Reagan was Awesome! True no one is perfect but he is a saint compared to B.O.

(Sorry it didnt quote Malcadon's statement)

That's actually not acurate. I watched the televised anouncement where he claimed, or should i say boasted, about "his" health care plan that everyone should accept on its merrits alone. My opinion on him as a president is that he has not done anything worth the token nobel prize he was awarded. But that is an opinion, what I can say without hestitation, with known certainty and authority, is that "his" public option health care plan will only serve to punish those hard working americans that don't make quite enough to afford their company sponsored health care plan and are quite not poor enough to qualify for public assistance. I choose not to have insurance because I can't afford a premium of 350 a month and frankly its just cheaper to pay urgent care when I need health care then a premium that does nothing for me when I am healthy. It is completely unconstitutional to force an american citizen to purchase or participate in a government health care plan product. If "his" plan, and those are his words. were free to everyone and without penalty to those who choose not to take it, I may have had a different opinion. I have read the bill, and fine or tax (however you want to politely phrase it) those who for-go any coverage is exactly what it intends to do. The absolutely most imperative measure of our time is to see that this monstrosity of legistation, that no one was allowed to vote on and was back door shoved down our collective throats, is repealled as quickly as possible. For the fact that this promised transparrent, and that is his very words, healthcare plan which passed through a legitslative back door with no transparency and was rammed down our throats without a vote by the people it effects is the height of arrogance and the number one reason his presidency doesnt amount to a hill of Sathar defication in my book. A sturdy spine will only straighten his stature but never his character.

History has proved improved prosperity under Reagens watch, what will history prove under Obama's watch the sheer numbers and facts are already speaking for themselves. Democrat, Republican, or libertarian..I dont care who gets ellected and which party prevails, all I care is that this monster is removed from office. 

I use to play the Fasa Star Trek in my last year of High School and my game group did have mega corps present in the setting and I seem to remember reading something about them in a Fasa supplement for the game. That federation outpost in the last movie was pretty gritty, I think they were aiming for a lot more gritty in the last movie. But its kind of like Port Loren, A large clean (relatively clean), mega city with lots of interaction and interstellar travel. In trek series enterprise their were corporations running cargo and conducitng mining enterprises that were outside the government. In fact one such industry actually ended up high jacking a major near object deflector array in order to put forward their political agenda. Private news and media organizations are represented. I think, that because the story revovles so heavily around star fleet that we don't get a good look at the federations infa-structure and under belly. While its true that in the Trek universe money is obsolete in the federation but the exchange of goods and services still occur and that would mean companies and coorporations. While they have stated that they have elimated currancy they never said that they elimated all forms of exchange. Outside the federation the crew of enterprise often had to trade and barter goods and technology for things they needed. So while the basic needs of food, shelter, and essentials are provided by replicator technolgy and poverty / currency no longer exist there still would be an economy. Jean Luc Piccard described it in first contact when he said "the economics of the 24th century are somewhat different from your time" (paraphrased)