This makes me want Chris Pine to play an absolutely insane villain and tbh I was expecting him to take the match at the end at eat it- It looked like he was about to
Except the group of people that have the power to "get together and vote" are not the general public. It's the Electoral College and Corporations that have the power to make changes, but they refuse because we do not legally require them to benefit the working class majority. Technically the Working Class only generates about 50% of what is recorded because half of all working class wages are returned to them in benefits. That makes them supremely worthless as a Key to Ruling. Watch the Rules of Ruling Video and educate yourself as to the true depth of fuckery you pretend is sinister but is really just a cash value on a quarterly report.
Zenn Exile No one's saying this is the only problem and changing it cures everything. Just an accurate portrayal of our representative parties in congress and senate.
AboxoroxRoxursox not really. It is more like about 90% of the people involved are like him, and 10% of the people are like "holy shit how is the world not exploding? These people are fucking insane and they just make every fucking thing up as they go like the Government is an Improv show full of special needs kids. Holy shit I may kill myself if I don't get drunk right now" Complete misrepresentation of reality, is what I am saying.
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE....... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt(debt = borrowing money), which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
We had the money to invade two countries. We had the money to pay Cheney's old company Halliburton billions upon billions of dollars to rebuild those countries we invaded. We had the money to issue a tax cut to the wealthy in the middle of those two wars, something that has NEVER been done in our history before. In short- we seem to always have the money under Republican Administrations; why all of a sudden when a Democrat is in office do Republicans get fiscal responsibility religion? It is a cynical ploy to rile up the ignorant, who think that a country that can issue its own currency has to play by the same rules as a family household. News flash- it doesn't work that way.
J cool Your comment is patently false. It is Republicans that have continually over borrowed in the past including Trillions from Social Security for war. They continue to vote for annual cost of living increases for themselves yet only Republicans have continued to vote against a minimum wage increase year-after-year. It is the GOP (Repubs) that keep voting against the elimination of Congressional Exemptions. These make them exempt to the very laws they pass. You get caught with drugs in your car and it can be seized. Congress- nope It is the Republican Congress that shuts down government whenever the Administrative branch (POTUS) has tried to pass restricted funding that would lower the deficit. It is Republican State Reps that voted against the free $$ that each state would get with Obamacare - and it is only in those states that have huge Medicaid/Medicare gaps. The REASON you may ask??? Because the current 2 branches of Congress are Republican so they want to obstruct every Democratic attempt that is good for the USA. Then they can point to failures and say it was Dems fault. And people will believe it because they won't look at the Dem attempts or context. Example of Zika bill that Dems had to vote down because Republicans refused to pass anything unless it had defunding of Planned Parenthood in it. How about we just pass a Zika funding bill? Remember that if Repubs could gain power in all 3 branches (they now have 2 - house, senate - and they want admin/POTUS) they would OVERTURN everything they've hated that has passed. *Gay marriage - illegal. *Transgender rights - nope. *Abortions even if medically necessary - nowhere to get that done. *Minimum wage increase - not yet, were broke. *Equal Rights - stop whining about racism, it isn't real. *Sexual harassment in the workplace lawsuits - if you didn't like it you should have quit. *Federal (not state/local) for automatic weapons and a ban for felons owning a gun - nah everybody can have anything the NRA wants them to have. *Guaranteed insurance for contractors no matter previous conditions - nope we only care about insuring Americans when it was a Democrats idea and well just block but not come up with our own. *Allowing US citizens to sue other countries - yeah we're gonna allow that because Obama said it was a bad idea, then we're going to freak because it means we could get sued too, then were gonna blame Obama that he didn't inform us enough, then when he shows that he put it in writing were gonna say too much to read Look up anything useful the Repubs have tried to pass over the last 10 years.
tundratabloids.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/this-says-it-all-obama-dedt-more-than-all-us-presidents-combined.jpg To me, they are both wrong for spending money on the B,S. that they do. not all being B.S. But the cost of wars is up to about 7 trillion. Come on. I don't care who it is. Lets stop spending so much money and lower that debt. And yes we can issue our own currency, but that has severe consequences too when done excessively. The fact is we are playing with fire here. Why not just lower that debt.
***** Yeah I've always heard it said that they could vote to give themselves raises. After your response I did a bit of research and it turns out it's not entirely the case. Rather they vote to allow an automatic raise to continue year after year ever since an old ethics reform law congress passed back in 1989. "In 1989, Congress passed an ethics reform law that included an annual cost of living adjustment. The automatic pay raise was created in exchange for not getting paid for private speeches. The pay raise, based on a formula, is automatic unless Congress took a vote to stop it. The law -- even if it had the best of intentions -- created a system where members of Congress receive raises without having to be on-record voting for them." And so it turns out they don't vote to give themselves raises, but rather they voted to give themselves raises once back in 1989 with an automatic increase so they wouldn't have to do the vote every time, it just happens automatically. I guess something like that would have been hard to put into the comedy sketch, but it still would have been funny.
***** Are you talking about the 27th Amendment? That just prohibits members from raising their salaries in the current session, it doesn't say they can't vote for any change in salary whatsoever. So congressional votes on pay increases do not take effect until the next session of Congress. But Congress has a 96% incumbent reelection rate, so despite the freeze on the salary increase during the current session, they know they will benefit at the start of the next session. And then there's that 1989 ethics reform law, so they don't even have to vote to give themselves a raise - they have it set up automatically. However, it sounds like they get most of their earnings in the form of bribes from lobbyists anyways.
