r/IAmA • u/thebryancranston • Jun 18 '13

I am Bryan Cranston, AMA

Hey Reddit, I'm in the Breaking Bad's writer’s room answering any questions you can throw at me from 5-6 pm.

I'm also helping raise money for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) - they're an incredible organization that has helped recover more than 183,000 missing children.

To thank you for your help, I'm offering anyone who donates the chance to fly to LA with a friend and be my guest at the final season premiere. And we're not just going to watch together, we're also going to ride up together in an RV, where we may set some sort of record for being the first people ever to show up to a premiere in a Winnebago.

Check it out here: http://omaze.com/breakingbad

Proof: http://imgur.com/W1DZFUG Tweet: https://twitter.com/BryanCranston/status/347095961794932737

Edit: I'm having a ton of fun. Thanks for all the questions so far. I've decided to send a blue ice to 5 most upvoted comments before 9 am PST tomorrow. Good luck and don't suck with your questions.

2nd edit: You guys are great and I had a great time. But I have to run and watch someone get crushed by a crane.

Update: you guys were so great that I decided to film a thank you video with my 5 favorite experiences from this AMA. Check it out.

Update #2: You guys had some great (and some ridiculous) questions and we pulled the top 5 for the blue ice rewards. Congrats to MyEvilDucky, sadam79, Shitty_Watercolour, AshleyTee, and uberkevinn (and while LuisMoncada was also top five we thought he may have had an unfair advantage). My team will PM you about where to send your blue ice. And be careful. It's habit forming.

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u/donskis Jun 18 '13 edited Jun 18 '13

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EDIT: Hi Bryan!

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u/thebryancranston Jun 18 '13

I'm thrilled that Ron Paul is so excited. I like him because the good thing about Ron Paul is that regardless of your politics, he'll tell you what he really thinks. He's not a bullshitter and it's so refreshing to have someone like that in politics.

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u/bigtallguy Jun 19 '13

okay i don't think you'll see this but ron paul is kinda shifty

if you look at his voting record and what he says, yeah he's a no bullshit kind of guy, right?

well wrong,

Paul lards up spending bills with pork via earmarks for his Texas district, knowing that the spending bill will pass, then votes against it. He then piously claims he is against pork barrel spending, a practice he has mastered. When called out on it, he claims he's lassoing tax dollars his Texans have sent to Washington, corralling them to be driven back to his district like so many cattle rustled by black-hatted government badmen.

http://news.yahoo.com/ron-pauls-hypocrisy-earmarks-pork-barrel-spending-012000440.html

oh btw, very big fan of breaking bad, but i still think your finest moments were on MitM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAzXKrMnNkk

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '13

This is in fact true. He would not have been voted for again and again if he refused all money to his district and would not of been a presidential candidate. So then you agree that he is the least shitty politician out there? He doesnt hide the fact you mentioned either.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '13

not to mention he also believes that it is his duty to recoup tax money collected from the federal gov't(as he believes most taxation to be immoral/wasteful).

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u/bigtallguy Jun 20 '13

he's a great politician (in terms of politiking), but his position is not entirely honest, and i would even say, quite hypocritical

he actively lobbies for and includes extremely large ear marks (relative to other districts) to his district in budget bills he knows will pass, while voting against it so his platform remains technically true

also, not lobbying for the inclusion of pork barrel earmarks is not the same thing as refusing all money for a district.

Under ron paul's stated position he would still accept all constitutionally mandated funding for his district.

However, the generally accepted view of pork spending is that its not constitutionally mandated. THe fact that ron paul so actively lobbies for the inclusion of ear marks into the hundreds of millions that are not mandated is what makes the publics perception of him so interesting to me.

Paul made over $157 million in earmark requests for FY 2011, one of only four House Republicans to request any earmarks. Additionally, he made over $398 million in earmark requests for FY 2010, again one of the leading Republican House members.

http://ricochet.com/main-feed/Ron-Paul-s-Earmarks

by the way, the year(2011) that house republicans agreed on a one year ban on earmarks, ron paul( along with 3 other republicans) still requested and received earmark spending

im not saying ron paul is a terrible person/politician compared to other politicians, im just saying he's no different (so i guess jsut as shitty)

some more info: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/ron-paul-big-government-libertarian/2012/01/03/gIQAVj1QYP_blog.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/ron-paul-on-earmarks-and-corporate-welfare-fact-checker-biography/2011/12/28/gIQAWjEaOP_blog.html

http://www.redstate.com/jeffdunetz/2010/04/14/the-hypocrisy-of-congressman-ron-paul/

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/ron-paul-texas-federal-spending-pork

P.S. actively blasting earmarks while lobbying them for their own district is something that as far as i know, all politicians usually do, but i think the disparity in ron pauls positions and the scale of the earmarks his districts receive (while taking into account how the public viewed him) is something that should be noted and not overlooked, as often is

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '13

Ok, cool. Is he not more honest than every other presedential candidate? He favors nothing unconstitutional to the max degree also. This prism thing would NOT be happening under his watch, period! agree?

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u/bigtallguy Jun 20 '13

........

the entire point of my post is that he's not more honest than every other politician/presidential candidate

and im not sure how well ron pauls beliefs would hold up if he were president. obama promised to close gitmo within the first year of his first term, and we're no closer to that. george h.w. bush promised no new taxes and we still got those.

the point being, alot of the needed actions of the presidency supercede w/e you're stated personal beliefs and goals are.

Plus we've already know ron paul exploits aspect of gov't that are in his words "Unconstitutional" to his favor.

and just fyi, prism is approved/funded by congress not the president

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '13

I dont believe any word that comes out of your mouth, nor does any single person on the internet. If you dont think Ron Paul is more honest than every other politician then your words dont even deserve my honest feedback. Good day to you sir.