3P0X1, whish stands for Security Forces Security Forces.
It doesn't make much sense, I know. But I liked the way it sounded.
As for the first time I used it? It's also my penname at FanFiction.net, as well as for anything else I write or do.
Feb 22 2009, 10:29 AM
Post #10
Ocean Stars Falling...
Type: Designer
Alignment: Neutral Good
Roda - doesn't mean a thing.
Feb 22 2009, 01:59 PM
Post #11
Moon Lady
Type: Spriter
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
My name wasn't really meant to mean anything. I hear it's an actual word in some language, although I can't remember which one.
I really like all things Celestial and Universal, and I've always loved looking up at the sky at night and looking at the stars and the moon. When I was a kid, I was always excited when there was a beam of moonlight coming through my bedroom window, and kinda thought it would protect me. Also, as a kid, I loved using the name "Luna". Recently, I sort of thought "luna" was becoming overrated, so I used "Lunar" and added an a to the end of it. I guess there's more of an explanation to it than I thought. xD
The first place I ever used this name was when I first started playing Ragnarok Online a couple of years ago. I came up with the name because I was afraid someone already had the name "Luna". I found out afterward that someone was already using "Luna", and ever since, people had always gotten us mixed up.
This post has been edited by Lunara: Feb 22 2009, 02:00 PM
Feb 22 2009, 02:01 PM
Post #12
"Nothing burns hotter than my own fury!"
Type: Designer
Q. What does your Forum name mean?
A. jcys810 is basically just my initials rearranged (cysj doesn't sound nice) + my birthday at the end (8 October)
Q. Why did you pick that name?
A. I used to change my name alot on forums, I figured others were getting annoyed by it so I picked something I can't change for my whole life (unless I do change my name which I doubt I will)
Q. Is this the first place you used it?
A. Nope.
My MSN was first, then on many other communites till I reached here.
Online Fanarts Protection - I realised it stopped updating, but I deem it a good cause to promote
Feb 22 2009, 02:08 PM
Post #13
Type: Undisclosed
Alignment: Unaligned
My nick is a reference to the level Touch Fuzzy, Get Dizzy from Yoshi's Island. Not sure why I picked it, its just an awesomely trippy level.
I really can't remember whether this was the first place I used this nick or not... I know my email has been this for a while... so more than likely my email predates this.
My nick before this one, SixthofInfinity, has a more interesting story. When I was in high school, they had a thing in the school newspaper where the seniors left things for the underclassman in the last issue of every year. One of the seniors left half of his ego to three different people, one of which was me. Being famous for being massively egotistical, I made the joke that a sixth of infinity is infinity. And it kind of stuck (not that I needed his ego, my own was already amazingly healthy)
Feb 24 2009, 12:45 AM
Post #14
Parva vir dei sum!
Type: Writer
Alignment: Chaotic Good
When the pope died I remember my brother saying "... but he was god's little dude"
I support:
My favorite quote ever:
Honestly here's the deal: You're fucking weird.
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Feb 24 2009, 01:35 AM
Post #15
Self-described Huguenot
Type: Designer
Alignment: Chaotic Good
There really isn't any story behind my choice of the name Ashvir...because I didn't choose it. My parents did, because it's my real name! I think it means "full of hope" in Hindi. I'm obviously not very creative at coming up with nicknames. XD
My other nick that I usually use is Talint; which is the name of the Prince of Cannock in Dragon Warrior II (his name is actually chosen from a list of about a dozen names, Talint is just the name that I got when I played it on the NES) For some reason I just really like that name, so I usually use Talint as a character name in MMOs and as characters in my RPG Maker games. In DWII Talint was a hybrid melee/spellcaster, so I usually make him into a Red Mage/Paladin type character.
This post has been edited by Ashvir: Feb 24 2009, 01:36 AM
Feb 24 2009, 01:44 AM
Post #16
Using an umbrella as a weapon.
Type: Spriter
Wow... This site's name info for Hama is... Well... Suits me perfectly. Seeing my real name, a way more realistic.
Please read the whole post before seeing the spoilers.
Spoilers Warning!!!!
My real Name:
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Ice Goddess' name, Hama:
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Well... The first time that I've used "Hama..." as a name...
Normally, for greeting people, instead of using "Hi, are you okay?", I say "Hamaÿo?"
The name Hama was "given" to me from my friends, that started to call me "Miss Hama".
With a strange and cold personality, I had few friends...
