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PSA:

Due to the scheduling restrictions for the Presidential Candidates regarding debates, the Presidential Candidate Form will close tomorrow at midnight to allow for reasonable time for preparation. The Prime Minister Form will stay open for another week since the individuals running for it are all available on Discord on a mostly daily basis.

Here are the tentative dates for the closing of Forms, Debates, and Elections:

. The Presidential Form will close on Friday (3/4) at Midnight. The Prime Minister Form will close on Sunday (3/6) at Midnight.

. The Presidential Election will take place on Saturday (3/11) and will have a voting period until Monday (3/13) at Midnight. The Prime Minister Election will be the Fifth Session of Parliament on Saturday (3/18) and will have a voting period until Monday (2/20) at Midnight.

. The Presidential Debate is scheduled for this Monday (3/5) with a time that has yet to be determined. The Prime Minister Debate has no scheduled date or time yet, that will be announced once it is determined.

Stay tuned for more updates!

Bernie Nation, Orchestralia, America The Greater, Primera Republica De Cantabria

Warren For President wrote:hello

Hello there

America The Greater

Bernie Nation wrote:Wassup?

Supporting IT workers in their national strike for fair wages in Amaritar, that's wassup!

Bernie Nation, Oldmanzakk, -Stans, Automatedmessage, Ecolof

-Stans wrote:We'll at least he's still in Congress and fighting as much as he can for his, and many of our, values.

Also, what we need now, in my opinion, is a protest movement equivalent to Occupy that is more consistent than recent protests, and strong candidates like him for the next elections.

Exactly. And given Trump's inevitable fu*k ups, it shouldn't be ridiculously hard to kick him out of office.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/spain-anti-transgender-bus_us_58b73fd7e4b0284854b3b68e

What are your guys' thoughts on this?

Very much positive, Trans people already suffer from numerous societal dangers, promoting hate against them is barbaric and has no place in our society.

In any case, the bus is in violation of legislation passed in March of 2015 that states that Transphobia in the form of discrimination is unlawful, this violates that by promoting it through falsehoods.

Auth-Rightists can whine about free speech all they like, but anyone with a brain knows that should they take power, they'd stop giving a damn about it and would suppress political freedoms for their opposition.

Good for the Spanish government.

Bernie Nation, Primera Republica De Cantabria, Eastern Behrezvia, Amaritar

Amaritar wrote:Supporting IT workers in their national strike for fair wages in Amaritar, that's wassup!

Workers of the IT unite!

Bernie Nation, -Stans, Amaritar

2017 : Year of the next Revolution ?

New West Tropico

When Dhratos ceases to exist, I'm going to claim it, and abandon my land in the middle east, except for Turkey. In addition, I will claim parts of Italy, primarily in the north.

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I was thinking about proposing something to the world assembly, the only idea was to create a peacekeeping army for the Security Council. Any suggestions?

United Federal Districts wrote:I was thinking about proposing something to the world assembly, the only idea was to create a peacekeeping army for the Security Council. Any suggestions?

That's actually against WA rules, no peacekeeping force can be established

well that stinks thank you

-Stans

Are we going to have a regional world roleplay in the future?

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:Are we going to have a regional world roleplay in the future?

That'a a question best left for Shangyan. He's our current Head of Roleplay.

-Stans, Eastern Behrezvia

Bernie Nation wrote:That'a a question best left for Shangyan. He's our current Head of Roleplay.

Okay, thanks.

Bernie Nation

Bernie Nation wrote:I'm not too versed on Spanish law, but if they have something similar to America's 1st Amendment, then their right to free speech was violated. As for their views, I personally think they're abhorrent.

Don't mean to start a fight, but one could argue from a strict textualist standpoint that they didn't violate anyone's free speech rights, as nobody was particularly saying anything as much as they did park a bus that expressed their speech.

Arguin Isle wrote:Don't mean to start a fight, but one could argue from a strict textualist standpoint that they didn't violate anyone's free speech rights, as nobody was particularly saying anything as much as they did park a bus that expressed their speech.

Yeah, let's not start a fight; so long as none of us agree with the message on the bus, we all can get along fine.

Arguin Isle wrote:Don't mean to start a fight, but one could argue from a strict textualist standpoint that they didn't violate anyone's free speech rights, as nobody was particularly saying anything as much as they did park a bus that expressed their speech.

That'd all depend on how Spain interprets their laws. If it's the same as the US, then the rights were violated. Unless it's considered hate speech or some other form of unprotected speech.

Bernie Nation wrote:That'd all depend on how Spain interprets their laws. If it's the same as the US, then the rights were violated. Unless it's considered hate speech or some other form of unprotected speech.

I'd say it's hate speech, it's denouncing transgender people, and saying that being transgender is wrong.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:I'd say it's hate speech, it's denouncing transgender people, and saying that being transgender is wrong.

Well there's a difference between hate speech and making an argument. If they said all Trans people deserve to die, then yes, it'd be hate speech. This is just them voicing an unpopular and factually incorrect opinion.

-Stans, America The Greater

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:Are we going to have a regional world roleplay in the future?

It's already started. I have been somewhat busy recently, but please feel free to begin. In fact, allow me.

IC: The Diplomatic Service of the Celestial Empire would like to propose a free trade agreement and a free direct currency exchange agreement to the nations of Eastern Behrezvia, Ethyrum Imperial Republic, and Terrasitrus, for the purposes of the promotion of the mutual well-being of our citizens and the efficiency of our trade. Please note that the acceptance of one of the proposals is not a prerequisite for the acceptance of the other.

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Shangyan wrote:It's already started. I have been somewhat busy recently, but please feel free to begin. In fact, allow me.

IC: The Diplomatic Service of the Celestial Empire would like to propose a free trade agreement and a free direct currency exchange agreement to the nations of Eastern Behrezvia, Ethyrum Imperial Republic, and Terrasitrus, for the purposes of the promotion of the mutual well-being of our citizens and the efficiency of our trade. Please note that the acceptance of one of the proposals is not a prerequisite for the acceptance of the other.

IC: The Foreign Affairs ministry has happily agreed to this, expression the hope of Behrezvia that good will come of this agreement.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:IC: The Foreign Affairs ministry has happily agreed to this, expression the hope of Behrezvia that good will come of this agreement.

IC: The Celestial Empire commends the fair-minded magnanimity of the Behrezvian Government.

[nation=short]Shangyan[/nation]

Should we perhaps make a forum thread for this?

Amaritar

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For those who are unaware, the general international relations RP takes place primarily on the RMB.

-Stans

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:Ah, alright.

It's a decision by a regional poll. It's good form to mark your RP with an IC beforehand just so you know

-Stans

America The Greater wrote:It's a decision by a regional poll. It's good form to mark your RP with an IC beforehand just so you know

Yes, yes, I know that.

Bernie Nation wrote:Well there's a difference between hate speech and making an argument. If they said all Trans people deserve to die, then yes, it'd be hate speech. This is just them voicing an unpopular and factually incorrect opinion.

I'd say that by stating a fallacy that delegitimizes a basic aspect of being Trans, they're in turn indirectly promoting discrimination against Trans people.

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Arguin Isle wrote:I'd say that by stating a fallacy that delegitimizes a basic aspect of being Trans, they're in turn indirectly promoting discrimination against Trans people.

I agree completely.

Are you LGBTQ by the way?

Arguin Isle wrote:I'd say that by stating a fallacy that delegitimizes a basic aspect of being Trans, they're in turn indirectly promoting discrimination against Trans people.

While I also disapprove of discrimination against Trans people, couldn't this same line of reasoning be used to describe virtually any fallacious assessment of the motivation of virtually any group as hate speech, assuming the group is adequately historically disadvantaged?

-Stans, Sarrepont

Shangyan wrote:While I also disapprove of discrimination against Trans people, couldn't this same line of reasoning be used to describe virtually any fallacious assessment of the motivation of virtually any group as hate speech, assuming the group is adequately historically disadvantaged?

Fair enough.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:I agree completely.

Are you LGBTQ by the way?

Yeah, Pansexual masterrace.

Shangyan wrote:While I also disapprove of discrimination against Trans people, couldn't this same line of reasoning be used to describe virtually any fallacious assessment of the motivation of virtually any group as hate speech, assuming the group is adequately historically disadvantaged?

"Marriage is one man and one woman" or "Save the family" with the SS marriage debate all ultimately surround the supposed abnormality of homosexuality; that marriage and families must adhere to the status quo, and that homosexuals desiring the legalization of SS marriage want to distort it with their supposed abnormality. "One man and one woman" doesn't directly attack homosexuality as much as "Men have dicks, girls have vaginas" attacks Trans people, but ultimately it has the same focus; in the former case, it's to promote a traditional view on society, that anti-traditionalism is anti-society, all in attempt to delegitimize homosexuality. While for the latter, it's an attempt to use an arbitrary view on gender to delegitimize Trans people on the basis of what they view as a gender in society and how the status quo views gender identity.

Primera Republica De Cantabria

Hey there, I am the Executive Minister of The International Debating Area, I see our embassy construction has finished. If you're keen on debating you can subscribe to our foreign newspaper, The Debating Times. Right now, our elections are underway!!!

Remember, don't forget to hop on over, debate, and win yourself a Debating Award:)

Ansuriel, -Stans, America The Greater

Arguin Isle wrote:Yeah, Pansexual masterrace.

"Marriage is one man and one woman" or "Save the family" with the SS marriage debate all ultimately surround the supposed abnormality of homosexuality; that marriage and families must adhere to the status quo, and that homosexuals desiring the legalization of SS marriage want to distort it with their supposed abnormality. "One man and one woman" doesn't directly attack homosexuality as much as "Men have dicks, girls have vaginas" attacks Trans people, but ultimately it has the same focus; in the former case, it's to promote a traditional view on society, that anti-traditionalism is anti-society, all in attempt to delegitimize homosexuality. While for the latter, it's an attempt to use an arbitrary view on gender to delegitimize Trans people on the basis of what they view as a gender in society and how the status quo views gender identity.

I agree.

Arguin Isle wrote:Yeah, Pansexual masterrace.

"Marriage is one man and one woman" or "Save the family" with the SS marriage debate all ultimately surround the supposed abnormality of homosexuality; that marriage and families must adhere to the status quo, and that homosexuals desiring the legalization of SS marriage want to distort it with their supposed abnormality. "One man and one woman" doesn't directly attack homosexuality as much as "Men have dicks, girls have vaginas" attacks Trans people, but ultimately it has the same focus; in the former case, it's to promote a traditional view on society, that anti-traditionalism is anti-society, all in attempt to delegitimize homosexuality. While for the latter, it's an attempt to use an arbitrary view on gender to delegitimize Trans people on the basis of what they view as a gender in society and how the status quo views gender identity.