Derek Moore. Most congressmen don't take salaries. Most of them are already rich and the salary would just mean more taxes. They do use their power to make more money though.
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
I don't think you do know what's going on. If you did, you'd recognize that a combination of massive tax cuts and expensive wars during Bush II meant that an Obama administration inherited a spiraling deficit. Obama also inherited the greatest recession since the depression because of the deregulation of the financial sector that the Republicans were also responsible for. None of this is disputable. At least not by any rational grown up who would recognize historical facts. I don't understand the logic of shutting the government down as a solution to these problems? Dressing that up as some kind of solution is what's insulting to the average American. If you disagree, then please tell me what it managed to accomplish.
He’s brilliant and too damn funny. The whole thing is great. For some reason my favorite part is at the end when he is in his rolling chair chasing and telling his female coworker “I am the boss of you! I am the boss of your whole body! I need to know what’s going on in there!”
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government. Show less
Troy Ezell The 2013 shut down was over the Affordable Care Act. www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/10/03/why-did-the-u-s-government-shut-down-in-october-2013/#3e941d01527f The government was never shut down because anyone thought it didn't have the money to operate.
I'm not an expert, but would that not simply put more power in the hands of lobbyists? A new congressman doesn't have the experience in dealing with them, which means you're throwing out the good congressmen with the bad. If you want to get rid of a congressman, vote for a different one.
Lobbyists already have greater sway with members that have been there longer because they know they usually will be reelected and offer greater rewards. By implementing term limits it also limits the sway they have over congress persons because they won't be around as long. Lobbying would still take place but to a lesser degree and more spread out which in turn would help negate the effect and stop the few from having as much power as the many.
If you are referring to the daily show and john oliver as fair and honest, please consider a vasectomy, as your genetic material should not be passed down.
***** No but the network that hosts said comedians shows requires high ratings to ensure their corporate sponsors remain happy do. Since the comedians, along with their viewership, tend to be younger left leaning, it's reasonable to assume that there is bias.
Darren Davis I agree. Democrats acted the same way when they controlled congress. Trump on the other hand is an outsider who has almost nothing to do with either party.
MajinBadat He may not be directing but he can still have involvement in MCU creative decisions. Besides he still has a good personal relationship with the actors and I imagine Feige as well.
I'm a high school Civics/Government teacher and I plan on showing this to my students tomorrow and every class I will forever teach. Absolutely brilliant!!! When is America going to wake up to the fact that a democracy is defined as government of the people, by the people, for the people - in other words - it's supposed to be OUR government - WE'RE IN CHARGE
Fast forward to 2019, he's acting astoundingly like the new Democrat congress. "A wall, NO! I like MY idea. I have no idea, but fuck your idea because it's yours! I'M shutting down the country, for a month, no matter what you offer...I still get paid!"
@@RobertMorgan During the Obama Presidency the Republicans shut down the government because they didn't want to fund a bill that 60/100 senators voted for and that was the primary policy that the president ran on before winning the Electoral College and popular vote in a Landslide (that's called a mandate). They refused to even give Merrick Garland (the supreme court nomination of Barack Obama) a hearing. It's not like the Republicans just refused to vote for him (which would be its own problem since he was very moderate), it's that Mitch McConnell unilaterally refused to hold a hearing, or any sort of debate. We'll never know if he would've been voted onto the bench because one man who was elected by a tiny state decided he wouldn't let anyone hear the guy. Let's compare that to the first government shutdown under Trump. Yes, the Democrats shut it down the first time because Donald Trump was trying to screw over DREAMers (something 80% of America didn't want to have happen). The second time the government was shutdown, it was because Trump didn't have the votes to build a wall without holding the budget hostage. Trump was very clear the second time that it was he and senate Republicans who shut down the government. He said it himself. The House voted for a bipartisan bill that would've kept the government open. Trump said no because he was desperate to give his base the wall they wanted. A central policy that the majority of America voted against in 2016 when he narrowly won the electoral college and less votes than his pro immigrant anti wall competitor. Donald Trump has no popular support to stand on. The Democratic Congress has passed plenty of bills that are detailed and full of comprehensive solutions to the problems that face the country. The Senate and Trump won't bring them up for any debate. Comparing the obstruction of the Republican Party during Obama's term to the way the Democrats are acting in congress is ridiculous false equivalency. And just to address the language of your comment directly: "A wall, NO! (because a minority of America wants it) I like MY idea. (that a resounding majority of America and both Republicans and Democrats in the House voted for) but fuck your idea because it's yours! (because it's ineffective, and not wanted by America) I'M shutting down the country, for a month, no matter what you offer... I still get paid! (Trump himself said he's the one shutting down the government, also Republicans and Democrats made deals to keep government open. Trump was the only one that refused them)"
@@samquattrociocchi4427 The point being made is that they BOTH play the game so acting like it's a GOP thing is just being a douche. There are rules that have been agreed upon by both parties so they can each obstruct when needed. Unfortunately, the democrats took the idea of obstruction to a new level and started making shit up to try to overthrow a duly elected president. I would rather they just shut the government down for a month than play their corrupt games.
