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I'm gonna go with "yes, she is"

There's also this picture.

Edit: Thanks for finding bigger!

As long as I don't have to live in Pod 6, I'd be in.

Pod 6 is a total suck pod.

I'd love to have a "shuffle" list, that you could seed like a Pandora station. Add Futurama, 30 Rock, etc etc and have instant randomized comedy playlist.

Well you are an Admiral. An admirable one at that... How could she not?

Direct democracy is not a good idea. We have the system we have to prevent "mob rule."

If you think we're too enlightened a culture to descend into mob rule, then just look at what becomes "top content" here. Reposts, memes, and often just opinions that are flat wrong (and not backed up by sources)

If you've ever complained about what a cesspool the default subs become, then you don't want direct democracy in America.

It's a small-scale example, but fitting. Our system prevents charismatic sociopaths from becoming President. Our checks and balances are meant to diminish the damage that can be caused by an uninformed public making decisions that affect all of us.

No system is perfect. We have a huge problem right now with institutionalized corruption, and too much money influencing politics. But direct democracy is not the answer to that.

Edit: Guys, I get it. You think every President has been literally Hitler. But it just ain't so. They all do some good, and some bad. But so far we haven't had anyone systematically rounding up our citizens, blatantly disregarding the law, brutally repressing free speech, shutting off our Internet, or any of the other things fascist dictators get to do in other countries.