Insofar as society at any given moment is identical to the status quo, and the status quo is dictated by prior tradition, anti-traditionalism is anti-society to a least a small degree, in a technical sense. People unfortunately attempt to delegitimize each other all of the time, despite my personal distaste for that practice. Regardless, I don't believe movements that are technically anti-society should be equated in the public mindset with movements that are immoral, but that's a matter of semantics.

I admit I have not been paying very much attention to the Trans community. Do a majority of them prefer to keep their original biology regardless of their different personal identity?

Shangyan wrote:Insofar as society at any given moment is identical to the status quo, and the status quo is dictated by prior tradition, anti-traditionalism is anti-society to a least a small degree, in a technical sense. People unfortunately attempt to delegitimize each other all of the time, despite my personal distaste for that practice. Regardless, I don't believe movements that are technically anti-society should be equated in the public mindset with movements that are immoral, but that's a matter of semantics.

I admit I have not been paying very much attention to the Trans community. Do a majority of them prefer to keep their original biology regardless of their different personal identity?

I wouldn't know; I'd guess that a good deal of the ones who are still their birth gender are probably that way because they are unable to get a sex change surgery. I'd also guess that some non-binary transgenders wouldn't be able to get sex change surgeries because it'd be difficult to properly perform a change to a sex that doesn't technically exist.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:I wouldn't know; I'd guess that a good deal of the ones who are still their birth gender are probably that way because they are unable to get a sex change surgery. I'd also guess that some non-binary transgenders wouldn't be able to get sex change surgeries because it'd be difficult to properly perform a change to a sex that doesn't technically exist.

I suppose it would require the kind of innovation that currently isn't very well funded.

Shangyan wrote:I suppose it would require the kind of innovation that currently isn't very well funded.

Yeah. Exactly.

Regardless, anti-transgender propaganda should be illegal. Religious Freedom laws that allow people to refuse service to LGBTQ based on their religion are wrong. More help needs to be provided to transgender and other LGBTQ people.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:Yeah. Exactly.

Regardless, anti-transgender propaganda should be illegal. Religious Freedom laws that allow people to refuse service to LGBTQ based on their religion are wrong. More help needs to be provided to transgender and other LGBTQ people.

I don't personally think allowing such freedom would be a problem if we simply spent enough money for adequate public facilities, regardless. I also question the legitimacy of marriage as a State institution, in any case.

Shangyan wrote:I don't personally think allowing such freedom would be a problem if we simply spent enough money for adequate public facilities, regardless. I also question the legitimacy of marriage as a State institution, in any case.

How do you mean?

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:How do you mean?

Official "married" and "unmarried" status seems sort of extraneous to the functioning of a state, to me, at least.

Shangyan wrote:Official "married" and "unmarried" status seems sort of extraneous to the functioning of a state, to me, at least.

Yeah, I see. Are you saying it should just be a religious affair then? Or no?

Shangyan's second nation here.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:Yeah, I see. Are you saying it should just be a religious affair then? Or no?

Religious, or privately civil, depending on a person's preference.

Bernie Nation, Ansuriel

Molcadara wrote:Shangyan's second nation here.

Religious, or privately civil, depending on a person's preference.

So long as it isn't exclusively religious I'm fine.

It bothers me when people say it's not right for same sex marriages to happen 'because it's a sacred ceremony.' Marriage is a part of nearly ALL cultures, even those which weren't of the Abrahamic religions.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:So long as it isn't exclusively religious I'm fine.

It bothers me when people say it's not right for same sex marriages to happen 'because it's a sacred ceremony.' Marriage is a part of nearly ALL cultures, even those which weren't of the Abrahamic religions.

Indeed, and everyone knows that marriage didn't originate as a religious ceremony. It originated as a means for the wealthy to sell their children for political or economic advantage.

"I'm running for president"-Hillary Rob 'em Clinton.

Molcadara wrote:Indeed, and everyone knows that marriage didn't originate as a religious ceremony. It originated as a means for the wealthy to sell their children for political or economic advantage.

Hm, fair enough.

Molcadara wrote:Indeed, and everyone knows that marriage didn't originate as a religious ceremony. It originated as a means for the wealthy to sell their children for political or economic advantage.

It is not quite clear when we started marrying. So i wouldn't say that, but marriage was a political tool since the dawn of human politics. Since the only ones capable of writing down something were only the rich and ruling, we only know how it was reglemented in their perspective. But the first law code "The Codex Hammurabi" had also some laws concerning marriage, so it surely was a handling which probably everyone capable of having children concerned.

But yeah marriage was and in some human societys is a practise less driven by love and more by strategic planning of your future. That fancy falling in love stuff was for affairs and fiction or maybe your favorite daughter/son.

Eastern Behrezvia

Big Blue Blob wrote:It is not quite clear when we started marrying. So i wouldn't say that, but marriage was a political tool since the dawn of human politics. Since the only ones capable of writing down something were only the rich and ruling, we only know how it was reglemented in their perspective. But the first law code "The Codex Hammurabi" had also some laws concerning marriage, so it surely was a handling which probably everyone capable of having children concerned.

But yeah marriage was and in some human societys is a practise less driven by love and more by strategic planning of your future. That fancy falling in love stuff was for affairs and fiction or maybe your favorite daughter/son.

That's a very fair assessment, Blob. I suppose I was being a little overly simplistic in that declaration.

Molcadara wrote:That's a very fair assessment, Blob. I suppose I was being a little overly simplistic in that declaration.

Well, anywho, recently Shangyan said his idea for fixing all the transgender bathroom stuff going on right now, and I think it's a really good idea.

He said to make all bathrooms gender neutral, and fix the stalls so someone couldn't, say, peak underneath the stall, or look over the wall. What do you guys think?

-Stans

Molcadara wrote:That's a very fair assessment, Blob. I suppose I was being a little overly simplistic in that declaration.

Well, anywho, recently Shangyan said his idea for fixing all the transgender bathroom stuff going on right now, and I think it's a really good idea.

He said to make all bathrooms gender neutral, and fix the stalls so someone couldn't, say, peak underneath the stall, or look over the wall. What do you guys think?

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:Well, anywho, recently Shangyan said his idea for fixing all the transgender bathroom stuff going on right now, and I think it's a really good idea.

He said to make all bathrooms gender neutral, and fix the stalls so someone couldn't, say, peak underneath the stall, or look over the wall. What do you guys think?

I think it's a great idea, but I can't vote twice.

Molcadara wrote:I think it's a great idea, but I can't vote twice.

Vote on what?

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:Vote on what?

It was a joke, since I'm Shangyan, and I was endorsing my own idea.

Molcadara wrote:It was a joke, since I'm Shangyan, and I was endorsing my own idea.

Oh lol, I had no idea it was you

Molcadara wrote:Shangyan's second nation here.

Religious, or privately civil, depending on a person's preference.

Molcadara wrote:

Welp, I have a short-term memory. I miss stuff a lot. Sorry, heh

Well, here's Judaeh

Bernie Nation, -Stans, Yodle, Ecolof

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Alright folks, election time is upon us again. Just a quick reminder that Shangyan and myself are running on the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) ticket, and we'd love to hear from you!

-Stans, Yodle, Shangyan

gender neutral bathrooms... i like it ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

-Stans, Plomo

Do you guys know which lands are available?

North Maxine wrote:Do you guys know which lands are available?

If ya look on the regional map, all blank spots are up for grabs. Also, welcome!

-Stans

OK. Thanks.

Bernie Nation

By the end of the night I'll have my land.

Bernie Nation, Yodle

North Maxine wrote:By the end of the night I'll have my land.

In the next minute actually ;)

Bernie Nation

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I can't believe it. I actually have land!

Bernie Nation, -Stans, Yodle

PSA: Residents, I come to you with several very important announcements! ([nation=short]New West Tropico[/nation] is away right now and he has asked me to fill his place until he returns)

The first announcement is that Session IX of Parliament has commenced and will last from 12am EST 3/6 to 11:59pm EST 3/7! This is a very eventful session in particular due to the collaboration that took place (I didn't write a single piece of legislation :D), as well as the important Constitutional Amendments that will be going to vote. I implore everyone to get out to vote on this session, especially if you are brand new to the region! :) Here's the link to vote, don't worry everything will be explained in the link: https://goo.gl/forms/iJ6SESwVu0Sy8Bw73

The Second Announcement is that a Presidential Town Hall will be taking place on our Discord Server tonight (on the 6th)! Alongside this, a Preliminary Presidential Election Poll has been released and will last for 24 hours. I highly encourage everyone who sees this message to vote within the next 24 hours as it will be a representation of how votes will change once all of the Candidate information has been released via The Social Reformer (Presidential Edition) that will be released tomorrow after the Town Hall happens. This Edition will contain all the candidate information for both [nation=short]Bernie Nation[/nation] and [nation=short]Orchestralia[/nation], as well as the Preliminary Results from the Poll. Here's the link to the Poll all Residents should partake in this (Everyone is allowed to vote in it): https://goo.gl/forms/6e4EfhIvfqMb6n1w1

Next week we will do the same for our Prime Minister Elections, stay tuned for more updates! Thank you, and I hope to see great voter turnout you at the polls!

[nation=short]Yodle[/nation]

Minister of Domestic Affairs

-Stans, Primera Republica De Cantabria

Yodle wrote:PSA: Residents, I come to you with several very important announcements! ([nation=short]New West Tropico[/nation] is away right now and he has asked me to fill his place until he returns)

The first announcement is that Session IX of Parliament has commenced and will last from 12am EST 3/6 to 11:59pm EST 3/7! This is a very eventful session in particular due to the collaboration that took place (I didn't write a single piece of legislation :D), as well as the important Constitutional Amendments that will be going to vote. I implore everyone to get out to vote on this session, especially if you are brand new to the region! :) Here's the link to vote, don't worry everything will be explained in the link: https://goo.gl/forms/iJ6SESwVu0Sy8Bw73

The Second Announcement is that a Presidential Town Hall will be taking place on our Discord Server tonight (on the 6th)! Alongside this, a Preliminary Presidential Election Poll has been released and will last for 24 hours. I highly encourage everyone who sees this message to vote within the next 24 hours as it will be a representation of how votes will change once all of the Candidate information has been released via The Social Reformer (Presidential Edition) that will be released tomorrow after the Town Hall happens. This Edition will contain all the candidate information for both [nation=short]Bernie Nation[/nation] and [nation=short]Orchestralia[/nation], as well as the Preliminary Results from the Poll. Here's the link to the Poll all Residents should partake in this (Everyone is allowed to vote in it): https://goo.gl/forms/6e4EfhIvfqMb6n1w1

Next week we will do the same for our Prime Minister Elections, stay tuned for more updates! Thank you, and I hope to see great voter turnout you at the polls!