Mortimer Brewster the idea that there’s an equivalency is absurd and shows how ignorant of reality you are. Make shit up? What exactly is made up? The impeachment is based on stuff he has literally said out loud on record. Also the Democrats are actually legislating and have passed hundreds of bills in the house. Mitch McConnell has not even brought them to a vote in the senate. The republicans in the senate really haven’t done anything with their majority. I wish the democrats would use their power to block stupid legislation more. They literally just gave trump his USMCA deal and have approved judges. How is that obstruction? The republicans never did anything like that for obama.
I agree with you, just see the flip flop of Obama in respect to HRC. During the 2008 election there was no love lost among them and now, she's the MOST prepared candidate ever.
I completely agree but how do you get a bunch of people to pass laws that kick them out? It would be so much better if the people in Congress realized that term limits helps our democracy, not just harms their careers.
Nerv ClaX WOW. You really know nothing about teaching. You actually think teachers get vacations? THEY'RE WORKING ALL YEAR. Time to lay off the Fox News Meth, Sparky, and go out and meet some real people with real lives.
Nerv ClaX No, fam. Teachers don't just sit in Jamaica all summer. Curriculum changes yearly, nececitating trainings and new lesson plans, and since teachers are paid so little, many work summer jobs to keep the lights on. Plus there's the regular workplace trainings, and swapping classrooms as a school's floorplan is redone, and meeting new faculty and administration members. And THEN they have to prepare for the next school year.
Nerv ClaX Wow you clearly know nothing about teaching. Teachers seem to have more time off because they do 50% of their work at home and not getting paid for it. My parents are both teachers and they are up to 11 each night doing unpaid work.
Not even vaguely. Hell, it wasn't like this under Republican control until after 2008 - bills got passed and things got *done* before then. Because there were adults in charge of the GOP. It'd be nice if they were again.
I just want to say, Thank you Joss Wheadon, for calling out the people who are actually the problem in our system of government, instead of perpetuating the myth that whoever is president actually makes any difference aside from which congressmen and senators they buy and schmooze with behind the scenes.
Fellow millennials conservative or liberals it is time to vote what is best for our country and I know we have major disagreements between the sides however the only way to get Congress to represent the people is to get big money out of the system and currently neither politician running for president will get this done however if we support local politicians be them Republicans or Democrats or a third-party who will not accept private money we will have a much higher chance of getting what the majority of the country wants and it's up to us to shake up the status quo and get involved and vote and drag the politicians who are in our way out of system and to hold them accountable we have tools that previous generations didn't have such as social media , the internet and so on its up to us to get people involved and informed if the mainstream media won't, through helping and supporting good alternative media and becoming involved we can get what we want and make the bought off politicians scared for their job security
Someone who didn't care for the subtle misdirection and misrepresentation. They took a combination of Republican actions, Democrat actions, bipartisan actions, and things functioning as intended, took it to a comical extreme, and then made it seem like a single nefarious entity was responsible for it all. The reality is far more complex, and while the video is rather funny, in the end I gave it a downvote for being so deceptive. Don't forget to vote on Tuesday! Let your voice be heard!
Chris Beecroft because hitting the mark on 20% is slightly funny but the intelligent know what is the scam. Unless the Congress/pine dressed up as baraca from MK and said bring me the babies... They are inconvenient... Babality... While cutting up babies. Then it would have gotten my up vote. To unballanced missing some truth.
Chris Beecroft i wish u could get pregnant. I dont think u realize that what any woman does with her body isnt the government's and certainly not any of your goddamn business u ignorant fuck
Since I don't think it's been mentioned yet, Chris Pine throwing snowballs at a co-worker is a reference to the time Senator James Inhofe "proved" climate change doesn't exist by bringing a snowball onto the Senate floor. Which he then threw at a page. Yes, this is a real thing that happened.
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
J cool It is so freaking obnoxious to post this same thing as a reply to every comment on this video. Criminy! Post it once as a comment and stop littering.
DeYanko LOL democrats have lost congressional and governorships at record levels. Now they're about to lose the presidency. Whose going to be laughing then?
DeYanko which party might that be? I believe they are both rather despicable. Don't you? I mean seriously do you actually like the way things are going in this country at this time?
Marco Andrade "I'll wish it into the corn field" was a reference to a classic TZ episode where a little boy could do anything with his mind, including wishing people away or into horrible other dimensions. He could control everything from the weather to life and death, so everyone was terrified of him. He kind of had the whole town hostage. Check it out.... The episode is called "It's a good life"
see Chris Pine's acting as villain in Smokin' Aces, Horrible Bosses 2. and yes steve trevor would make a better joker, because he's able to make people so annoyed, scared, laughed at the same time.
Each member of congress is accountable to their own constituents who vote them in. If the left is going to be angry about Obamacare, Gov shutdown, abortion, etc. then blame the American people. Don't demonize congress for getting voted for. They didn't choose themselves.
Chris Pine needs to play an insane villain like this in a movie. He is superb!
Horrible Bosses 2, Stretch. You're welcome.
oh possibly just a normal guy who gets dosed with lots and lots and lots and lots of acid?
unacomn like the Joker?
Horrible Bosses 2, yup.
No, The Riddler.
Why isn't Chris Pine doing more comedy? HE'S FREAKING HILARIOUS!
Rand Ortega Hot, too, let's not forget.