The thing that made me so depressed was when my last ex-boyfriend had left me out, and said: "I think I won't find someone colder than you, Misari Ice Goddess!"
I started to get so depressed that I needed a psychologist for... 3 months. And so, the Aura of the Ice Goddess had taken me completely.
So, I made "Misari" as my new surname. Well... In school, I was "Miss Hama", so the complete name turned to be Hama Misari.
Why I've put informations about my real name? (Ivy)
In another RPG Maker community, I had chosen Angel Ivy as my name. In the time, I was a leader of a guild, called "Aura Angels". So I was an... Well... "Aura Angel Ivy", if you understand... (If someone have my MSN, will notice it) >.<
But my soul was getting weak, and the Ice Goddess' body has taken over my soul... And I am now the real Ice Goddess, Hama Misari.
In this forums, was my second time using "Hama", as a main nick. The other was on IRC chats, to hide my identity.
Well... You can see the spoilers now.
I am a bit complicated... Not?
Oh, well... I am a bit sad.
If someone wants to chat with me, add [firstname.lastname@example.com] in your MSN list.
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Feb 24 2009, 04:31 PM
Post #17
You could be a threat to me. Chuck!
Type: Designer
What does your Forum name mean?
Karzahni was the tyrannical ruler of a hellish domain where Matoran who worked poorly were sent to. According to ancient legend, Matoran once labored in darkness, but those who excelled at their tasks were sent to Artakha where they would work in the light. If Matoran laboured poorly in Artakha, they would be sentenced to the realm of Karzahni whose Kanohi mask had the power to make the victim see an alternate future, usually a frightening one. Jaller, Hahli, Hewki, Kongu, Nuparu, and Matoro were captured (not sentenced). They escaped but in that encounter, Karzahni learned of the Great Spirit Mata Nui and Makuta, beings who Karzahni would have neither known nor cared about. Deciding to seize power, Karzahni rose from his realm into Mahri Nui and there did battle with Toa Lesovikk and later Teridax who vanquished the tyrant by tearing his mind to shreds. Karzahni was later banished to the Pit by Botar. Since then, his kingdom has been destroyed and the Matoran freed. Karzahni carried a flaming chain and wore the Kanohi Olisi, Mask of Alternate Futures, which had the appearance of four welded together.
Why did you pick that name?
I was obsessed with bionicle at the time.
Is this the first place you used it?
No, I used it on Droidz, and got banned, then I used it on my friend's rp site.
Feb 24 2009, 04:34 PM
Post #18
Mine isn't really special it's a made up name I used to use to download porn.
Feb 24 2009, 04:49 PM
Post #19
Type: Musician
Alignment: True Neutral
Many years ago, when I'd still lived less years than I had fingers, I watched my uncle play FF7. For some reason unknown to me, he called Red "Bustus". I liked Red. Years later, I needed a forum nickname, and remembered that name, so I stole it.
Oh, and it's Bus-tus. Not Bust-us. There is NO innuendo. *glares*
I'll quote this and put it in my signature.
Feb 24 2009, 05:50 PM
Post #20
Type: Musician
Alignment: Unaligned
What does your Forum name mean?
It is an abbreviation. I used to use Cubed777 all the time and still use it at times for stuff. I decided that I wanted to shorten it because it wasn't appealing to me any more. So C7 it is. My name on here is C-7 because I needed to have three characters in my name.
Why did you pick that name?
Cube was always a cool name to me and back in the stone age, they were working on coming up with a name for Gamecube. The original choice (other than codename Dolphin) was Starcube, which was admittedly lame. I've always loved Nintendo and needed a username at the time so I chose to use Cubed. I wasn't going to put my birthday in my username and people commonly have numbers shoved at the end. 7 is my favorite number and religiously, 777 has significance, so it seemed good enough to put with Cubed for Cubed777. Buuuuttttttt its too long for me now, so C7 it is.
Is this the first place you used it?
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It's been a rough week for Kailyn Lowry. She got slammed with a fake secret wedding story, and a store clerk insinuated the slim blond was looking fat. But if there was ever a time the Teen Mom 2 star should be on top of the world, it's now.
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I was working in a retail store in the mall, and he came in shopping. He asked me on a date, and I said no! I like turned him down for so long, but then we finally started dating.
On letting son Isaac meet Javi:
Javi actually wanted to meet Isaac right away, and I felt like that was kind of the best case scenario because if they didn't bond, I knew it wasn't going to work out with Javi.