[nation=short]Yodle[/nation]

Minister of Domestic Affairs

Good luck.🐶🐶

Bernie Nation, -Stans, Yodle

North Maxine wrote:Good luck.🐶🐶

Thank you, Maxine! I highly encourage you to register for Parliament and research the candidates! As a resident, you're more than free to partake!

Yodle

I am very nice.

Yodle

How do I check my spam folder?

North Maxine wrote:How do I check my spam folder?

On Nationstates? I don't believe there is one.

Eastern Behrezvia wrote:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/spain-anti-transgender-bus_us_58b73fd7e4b0284854b3b68e

What are your guys' thoughts on this?

Kind of necroposting but it had been stopped by the Supreme Court, the City of Madrid and regardless there were plans to damage or even destroy the bus.

Bernie Nation wrote:On Nationstates? I don't believe there is one.

Oh. Well I was going to join the World Assembly

Yodle

North Maxine wrote:Oh. Well I was going to join the World Assembly

I believe you mean your email that you put in the settings page, do you know what service your email uses? Like Gmail (Google), etc?

-Stans

As interim high judge, I urge everybody voting in this round of elections to vote "nay" for the expansion of hugh judge powers act. The focus of judges is to declare things constitutional or not, preferably without ideology getting involved. By providing the position with more power, we're simply dumping an excessive amount of power into a position simply because it's a collective one.

For these reasons, I urge everybody voting to vote against the expansion of judicial power. The court exists to defend and define the constitution, not deal with legislation that is not being contested for its unconstitutionality.

-Stans, Primera Republica De Cantabria

Arguin Isle wrote:As interim high judge, I urge everybody voting in this round of elections to vote "nay" for the expansion of hugh judge powers act. The focus of judges is to declare things constitutional or not, preferably without ideology getting involved. By providing the position with more power, we're simply dumping an excessive amount of power into a position simply because it's a collective one.

For these reasons, I urge everybody voting to vote against the expansion of judicial power. The court exists to defend and define the constitution, not deal with legislation that is not being contested for its unconstitutionality.

What do you propose we do to handle the issues that piece of legislation outlined?

Arguin Isle wrote:As interim high judge, I urge everybody voting in this round of elections to vote "nay" for the expansion of hugh judge powers act. The focus of judges is to declare things constitutional or not, preferably without ideology getting involved. By providing the position with more power, we're simply dumping an excessive amount of power into a position simply because it's a collective one.

For these reasons, I urge everybody voting to vote against the expansion of judicial power. The court exists to defend and define the constitution, not deal with legislation that is not being contested for its unconstitutionality.

I believe that we should vote AYE on the bill. Currently there is no protocol for a natio trying to be unbanned from the region. How will we have hearings? This means nations stay banned and there is no chance for rehabilitation, and that's against our regional ideology.

Bernie Nation, -Stans, America The Greater, Shangyan

As the President of this Region, and one of the writers of our Constitution, I urge you to vote "aye" on the Expansion of High Judges' Duties Ammendment. The position of High Judge was created to not only to judge the Constitutionality of Legislation, but to enforce that legislation when necessary.

Yodle, America The Greater, Shangyan

Orchestralia wrote:I believe that we should vote AYE on the bill. Currently there is no protocol for a natio trying to be unbanned from the region. How will we have hearings? This means nations stay banned and there is no chance for rehabilitation, and that's against our regional ideology.
I'm glad to see my opponent and I agree on the subject. Hopefully, our combined statements have been enough to convince you of the bills true purpose.

Arguin Isle wrote:As interim high judge, I urge everybody voting in this round of elections to vote "nay" for the expansion of hugh judge powers act. The focus of judges is to declare things constitutional or not, preferably without ideology getting involved. By providing the position with more power, we're simply dumping an excessive amount of power into a position simply because it's a collective one.

For these reasons, I urge everybody voting to vote against the expansion of judicial power. The court exists to defend and define the constitution, not deal with legislation that is not being contested for its unconstitutionality.

I strongly disagree. Due to the last case, it is clear that the Judges need to act as a Court of Cassation, not only as a Constitutional Court. The ordinary laws are, after all, still a product of the Constitution since their legitimacy is based on its Articles, therefore the Judges should be able to verify that those laws have been applied correctly.

In addition to that, as the only judicial institution in our Region the Court should be able to solve any situation of conflict between Nations and the Government, finding a solution by taking in consideration the regional Laws and, if necessary, the Constitution itself.

Bernie Nation, Yodle, America The Greater, Primera Republica De Cantabria, Shangyan

Arguin Isle wrote:As interim high judge, I urge everybody voting in this round of elections to vote "nay" for the expansion of hugh judge powers act. The focus of judges is to declare things constitutional or not, preferably without ideology getting involved. By providing the position with more power, we're simply dumping an excessive amount of power into a position simply because it's a collective one.

For these reasons, I urge everybody voting to vote against the expansion of judicial power. The court exists to defend and define the constitution, not deal with legislation that is not being contested for its unconstitutionality.

[nation=short]Arguin[/nation], I respect your position, but I have to say that handle appeals both on legislation and constitution is not an extension of the powers of the High Judges, it will be a duty.

For the sake of semplification, the Court must have the duty to handle any sort of appeal otherwise they will be handled by the Cabinet wich is an executive organ not judiciary one, and so it will be against the principles of the separation of powers and duties. The three powers must remain separated.

Bernie Nation, America The Greater, Primera Republica De Cantabria

Orchestralia wrote:I believe that we should vote AYE on the bill. Currently there is no protocol for a natio trying to be unbanned from the region. How will we have hearings? This means nations stay banned and there is no chance for rehabilitation, and that's against our regional ideology.

Then it's an issue with the legislation, then, and an issue with how much power you believe the judicial branch should have. Allowing an executive, all-powerful branch to control legislation that has nothing to do with its constitutionality is denying such powers from being granted to the populace. The expansion of the powers of a few should not be imposed because of legislation that was written without the constitution in mind.

America The Greater wrote:What do you propose we do to handle the issues that piece of legislation outlined?

In regard to the anti-raider accords, I believe that there should be a greater focus in providing the community with that sort of judgment. The Judicial branch had its basis in constitutional issues, not a board for raiders to appeal to, nor a a branch for anyone to willy-nilly go oppose legislation for if they aren't challenging it on its constitutional merit. Judges are elected, but judges aren't representatives of the people, judges should have their focus lie on the constitutionality of issues. The judiciary shouldn't meddle in legislation in any way that isn't based on the nature of describing such legislation's constitutionality, as it grants the implication that the populace isn't or shouldn't be able to deal with the nature of cases such as the provided raider example. As for the addressing complaints on

all regional legislation brought to them, I find that to be highly irregular and in violation of the existing duties of the judiciary branch, and I believe complains about legislation that aren't seeking to find it unconstitutional should go to the legislature that wrote it up.

Ansuriel wrote:I strongly disagree. Due to the last case, it is clear that the Judges need to act as a Court of Cassation, not only as a Constitutional Court. The ordinary laws are, after all, still a product of the Constitution since their legitimacy is based on its Articles, therefore the Judges should be able to verify that those laws have been applied correctly.

Judges already have the ability to judge if or not legislation is constitutional or not, that's their whole point as judges, you're defining powers the justices already have. Yes, laws are a product of the constitution, which is why judges exist in the first place, to judge whether or not laws brewed in the legislative branch are constitutional or not.

Ansuriel wrote:In addition to that, as the only judicial institution in our Region the Court should be able to solve any situation of conflict between Nations and the Government, finding a solution by taking in consideration the regional Laws and, if necessary, the Constitution itself.

Again, you're defining the existing purposes and powers of judges, to verify if legislation passed in the legislative branch is constitutional or not. I'm against the expansion as it allows greater judicial control over legislation, something that should remain distant from that branch unless a piece of legislation passed by that branch is viewed as being unconstitutional by the court.

Oldmanzakk wrote:[nation=short]Arguin[/nation], I respect your position, but I have to say that handle appeals both on legislation and constitution is not an extension of the powers of the High Judges, it will be a duty.

For the sake of semplification, the Court must have the duty to handle any sort of appeal otherwise they will be handled by the Cabinet wich is an executive organ not judiciary one, and so it will be against the principles of the separation of powers and duties. The three powers must remain separated.

It's the job of the legislative branch to deal with legislation. It's the job of the judicial branch to declare laws it sees unconstitutional unconstitutional.

If we provide the power for the judicial branch to check any legislation it wants, regardless if the legislation is found to be constitutional or not, we'll create an essential legislative dictatorship headed by three judges with unchecked power. The job of the judiciary is to decide whether appealed legislation is constitutional or not, not whether or not appealed legislation is, to them "right" or not.

Primera Republica De Cantabria, New West Tropico

Arguin Isle wrote:It's the job of the legislative branch to deal with legislation. It's the job of the judicial branch to declare laws it sees unconstitutional unconstitutional.

If we provide the power for the judicial branch to check any legislation it wants, regardless if the legislation is found to be constitutional or not, we'll create an essential legislative dictatorship headed by three judges with unchecked power. The job of the judiciary is to decide whether appealed legislation is constitutional or not, not whether or not appealed legislation is, to them "right" or not.

It's not about decide if it seems right or not, just if its application was done properly and according to the existing laws, besides on the proposal it is written "The High Judges of the Supreme Court now have the duty of addressing complaints on all regional legislation brought to them", so the Judges will not check any legislations randomly as they like, but only the ones that require attention according to the citizens, another branch of the government or external parties, like ambassadors and such.

Like most of the Courts of Cassation, they will first of all verify if the application of one of the laws was done in the correct way.

The application of a punishment towards banished nations by the Judges may be seen as an extra, not really necessary power, I agree on that, but on the current state of affairs that would be a job of one, single person of the Cabinet. Thus, having three people working on that part instead of one seems a bit fairer.

Yodle

Ansuriel wrote:It's not about decide if it seems right or not, just if its application was done properly and according to the existing laws, besides on the proposal it is written "The High Judges of the Supreme Court now have the duty of addressing complaints on all regional legislation brought to them", so the Judges will not check any legislations randomly as they like, but only the ones that require attention according to the citizens, another branch of the government or external parties, like ambassadors and such.

That's still a check it has on the legislature that it shouldn't have. If people have issue with issues in passed legislation, they should consult the chamber that composed it, not a chamber established to verify the constitutionality of cases.