Abhinaya Mary Koshy trust me, no one forgot
Wet Hot American Summer
check out horrible bosses 2! he's so much fun in that
Exactly
who knew chris pine was this versatile... guy is too talented.
He is just perfect
He can sing too! 😊
This video frightens and arouses me.
LOL!!!
lmao very true. content vs form
Too funny.
Melissa Jansen I see what you did there😂😂😂
Melissa Jansen Same!!! 😍😂
This should be a show and Chris pine should win an Emmy for it
I WOULD WATCH THE HELL OUT OF THAT SHOW
This makes me want Chris Pine to play an absolutely insane villain
and tbh I was expecting him to take the match at the end at eat it- It looked like he was about to
he kinda was in horrible boss 2
Rajashree Ghosh I am looking this up *immediately*
Rocky Rickaby go for it!! TBH he wasn't an insane villian, but a pretty cool villain.
Stretch ....great movie.....great villain....he's good at insanity for sure
Watch Stretch.
Alan Tudyk and Chris Pine is the combo i never knew I needed
They were perfect.
they conceived of this skit in space.
This is absolutely accurate.
AboxoroxRoxursox Word.
Except the group of people that have the power to "get together and vote" are not the general public. It's the Electoral College and Corporations that have the power to make changes, but they refuse because we do not legally require them to benefit the working class majority.
Technically the Working Class only generates about 50% of what is recorded because half of all working class wages are returned to them in benefits. That makes them supremely worthless as a Key to Ruling.
Watch the Rules of Ruling Video and educate yourself as to the true depth of fuckery you pretend is sinister but is really just a cash value on a quarterly report.
Zenn Exile No one's saying this is the only problem and changing it cures everything. Just an accurate portrayal of our representative parties in congress and senate.
AboxoroxRoxursox
not really. It is more like about 90% of the people involved are like him, and 10% of the people are like "holy shit how is the world not exploding? These people are fucking insane and they just make every fucking thing up as they go like the Government is an Improv show full of special needs kids. Holy shit I may kill myself if I don't get drunk right now"
Complete misrepresentation of reality, is what I am saying.
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
“Nooo.... I want my idea.” “What idea?” That we don’t do that”.” What do we do instead?” “Well not that” Me as a kid
This is literally Trumps Healthcare plan.
@@nathalycruz4698 or Biden’s covid plan
It's sad how accurately precise this is.
It shouldn't be like this.
Starring Chris Pine? I say it stars Alan fucking Tudyk!!!!!
Casey Willhite Im a leaf on the wind
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE....... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt(debt = borrowing money), which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
We had the money to invade two countries. We had the money to pay Cheney's old company Halliburton billions upon billions of dollars to rebuild those countries we invaded. We had the money to issue a tax cut to the wealthy in the middle of those two wars, something that has NEVER been done in our history before. In short- we seem to always have the money under Republican Administrations; why all of a sudden when a Democrat is in office do Republicans get fiscal responsibility religion? It is a cynical ploy to rile up the ignorant, who think that a country that can issue its own currency has to play by the same rules as a family household. News flash- it doesn't work that way.
J cool Your comment is patently false.
It is Republicans that have continually over borrowed in the past including Trillions from Social Security for war.
They continue to vote for annual cost of living increases for themselves yet only Republicans have continued to vote against a minimum wage increase year-after-year.
It is the GOP (Repubs) that keep voting against the elimination of Congressional Exemptions. These make them exempt to the very laws they pass. You get caught with drugs in your car and it can be seized. Congress- nope
It is the Republican Congress that shuts down government whenever the Administrative branch (POTUS) has tried to pass restricted funding that would lower the deficit.
It is Republican State Reps that voted against the free $$ that each state would get with Obamacare - and it is only in those states that have huge Medicaid/Medicare gaps.
The REASON you may ask???
Because the current 2 branches of Congress are Republican so they want to obstruct every Democratic attempt that is good for the USA. Then they can point to failures and say it was Dems fault. And people will believe it because they won't look at the Dem attempts or context.
Example of Zika bill that Dems had to vote down because Republicans refused to pass anything unless it had defunding of Planned Parenthood in it.
How about we just pass a Zika funding bill?
Remember that if Repubs could gain power in all 3 branches (they now have 2 - house, senate - and they want admin/POTUS) they would OVERTURN everything they've hated that has passed.
*Gay marriage - illegal. *Transgender rights - nope. *Abortions even if medically necessary - nowhere to get that done.
*Minimum wage increase - not yet, were broke.
*Equal Rights - stop whining about racism, it isn't real.
*Sexual harassment in the workplace lawsuits - if you didn't like it you should have quit.
*Federal (not state/local) for automatic weapons and a ban for felons owning a gun - nah everybody can have anything the NRA wants them to have.
*Guaranteed insurance for contractors no matter previous conditions - nope we only care about insuring Americans when it was a Democrats idea and well just block but not come up with our own.
*Allowing US citizens to sue other countries - yeah we're gonna allow that because Obama said it was a bad idea, then we're going to freak because it means we could get sued too, then were gonna blame Obama that he didn't inform us enough, then when he shows that he put it in writing were gonna say too much to read
Look up anything useful the Repubs have tried to pass over the last 10 years.