I felt like it was in the best interest for everyone. I didn't want to waste my time with someone for six months and then for it not to work. They met while we were still friends.
On how Javi and Isaac have bonded:
Oh my God they love each other. It's so funny. In the morning, if Isaac wakes up and I'm not up yet, Javi will go get him and they'll come in and stare at me or they'll jump on the bed to wake me up. They love each other!
He actually took Isaac trick-or-treating for me while I was at work.
On her relationship with Isaac's dad:
I struggled a lot with coming to terms ... with Jo dating someone else. It was so hard for me to understand that someone else was going to be in Isaac's life, and it was especially hard because people didn't understand that I didn't want to be with Jo. I just wanted to kind of exclude her from the picture, you know? I didn't want her to be around Isaac, and to this day it's still hard for me. I think I've come more to terms with it.
I mean, I was with Jordan when he started dating this girl, and so I had somebody, but it was more like Isaac is my only solid family, he's my only blood.
Jo didn't understand that. I don't think anyone really understands where I'm coming from.
On her wedding and whether the MTV cameras will be allowed in:
We haven't really set a date in stone yet. I would love to have them there!
On the other Teen Moms showing up for the wedding:
I'm close with everyone. We're so close it's like every time we're together, we pick up where we left off. I actually got a chance to go to Leah's wedding, so yeah, and that was really fun.
I hope they come! That would be cool!
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kinda hypocritical for her to say that she didn't want another woman in Issac's life when she keeps dragging home guys to be in Issac's life.. how does she think Joe feels?
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AndreaNovember 9, 2012 at 12:41 PMThis is all a lie! They ARE married!!! They married civilly back in September in Allentown, PA. They are just saying they are engaged to make it seem like they're planning for a year. They break on and off repeatedly too. It's so funny that everyone believes her! Get real!
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IketteNovember 9, 2012 at 6:20 PMI didn't read it. Just cannot believe this crap! Who cares!
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You all are total bitches lol.. I think she's fabulous, you go girl!!
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adrienneNovember 9, 2012 at 7:17 PMHow much better would this season be if Kailyn started dating a new guy? And the previews showed a *gasp* wedding?! Like, who wouldn't watch that? Now... how weird would it be if Kailyn just started the season married already? That's weird, right? They're married, but this is for ratings. Kail is getting paid by MTV for this drama, she can mold it anyway she wants... and if she makes more bucks for airing her own wedding, I'm sure she'd lie for awhile about the actual nuptial date! It's all smoke and mirrors. Kail, this is crazy!! Great for tv, irrational for real life!! Neither of you even have a career.
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xxshelbyxxxNovember 9, 2012 at 10:09 PMI never watched teen mom after the first season. Where do they find these girls anyways? Do a bunch of pregnant girls audition ? It's all so fake to me, how can anyone be a good mom at 16 years old while cameras are followin them every second? This girl is immature and a hypocrite.
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Justamom283November 10, 2012 at 12:33 PMI don't get it. She can introduce her boyfriends to Isaac but Jo can't introduce his girlfriend? And her reasoning is because it would be hard on her?
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Jenna DavilaNovember 12, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Why would she be mad that he is with someone else?! That is very hypocritical of her considering she lets Issac around all the men she has dated. Jo's girlfriend is a beautiful nice woman who seems to love Issac. I really think Kailyn is jealous of her, after all shes with Jo and she is drop dead gorgeous! Seems like Kailyn doesnt want him with anyone unless its her. They have been dating for 2 years get over it!
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what a bunch of judgemental bitches you guys are
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segoviaj048December 18, 2012 at 2:33 PMNone of these comments make sense to me and are full of hate; wow! MTV filmed this a year ago so nothing needed to be faked, and that's no secret. So I don't understand the comment on how weird it'd be to start off this season with her married; at the time this was filmed she wasn't even with Javi yet and now she is. Second, how can anyone think this show is fake?? It's not even that drama filled and if you're going to fake something it'd be for the purpose of adding surprises and twists. Plus, you can easily tell when someone is 'acting'. I mean really, which parts are not 'real' to you?? Bottom line, we all know this was filmed last year (if not a year than during this past year ) and that's no secret. And we've all been there; hating on our exes new girlfriend. Yes its hypocritical but its a natural feeling. Kailyn even calls herself a hypocrite in season 2.
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Alternate title: Charlie's Angels: Halo, Charlie's Angels 2, Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle, Charlie's Angels Continued
The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers.
