What effects?
BTW, Beefy: you ever hear of Thomas Sowell?
http://www.hpe.com/opinion/x559273386/Thomas-Sowell-Who-shut-down-the-government
What effects?
BTW, Beefy: you ever hear of Thomas Sowell?
http://www.hpe.com/opinion/x559273386/Thomas-Sowell-Who-shut-down-the-government
Originally posted by The_Tempest
What effects?BTW, Beefy: you ever hear of Thomas Sowell?
http://www.hpe.com/opinion/x559273386/Thomas-Sowell-Who-shut-down-the-government
Your political system appears to be most hilarious from my outside point of view. I wonder where a "division of powers" is present, when the House of Representatives is capable of pretty much stopping everything they want, just by deceiding, whether they want to spend money for it or not. Doesn't that mean, that - essentially - all power is at the House of Representatives?
Granted, we have some similar with the Bundestag / Federal Council here in Germany, where the latter is capable of stopping laws made by the former - but usually the government has to decide how to spend money and where to get it from, not another body of state. The situation as it happens right now at the USA appears to be really grotesque. Especially the possibility, that government workers don't work / don't get paid anymore, because there is a fuzz about one particular point in the household planning.
That's like not being sure whether you want a new coffee machine at your company or not and - while deciding on that issue - you essentially stop working and stop paying your staff. Pure idiocy, regardless, who is responsible.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
It's almost as if the political culture of the U.S. kinda sucks. But of course that can't possibly be true...
Can't say much about the political culture in the U.S., given that I'm rather unfamiliar with everyday politics there. Yet, there are some heavy flaws in the political system, ranging from Two-Party-System to voting issues. The present situation appears just to be the icing on the cake.
Not to say that the political system in my country is perfect. Far from it.
Yes, our system currently sucks.. But as Churchill said, "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." But no I agree with you. I really wish there was a constitutional clause that states if the government shuts down and those morons in the house and senate continue to get paid, we don't pay taxes.
Originally posted by Nai
Your political system appears to be most hilarious from my outside point of view. I wonder where a "division of powers" is present, when the House of Representatives is capable of pretty much stopping everything they want, just by deceiding, whether they want to spend money for it or not. Doesn't that mean, that - essentially - all power is at the House of Representatives?Granted, we have some similar with the Bundestag / Federal Council here in Germany, where the latter is capable of stopping laws made by the former - but usually the government has to decide how to spend money and where to get it from, not another body of state. The situation as it happens right now at the USA appears to be really grotesque. Especially the possibility, that government workers don't work / don't get paid anymore, because there is a fuzz about one particular point in the household planning.
That's like not being sure whether you want a new coffee machine at your company or not and - while deciding on that issue - you essentially stop working and stop paying your staff. Pure idiocy, regardless, who is responsible.
I did a total double take when I read that. It sounds dumb as hell.
How do people get into the House of Representatives, through elections? If not that sounds like a lot of power for unelected officials. Even so it appears to be practically begging for a situation like this to happen.
C.G.P. Grey explained the Debt Limit a while back. It seems that when deciding the annual budget, the president must submit his plan to Congress, who then must agree to it. And whatever Congress decides will be spent (or on what), the president must legally do. It's kind of a messed up system I think whether you're an outsider or not.
Originally posted by Nephthys
I did a total double take when I read that. It sounds dumb as hell.How do people get into the House of Representatives, through elections? If not that sounds like a lot of power for unelected officials. Even so it appears to be practically begging for a situation like this to happen.
The Representatives (Congressmen) are elected directly by the citizens. The problem here is, that their is just one candidate voted per district with no influence of the actual party-system, with the districts being - more or less - randomly assigned. So during the last elections (Nov. 2012) Democrat candidats had by far more votes in total than the Republicans, yet, they only got 201 seats in the House of Representatives, while the Republicans got 234.
One of the flaws in the political system, I'd say.
TBH, ever since Maul was re-introduced in TCW, I always thought of him as being Dooku's level as far as raw force power. In the comics, Maul nearly chokes Kenobi to death while fighting off another jedi and holding a woman hostage at the same time. This suggests a huge gap between Maul and Kenobi as far as force powers go, which is why I believe Maul is considerably superior to Kenobi and would win more times than not, assuming he is blood lusted and out to kill.
As for the scene tho, I also question how canon it is. For instance, Savage seemed to be right behind Maul when the fight was leading to the balcony, but in the episode when Maul and Sidious were on the balcony, Savage was no where in sight, and seemed to be slacking far behind. Then again, Sidious could have used the force to throw Savage down the hall or something.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Its a deleted scene. We shouldn't consider it canon.
Well it's like the whole "Yoda disarmed Sidious thing". The scene was never filmed, but since it fits into the scenes we don't see and doesn't contradict anything, we consider it canon.
And there is a whole chunk of the Sidious vs Brothers fight missing. Them not including it could just be because it was getting too long to fit in the episode.
Originally posted by SIDIOUS 66
In the comics, Maul nearly chokes Kenobi to death while fighting off another jedi and holding a woman hostage at the same time. This suggests a huge gap between Maul and Kenobi as far as force powers go, which is why I believe Maul is considerably superior to Kenobi and would win more times than not, assuming he is blood lusted and out to kill.
That place was strong in the Dark Side though. So can't really use that example. But I still think Maul is a fair bit stronger than Kenobi in the Force.
Question: Has Boba Fett actually ever beaten a Jedi in a straight fight?
(other than in Travis-wank material of course)
Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Well it's like the whole "Yoda disarmed Sidious thing". The scene was never filmed, but since it fits into the scenes we don't see and doesn't contradict anything, we consider it canon.And there is a whole chunk of the Sidious vs Brothers fight missing. Them not including it could just be because it was getting too long to fit in the episode.
Thats different since the script was written by Lucas and is technically G-canon. I believe it was specifically said that all things about the movies were canon, even the script or deleted scenes.
This isn't like that though. Unless we're counting all deleted scenes as canon now so I can have all the stuff cut out of Kotor II.
Originally posted by Nai
The Representatives (Congressmen) are elected directly by the citizens. The problem here is, that their is just one candidate voted per district with no influence of the actual party-system, with the districts being - more or less - randomly assigned. So during the last elections (Nov. 2012) Democrat candidats had by far more votes in total than the Republicans, yet, they only got 201 seats in the House of Representatives, while the Republicans got 234.One of the flaws in the political system, I'd say.
If you think that political system is "the most hilarious" and flawed, you're clearly not familiar with the system in third-world countries such as mine [Mexico].
Our system is indeed flawed but it's still the best in the world IMO.
http://www.prageruniversity.com/Religion-Philosophy/God-and-Suffering.html#.UlwHmyipCwG
Originally posted by NephthysThats different since the script was written by Lucas and is technically G-canon. I believe it was specifically said that all things about the movies were canon, even the script or deleted scenes.
This isn't like that though. Unless we're counting all deleted scenes as canon now so I can have all the stuff cut out of Kotor II.
I obviously can't make canon rulings, but I'm just guessing deleted scenes with no blatant contradictions and which fill in bits we know are missing, are probably what happened.
Either way, I'm not going to write off Maul's TK being in the big leagues due to Sidious force owning him anymore. Because clearly the creators of TCW had the idea that he can dish out some powerful shit himself.