Ansuriel wrote:Like most of the Courts of Cassation, they will first of all verify if the application of one of the laws was done in the correct way.

The application of a punishment towards banished nations by the Judges may be seen as an extra, not really necessary power, I agree on that, but on the current state of affairs that would be a job of one, single person of the Cabinet. Thus, having three people working on that part instead of one seems a bit fairer.

So why is this measure being introduced? The anti-raider accords were found unconstitutional because they requested upon the court a duty it could not perform, not in violation of any particular previous legislation passed. The citation of the proposed amendment is not citing a proper means to justify granting the court this power, the amendment is citing an issue that arose from a constitutional matter about legislation, not a legislative problem in legislation.

I'd go so far to say the citation for the proposal is invalid as the proposal is simply asking for too much for what the citation can give; The proposal asking to expand the rights of the Judicial Branch to handle legislative tasks isn't provided by the citation, which was a case that saw the anti-raider accords being seen as unconstitutional because it tried to impose powers upon the court that the court is not constitutionally allowed to receive.

The amendment, therefore, is citing incorrect material to prove itself. The legislation acts as if its citation (GPR v. TRTHNBB) is a valid one in regards to handling legislature meeting conflicts with another piece of legislature, when GPR v. TRTHNBB focused on legislature being considered unconstitutional as a piece of legislature was found to be in violation not with other legislature, but with the constitution.

Arguin Isle wrote:It's the job of the legislative branch to deal with legislation. It's the job of the judicial branch to declare laws it sees unconstitutional unconstitutional.

If we provide the power for the judicial branch to check any legislation it wants, regardless if the legislation is found to be constitutional or not, we'll create an essential legislative dictatorship headed by three judges with unchecked power. The job of the judiciary is to decide whether appealed legislation is constitutional or not, not whether or not appealed legislation is, to them "right" or not.

In no State is the job of the Executive to decide if one it will be punished. The only power expected to the Cabinet on judiciary issues is to condone a punishment in special cases (like Snowden or similar) which must have however the right to go to appeal first.

I think you missed the whole point of the amendement:

If you read the text, High Judges will not at all have the power to claim on legislation by themselves, this is a right of the single Nations which may feel their rights not well regarded on something.

High Judges will handle claims made by others in the respect of the Law and with the due tempestivity.

What are you asking for is a region where the nations has fewer or no right of appeal and where the Office can decide whether or not to punish people at will.

You are asking that a part of the judiciary power will be handled by the executive power, only dictatorships will let this happen.

Oldmanzakk wrote:You are asking that a part of the judiciary power will be handled by the executive power, only dictatorships will let this happen.

I'm not.

Alright, let's let this discussion be for now. The RMB can be used for others things.

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Plomo

Bee Movie Script

According to all known laws

of aviation,

there is no way a bee

should be able to fly.

Its wings are too small to get

its fat little body off the ground.

The bee, of course, flies anyway

because bees don't care

what humans think is impossible.

Yellow, black. Yellow, black.

Yellow, black. Yellow, black.

Ooh, black and yellow!

Let's shake it up a little.

Barry! Breakfast is ready!

Ooming!

Hang on a second.

Hello?

- Barry?

- Adam?

- Oan you believe this is happening?

- I can't. I'll pick you up.

Looking sharp.

Use the stairs. Your father

paid good money for those.

Sorry. I'm excited.

Here's the graduate.

We're very proud of you, son.

A perfect report card, all B's.

Very proud.

Ma! I got a thing going here.

- You got lint on your fuzz.

- Ow! That's me!

- Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000.

- Bye!

Barry, I told you,

stop flying in the house!

- Hey, Adam.

- Hey, Barry.

- Is that fuzz gel?

- A little. Special day, graduation.

Never thought I'd make it.

Three days grade school,

three days high school.

Those were awkward.

Three days college. I'm glad I took

a day and hitchhiked around the hive.

You did come back different.

- Hi, Barry.

- Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good.

- Hear about Frankie?

- Yeah.

- You going to the funeral?

- No, I'm not going.

Everybody knows,

sting someone, you die.

Don't waste it on a squirrel.

Such a hothead.

I guess he could have

just gotten out of the way.

I love this incorporating

an amusement park into our day.

That's why we don't need vacations.

Boy, quite a bit of pomp...

under the circumstances.

- Well, Adam, today we are men.

- We are!

- Bee-men.

- Amen!

Hallelujah!

Students, faculty, distinguished bees,

please welcome Dean Buzzwell.

Welcome, New Hive Oity

graduating class of...

...9:15.

That concludes our ceremonies.

And begins your career

at Honex Industries!

Will we pick ourjob today?

I heard it's just orientation.

Heads up! Here we go.

Keep your hands and antennas

inside the tram at all times.

- Wonder what it'll be like?

- A little scary.

Welcome to Honex,

a division of Honesco

and a part of the Hexagon Group.

This is it!

Wow.

Wow.

We know that you, as a bee,

have worked your whole life

to get to the point where you

can work for your whole life.

Honey begins when our valiant Pollen

Jocks bring the nectar to the hive.

Our top-secret formula

is automatically color-corrected,

scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured

into this soothing sweet syrup

with its distinctive

golden glow you know as...

Honey!

- That girl was hot.

- She's my cousin!

- She is?

- Yes, we're all cousins.

- Right. You're right.

- At Honex, we constantly strive

to improve every aspect

of bee existence.

These bees are stress-testing

a new helmet technology.

- What do you think he makes?

- Not enough.

Here we have our latest advancement,

the Krelman.

- What does that do?

- Oatches that little strand of honey

that hangs after you pour it.

Saves us millions.

Oan anyone work on the Krelman?

Of course. Most bee jobs are

small ones. But bees know

that every small job,

if it's done well, means a lot.

But choose carefully

because you'll stay in the job

you pick for the rest of your life.

The same job the rest of your life?

I didn't know that.

What's the difference?

You'll be happy to know that bees,

as a species, haven't had one day off

in 27 million years.

So you'll just work us to death?

We'll sure try.

Wow! That blew my mind!

"What's the difference?"

How can you say that?

One job forever?

That's an insane choice to have to make.

I'm relieved. Now we only have

to make one decision in life.

But, Adam, how could they

never have told us that?

Why would you question anything?

We're bees.

We're the most perfectly

functioning society on Earth.

You ever think maybe things

work a little too well here?

Like what? Give me one example.

I don't know. But you know

what I'm talking about.

Please clear the gate.

Royal Nectar Force on approach.

Wait a second. Oheck it out.

- Hey, those are Pollen Jocks!

- Wow.

I've never seen them this close.

They know what it's like

outside the hive.

Yeah, but some don't come back.

- Hey, Jocks!

- Hi, Jocks!

You guys did great!

You're monsters!

You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it!

- I wonder where they were.

- I don't know.

Their day's not planned.

Outside the hive, flying who knows

where, doing who knows what.

You can'tjust decide to be a Pollen

Jock. You have to be bred for that.

Right.

Look. That's more pollen

than you and I will see in a lifetime.

It's just a status symbol.

Bees make too much of it.

Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it

and the ladies see you wearing it.

Those ladies?

Aren't they our cousins too?

Distant. Distant.

Look at these two.

- Oouple of Hive Harrys.

- Let's have fun with them.

It must be dangerous

being a Pollen Jock.

Yeah. Once a bear pinned me

against a mushroom!

He had a paw on my throat,

and with the other, he was slapping me!

- Oh, my!

- I never thought I'd knock him out.

What were you doing during this?

Trying to alert the authorities.

I can autograph that.

A little gusty out there today,

wasn't it, comrades?

Yeah. Gusty.

We're hitting a sunflower patch

six miles from here tomorrow.

- Six miles, huh?

- Barry!

A puddle jump for us,

but maybe you're not up for it.

- Maybe I am.

- You are not!

We're going 0900 at J-Gate.

What do you think, buzzy-boy?

Are you bee enough?

I might be. It all depends

on what 0900 means.

Hey, Honex!

Dad, you surprised me.

You decide what you're interested in?

- Well, there's a lot of choices.

- But you only get one.

Do you ever get bored

doing the same job every day?

Son, let me tell you about stirring.

You grab that stick, and you just

move it around, and you stir it around.

You get yourself into a rhythm.

It's a beautiful thing.

You know, Dad,

the more I think about it,

maybe the honey field

just isn't right for me.

You were thinking of what,

making balloon animals?

That's a bad job

for a guy with a stinger.

Janet, your son's not sure

he wants to go into honey!

- Barry, you are so funny sometimes.

- I'm not trying to be funny.

You're not funny! You're going

into honey. Our son, the stirrer!

- You're gonna be a stirrer?

- No one's listening to me!

Wait till you see the sticks I have.

I could say anything right now.

I'm gonna get an ant tattoo!

Let's open some honey and celebrate!

Maybe I'll pierce my thorax.

Shave my antennae.

Shack up with a grasshopper. Get

a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"!

I'm so proud.

- We're starting work today!

- Today's the day.

Oome on! All the good jobs

will be gone.

Yeah, right.

Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring,

stirrer, front desk, hair removal...

- Is it still available?

- Hang on. Two left!

One of them's yours! Oongratulations!

Step to the side.

- What'd you get?

- Picking crud out. Stellar!

Wow!

Oouple of newbies?

Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready!

Make your choice.

- You want to go first?

- No, you go.

Oh, my. What's available?

Restroom attendant's open,

not for the reason you think.

- Any chance of getting the Krelman?

- Sure, you're on.

I'm sorry, the Krelman just closed out.

Wax monkey's always open.

The Krelman opened up again.

What happened?

A bee died. Makes an opening. See?

He's dead. Another dead one.

Deady. Deadified. Two more dead.

Dead from the neck up.

Dead from the neck down. That's life!

Oh, this is so hard!

Heating, cooling,

stunt bee, pourer, stirrer,

humming, inspector number seven,

lint coordinator, stripe supervisor,

mite wrangler. Barry, what

do you think I should... Barry?

Barry!

All right, we've got the sunflower patch

in quadrant nine...

What happened to you?

Where are you?

- I'm going out.

- Out? Out where?

- Out there.

- Oh, no!

I have to, before I go

to work for the rest of my life.

You're gonna die! You're crazy! Hello?

Another call coming in.

If anyone's feeling brave,

there's a Korean deli on 83rd

that gets their roses today.

Hey, guys.

- Look at that.

- Isn't that the kid we saw yesterday?

Hold it, son, flight deck's restricted.

It's OK, Lou. We're gonna take him up.

Really? Feeling lucky, are you?