13 Readers' Reviews
July 18th, 20039:50 pm
I really don't even have words to describe how bad this movie was. The first one was terrible but for some reason I went to see full throttle. I wanted to leave after the first 10 minutes. I seriously thought this has to be a joke. A really bad joke. Do Hollywood directors really think this is entertainment? There was no talent no acting and NO PLOT! Hello! If people want to see three trashy women dressing up like street-walkers I suggest you go to your local porn store. And I think someone should tell Cameron she needs to get to a acting class and a botox surgeon ASAP.
— webxmoviesrnr
July 11th, 20037:44 pm
When I went to see Charlie's Angels 2, I thought 'Well hey MOST movies that are sequels really stink'. So I didn't really expect it to have a clever plot or have really big surprises in it. Well CA2 had a relatively clever plot and I guess it had a pretty big surprise, but not extravagent, I wanted better! I usually don't see that many movies but I'm not that cut off from the "big screens" that I wouldn't notice that there are a lot of sequels coming out! Too many for me I suppose, they're ubiquidous and most of them coming out practically within the same year. So I would like to say that if you are going to make a sequel to a movie make it really good! Don't just make it to make it. Here is my tip be creative, and clever and you'll get a really great film. Like Star Wars......No not the recent ones the old ones, they were great and with special effects no one had ever seen before. The plot wasn't the clevest but the director did something no one had ever done before. Also E.T. was a great movie it had a wonderful plot. I know that today in the 21 century its hard to please people with movies because everyone has seen special effects, so now it brings me back to my earlier point have a good script, good plot and good actors. (Remember: dont judge a book by the cover, even though some actors are famous it doesn't mean they are great actors. Do you recall Harrison Ford in Star Wars? He was new to show business and he turned out to be a wonderful actor!)
— webxmoviesrnr
July 11th, 20033:09 pm
So, this is what entertainment is supposed to be nowadays? This flick is, in my opinion, an insult to the public from the beginning (a parody of "The Deer Hunter" that unfornatately cannot be appeciated due to poor filming) to the pathetic end: the couple that decides to tighten up their relationship by having...a dog, so she will be able to continue indefinitely gigglig, giggling, giggling, shaking, shaking, shaking, slinging people to death mainly for the fun of it , falling from the highest places and taking bullets just like that -not always so for her foes-, and so on.I really admire the Times critic for been able to make out any plot out of this boring and false mess.
— webxmoviesrnr
July 11th, 200310:03 am
Just being able to see Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz kick some butt again was worth seeing this film. The eye-popping action scenes in true Matrix style were way too exaggerated to be believed, but it was still very entertaining. There is a motocross race that allows the angels to take flight and accomplish feats that no mere mortal could possibly attempt. But, they are angels, right? Charlie's Angels is definitely a winner. The Jaclyn Smith cameo was even more icing on the cake.
— jimmyburrell, Charlotte, NC
July 8th, 200311:41 am
Could this be any more of a throw away movie?
Maybe I'm a sucker for punchy previews, but I thought I'd be more entertained.
The lack of feminism is appalling, Demi used a body double, poor Cameron is so objectified I felt dirty watching, and the inside jokes were so obscure they were D.O.A.
I give it three stars because it's right in the middle of it's genre, flashy, empty and ultimately mundane.
— pstravinsky, San Diego, CA, USA
July 7th, 20037:27 am
I am a tough audience - I thought this film was well worth the price of the ticket - a heck of a lot of fun!
— pastb, Atlanta, GA
July 4th, 20031:24 am
After I watched Full Throttle, it made me realize that it's not only guys who can be great heroes in our world. Although the Angels didn't have any special powers to give them an edge over normal humans, what they had was the dedication to defend for the good of humanity, the humor to keep their spirits up, the close-knit relationship they had with each other to have the perfect team, and the sexy bodies to boot in case the situation calls for it (They lapdanced their way to get in the security-clad warehouse. Which washboard stomach hero could do that??). All in all, the movie was entertaining and could definitely cheer up your spirits on any gloomy rainy day.
— karn_56
July 1st, 200310:28 pm
I found myself daydreaming after the first 5 minutes. Something told me not to go because of all the hype. You don't need to hype a good movie. But I gave it the benefit of the doubt. I should have listened to my gut. Pure silliness, no plot and no acting it was more like an excuse for Demi Moore showing off her 40 year old $500,000 body. I feel sorry for Drew, Cameron and Lucy. Demi Moore took care of any future sequels for Charlie's Angels. People who go to the theatre want to genuinely be entertained. I gave it one star because you did not have an option for (0 stars). Hollywood needs to smarten up and realize their audience is picky and becoming impatient on finding a good movie. The movie was sickening and so unrealistic.
