User:Cutch

Contributions
I've written 28 of the 43 entries in the "Clothing" category. The following are all the articles I've created from scratch (if I've messed up forgive me; but if it's on here, it's only because I wrote most of it): I've also contributed heavily to the Sandpeople (Ghorfa), Bantha Graveyard, Roon, Sandcrawler, Mungo Baobab (basically wrote the whole thing... super proud!!!), Droid, Huttese, Battle of Skor II Galactic Phrase Book and Travel Guide, Endor Moon Hoax, Hurikane/Hurrikaine Crystal, Vrad Dodonna, Dha Werda Verda, GNK power droid, and Space mine articles, plus random quotes, facts, and behind-the-scenes info scattered throughout the site. I also added the lightsaber into the picture on the Tan Yuster page.
 * Aeien silk
 * Adukis
 * Amulet of Trust
 * Anooba
 * Axion
 * Bab-Neo
 * Bab-Prime
 * Baobab family
 * Baobab Archives
 * Baobab Archives Cultural Phenomenon Study Center
 * Baobab HoloNet
 * Baobab Merchant Fleet
 * Baobab Museum of Science
 * Baobab School of Speed-Learning
 * Baobab Security Directive 51-C
 * Baobab Work Placement Bureau
 * Bargoon Tatooni
 * Barguna Moocha
 * Blazing Rockets
 * Blumfruit cooler
 * Boga noga
 * Borer beetle
 * Brainworm Rot Type C
 * Braised fork tarts
 * Burro Flats
 * Buzzee's
 * CBell-1
 * Cerlin
 * Chall granules
 * Challat eater
 * Chersilk
 * Chif stone
 * Churi
 * Cult of the Power Droids
 * Cygnat
 * Cyrene silk
 * Da Beauty Al'Round
 * Das Depu Epu Sea
 * Dame Needa
 * Doe See'ybark Bootana
 * Driss pod
 * Drixfar
 * Ebenn Q3 Baobab (super proud!!!)
 * Fatfish
 * Figrin D'an II and the New Modal Nodes
 * Floonorp
 * Foamwander Spa
 * Galla seeds
 * Gardulla (drink)
 * Gardulla Oola
 * Giant tauntaun
 * Glacier tauntaun
 * Gonkian
 * Gorgmonger
 * Great Heep (very proud!!!)
 * Gud
 * Gumbol
 * Gumfish
 * Gung Slabs
 * Haillu
 * Haroun bread
 * Hutt Chuba's
 * Ibian
 * Iketa stone
 * Intestinal Revenge of Bars Barka
 * Iridonian field boots
 * Jabba's Theme
 * Japor ivory wood
 * Japor snippet
 * Jeh Bonegnawer
 * Klatooine paddy frog
 * Koong Wars
 * Krayt dragon venom
 * Kreetle
 * Kubazian skirt
 * Lamta
 * Lashaa silk
 * Laureate of the Empire
 * Lightstation
 * Liwari
 * Liwari shoes
 * Mabari
 * Manak leaves
 * Mangana aqua jewel
 * Mladong bracelet
 * Moisture eater
 * Mo' Moolee Rah
 * Monitor III
 * Motel Nebulus
 * Mubasa hock
 * Neekoflight
 * Nocombackie Law
 * Nuke
 * Ogger Baobab
 * Ogygian cloak
 * Old Gungan
 * Otoh swirls
 * Pirates of Iridium (pretty bloody proud!)
 * Polyquaternium-7 multicarbonator
 * Pookie Baobab
 * Power gem
 * Profogg
 * Rainman
 * Raskar (quite proud as well!)
 * Repair Guide to Vaporators
 * Rock wart sting juice
 * Rolling Moisture Cell
 * Rootleaf stew
 * Rugger
 * Sabriquet
 * Sandbat
 * Sand gizzars
 * Scurrier tips
 * Sein jewel
 * Setla lamp
 * Shadowcloak
 * Shata leather pants
 * Shimmerbird
 * Shimmerbird tongue robe
 * Shiraya
 * Shiraya fan headdress
 * Sidi gourd
 * Sketto
 * Sohli bark
 * Solloops
 * Strained keebadas
 * Synthskin
 * Szona body gloze
 * Tarelle sei-weave
 * Tar Mass
 * Tatooni Booka
 * Tatooni Junko
 * Tezirett seed
 * Thoadeye
 * Tholoth headdress
 * The Secret of Joy in the Galaxy
 * Trevella cloth
 * Tyrian cloth
 * Umi-yumi
 * Urtah
 * Urtya
 * Urusai
 * U Wanna Wanna
 * Veda cloth
 * Veda pearl
 * Visgura thread
 * Vjun tunic
 * Whirling Kavadango Dance
 * Woodoo
 * Woolly moth
 * Xist
 * Yarum seeds
 * Yatooni Boska
 * Yperio Baobab
 * Zoorif feather motif
 * Zoosha fabric

Lincoln and Palpatine
'''Is Emperor Palpatine President George W. Bush? I contend that there are many more similarities between Palpatine and - dare I say it - our almost-dictator and "Great American", Abraham Lincoln.'''

1. Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith both show a group of dissatisfied systems trying to separate from the Republic, just as in the American Civil War, when dissatisfied states tried to secede from the American government.

2. The separatists in Star Wars name themselves the "Confederacy of Independent Systems", just as the Southern states in the U.S. declared themselves the "Confederate States of America".

3. Both confederacies show a marked lean toward free trade, while both Republics show a tendency toward taxation. However, the Star Wars CIS is disatisfied with the corruption and philibustering of the weak system, while the CSA seceded because they disliked the increasing amount of power being given to the North and the executive branch.

4. In RotS, Palpatine demands extensive war powers, just as American President Abraham Lincoln suspended writs of Habeas Corpus and imposed extensive restrictions on the American people, including trials and executions without juries.

5. Some characters in the film are loyal to the Republic but display a marked discomfort with Palpatine's demand for an army, just as Lincoln's call for volunteers to end the secession alienated many and drove states like Virginia and others into the Confederate fold.

6. It is referenced several times in Revenge of the Sith that Palpatine controlled the courts&mdash;indeed, Lincoln attempted to have Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney arrested for his objections to Lincoln's constitutional abuses.

7. Both Palpatine's Clone Army and Lincoln's Union Army were called the "Grand Army of the Republic". Coincidence? I think not.

8. During the post-Civil War Reconstruction Era, federal governors were put in charge of the Southern states. During the post-Clone War era, Imperial governors were put in charge of the Southern states.

9. In Attack of the Clones, the executive (Palpatine) pushes aside his predecessor, Finis Valorum, because he has been ineffective in dealing with the crisis before them -- a complaint identical to the one Lincoln made about his predecessor, James Buchanan.

10. The Jedi are split in a manner very similar to the American graduates of West Point. Some flock to the banner of the rebellion, while quite a few others push the Republican Union.

11. Is Anakin Skywalker George Armstrong Custer, slaughtering lesser people whom he refers to as "animals"? Are Tusken Raiders, living in their teepee-like huts, American Indians? Like Custer, Anakin kills not only the men... but the women, and the children.

12. Is Anakin Ulysses S. Grant? A right hand man of the executive, essential to putting down the rebellion and "bringing peace"?

13. The Civil War was precipitated by trade and tax disputes in a serene, agricultural area - the American South. The Clone Wars were precipitated by trade and tax disputes in a serene, agricultural area - Naboo, as seen in the events of The Phantom Menace. Does this make Queen Amidala a parallel to Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina? Both were ignored by their legislative organizations.

14. John Wilkes Booth, upon murdering Lincoln, declared "Sic Semper Tyrannus!" Count Dooku is also referred to as Darth Tyranus. A stretch? Maybe.

15. Slavery. The Republic tacetly lets it continue on Outer Rim planets such as Tatooine. So did the U.S. Qui-Gon Jinn replies in The Phantom Menace, "I didn't come here to free slaves."

So, is Palpatine President Lincoln? No. He's what Lincoln could have become.

"...one of our greatest presidents?"
'''Why this tirade against "one of our greatest presidents", you ask? Simple. He was the worst in history. In addition to the great myth that Lincoln was an abolitionist (he preserved the union for economic reasons, nothing more, and after the war wanted to deport all ex-slaves), here are some other little known facts about our 16th president of the United States:'''

1. Lincoln declared war without congressional approval, intentionally delaying sessions of Congress to ensure full-fledged combat. By the time the legislature convened, a de facto war was waging, and there was little they could do but approve of it.

2. Newspapers that even slightly questioned Lincoln's motives regarding the war were shut down, their publishers arrested without trial of a writ of Habeas Corpus.

3. In places such as Maryland, Lincoln imprisoned Confederate sympathizers who had done no wrong, save expressing their opinions.

4. Citizens in Maryland were permitted from voting in order to ensure the election of pro-Union candidates. Lincoln went so far as to have his army vote in the residents' stead... even those who didn't live in the state.

5. Numerous times, Lincoln blatantly showed a lean towards imprisonment - and sometimes execution - without trial.

6. Lincoln assumed most-to-all legislative powers during his reign.

7. Lincoln often put himself above all branches of government, supposedly "setting aside the Constitution to preserve it."

8. 10,000 people were imprisoned under Lincoln for "seditious acts" (often times merely criticizing his actions). Compare this to Mussolini's 2,000.

Image Art
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