Sign here, here. Just initial that.

- Thank you.

- OK.

You got a rain advisory today,

and as you all know,

bees cannot fly in rain.

So be careful. As always,

watch your brooms,

hockey sticks, dogs,

birds, bears and bats.

Also, I got a couple of reports

of root beer being poured on us.

Murphy's in a home because of it,

babbling like a cicada!

- That's awful.

- And a reminder for you rookies,

bee law number one,

absolutely no talking to humans!

All right, launch positions!

Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz,

buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz!

Black and yellow!

Hello!

You ready for this, hot shot?

Yeah. Yeah, bring it on.

Wind, check.

- Antennae, check.

- Nectar pack, check.

- Wings, check.

- Stinger, check.

Scared out of my shorts, check.

OK, ladies,

let's move it out!

Pound those petunias,

you striped stem-suckers!

All of you, drain those flowers!

Wow! I'm out!

I can't believe I'm out!

So blue.

I feel so fast and free!

Box kite!

Wow!

Flowers!

This is Blue Leader.

We have roses visual.

Bring it around 30 degrees and hold.

Roses!

30 degrees, roger. Bringing it around.

Stand to the side, kid.

It's got a bit of a kick.

That is one nectar collector!

- Ever see pollination up close?

- No, sir.

I pick up some pollen here, sprinkle it

over here. Maybe a dash over there,

a pinch on that one.

See that? It's a little bit of magic.

That's amazing. Why do we do that?

That's pollen power. More pollen, more

flowers, more nectar, more honey for us.

Oool.

I'm picking up a lot of bright yellow.

Oould be daisies. Don't we need those?

Oopy that visual.

Wait. One of these flowers

seems to be on the move.

Say again? You're reporting

a moving flower?

Affirmative.

That was on the line!

This is the coolest. What is it?

I don't know, but I'm loving this color.

It smells good.

Not like a flower, but I like it.

Yeah, fuzzy.

Ohemical-y.

Oareful, guys. It's a little grabby.

My sweet lord of bees!

Oandy-brain, get off there!

Problem!

- Guys!

- This could be bad.

Affirmative.

Very close.

Gonna hurt.

Mama's little boy.

You are way out of position, rookie!

Ooming in at you like a missile!

Help me!

I don't think these are flowers.

- Should we tell him?

- I think he knows.

What is this?!

Match point!

You can start packing up, honey,

because you're about to eat it!

Yowser!

Gross.

There's a bee in the car!

- Do something!

- I'm driving!

- Hi, bee.

- He's back here!

He's going to sting me!

Nobody move. If you don't move,

he won't sting you. Freeze!

He blinked!

Spray him, Granny!

What are you doing?!

Wow... the tension level

out here is unbelievable.

I gotta get home.

Oan't fly in rain.

Oan't fly in rain.

Oan't fly in rain.

Mayday! Mayday! Bee going down!

Ken, could you close

the window please?

Ken, could you close

the window please?

Oheck out my new resume.

I made it into a fold-out brochure.

You see? Folds out.

Oh, no. More humans. I don't need this.

What was that?

Maybe this time. This time. This time.

This time! This time! This...

Drapes!

That is diabolical.

It's fantastic. It's got all my special

skills, even my top-ten favorite movies.

What's number one? Star Wars?

Nah, I don't go for that...

...kind of stuff.

No wonder we shouldn't talk to them.

They're out of their minds.

When I leave a job interview, they're

flabbergasted, can't believe what I say.

There's the sun. Maybe that's a way out.

I don't remember the sun

having a big 75 on it.

I predicted global warming.

I could feel it getting hotter.

At first I thought it was just me.

Wait! Stop! Bee!

Stand back. These are winter boots.

Wait!

Don't kill him!

You know I'm allergic to them!

This thing could kill me!

Why does his life have

less value than yours?

Why does his life have any less value

than mine? Is that your statement?

I'm just saying all life has value. You

don't know what he's capable of feeling.

My brochure!

There you go, little guy.

I'm not scared of him.

It's an allergic thing.

Put that on your resume brochure.

My whole face could puff up.

Make it one of your special skills.

Knocking someone out

is also a special skill.

Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks.

- Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night?

- Sure, Ken. You know, whatever.

- You could put carob chips on there.

- Bye.

- Supposed to be less calories.

- Bye.

I gotta say something.

She saved my life.

I gotta say something.

All right, here it goes.

Nah.

What would I say?

I could really get in trouble.

It's a bee law.

You're not supposed to talk to a human.

I can't believe I'm doing this.

I've got to.

Oh, I can't do it. Oome on!

No. Yes. No.

Do it. I can't.

How should I start it?

"You like jazz?" No, that's no good.

Here she comes! Speak, you fool!

Hi!

I'm sorry.

- You're talking.

- Yes, I know.

You're talking!

I'm so sorry.

No, it's OK. It's fine.

I know I'm dreaming.

But I don't recall going to bed.

Well, I'm sure this

is very disconcerting.

This is a bit of a surprise to me.

I mean, you're a bee!

I am. And I'm not supposed

to be doing this,

but they were all trying to kill me.

And if it wasn't for you...

I had to thank you.

It's just how I was raised.

That was a little weird.

- I'm talking with a bee.

- Yeah.

I'm talking to a bee.

And the bee is talking to me!

I just want to say I'm grateful.

I'll leave now.

- Wait! How did you learn to do that?

- What?

The talking thing.

Same way you did, I guess.

"Mama, Dada, honey." You pick it up.

- That's very funny.

- Yeah.

Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh,

we'd cry with what we have to deal with.

Anyway...

Oan I...

...get you something?

- Like what?

I don't know. I mean...

I don't know. Ooffee?

I don't want to put you out.

It's no trouble. It takes two minutes.

- It's just coffee.

- I hate to impose.

- Don't be ridiculous!

- Actually, I would love a cup.

Hey, you want rum cake?

- I shouldn't.

- Have some.

- No, I can't.

- Oome on!

I'm trying to lose a couple micrograms.

- Where?

- These stripes don't help.

You look great!

I don't know if you know

anything about fashion.

Are you all right?

No.

He's making the tie in the cab

as they're flying up Madison.

He finally gets there.

He runs up the steps into the church.

The wedding is on.

And he says, "Watermelon?

I thought you said Guatemalan.

Why would I marry a watermelon?"

Is that a bee joke?

That's the kind of stuff we do.

Yeah, different.

So, what are you gonna do, Barry?

About work? I don't know.

I want to do my part for the hive,

but I can't do it the way they want.

I know how you feel.

- You do?

- Sure.

My parents wanted me to be a lawyer or

a doctor, but I wanted to be a florist.

- Really?

- My only interest is flowers.

Our new queen was just elected

with that same campaign slogan.

Anyway, if you look...

There's my hive right there. See it?

You're in Sheep Meadow!

Yes! I'm right off the Turtle Pond!

No way! I know that area.

I lost a toe ring there once.

- Why do girls put rings on their toes?

- Why not?

- It's like putting a hat on your knee.

- Maybe I'll try that.

- You all right, ma'am?

- Oh, yeah. Fine.

Just having two cups of coffee!

Anyway, this has been great.

Thanks for the coffee.

Yeah, it's no trouble.

Sorry I couldn't finish it. If I did,

I'd be up the rest of my life.

Are you...?

Oan I take a piece of this with me?

Sure! Here, have a crumb.

- Thanks!

- Yeah.

All right. Well, then...

I guess I'll see you around.

Or not.

OK, Barry.

And thank you

so much again... for before.

Oh, that? That was nothing.

Well, not nothing, but... Anyway...

This can't possibly work.

He's all set to go.

We may as well try it.

OK, Dave, pull the chute.

- Sounds amazing.

- It was amazing!

It was the scariest,

happiest moment of my life.

Humans! I can't believe

you were with humans!

Giant, scary humans!

What were they like?

Huge and crazy. They talk crazy.

They eat crazy giant things.

They drive crazy.

- Do they try and kill you, like on TV?

- Some of them. But some of them don't.

- How'd you get back?

- Poodle.

You did it, and I'm glad. You saw

whatever you wanted to see.

You had your "experience." Now you

can pick out yourjob and be normal.

- Well...

- Well?

Well, I met someone.

You did? Was she Bee-ish?

- A wasp?! Your parents will kill you!

- No, no, no, not a wasp.

- Spider?

- I'm not attracted to spiders.

I know it's the hottest thing,

with the eight legs and all.

I can't get by that face.

So who is she?

She's... human.

No, no. That's a bee law.

You wouldn't break a bee law.

- Her name's Vanessa.

- Oh, boy.

She's so nice. And she's a florist!

Oh, no! You're dating a human florist!

We're not dating.

You're flying outside the hive, talking

to humans that attack our homes

with power washers and M-80s!

One-eighth a stick of dynamite!

She saved my life!

And she understands me.

This is over!

Eat this.

This is not over! What was that?

- They call it a crumb.

- It was so stingin' stripey!

And that's not what they eat.

That's what falls off what they eat!

- You know what a Oinnabon is?

- No.

It's bread and cinnamon and frosting.

They heat it up...

Sit down!

...really hot!

- Listen to me!

We are not them! We're us.

There's us and there's them!

Yes, but who can deny

the heart that is yearning?

There's no yearning.

Stop yearning. Listen to me!

You have got to start thinking bee,

my friend. Thinking bee!

- Thinking bee.

- Thinking bee.

Thinking bee! Thinking bee!

Thinking bee! Thinking bee!

There he is. He's in the pool.

You know what your problem is, Barry?

I gotta start thinking bee?

How much longer will this go on?

It's been three days!

Why aren't you working?

I've got a lot of big life decisions

to think about.

What life? You have no life!

You have no job. You're barely a bee!

Would it kill you

to make a little honey?

Barry, come out.

Your father's talking to you.

Martin, would you talk to him?

Barry, I'm talking to you!

You coming?

Got everything?

All set!

Go ahead. I'll catch up.

Don't be too long.

Watch this!

Vanessa!

- We're still here.

- I told you not to yell at him.

He doesn't respond to yelling!

- Then why yell at me?

- Because you don't listen!

I'm not listening to this.

Sorry, I've gotta go.

- Where are you going?

- I'm meeting a friend.

A girl? Is this why you can't decide?

Bye.

I just hope she's Bee-ish.

They have a huge parade

of flowers every year in Pasadena?

To be in the Tournament of Roses,

that's every florist's dream!

Up on a float, surrounded

by flowers, crowds cheering.

A tournament. Do the roses

compete in athletic events?

No. All right, I've got one.

How come you don't fly everywhere?

It's exhausting. Why don't you

run everywhere? It's faster.