— webxmoviesrnr
June 29th, 20035:15 pm
a bomb is still only a bomb even dressed in three bikinis. take the dvd home and melt it when you see it left accidentally outside of an overnight drop box at blockbuster.
remember this equation
bernie mac+demi moore (are less than) bill murray.
— luxatrna
June 29th, 200312:08 pm
I went to see Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle on opening night with the intention of coming out overly satisfied. I had the wrong intention. From the trailer, I thought it was going to be even better than the first one, because of all the special effects, cameo appearances, and cool cars. But indeed, it was not. The special effects were totally over done. Every time the angels fought, it looked like a scene from The Matrix. Sure its cool to see fighting like that, but not every five minutes. As for the cameo appearances, Bernie Mac was better than Bill Murray, comical wise, and Demi Moore did steal the show, but no Chad (Tom Green). And, may I ask what was up with the story line? Was there even a story line? Every ten minutes it would change. So many times, that you would have to see the movie twice to understand them all, and three times to remember them all. The cars, in my point of view, were the best part of the movie. There was a red Ferrari Enzo (driven by Demi Moore), a red Ferrari convertible (driven by Cameron Diaz), a silver Maserati Spyder, and a silver with blue stripes Shelby (driven also by Demi Moore). All, in all, if you watched The Matrix and The Fast and The Furious, you don't need to see Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. Well, that's the opinion of me, a thirteen-year-boy. Have a nice day.
— moviecritic
June 28th, 20037:13 pm
I play video games daily. I love scantily clad women, explosions, and fast cars. I AM the demographic and didn't enjoy this at all.
For the first 30 mins, it was fun watching the angels kicking ass and dressing up in various fetish outfits, but it got old. Every five minutes the angels discovered something that led them to infiltrate somewhere and dress up in revealing attire. You'd think that after the sixth time the bad guys would figure it out.
The plot is a total mess, it has way too many sub-plots and bad guys to give any one topic the time it deserves. Demi Moore is in the movie for all of 10 minutes and she's real boring even in a fur coat and bikini.
The movie is only really an hour long, don't be fooled by fandango. The only problem is that more than half of it is in slo motion. Sometimes when McG gets bored of slo-motion, he steals played-out effects from the first matrix film.
There are tons of cameos. Full Throttle acts a group of five year old boys with attention problems: "hey look over here, no look at me, no no me me meme"
I do hate gravity, it's a total drag. These angels seem unnaffected, and spend most of the time in the air and in slow-motion.
By the end of the movie I was actually upset to see the angels in skimpy outfits. I wished they would have blown more stuff up, or developed Demi Moore's character a little more.
I didn't exactly walk into this movie with high hopes, but left extremely dissapointed.
— webxmoviesrnr
June 27th, 20037:56 pm
Well, the angels are cute, but it all gets pretty boring after 30 minutes. I didn't exxpect much in terms of a plot or drama, but even the action situations are so unbelievably ridiculous that I found them hard to get into. I wasn't a big fan of the first movie, but by comparison, it was great...
— webxmoviesrnr
June 23rd, 20037:30 am
hi .i just watched the film in a cinema and it was great and i loved it ..lucy liu is looking great and the film is directed very profesionally and the story is great ... another hit movie in hollywood history ;-)
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Your 2009 Cubs nicknames
Note from Kurt: I'm strapping on my red scarf and hijacking this post. Hope Rob doesn't mind. I'm a huge nickname enthusiest and will be adding my own spin to Rob's post ... but I want to make clear in advance that I know my nicknames suck
Nicknames have always been kind of a "thing" with me. For those of you who have seen "I Love You Man", you were able to see firsthand the squirminess and discomfort that ensues when good, proper nicknames are not established and then used. (For reference, Paul Rudd keeps saying squirmy, uncomfortable things to Jason Siegel, like when he leaves, instead of saying "Peace, Homey", he says things like "slashyalates, Jer-blum").