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To me, they are both wrong for spending money on the B,S. that they do. not all being B.S. But the cost of wars is up to about 7 trillion. Come on. I don't care who it is. Lets stop spending so much money and lower that debt. And yes we can issue our own currency, but that has severe consequences too when done excessively. The fact is we are playing with fire here. Why not just lower that debt.
Controversial opinion: he's the hottest Chris.
Alexx Raven he's good
Alexx Raven There's no way he is hotter than Chris Farley.
totally agree with you, I love Chris Pine! =D
Agreed!
Alexx Raven and he's leading man in the new wonder women movie...yummm
They forgot to point out that he would only work a small percentage of the year and give himself a raise.
***** Yeah I've always heard it said that they could vote to give themselves raises. After your response I did a bit of research and it turns out it's not entirely the case. Rather they vote to allow an automatic raise to continue year after year ever since an old ethics reform law congress passed back in 1989.
"In 1989, Congress passed an ethics reform law that included an annual cost of living adjustment. The automatic pay raise was created in exchange for not getting paid for private speeches. The pay raise, based on a formula, is automatic unless Congress took a vote to stop it. The law -- even if it had the best of intentions -- created a system where members of Congress receive raises without having to be on-record voting for them."
And so it turns out they don't vote to give themselves raises, but rather they voted to give themselves raises once back in 1989 with an automatic increase so they wouldn't have to do the vote every time, it just happens automatically. I guess something like that would have been hard to put into the comedy sketch, but it still would have been funny.
***** Are you talking about the 27th Amendment? That just prohibits members from raising their salaries in the current session, it doesn't say they can't vote for any change in salary whatsoever. So congressional votes on pay increases do not take effect until the next session of Congress. But Congress has a 96% incumbent reelection rate, so despite the freeze on the salary increase during the current session, they know they will benefit at the start of the next session. And then there's that 1989 ethics reform law, so they don't even have to vote to give themselves a raise - they have it set up automatically. However, it sounds like they get most of their earnings in the form of bribes from lobbyists anyways.
Derek Moore. Most congressmen don't take salaries. Most of them are already rich and the salary would just mean more taxes. They do use their power to make more money though.
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
I don't think you do know what's going on. If you did, you'd recognize that a combination of massive tax cuts and expensive wars during Bush II meant that an Obama administration inherited a spiraling deficit.
Obama also inherited the greatest recession since the depression because of the deregulation of the financial sector that the Republicans were also responsible for.
None of this is disputable. At least not by any rational grown up who would recognize historical facts.
I don't understand the logic of shutting the government down as a solution to these problems? Dressing that up as some kind of solution is what's insulting to the average American. If you disagree, then please tell me what it managed to accomplish.
I came for Chris Pine...but I was happily satisfied to see Alan Tudyk
He’s brilliant and too damn funny. The whole thing is great. For some reason my favorite part is at the end when he is in his rolling chair chasing and telling his female coworker “I am the boss of you! I am the boss of your whole body! I need to know what’s going on in there!”
The whole time watching I'm thinking "leaf on the wind, I'm a leaf on the wind!"
TheRealTrikein That just made me sad...
if your the leaf, who's the wind?
You were thinking that because you're awesome. Never forget that.
Right there with you. ::sigh:: Guess it's time to binge-watch.
*Cries* Waaaaashh!
"Or I'll wish you into the corn fields." LOLOL
Incredibly funny. Chris Pine's "Leonard" character is reminiscent of his "Horrible Boses 2" character.
Cheryl Troutman lol
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
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Wrong.
justachannel uh no, he's Right!
Troy Ezell The 2013 shut down was over the Affordable Care Act.
www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2013/10/03/why-did-the-u-s-government-shut-down-in-october-2013/#3e941d01527f
The government was never shut down because anyone thought it didn't have the money to operate.
WHY HAS THIS MAN NOT WON AN OSCAR YET?!
He still has plenty of time
He will.
I swear that Chris Pine was channeling Jack Black or Zach Galifianakis for this role... lol
Definitely Jack Black!
Dan Lokemoen I remember one I was actually impressed by his acting. It was a romance film, I don't remember the name it's been quite some time.
+Hershiser is anó̱teros
Blind Dating?
He was just letting lose going against people's stereotypes of his acting. I felt he was just being his playful self and thought he did it great
I came here for Alan Tudyk, and was not disappointed
fucking brilliant! Chris is just damn great!
I vote for Chris Pine :D
chris pine definitely did the damn thing
Karolina Starzak Chris Pine for POTUS 2016.
I'm looking for a Pine/Tudyk ticket.
Karolina Starzak facebook.com/marketplace/permalink/331559230558936/
Thats the problem , stop voting for actors/reality tv celebs
I think we can all agree that things would probably be better if congressmen had term limits.
Good thing Trump proposed that and is going to be president.
yeah, term limits for Congress is definitely a no-brainer no matter which side of the aisle you sit on.
I'm not an expert, but would that not simply put more power in the hands of lobbyists? A new congressman doesn't have the experience in dealing with them, which means you're throwing out the good congressmen with the bad.
If you want to get rid of a congressman, vote for a different one.
Lobbyists already have greater sway with members that have been there longer because they know they usually will be reelected and offer greater rewards. By implementing term limits it also limits the sway they have over congress persons because they won't be around as long. Lobbying would still take place but to a lesser degree and more spread out which in turn would help negate the effect and stop the few from having as much power as the many.
Funny, that's what Donald Trump is proposing.