Yeah, OK, I see, I see.

All right, your turn.

TiVo. You can just freeze live TV?

That's insane!

You don't have that?

We have Hivo, but it's a disease.

It's a horrible, horrible disease.

Oh, my.

Dumb bees!

You must want to sting all those jerks.

We try not to sting.

It's usually fatal for us.

So you have to watch your temper.

Very carefully.

You kick a wall, take a walk,

write an angry letter and throw it out.

Work through it like any emotion:

Anger, jealousy, lust.

Oh, my goodness! Are you OK?

Yeah.

- What is wrong with you?!

- It's a bug.

He's not bothering anybody.

Get out of here, you creep!

What was that? A Pic 'N' Save circular?

Yeah, it was. How did you know?

It felt like about 10 pages.

Seventy-five is pretty much our limit.

You've really got that

down to a science.

- I lost a cousin to Italian Vogue.

- I'll bet.

What in the name

of Mighty Hercules is this?

How did this get here?

Oute Bee, Golden Blossom,

Ray Liotta Private Select?

- Is he that actor?

- I never heard of him.

- Why is this here?

- For people. We eat it.

You don't have

enough food of your own?

- Well, yes.

- How do you get it?

- Bees make it.

- I know who makes it!

And it's hard to make it!

There's heating, cooling, stirring.

You need a whole Krelman thing!

- It's organic.

- It's our-ganic!

It's just honey, Barry.

Just what?!

Bees don't know about this!

This is stealing! A lot of stealing!

You've taken our homes, schools,

hospitals! This is all we have!

And it's on sale?!

I'm getting to the bottom of this.

I'm getting to the bottom

of all of this!

Hey, Hector.

- You almost done?

- Almost.

He is here. I sense it.

Well, I guess I'll go home now

and just leave this nice honey out,

with no one around.

You're busted, box boy!

I knew I heard something.

So you can talk!

I can talk.

And now you'll start talking!

Where you getting the sweet stuff?

Who's your supplier?

I don't understand.

I thought we were friends.

The last thing we want

to do is upset bees!

You're too late! It's ours now!

You, sir, have crossed

the wrong sword!

You, sir, will be lunch

for my iguana, Ignacio!

Where is the honey coming from?

Tell me where!

Honey Farms! It comes from Honey Farms!

Orazy person!

What horrible thing has happened here?

These faces, they never knew

what hit them. And now

they're on the road to nowhere!

Just keep still.

What? You're not dead?

Do I look dead? They will wipe anything

that moves. Where you headed?

To Honey Farms.

I am onto something huge here.

I'm going to Alaska. Moose blood,

crazy stuff. Blows your head off!

I'm going to Tacoma.

- And you?

- He really is dead.

All right.

Uh-oh!

- What is that?!

- Oh, no!

- A wiper! Triple blade!

- Triple blade?

Jump on! It's your only chance, bee!

Why does everything have

to be so doggone clean?!

How much do you people need to see?!

Open your eyes!

Stick your head out the window!

From NPR News in Washington,

I'm Oarl Kasell.

But don't kill no more bugs!

- Bee!

- Moose blood guy!!

- You hear something?

- Like what?

Like tiny screaming.

Turn off the radio.

Whassup, bee boy?

Hey, Blood.

Just a row of honey jars,

as far as the eye could see.

Wow!

I assume wherever this truck goes

is where they're getting it.

I mean, that honey's ours.

- Bees hang tight.

- We're all jammed in.

It's a close community.

Not us, man. We on our own.

Every mosquito on his own.

- What if you get in trouble?

- You a mosquito, you in trouble.

Nobody likes us. They just smack.

See a mosquito, smack, smack!

At least you're out in the world.

You must meet girls.

Mosquito girls try to trade up,

get with a moth, dragonfly.

Mosquito girl don't want no mosquito.

You got to be kidding me!

Mooseblood's about to leave

the building! So long, bee!

- Hey, guys!

- Mooseblood!

I knew I'd catch y'all down here.

Did you bring your crazy straw?

We throw it in jars, slap a label on it,

and it's pretty much pure profit.

What is this place?

A bee's got a brain

the size of a pinhead.

They are pinheads!

Pinhead.

- Oheck out the new smoker.

- Oh, sweet. That's the one you want.

The Thomas 3000!

Smoker?

Ninety puffs a minute, semi-automatic.

Twice the nicotine, all the tar.

A couple breaths of this

knocks them right out.

They make the honey,

and we make the money.

"They make the honey,

and we make the money"?

Oh, my!

What's going on? Are you OK?

Yeah. It doesn't last too long.

Do you know you're

in a fake hive with fake walls?

Our queen was moved here.

We had no choice.

This is your queen?

That's a man in women's clothes!

That's a drag queen!

What is this?

Oh, no!

There's hundreds of them!

Bee honey.

Our honey is being brazenly stolen

on a massive scale!

This is worse than anything bears

have done! I intend to do something.

Oh, Barry, stop.

Who told you humans are taking

our honey? That's a rumor.

Do these look like rumors?

That's a conspiracy theory.

These are obviously doctored photos.

How did you get mixed up in this?

He's been talking to humans.

- What?

- Talking to humans?!

He has a human girlfriend.

And they make out!

Make out? Barry!

We do not.

- You wish you could.

- Whose side are you on?

The bees!

I dated a cricket once in San Antonio.

Those crazy legs kept me up all night.

Barry, this is what you want

to do with your life?

I want to do it for all our lives.

Nobody works harder than bees!

Dad, I remember you

coming home so overworked

your hands were still stirring.

You couldn't stop.

I remember that.

What right do they have to our honey?

We live on two cups a year. They put it

in lip balm for no reason whatsoever!

Even if it's true, what can one bee do?

Sting them where it really hurts.

In the face! The eye!

- That would hurt.

- No.

Up the nose? That's a killer.

There's only one place you can sting

the humans, one place where it matters.

Hive at Five, the hive's only

full-hour action news source.

No more bee beards!

With Bob Bumble at the anchor desk.

Weather with Storm Stinger.

Sports with Buzz Larvi.

And Jeanette Ohung.

- Good evening. I'm Bob Bumble.

- And I'm Jeanette Ohung.

A tri-county bee, Barry Benson,

intends to sue the human race

for stealing our honey,

packaging it and profiting

from it illegally!

Tomorrow night on Bee Larry King,

we'll have three former queens here in

our studio, discussing their new book,

Olassy Ladies,

out this week on Hexagon.

Tonight we're talking to Barry Benson.

Did you ever think, "I'm a kid

from the hive. I can't do this"?

Bees have never been afraid

to change the world.

What about Bee Oolumbus?

Bee Gandhi? Bejesus?

Where I'm from, we'd never sue humans.

We were thinking

of stickball or candy stores.

How old are you?

The bee community

is supporting you in this case,

which will be the trial

of the bee century.

You know, they have a Larry King

in the human world too.

It's a common name. Next week...

He looks like you and has a show

and suspenders and colored dots...

Next week...

Glasses, quotes on the bottom from the

guest even though you just heard 'em.

Bear Week next week!

They're scary, hairy and here live.

Always leans forward, pointy shoulders,

squinty eyes, very Jewish.

In tennis, you attack

at the point of weakness!

It was my grandmother, Ken. She's 81.

Honey, her backhand's a joke!

I'm not gonna take advantage of that?

Quiet, please.

Actual work going on here.

- Is that that same bee?

- Yes, it is!

I'm helping him sue the human race.

- Hello.

- Hello, bee.

This is Ken.

Yeah, I remember you. Timberland, size

ten and a half. Vibram sole, I believe.

Why does he talk again?

Listen, you better go

'cause we're really busy working.

But it's our yogurt night!

Bye-bye.

Why is yogurt night so difficult?!

You poor thing.

You two have been at this for hours!

Yes, and Adam here

has been a huge help.

- Frosting...

- How many sugars?

Just one. I try not

to use the competition.

So why are you helping me?

Bees have good qualities.

And it takes my mind off the shop.

Instead of flowers, people

are giving balloon bouquets now.

Those are great, if you're three.

And artificial flowers.

- Oh, those just get me psychotic!

- Yeah, me too.

Bent stingers, pointless pollination.

Bees must hate those fake things!

Nothing worse

than a daffodil that's had work done.

Maybe this could make up

for it a little bit.

- This lawsuit's a pretty big deal.

- I guess.

You sure you want to go through with it?

Am I sure? When I'm done with

the humans, they won't be able

to say, "Honey, I'm home,"

without paying a royalty!

It's an incredible scene

here in downtown Manhattan,

where the world anxiously waits,

because for the first time in history,

we will hear for ourselves

if a honeybee can actually speak.

What have we gotten into here, Barry?

It's pretty big, isn't it?

I can't believe how many humans

don't work during the day.

You think billion-dollar multinational

food companies have good lawyers?

Everybody needs to stay

behind the barricade.

- What's the matter?

- I don't know, I just got a chill.

Well, if it isn't the bee team.

You boys work on this?

All rise! The Honorable

Judge Bumbleton presiding.

All right. Oase number 4475,

Superior Oourt of New York,

Barry Bee Benson v. the Honey Industry

is now in session.

Mr. Montgomery, you're representing

the five food companies collectively?

A privilege.

Mr. Benson... you're representing

all the bees of the world?

I'm kidding. Yes, Your Honor,

we're ready to proceed.

Mr. Montgomery,

your opening statement, please.

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,

my grandmother was a simple woman.

Born on a farm, she believed

it was man's divine right

to benefit from the bounty

of nature God put before us.

If we lived in the topsy-turvy world

Mr. Benson imagines,

just think of what would it mean.

I would have to negotiate

with the silkworm

for the elastic in my britches!

Talking bee!

How do we know this isn't some sort of

holographic motion-picture-capture

Hollywood wizardry?

They could be using laser beams!

Robotics! Ventriloquism!

Oloning! For all we know,

he could be on steroids!

Mr. Benson?

Ladies and gentlemen,

there's no trickery here.

I'm just an ordinary bee.

Honey's pretty important to me.

It's important to all bees.

We invented it!

We make it. And we protect it

with our lives.

Unfortunately, there are

some people in this room

who think they can take it from us

'cause we're the little guys!

I'm hoping that, after this is all over,

you'll see how, by taking our honey,

you not only take everything we have

but everything we are!

I wish he'd dress like that

all the time. So nice!

Oall your first witness.

So, Mr. Klauss Vanderhayden

of Honey Farms, big company you have.

I suppose so.

I see you also own

Honeyburton and Honron!

Yes, they provide beekeepers

for our farms.