Nicknames are never self-imposed, unless of course yer like 7 foot 2, weigh 500 pounds, can rip down a skyscraper with a dunk and have the IQ of raisin toast. Some nicknames are truly inspired, catch fire quickly, and are immediately accessible to all, like, say, The Riot. Other men cannot be pinned down by simply one name, like Kosuke Fukudome. Good lord, nearly ANYTHING can be used and be found acceptable. Although his teammates prefer Fukie, as most roving bands of professional athletes might - shorten the last name and add the "-ie" suffix. There is no need to achieve convergence when it comes to the Fooker.
Some of the other ones, like for instance Alfonso Soriano and Mike Fontenot (see the ShoutBox) need to be standardized on this site, and like all good standards should follow industry guidelines. I think we can consider Baseball Reference as the receptacle for Baseball's Best Practices when it comes to nicknames, and if they use one, it should be considered gospel.
A brief consultation with BR uncovers the following:
Geovany Soto - OPEN
Kurt sez: Geo works fine. Sometimes simple is just the best.
Derrek Lee - D-Lee (I prefer DP-Lee, but rules are rules)
Ryan Theriot - OPEN, but The Riot is absolutely sancrosant.
Kurt sez: I always called him the Quiet Theriot, but that requires you to intentionally mispronounce his last name
Aramis Ramirez - OPEN
Kurt sez: A-Ram? The Musketeer? The Sluggin' Cock Fighter?
Alfonso Soriano - OPEN
Kurt sez: Sori, The Fonz. Hey, having "Milton Bradley in RF," maybe it makes sense to have "Sorri" in left...
...well, on second thought, maybe BR sucks, after all. It's easier for me just to list the Cubs who DO have nicknames listed:
Carlos Zambrano - "Big Z" or "El Toro". El Toro???
Kurt sez: I am and always have been a fan of "The Big Moose." I realize that after four years, I'm still the only one who calls him that but it'll catch on someday, dammit!
Lou Piniella - "Sweet Lou"
Milton Bradley - "Trouble"
April Fools on the MB one. Anyway, since BR is of little help to us, I guess we are all going to have to work together to establish a glossary of standard Cubs nicknames.
So please take a minute to add your $0.02 in the comments to this post. Give us your view of a standard-used nickname (ie. "Demps" for Dempster) or your best suggestion (ie. "VagFace" for Reed). Then I'll compile them, ask us to vote on any particular conflicts, and publish the results here in an easily accessible reference link.
If you can point us to a link where a teammate refers to another one by their nickname (for example, Reed Johnson's blog or The Riot's turn with Ask Paul) that would be really constructive, and will probably take precedence to whatever clever witticism we come up with here. BTW: I think the above two links pretty much clinch the fact that Mike Fontenot is simply "Font".
UPDATE: How could I forget?? Reed Johnson is "White Slice"! And Baseball Almanac lists Aramis Ramirez's nickname as "Rami". Damn, that's weak.
Alfonso Soriano: Fonzie
Derrek Lee: D-Lee
Aramis Ramirez: A-Ram
Ryan Theriot: The Riot
Mike Fontenot: Fonte-YES
Geovany Soto: Geo-Soto (Clap. Clap. Clap clap clap)-to the tune of "Lets Go Cubbies!"
Carlos Zambrano: Big Z
Jeff Samardzija: My friends and I use "Samard-zilla" occasionally.
Milton Bradley: I got nothing
Ryan Dempster: I got nothing
Rich Harden: Again, nothing.
Ted Lilly: Tedward
Neal Cotts: LOOGY
Carlos Marmol, Kevin Gregg, Reed Johnson, Joey Gathright: ALL nothing
Micah Hoffpauir: The Hoff
Koskie Fukudome: TOO many come to mind (PUKE-U-Dome, Stinky-dome, etc....Turn it around Fuk to get a better nickname).
Koyie Hill: Three-Fingers McGhee
Koyie Hill has GOT to be Three-Fingers something...
Fontenot is pretty much "Font". Samardzija is "Shark" to his teammates, that's the leader in the clubhouse for him. Cotts ain't no LOOGY.
I think we can pretty much etch "The Hoff" in stone, too.
Geo Soto, unfortunately, as a name, is pretty ghey. He more than anyone needs our help
"Shark" link: http://www.und.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/102005aaj.html
don't forget.....
Carlos "the Chameleon" Marmol
Bobby "SugarTits" Scales
Santo says...
Ron calls Fontenot "Lil' Babe Ruth". He also calls Ted Lilly "Bulldog".