Wash, Gunn, and Captain Kirk walk into an election....
Don't forget King Candy
Or Deathlok
D silva Or the Duke of Weaselton
Shatner: I am captain Kirk. I AM CAPTAIN KIRK!
Chris Pine does a better and more charismatic villain here than the role he got on Disney's Wish
QUICK!
Someone make a gif of the part "This both frightens and arouses me!"
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Love Chris Pine. One of my favorite actors.
Why the bloody hell is it the comedians in the USA, and not the news media, that report the news fairly and honestly?
because the news media in the USA is a joke far worse than any comedian's. :/
If you are referring to the daily show and john oliver as fair and honest, please consider a vasectomy, as your genetic material should not be passed down.
Because the comedians aren't owned by corporate parent companies that would be hurt if they exposed how government corruption skews policy
***** No but the network that hosts said comedians shows requires high ratings to ensure their corporate sponsors remain happy do. Since the comedians, along with their viewership, tend to be younger left leaning, it's reasonable to assume that there is bias.
badmudda Yeah, I think we're talking about different things. I was specifically referring to this video, which did not air on a network
Chris Pine has an adorable pouty face.
"i need to know what's going on in there." LOL
As a republican, I thought this was hilarious!
Former republican here. I don't want anything to do with the progressive parties.
GreenHawk97 it seems more like they supported trump here by making fun of are government and the way it runs
More of Anti-Tea Party versus the current election.
Hi. I'm just here to say Trump 2016
Darren Davis I agree. Democrats acted the same way when they controlled congress. Trump on the other hand is an outsider who has almost nothing to do with either party.
Is this the closest Chris will get to joining the Marvel universe, by teaming up with Joss Whedon? If so, I'll take it.
Since Joss doesn't work for the MCU anymore...
MajinBadat He may not be directing but he can still have involvement in MCU creative decisions. Besides he still has a good personal relationship with the actors and I imagine Feige as well.
The DC universe already snatched him up :)
He'll make a good Joker to replace Leto.
I'd vote for Chris Pine😍
"This frightens and arouses me!" LMAO!
I'm a high school Civics/Government teacher and I plan on showing this to my students tomorrow and every class I will forever teach. Absolutely brilliant!!! When is America going to wake up to the fact that a democracy is defined as government of the people, by the people, for the people - in other words - it's supposed to be OUR government - WE'RE IN CHARGE
This is so good.
This is eerily close to the actual behaviour of the current US President.
Fast forward to 2019, he's acting astoundingly like the new Democrat congress.
"A wall, NO! I like MY idea. I have no idea, but fuck your idea because it's yours! I'M shutting down the country, for a month, no matter what you offer...I still get paid!"
@@RobertMorgan During the Obama Presidency the Republicans shut down the government because they didn't want to fund a bill that 60/100 senators voted for and that was the primary policy that the president ran on before winning the Electoral College and popular vote in a Landslide (that's called a mandate). They refused to even give Merrick Garland (the supreme court nomination of Barack Obama) a hearing. It's not like the Republicans just refused to vote for him (which would be its own problem since he was very moderate), it's that Mitch McConnell unilaterally refused to hold a hearing, or any sort of debate. We'll never know if he would've been voted onto the bench because one man who was elected by a tiny state decided he wouldn't let anyone hear the guy. Let's compare that to the first government shutdown under Trump. Yes, the Democrats shut it down the first time because Donald Trump was trying to screw over DREAMers (something 80% of America didn't want to have happen). The second time the government was shutdown, it was because Trump didn't have the votes to build a wall without holding the budget hostage. Trump was very clear the second time that it was he and senate Republicans who shut down the government. He said it himself. The House voted for a bipartisan bill that would've kept the government open. Trump said no because he was desperate to give his base the wall they wanted. A central policy that the majority of America voted against in 2016 when he narrowly won the electoral college and less votes than his pro immigrant anti wall competitor. Donald Trump has no popular support to stand on. The Democratic Congress has passed plenty of bills that are detailed and full of comprehensive solutions to the problems that face the country. The Senate and Trump won't bring them up for any debate. Comparing the obstruction of the Republican Party during Obama's term to the way the Democrats are acting in congress is ridiculous false equivalency. And just to address the language of your comment directly:
"A wall, NO! (because a minority of America wants it) I like MY idea. (that a resounding majority of America and both Republicans and Democrats in the House voted for) but fuck your idea because it's yours! (because it's ineffective, and not wanted by America) I'M shutting down the country, for a month, no matter what you offer... I still get paid! (Trump himself said he's the one shutting down the government, also Republicans and Democrats made deals to keep government open. Trump was the only one that refused them)"
@@samquattrociocchi4427 The point being made is that they BOTH play the game so acting like it's a GOP thing is just being a douche. There are rules that have been agreed upon by both parties so they can each obstruct when needed. Unfortunately, the democrats took the idea of obstruction to a new level and started making shit up to try to overthrow a duly elected president. I would rather they just shut the government down for a month than play their corrupt games.
Mortimer Brewster the idea that there’s an equivalency is absurd and shows how ignorant of reality you are. Make shit up? What exactly is made up? The impeachment is based on stuff he has literally said out loud on record. Also the Democrats are actually legislating and have passed hundreds of bills in the house. Mitch McConnell has not even brought them to a vote in the senate. The republicans in the senate really haven’t done anything with their majority. I wish the democrats would use their power to block stupid legislation more. They literally just gave trump his USMCA deal and have approved judges. How is that obstruction? The republicans never did anything like that for obama.
