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US Government - Period 4 - 03/15/06

"Morning," Hawkeye greeted everyone as they entered. He was wearing clothes, but they were obscured by his maroon bathrobe. He had a cup of coffee in his hand. "Professor Lyman's not back yet, so you're stuck with me. I won't subject you to what I think about the United States government, because chances are a lot has changed since my time. Today's project is an interactive one. Sign in and pick a state. Don't double up. You're now the Senator for that state. You've been elected by the people in your state to represent them on a national level. The issue of the day is that there's been a slump in the economy and we can't keep importing goods to save our collective tushes. The states have something that other states want. Interact with each other and, as representatives for your state, try to get as good a deal as you can out of your negotiations."

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Sign in and pick a state to represent. Check who has signed in already so you don't double up on states. One person per state.

Trade, make promises, get the good deal. Have at it, kids!

Yes?

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Angela signed in and picked Pennsylvania.

Yay for home state pride.

Angela makes a list of stuff from Pennsylvania.

So far, she has Hershey's chocolate, steel, pretzels and the Liberty Bell.

Marty signed in and chose Michigan. You want a car? You come to Marty.

Marty tosses a paper airplane at Angela.

Hey. I need steel to support my automotive industry. Can we broker a deal?

Angela caught the note and slowly nodded at Marty, scooting her desk closer to him.

"Okay, um, how much steel and how many cars?" she asked. "And do you have any snack foods you can trade for my chocolate and pretzels?"

"Um... quite a lot of steel for a good amount of cars?" Marty suggested not expecting to have exact amounts ready for bartering. "And the great state of Michigan is not well known for their snack foods, however this senator would be willing to trade real kisses with the senator of Pennsylvannia for Hershey's kisses."

"That works on the steel and the cars," Angela said, trying not to blush. She had no idea how much steel was in cars anyhow.

She glanced at Hawkeye before speaking again. "While the kissing plan would be really nice? I kind of don't see how it would help the other citizens of my state. Who, like, voted for me, and stuff."

John signs in and picks Illinois ~~because they have a city called Sandwich!~~

"Want some agricultural products?" John asks the room. "Grain? What about the Chicago Bears? Anyone want them?"

"Really? Because I have a bill I'm about to propose in congress that would allow the population of Pennsylvania to freely kiss anyone they want in the great state of Michigan," Marty said staring doofily at Angela. "I don't see how they can pass that up."

Angela rolled her eyes at Marty before collapsing into giggles. "I'm going to talk to the senator from Illinois," she said solemnly after she had recovered, trying not to look at Marty because she knew it would set her off again. "Maybe he'd be interested in the kiss-bartering."

Angela scooted away from Marty and toward John, still laughing a little. "Um, chocolate for grain, does that work?" she asked. "We have pretzels, too. But I guess you could make your own."

Duo signs in and picks California. He figures he'd probably have lived there if he was born on Earth.

"I've got cars. What do you have to trade? And don't give me the bears. I'm stuck with the Detroit Lions."

"I've got oranges!" Duo exclaims. "And pain! LA's tough, dude."

"Are you trying to make the senator from the great state of Michigan jealous?" Marty asked with a mock huffy tone. "Because it might be working."

"But just so you know the state of Michigan and Pennsylvania have a kiss bartering system that is exclusive to each state!" Marty blurted out.

Okay. He might be a tad jealous.

"I'll trade you snowy weather for some oranges."

"Ooh cars?" Duo asks hopefully. "I'm still pushin' these oranges and other fruit-related items."

Duo laughs. "Snow? Don't think the surfers would like that much. Though it'd be funny to dump some on the folks from Orange County." He adds.

Angela rolled her eyes. "Riiiiiiight. So only Hershey's kisses are on the table for export to Illinois, not real kisses. Got it, Crichton?"

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