I am aware of that, jnphipps
We are unwilling, however, to let pizza boy coin the nicknames. Either the team does, or we will. Whatever is bubbling and oozing in Santo's brainpan is inconsequential here.
Dempster: Dirty Demp
Bradley: MB, Milt
Gathright: Joey-G
I used Dumpster a lot in the old days
...had to retire it last year, tho
In our house: Derrek is
In our house:
Derrek is "GIDP-Lee"
Theriot is "I Predict A Riot"
Aramis is "Rami"
Soriano is "So Sorry"
Z is just Z
Lou is "Loopy"
Like the Kaiser Chiefs reference, but...
The Riot, as previously referenced, is set in stone.
I think calling Miilton Bradley "Gameboard" is catchy and funny.
I'd just want to shorten it
I'd just want to shorten it to "Game"
actually, "Trouble" is kinda catchy
but this particular thread is a democracy, so I don't get to ram-rod my picks in here.
Ted Lilly Nickname
What about "Bundy" for Lilly? First name Ted, last name ends in a hard-e-sound Y (so it doesn't quite rhyme, but anyway...), and both are serial killers.
..definitely in the running.
Here are some that my friends and I use at the ballpark
A lot of these are obvious but never the less
Lee - DLee
Fontenot - Fonteyes
Theriot - The Riot
Ramirez - ARam
Soriano - Fonzie
Johnson - RJ
Bradley - We have decided to call him Uncle Miltie
Soto - GSot (kind of lame, I know)
Fukadome - Fukie
Hoffpauer - Mike Power. Think I stole this one from GROTA
Zambrano - Big Z or simply LOS
Dempster - Demps
Marshall - Seanie
Lilly - Teddie
Aramis: "Louis Vuitton Himself" is possibly the greatest nickname ever... even my ass-clown-Braves-fan buddies respect that one. i'm pounding the table on this one.
Aramis Ramirez
Aramis Ramirez has been Clutchy McClutcherson according to this very blog for multiple years.
Oh yes
...and that is precisely the reason we need to standardize. Too many weens, like us, go running off with a Clutchy McClutcherson (and I was the biggest culprit)
I think
Bulldog fits perfectly for Lilly
sounds too close to "Maddog" Maddux.
I'm still diggin' Bundy, but we will see as votes come pouring in.
Here is my go at
Here is my go at nicknames
Geo Soto- Geo Suave
Lee- D-Lee*
Fontenot- The Spritely little man, Fonty*
Theriot- The Riot*
Aramis- A-ram*, Rammy, Super Awesome clutch machine (SACM)
Reed Johnson- White Slice*
Fukudome- The Fuku-man
Soriano- Fonzie*
Bradley- Snap, Don't wake daddy, The Spark
Hoffpauer- The Hoff*
Gathright- RUN!!!!
Aaron Miles- Hostage, Hero, Scrap
Koyie Hill- Buzzsaw
Zambrano- Big Z*, El toro*
Lilly- Serial Killer, Robot, Bullmoose
Harden-insert bad penis jokes, Canuck, Richie
Dempster- Clown
Marshall- Stilts, Lawdog
Samardzija- Shark*
Gaudin- Wolverine*
Gregg- The new Marschall (his middle name), the g-man
Heilman- SIEG!!!,
Marmol- Marmolade
Vizcaino- Not Marquis
Neil Cotts- ????
Guzman- ???
Patton- ????
*- denotes established nicknames
Don't wake daddy
LOL...that's as good as it gets. You'd get MY vote on that one.
Buzzsaw is also excellent. Not sure SIEG is gonna gain much traction.
More nicknames
heilman- mayo, lunchpail, sammich (sorry for Sieg earlier... delerium set in)
BTW, wolverine is Gaudins nickname, at least from Oakland. I want Buzzsaw to stick badly for Hill. The announcing possibilities are just crazy for it. Man, he just ran into a buzzsaw. Man, the ball jumped off his bat like fingers jumping out of a buzzsaw.
I have a feeling..
..we aren't gonna have the Wolverine to kick around much longer.
well then... no more need
well then... no more need for wolverine after today's news.
We could call Patton "The General"
I do like the old style for Heilman.
For irony I kinda want to call Guzman "Franchise" as he was supposed to be, and people still hope he is, but he never will be.
Ho. Lee. Shit.
Ho. Lee. Shit.
In our house:
Geovany Soto is The Soto-Rooter. Lame I know, but I can't seem to stop from calling him that.