Needs moar immaturity......but ya
not to mention all the fucking vacation they take, and the random drug testing they AREN'T submitted to
lukassnakeman if they were to be drug tested a lot would fail. Now do you think Washington is going to allow that?
hey its like working at the car wash
And the investment portfolio in companies that are directly influenced by their policies.
As well as the pay raises they vote themselves without asking us.
LOL they should make another one of these … soon
The "Oh shit" though
Why do we not have term limits?
Phil F.D.R
Term limits should be the same as the president, 8 years. Career politicians are a cancer.
***** So the president has no reason to serve the country after he is re-elected for his second term?
I agree with you, just see the flip flop of Obama in respect to HRC. During the 2008 election there was no love lost among them and now, she's the MOST prepared candidate ever.
I completely agree but how do you get a bunch of people to pass laws that kick them out? It would be so much better if the people in Congress realized that term limits helps our democracy, not just harms their careers.
this needs to be a movie
What about the part where he doesn't do his job but also gets 200 days of vacation a year? :-|
~Trav
Or the bit where he gets all kinds of perks buts blocks anyone else from getting them?
Travis Richey Like teachers?
Nerv ClaX
WOW. You really know nothing about teaching. You actually think teachers get vacations? THEY'RE WORKING ALL YEAR. Time to lay off the Fox News Meth, Sparky, and go out and meet some real people with real lives.
Nerv ClaX No, fam. Teachers don't just sit in Jamaica all summer. Curriculum changes yearly, nececitating trainings and new lesson plans, and since teachers are paid so little, many work summer jobs to keep the lights on. Plus there's the regular workplace trainings, and swapping classrooms as a school's floorplan is redone, and meeting new faculty and administration members. And THEN they have to prepare for the next school year.
Nerv ClaX Wow you clearly know nothing about teaching. Teachers seem to have more time off because they do 50% of their work at home and not getting paid for it. My parents are both teachers and they are up to 11 each night doing unpaid work.
Still holds up
Honestly the ending was super funny.
No obvious political party slant here, none whatsoever....
You are more offended that this is mocking the republicans than the fact this is how they have been acting. That speaks louder in my mind.
This actually reminds me more of the Democrat's behavior.
walter80922 Congress is like this no matter what party is the majority.
Nathan Orlando Exactly.
Not even vaguely. Hell, it wasn't like this under Republican control until after 2008 - bills got passed and things got *done* before then.
Because there were adults in charge of the GOP. It'd be nice if they were again.
Chris pine is brilliant!
This is so, so good. I've watched at least a dozen times and I still laugh.
This frightens and arouses me. That description could be this year's election hashtag.
Lol.
Carla L. Except neither candidate aroused me lol
This reminds me of Horrible Bosses 2 👍 he was awesome in that movie 👏
"im shutting down the company!!!" totally me in any situations 😂
The best Chris
The guy with the match looks like the college humor guy
because it is
We can call him Zac Oyama. Why can we call him that? Because that's his name.
Ah yes, the guy representing Christian voters. Funny guy, that one.
A pure and genuine LMFAO for this... is GOLDEN!
Chris Pine: Where's the cake?!!
Me: *sobbing in Portal*
I just want to say, Thank you Joss Wheadon, for calling out the people who are actually the problem in our system of government, instead of perpetuating the myth that whoever is president actually makes any difference aside from which congressmen and senators they buy and schmooze with behind the scenes.
Fellow millennials conservative or liberals it is time to vote what is best for our country and I know we have major disagreements between the sides however the only way to get Congress to represent the people is to get big money out of the system and currently neither politician running for president will get this done however if we support local politicians be them Republicans or Democrats or a third-party who will not accept private money we will have a much higher chance of getting what the majority of the country wants and it's up to us to shake up the status quo and get involved and vote and drag the politicians who are in our way out of system and to hold them accountable we have tools that previous generations didn't have such as social media , the internet and so on its up to us to get people involved and informed if the mainstream media won't, through helping and supporting good alternative media and becoming involved we can get what we want and make the bought off politicians scared for their job security
Mexicomank2 so who is it
Have the drugs worn off yet?
Well said. Local matters most, everything filters up from there. All national politicians start as local ones.
i am Literally crying.
Chris Pine plays a great congress.
I like Chris Pine. I wish he had better luck with his movies
I have four words for you good sir, Hell or High Water.
WW is the highest profile job he ever had
His movies always get great scores on rotten tomatoes and do well in the box office, I think he's set lol
YEP
Travis Johnson his portrayal of Steve Trevor was amazing and the movie did great!!
"See, we all got together... and we voted."
"Oh, shit."
Oh, that is beautiful.
Chris Pine is like a younger Mark Hamill in this right now. xD
No way. Chris Pine can actually act, and act well. Mark Hamill...not so much (which doesn't reduce my love for Star Wars at all, but still).
Mark Hamill found his calling as The Joker, so hush your mouth.
2 actors that i love. Chris pine and alan tudyk
This is so much better than I expected. Excellent work!
What sort of person would give this a thumbs down? Oh wait...never mind.
Shredded Wheat Found the bigot.