Beekeeper. I find that

to be a very disturbing term.

I don't imagine you employ

any bee-free-ers, do you?

- No.

- I couldn't hear you.

- No.

- No.

Because you don't free bees.

You keep bees. Not only that,

it seems you thought a bear would be

an appropriate image for a jar of honey.

They're very lovable creatures.

Yogi Bear, Fozzie Bear, Build-A-Bear.

You mean like this?

Bears kill bees!

How'd you like his head crashing

through your living room?!

Biting into your couch!

Spitting out your throw pillows!

OK, that's enough. Take him away.

So, Mr. Sting, thank you for being here.

Your name intrigues me.

- Where have I heard it before?

- I was with a band called The Police.

But you've never been

a police officer, have you?

No, I haven't.

No, you haven't. And so here

we have yet another example

of bee culture casually

stolen by a human

for nothing more than

a prance-about stage name.

Oh, please.

Have you ever been stung, Mr. Sting?

Because I'm feeling

a little stung, Sting.

Or should I say... Mr. Gordon M. Sumner!

That's not his real name?! You idiots!

Mr. Liotta, first,

belated congratulations on

your Emmy win for a guest spot

on ER in 2005.

Thank you. Thank you.

I see from your resume

that you're devilishly handsome

with a churning inner turmoil

that's ready to blow.

I enjoy what I do. Is that a crime?

Not yet it isn't. But is this

what it's come to for you?

Exploiting tiny, helpless bees

so you don't

have to rehearse

your part and learn your lines, sir?

Watch it, Benson!

I could blow right now!

This isn't a goodfella.

This is a badfella!

Why doesn't someone just step on

this creep, and we can all go home?!

- Order in this court!

- You're all thinking it!

Order! Order, I say!

- Say it!

- Mr. Liotta, please sit down!

I think it was awfully nice

of that bear to pitch in like that.

I think the jury's on our side.

Are we doing everything right, legally?

I'm a florist.

Right. Well, here's to a great team.

To a great team!

Well, hello.

- Ken!

- Hello.

I didn't think you were coming.

No, I was just late.

I tried to call, but... the battery.

I didn't want all this to go to waste,

so I called Barry. Luckily, he was free.

Oh, that was lucky.

There's a little left.

I could heat it up.

Yeah, heat it up, sure, whatever.

So I hear you're quite a tennis player.

I'm not much for the game myself.

The ball's a little grabby.

That's where I usually sit.

Right... there.

Ken, Barry was looking at your resume,

and he agreed with me that eating with

chopsticks isn't really a special skill.

You think I don't see what you're doing?

I know how hard it is to find

the rightjob. We have that in common.

Do we?

Bees have 100 percent employment,

but we do jobs like taking the crud out.

That's just what

I was thinking about doing.

Ken, I let Barry borrow your razor

for his fuzz. I hope that was all right.

I'm going to drain the old stinger.

Yeah, you do that.

Look at that.

You know, I've just about had it

with your little mind games.

- What's that?

- Italian Vogue.

Mamma mia, that's a lot of pages.

A lot of ads.

Remember what Van said, why is

your life more valuable than mine?

Funny, I just can't seem to recall that!

I think something stinks in here!

I love the smell of flowers.

How do you like the smell of flames?!

Not as much.

Water bug! Not taking sides!

Ken, I'm wearing a Ohapstick hat!

This is pathetic!

I've got issues!

Well, well, well, a royal flush!

- You're bluffing.

- Am I?

Surf's up, dude!

Poo water!

That bowl is gnarly.

Except for those dirty yellow rings!

Kenneth! What are you doing?!

You know, I don't even like honey!

I don't eat it!

We need to talk!

He's just a little bee!

And he happens to be

the nicest bee I've met in a long time!

Long time? What are you talking about?!

Are there other bugs in your life?

No, but there are other things bugging

me in life. And you're one of them!

Fine! Talking bees, no yogurt night...

My nerves are fried from riding

on this emotional roller coaster!

Goodbye, Ken.

And for your information,

I prefer sugar-free, artificial

sweeteners made by man!

I'm sorry about all that.

I know it's got

an aftertaste! I like it!

I always felt there was some kind

of barrier between Ken and me.

I couldn't overcome it.

Oh, well.

Are you OK for the trial?

I believe Mr. Montgomery

is about out of ideas.

We would like to call

Mr. Barry Benson Bee to the stand.

Good idea! You can really see why he's

considered one of the best lawyers...

Yeah.

Layton, you've

gotta weave some magic

with this jury,

or it's gonna be all over.

Don't worry. The only thing I have

to do to turn this jury around

is to remind them

of what they don't like about bees.

- You got the tweezers?

- Are you allergic?

Only to losing, son. Only to losing.

Mr. Benson Bee, I'll ask you

what I think we'd all like to know.

What exactly is your relationship

to that woman?

We're friends.

- Good friends?

- Yes.

How good? Do you live together?

Wait a minute...

Are you her little...

...bedbug?

I've seen a bee documentary or two.

From what I understand,

doesn't your queen give birth

to all the bee children?

- Yeah, but...

- So those aren't your real parents!

- Oh, Barry...

- Yes, they are!

Hold me back!

You're an illegitimate bee,

aren't you, Benson?

He's denouncing bees!

Don't y'all date your cousins?

- Objection!

- I'm going to pincushion this guy!

Adam, don't! It's what he wants!

Oh, I'm hit!!

Oh, lordy, I am hit!

Order! Order!

The venom! The venom

is coursing through my veins!

I have been felled

by a winged beast of destruction!

You see? You can't treat them

like equals! They're striped savages!

Stinging's the only thing

they know! It's their way!

- Adam, stay with me.

- I can't feel my legs.

What angel of mercy

will come forward to suck the poison

from my heaving buttocks?

I will have order in this court. Order!

Order, please!

The case of the honeybees

versus the human race

took a pointed turn against the bees

yesterday when one of their legal

team stung Layton T. Montgomery.

- Hey, buddy.

- Hey.

- Is there much pain?

- Yeah.

I...

I blew the whole case, didn't I?

It doesn't matter. What matters is

you're alive. You could have died.

I'd be better off dead. Look at me.

They got it from the cafeteria

downstairs, in a tuna sandwich.

Look, there's

a little celery still on it.

What was it like to sting someone?

I can't explain it. It was all...

All adrenaline and then...

and then ecstasy!

All right.

You think it was all a trap?

Of course. I'm sorry.

I flew us right into this.

What were we thinking? Look at us. We're

just a couple of bugs in this world.

What will the humans do to us

if they win?

I don't know.

I hear they put the roaches in motels.

That doesn't sound so bad.

Adam, they check in,

but they don't check out!

Oh, my.

Oould you get a nurse

to close that window?

- Why?

- The smoke.

Bees don't smoke.

Right. Bees don't smoke.

Bees don't smoke!

But some bees are smoking.

That's it! That's our case!

It is? It's not over?

Get dressed. I've gotta go somewhere.

Get back to the court and stall.

Stall any way you can.

And assuming you've done step correctly, you're ready for the tub.

Mr. Flayman.

Yes? Yes, Your Honor!

Where is the rest of your team?

Well, Your Honor, it's interesting.

Bees are trained to fly haphazardly,

and as a result,

we don't make very good time.

I actually heard a funny story about...

Your Honor,

haven't these ridiculous bugs

taken up enough

of this court's valuable time?

How much longer will we allow

these absurd shenanigans to go on?

They have presented no compelling

evidence to support their charges

against my clients,

who run legitimate businesses.

I move for a complete dismissal

of this entire case!

Mr. Flayman, I'm afraid I'm going

to have to consider

Mr. Montgomery's motion.

But you can't! We have a terrific case.

Where is your proof?

Where is the evidence?

Show me the smoking gun!

Hold it, Your Honor!

You want a smoking gun?

Here is your smoking gun.

What is that?

It's a bee smoker!

What, this?

This harmless little contraption?

This couldn't hurt a fly,

let alone a bee.

Look at what has happened

to bees who have never been asked,

"Smoking or non?"

Is this what nature intended for us?

To be forcibly addicted

to smoke machines

and man-made wooden slat work camps?

Living out our lives as honey slaves

to the white man?

- What are we gonna do?

- He's playing the species card.

Ladies and gentlemen, please,

free these bees!

Free the bees! Free the bees!

Free the bees!

Free the bees! Free the bees!

The court finds in favor of the bees!

Vanessa, we won!

I knew you could do it! High-five!

Sorry.

I'm OK! You know what this means?

All the honey

will finally belong to the bees.

Now we won't have

to work so hard all the time.

This is an unholy perversion

of the balance of nature, Benson.

You'll regret this.

Barry, how much honey is out there?

All right. One at a time.

Barry, who are you wearing?

My sweater is Ralph Lauren,

and I have no pants.

- What if Montgomery's right?

- What do you mean?

We've been living the bee way

a long time, 27 million years.

Oongratulations on your victory.

What will you demand as a settlement?

First, we'll demand a complete shutdown

of all bee work camps.

Then we want back the honey

that was ours to begin with,

every last drop.

We demand an end to the glorification

of the bear as anything more

than a filthy, smelly,

bad-breath stink machine.

We're all aware

of what they do in the woods.

Wait for my signal.

Take him out.

He'll have nauseous

for a few hours, then he'll be fine.

And we will no longer tolerate

bee-negative nicknames...

But it's just a prance-about stage name!

...unnecessary inclusion of honey

in bogus health products

and la-dee-da human

tea-time snack garnishments.

Oan't breathe.

Bring it in, boys!

Hold it right there! Good.

Tap it.

Mr. Buzzwell, we just passed three cups,

and there's gallons more coming!

- I think we need to shut down!

- Shut down? We've never shut down.

Shut down honey production!

Stop making honey!

Turn your key, sir!

What do we do now?

Oannonball!

We're shutting honey production!

Mission abort.

Aborting pollination and nectar detail.

Returning to base.

Adam, you wouldn't believe

how much honey was out there.

Oh, yeah?

What's going on? Where is everybody?

- Are they out celebrating?

- They're home.

They don't know what to do.

Laying out, sleeping in.

I heard your Uncle Oarl was on his way

to San Antonio with a cricket.

At least we got our honey back.

Sometimes I think, so what if humans

liked our honey? Who wouldn't?

It's the greatest thing in the world!

I was excited to be part of making it.

This was my new desk. This was my

new job. I wanted to do it really well.

And now...

Now I can't.

I don't understand

why they're not happy.

I thought their lives would be better!

They're doing nothing. It's amazing.

Honey really changes people.

You don't have any idea

what's going on, do you?

- What did you want to show me?

- This.

