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Quote from : Wikipedia : Charlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estevez (born September 3, 1965), better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor.
He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen.
His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon, Jake Kesey in the 1986 film The Wraith, and Bud Fox in the 1987 film Wall Street.
His career has also included more comedic films such as Major League, the Hot Shots! films, and Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4.
On television, Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men.
In 2010, Sheen was the highest paid actor on television, earning US$1.8 million per episode of Two and a Half Men.
Sheen's personal life has also made headlines, including reports about alcohol and drug abuse and marital problems as well as allegations of domestic violence.
He was fired from his role on Two and a Half Men by CBS and Warner Bros. on March 7, 2011.
Sheen subsequently announced a nationwide tour.
Quote from : Magiczilla : Magic Secrets, Illusions, and More : Learning Patter
A Magicians "Patter" is their commentary as they perform a magic trick.
For some tricks, the patter may be a story. With others, it may be jokes.
Things to remember about Patter:
Patter is the one of the most important features of your magic routine.
You can take an ordinary magic trick and turn it into a whole theatrical event if you can come up with the right dialogue to assist your magic trick.
Mastering patter in your routines and having your own style of doing so is what will bring you closer being a true magician.
Quote from : Wikipedia : Puppet State
A puppet state (also puppet government, marionette government) is a nominal sovereign who is, in reality, controlled by a foreign power.
The term refers to a government controlled by the government of another country like a puppeteer controls the strings of a marionette.
A puppet state has also been described as an entity which in fact lacks independence, preserves all the external paraphernalia of independence, but in reality is only an organ of another state who has set it up and whose satellite it is.
Amazon Review :
The Bush years have given rise to fears of a resurgent Imperial Presidency.
Those fears are justified, but the problem cannot be solved simply by bringing a new administration to power.
In his provocative new book, The Cult of the Presidency, Gene Healy argues that the fault lies not in our leaders but in ourselves.
When our scholars lionize presidents who break free from constitutional restraints, when our columnists and talking heads repeatedly call upon the "commander in chief " to dream great dreams and seek the power to achieve them--when voters look to the president for salvation from all problems great and small--should we really be surprised that the presidency has burst its constitutional bonds and grown powerful enough to threaten American liberty?
The Cult of the Presidency takes a step back from the ongoing red team/blue team combat and shows that, at bottom, conservatives and liberals agree on the boundless nature of presidential responsibility.
For both camps, it is the president's job to grow the economy, teach our children well, provide seamless protection from terrorist threats, and rescue Americans from spiritual malaise.
Very few Americans seem to think it odd, says Healy, "when presidential candidates talk as if they're running for a job that's a combination of guardian angel, shaman, and supreme warlord of the earth."
Healy takes aim at that unconfined conception of presidential responsibility, identifying it as the source of much of our political woe and some of the gravest threats to our liberties.
If the public expects the president to heal everything that ails us, the president is going to demand--or seize--the power necessary to handle that responsibility. Interweaving historical scholarship, legal analysis, and trenchant cultural commentary, The Cult of the Presidency traces America's decades-long drift from the Framers' vision for the presidency: a constitutionally constrained chief magistrate charged with faithful execution of the laws.
Restoring that vision will require a Congress and a Court willing to check executive power, but Healy emphasizes that there is no simple legislative or judicial "fix" to the problems of the presidency.
Unless Americans change what we ask of the office--no longer demanding what we should not want and cannot have--we'll get what, in a sense, we deserve.
Originally posted by itscocobaby
I'm not sure if he's prepped or not, but his actions are no different from whats sitting up there on Capitol Hill as we speak..Cheers coco
Originally posted by Ultraman2011
I think the reality is much more mundane. He has good looks and can act, but that does not mean he isn't mentally deranged. He has inherited the druggie/insanity gene from his father (somehow Emilo seems to have inherited a different strand of DNA).
Nonetheless, Charlie is a complete idiot. He had one of the highest salaries and rated shows on TV and threw it all away. How many people in Hollywood would have loved to have his fame/success?
If I was a director and his name came up, it would be on my list with Lindsay Lohan--"nuts not worth working with."
I would even predict Sheen will die within the next 10 years from some sort of drug overdose.
29 have been accused of spousal abuse,
7 have been arrested for fraud,
19 have been accused of writing bad checks,
117 have bankrupted at least two businesses,
3 have been arrested for assault
71 have credit reports so bad they can't qualify for a credit card.
14 have been arrested on drug-related charges.
8 have been arrested for shoplifting.
21 are current defendants in lawsuits.
And in 1998 alone, 84 were stopped for drunk driving, but released after they claimed Congressional immunity.
Mark Adam Foley (born September 8, 1954) is a former member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006, representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party. Foley resigned from Congress on September 29, 2006, acting on a request by Republican Leadership after allegations surfaced that he had sent suggestive emails and sexually explicit instant messages[1] to teenage males who had formerly served and were at that time serving as Congressional pages.[2][3]
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
I happen to like Charlie Sheen, with or without the drugs, alcohol, and skirt-chasing.
Originally posted by ProtoplasmicTraveler
I don't quite imagine Charlie being part of some grand conspiracy.
I see him as just someone who is simply attempting to live life as large as he can and on his own terms in a system and on a world not likely to rejoice or allow him to easily do either.
Like many, even those here on ATS, success has simply conspired to make him bolder and bolder and then to feel sorry for himself when that boldness backfires on him, like we see happen here on ATS with some members and their selection of Avatars!
Remember Caesar thou art mortal!
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
Honestly, I think this is all just Sheen playing people as fools. He was tired of having to live the way his producers wanted him to live, so he found a way out while actually GAINING in popularity.
if you listen closely to his interview with Alex Jones, he basically spells out exactly what he is doing.
Originally posted by macman
His down fall is from massive amounts of drugs and the fact he is held un-accountable due to his wealth.
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
Honestly, I think this is all just Sheen playing people as fools. He was tired of having to live the way his producers wanted him to live, so he found a way out while actually GAINING in popularity.
if you listen closely to his interview with Alex Jones, he basically spells out exactly what he is doing.
Is he playing others as fools or is he in actuality being the fool?
And I admire his tenacity of stepping out of his contract.
Sort of like Jessica Biel and 7th Heaven.
Sometimes other people's structure is just too damn much.
I've lived my own life according to policy, procedure, and protocol since I was 6 years old.
Very few people can live within my structured life due to my regimentation.
I've been called a robot, a Walking Wikipedia, and scary as Hell due to a lack of emotion.
Too few can live according to others views on society and I admire that about Charlie.
But that's about it as everything else is something I have zero in common with him about.