Someone who didn't care for the subtle misdirection and misrepresentation. They took a combination of Republican actions, Democrat actions, bipartisan actions, and things functioning as intended, took it to a comical extreme, and then made it seem like a single nefarious entity was responsible for it all. The reality is far more complex, and while the video is rather funny, in the end I gave it a downvote for being so deceptive.
Don't forget to vote on Tuesday! Let your voice be heard!
People who cringed at the obnoxiousness and "jokes".
Chris Beecroft because hitting the mark on 20% is slightly funny but the intelligent know what is the scam. Unless the Congress/pine dressed up as baraca from MK and said bring me the babies... They are inconvenient... Babality... While cutting up babies.
Then it would have gotten my up vote. To unballanced missing some truth.
Chris Beecroft i wish u could get pregnant. I dont think u realize that what any woman does with her body isnt the government's and certainly not any of your goddamn business u ignorant fuck
Since I don't think it's been mentioned yet, Chris Pine throwing snowballs at a co-worker is a reference to the time Senator James Inhofe "proved" climate change doesn't exist by bringing a snowball onto the Senate floor. Which he then threw at a page. Yes, this is a real thing that happened.
the cake is a lie
Top comment.
THEY WERE SHUTTING DOWN THE GOVERNMENT BECUASE..... they didn't think we have the money to run the government. Or in other words, in order to do the things the other side was wanting, they would had to increase the debt, which the debt is at 20 trillion. so the ONLY way our government is currently running is because we keep borrowing money. If we didn't borrow money then the government would have to shut down. This ad is an insult to the avg. American. It shows what they think we see is going on in the government.
"...they didn't think we have the money to run the government."
What kind of dumb-ass shit is this?
J cool it's a portal (game) reference
J cool It is so freaking obnoxious to post this same thing as a reply to every comment on this video. Criminy! Post it once as a comment and stop littering.
crhis pine would make a great joker
agree
Your right.
Gets right up in a guys face, "I saw you looking." XD
Spot on brilliant!!!!
I still get paid.
please tell me there are outtakes...
Oh god I love Chris Pine!!!!
His eyes omg 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
i know im four years late but i'd hella watch this if it were a show
him as a tremor in smokin aces was the best
That, and in Stretch. Carnahan brings out the best out of him.
Defiantly should make a film like this!
LuckyGamerzlol its a PSA for November 8th.
no shit.
Monarch v lol
I lost it at science isn't in the Bible😂😂😂
"Give me the cake, or else I'll wish you into the cornfield." That one got me!
Why does this 2-minute video feel like a Pine masterpiece?
Don't get mad because your party is so easy to make fun of!
DeYanko LOL democrats have lost congressional and governorships at record levels. Now they're about to lose the presidency. Whose going to be laughing then?
DeYanko which party might that be? I believe they are both rather despicable. Don't you? I mean seriously do you actually like the way things are going in this country at this time?
DeYanko you pc bro? Are you marginalized bro cause I'll stand up for you? Just say the word bro?
itumblers the democrats when the country goes to shit and they can shove it in the republican's faces
Ben Plunkett bro Detroit has been run by demos since the 60s and look how great it's doing. They're just jelly cause they ain't pc like us bro.
I like the Twilight Zone reference at the end. Lmao
can you explain please?
Marco Andrade "I'll wish it into the corn field" was a reference to a classic TZ episode where a little boy could do anything with his mind, including wishing people away or into horrible other dimensions. He could control everything from the weather to life and death, so everyone was terrified of him. He kind of had the whole town hostage. Check it out....
The episode is called "It's a good life"
I remember that ... Did they air TZ in the 80's or 90's still?
Wow, I guess in a way that whole sketch was kind of a reference to that episode then. Because congress acts like a toddler drunk on power.
starring Chris Pine? I'd say it stars Zac from fucking CollegeHumor!!!
Dias Amreé Zac "the fire tells me secrets" Oyama is my favorite CH actor
This is AWESOME! How is this not viral?
Omg this is so awesome. Alan and Chris...thank you.
Something tells me that Steve Trevor here would make a better Joker than Leto...
see Chris Pine's acting as villain in Smokin' Aces, Horrible Bosses 2. and yes steve trevor would make a better joker, because he's able to make people so annoyed, scared, laughed at the same time.
I agree. He is gifted for comedic roles
0:54 Chis Pine maniac laugh is hilarious😂😂
Probably my favorite part.
Each member of congress is accountable to their own constituents who vote them in. If the left is going to be angry about Obamacare, Gov shutdown, abortion, etc. then blame the American people. Don't demonize congress for getting voted for. They didn't choose themselves.
Chris was awesome in horrible bosses 2
Brilliant video! Such a good comparison.
Wow. It's almost prophetic how well they knew the Trump presidency would turn out.
Fast forward to the future of 2019, Day 1 the dems take over and rape everyone with a month-long government shutdown over couch cushion change.
@@RobertMorgan Your god king himself said it's the Trump shutdown.
2:30 The cake is a lie.
Not only did they vote to keep him around, but also to replace the CEO!
1:00 his sound is so cute
Infuriatingly accurate. And yeah, Starring Alan Tudyk too! Well done.
Youre still a leaf in the wind!I miss you Wash!
this frighten and arouses me
More accurate title: "If the Republican Majority in congress was your co-worker."
Whoever directed this... Wow XD
The bloopers for this would be EPIC