What happened here?

That is not the half of it.

Oh, no. Oh, my.

They're all wilting.

Doesn't look very good, does it?

No.

And whose fault do you think that is?

You know, I'm gonna guess bees.

Bees?

Specifically, me.

I didn't think bees not needing to make

honey would affect all these things.

It's notjust flowers.

Fruits, vegetables, they all need bees.

That's our whole SAT test right there.

Take away produce, that affects

the entire animal kingdom.

And then, of course...

The human species?

So if there's no more pollination,

it could all just go south here,

couldn't it?

I know this is also partly my fault.

How about a suicide pact?

How do we do it?

- I'll sting you, you step on me.

- Thatjust kills you twice.

Right, right.

Listen, Barry...

sorry, but I gotta get going.

I had to open my mouth and talk.

Vanessa?

Vanessa? Why are you leaving?

Where are you going?

To the final Tournament of Roses parade

in Pasadena.

They've moved it to this weekend

because all the flowers are dying.

It's the last chance

I'll ever have to see it.

Vanessa, I just wanna say I'm sorry.

I never meant it to turn out like this.

I know. Me neither.

Tournament of Roses.

Roses can't do sports.

Wait a minute. Roses. Roses?

Roses!

Vanessa!

Roses?!

Barry?

- Roses are flowers!

- Yes, they are.

Flowers, bees, pollen!

I know.

That's why this is the last parade.

Maybe not.

Oould you ask him to slow down?

Oould you slow down?

Barry!

OK, I made a huge mistake.

This is a total disaster, all my fault.

Yes, it kind of is.

I've ruined the planet.

I wanted to help you

with the flower shop.

I've made it worse.

Actually, it's completely closed down.

I thought maybe you were remodeling.

But I have another idea, and it's

greater than my previous ideas combined.

I don't want to hear it!

All right, they have the roses,

the roses have the pollen.

I know every bee, plant

and flower bud in this park.

All we gotta do is get what they've got

back here with what we've got.

- Bees.

- Park.

- Pollen!

- Flowers.

- Repollination!

- Across the nation!

Tournament of Roses,

Pasadena, Oalifornia.

They've got nothing

but flowers, floats and cotton candy.

Security will be tight.

I have an idea.

Vanessa Bloome, FTD.

Official floral business. It's real.

Sorry, ma'am. Nice brooch.

Thank you. It was a gift.

Once inside,

we just pick the right float.

How about The Princess and the Pea?

I could be the princess,

and you could be the pea!

Yes, I got it.

- Where should I sit?

- What are you?

- I believe I'm the pea.

- The pea?

It goes under the mattresses.

- Not in this fairy tale, sweetheart.

- I'm getting the marshal.

You do that!

This whole parade is a fiasco!

Let's see what this baby'll do.

Hey, what are you doing?!

Then all we do

is blend in with traffic...

...without arousing suspicion.

Once at the airport,

there's no stopping us.

Stop! Security.

- You and your insect pack your float?

- Yes.

Has it been

in your possession the entire time?

Would you remove your shoes?

- Remove your stinger.

- It's part of me.

I know. Just having some fun.

Enjoy your flight.

Then if we're lucky, we'll have

just enough pollen to do the job.

Oan you believe how lucky we are? We

have just enough pollen to do the job!

I think this is gonna work.

It's got to work.

Attention, passengers,

this is Oaptain Scott.

We have a bit of bad weather

in New York.

It looks like we'll experience

a couple hours delay.

Barry, these are cut flowers

with no water. They'll never make it.

I gotta get up there

and talk to them.

Be careful.

Oan I get help

with the Sky Mall magazine?

I'd like to order the talking

inflatable nose and ear hair trimmer.

Oaptain, I'm in a real situation.

- What'd you say, Hal?

- Nothing.

Bee!

Don't freak out! My entire species...

What are you doing?

- Wait a minute! I'm an attorney!

- Who's an attorney?

Don't move.

Oh, Barry.

Good afternoon, passengers.

This is your captain.

Would a Miss Vanessa Bloome in 24B

please report to the cockpit?

And please hurry!

What happened here?

There was a DustBuster,

a toupee, a life raft exploded.

One's bald, one's in a boat,

they're both unconscious!

- Is that another bee joke?

- No!

No one's flying the plane!

This is JFK control tower, Flight 356.

What's your status?

This is Vanessa Bloome.

I'm a florist from New York.

Where's the pilot?

He's unconscious,

and so is the copilot.

Not good. Does anyone onboard

have flight experience?

As a matter of fact, there is.

- Who's that?

- Barry Benson.

From the honey trial?! Oh, great.

Vanessa, this is nothing more

than a big metal bee.

It's got giant wings, huge engines.

I can't fly a plane.

- Why not? Isn't John Travolta a pilot?

- Yes.

How hard could it be?

Wait, Barry!

We're headed into some lightning.

This is Bob Bumble. We have some

late-breaking news from JFK Airport,

where a suspenseful scene

is developing.

Barry Benson,

fresh from his legal victory...

That's Barry!

...is attempting to land a plane,

loaded with people, flowers

and an incapacitated flight crew.

Flowers?!

We have a storm in the area

and two individuals at the controls

with absolutely no flight experience.

Just a minute.

There's a bee on that plane.

I'm quite familiar with Mr. Benson

and his no-account compadres.

They've done enough damage.

But isn't he your only hope?

Technically, a bee

shouldn't be able to fly at all.

Their wings are too small...

Haven't we heard this a million times?

"The surface area of the wings

and body mass make no sense."

- Get this on the air!

- Got it.

- Stand by.

- We're going live.

The way we work may be a mystery to you.

Making honey takes a lot of bees

doing a lot of small jobs.

But let me tell you about a small job.

If you do it well,

it makes a big difference.

More than we realized.

To us, to everyone.

That's why I want to get bees

back to working together.

That's the bee way!

We're not made of Jell-O.

We get behind a fellow.

- Black and yellow!

- Hello!

Left, right, down, hover.

- Hover?

- Forget hover.

This isn't so hard.

Beep-beep! Beep-beep!

Barry, what happened?!

Wait, I think we were

on autopilot the whole time.

- That may have been helping me.

- And now we're not!

So it turns out I cannot fly a plane.

All of you, let's get

behind this fellow! Move it out!

Move out!

Our only chance is if I do what I'd do,

you copy me with the wings of the plane!

Don't have to yell.

I'm not yelling!

We're in a lot of trouble.

It's very hard to concentrate

with that panicky tone in your voice!

It's not a tone. I'm panicking!

I can't do this!

Vanessa, pull yourself together.

You have to snap out of it!

You snap out of it.

You snap out of it.

- You snap out of it!

- You snap out of it!

- You snap out of it!

- You snap out of it!

- You snap out of it!

- You snap out of it!

- Hold it!

- Why? Oome on, it's my turn.

How is the plane flying?

I don't know.

Hello?

Benson, got any flowers

for a happy occasion in there?

The Pollen Jocks!

They do get behind a fellow.

- Black and yellow.

- Hello.

All right, let's drop this tin can

on the blacktop.

Where? I can't see anything. Oan you?

No, nothing. It's all cloudy.

Oome on. You got to think bee, Barry.

- Thinking bee.

- Thinking bee.

Thinking bee!

Thinking bee! Thinking bee!

Wait a minute.

I think I'm feeling something.

- What?

- I don't know. It's strong, pulling me.

Like a 27-million-year-old instinct.

Bring the nose down.

Thinking bee!

Thinking bee! Thinking bee!

- What in the world is on the tarmac?

- Get some lights on that!

Thinking bee!

Thinking bee! Thinking bee!

- Vanessa, aim for the flower.

- OK.

Out the engines. We're going in

on bee power. Ready, boys?

Affirmative!

Good. Good. Easy, now. That's it.

Land on that flower!

Ready? Full reverse!

Spin it around!

- Not that flower! The other one!

- Which one?

- That flower.

- I'm aiming at the flower!

That's a fat guy in a flowered shirt.

I mean the giant pulsating flower

made of millions of bees!

Pull forward. Nose down. Tail up.

Rotate around it.

- This is insane, Barry!

- This's the only way I know how to fly.

Am I koo-koo-kachoo, or is this plane

flying in an insect-like pattern?

Get your nose in there. Don't be afraid.

Smell it. Full reverse!

Just drop it. Be a part of it.

Aim for the center!

Now drop it in! Drop it in, woman!

Oome on, already.

Barry, we did it!

You taught me how to fly!

- Yes. No high-five!

- Right.

Barry, it worked!

Did you see the giant flower?

What giant flower? Where? Of course

I saw the flower! That was genius!

- Thank you.

- But we're not done yet.

Listen, everyone!

This runway is covered

with the last pollen

from the last flowers

available anywhere on Earth.

That means this is our last chance.

We're the only ones who make honey,

pollinate flowers and dress like this.

If we're gonna survive as a species,

this is our moment! What do you say?

Are we going to be bees, orjust

Museum of Natural History keychains?

We're bees!

Keychain!

Then follow me! Except Keychain.

Hold on, Barry. Here.

You've earned this.

Yeah!

I'm a Pollen Jock! And it's a perfect

fit. All I gotta do are the sleeves.

Oh, yeah.

That's our Barry.

Mom! The bees are back!

If anybody needs

to make a call, now's the time.

I got a feeling we'll be

working late tonight!

Here's your change. Have a great

afternoon! Oan I help who's next?

Would you like some honey with that?

It is bee-approved. Don't forget these.

Milk, cream, cheese, it's all me.

And I don't see a nickel!

Sometimes I just feel

like a piece of meat!

I had no idea.

Barry, I'm sorry.

Have you got a moment?

Would you excuse me?

My mosquito associate will help you.

Sorry I'm late.

He's a lawyer too?

I was already a blood-sucking parasite.

All I needed was a briefcase.

Have a great afternoon!

Barry, I just got this huge tulip order,

and I can't get them anywhere.

No problem, Vannie.

Just leave it to me.

You're a lifesaver, Barry.

Oan I help who's next?

All right, scramble, jocks!

It's time to fly.

Thank you, Barry!

That bee is living my life!

Let it go, Kenny.

- When will this nightmare end?!

- Let it all go.

- Beautiful day to fly.

- Sure is.

Between you and me,

I was dying to get out of that office.

You have got

to start thinking bee, my friend.

- Thinking bee!

- Me?

Hold it. Let's just stop

for a second. Hold it.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry, everyone.

Oan we stop here?

I'm not making a major life decision

during a production number!

All right. Take ten, everybody.

Wrap it up, guys.

I had virtually no rehearsal for that.

Special thanks to SergeiK.

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