Mike Fontenot is "Mighty" Mike Fontenot. Or just "Mighty Mouse".
Carlos Zambrano is "El Toro Loco", "Big Z" or "The Big Moose"
Ted Lilly is the "Iceman" or "Killer"
Reed Johnson is "Stuntman"
Carlos Marmol is "The Marmolnator"
Neal Cotts is "Aw Shit (There Goes the Game)"
I think Milton Bradley's nickname should be "Headcase". I think he should embrace it and use it to strike fear into the hearts of opponents.
Aramis Ramirez is simply referred to as "The Man".
If there was ever a man in serious need of a nickname, it's Koyie Hill. Hopefully the season will bring that nickname to light.


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I know it's only been two weeks, but so far, the Dancing With the Stars All-Stars season is proving to be pretty unpredictable. Since all of the cast members have been part of the competition before, it's like there really aren't any true front runners, even though some are definitely more accomplished in the rhythm and groove department for sure.
And even though Bristol Palin has lost a ton of weight and looks better than ever and seems to be a bit less shy this season, it's pretty hard to ignore the obvious. She's a great gal -- but she isn't exactly Ginger Rogers. There's something about that girl's body that just won't move, and it definitely wouldn't have surprised anyone if tonight had been the end of the road for her.
But loyal fans must have figured Bristol deserved at least one more week in the ballroom, because she and Mark are safe and surprisingly made it through tonight's elimination round.
And even though I'm genuinely glad she's not leaving yet, it's pretty hard to ignore that Bristol is basically repeating her first season on DWTS. Even when she doesn't impress the judges (and winds up at the bottom of the leader board) she still wins with viewers. And at this point, she really has absolutely nothing to lose, so she might as well give it her all every week and try and perfect her technique -- for the sole purpose of proving to the world that she's way more than Sarah Palin's daughter. (Yes, it bugs the hell out of me that people hate her simply because of who her mother is.)
Ok, so Bristol is safe -- but how in the hell did Kelly Monaco wind up in jeopardy this week? Even though she wasn't number one after last night's performance, she is still a major contender, and it's just so surprising that fans didn't pick up the phone and give her their vote last night. (Maybe they assumed she'd definitely be safe?)
And honestly, Joey Fatone and Helio Castroneves really didn't belong in the bottom three either, but then again, I guess no one on this season truly stands out as being the obvious person to send home. (Besides Bristol. Sad, but true.)
And I guess that brings us to who wound up at the bottom of the pack tonight. Sadly, we've seen Joey Fatone's last dance, at least for the time being. (Maybe they'll do a second round of All-Stars?) He was a total class act about leaving, which probably won't come as a huge shock to those who know and love him.
In case you missed Bristol's peformance last night, here's the video clip. Do you think she deserved to stick around?
Were you shocked to see Joey Fatone go home tonight? Will Bristol Palin last another week?
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I actually am shocked about Joey go home. I thought he was a good dancer on his season.
I loved Joey. Not a Bristol fan
Bristol and Kirstie are the two who should have been at the bottom. I'm truly very disappointed that Joey went home. He's such a great entertainer and so much fun to watch. I guess it's time for me to start voting. Helio one of the bottom 2???? Seriously??? What a joke!
I like Bristol and I like her with Mark... but I was shocked she didn't get sent home last night.
It is time (past time) for Bristol Palin and for Kirsty Ally to leave. Their quality of dancing is far below the others. People need to vote according to their ability and quality of dance, NOT by POPULARITY! This is the only way these two lovely ladies have stayed on this long. PLEASE, people vote for the BEST DANCERS, not because there are a lot of votes out there that Mommy's name can get you, or your acting partners can get you. VOTE for the BEST / TALENTED DANCERS ! The ones who DESERVE it. VOTE CORRECTLY! That's all we ask. Use your brain, not your heart, or wallet, I figure some are paying friends, etc to vote for their daughter or for showbiz person - Cheer's to ya Kirsty!!! This is Dancing with the "All STARS" Two previous winners were voted off today when they should still be there and Bristol and Kisrty stayed???? What's wrong with this picture????
Judges need to be the only ones voting, This way they vote on their dancing ability along with their musicality. The voting will be done right, the other audience voters won't be able vote to screw it ALL up. The less qualified dancers will be eliminated and the right ones will continue on and so forth. Then, they (the judges) will decide the winner of the Glass Globe Mirror Ball.! Too many talented Dancers have already been sent home, that should have stayed longer!