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Looks like the union can form about 20 PAC's, funnel as much money into them as they please, and then let the PAC's donate their maximum amount to the candidate. Either way, organizations receiving or looking to receive government contracts should not be able to donate to political campaigns. I understand there is a freedom of speech issue, but how corrupt is it when the company awarded a billion dollar contract kicks back a few million to the politicians that supported them, or will support them in the future? Same thing for unions - we're taking our government awarded contracts to give money to the politicians that will give us more. While this is true, the governor's campaign (which has the highest limits) is only allowed a little over one million in total. This bill is ridiculous in WI. It is not about balancing the budget. Before Walker came into office there was a SURPLUS in the budget. He gave tax breaks to businesses, creating the shortfall. That coupled with the unnecessary removal of collective bargaining rights equates a direct attack on unions. He has been trying to bust unions since he was a peon in Milwaukee county.

I'm not sure if I agree with the $100,000 mark but I can't be bothered to find anything to disprove it right now. Wisconsin actually puts relatively heavy restrictions on their campaigns. You can read about them here.

It doesn't matter if it's illogical. Carl Sagan said it. I suppose I should address the question too...hmm. Define an 'extraordinary claim'. If the claim 'extraordinary claims...' falls under that definition, you can toss it out as illogical.

That's one of the best views I've seen on the topic of the supposed Runescape "community" :thumbup:

This is the story of one of my best friends and what he did last night. The guy is an employee at the exact same Pizza Hut. He lived across from me in our apartment complex last year and I had to repeatedly deal with his blackout antics but this, this is nuts hahaha.

Power to the people. I think unions can be a good thing, but I don't think that they should be overpaid or given too many benefits (as in the case with WI). I know many of my friends that teach in WI would hate me for saying that haha. As long as the unions retain their collective bargaining rights, they should take some cuts along with the rest of the working class. Aren't unions supposed to be all about equality? I'd wager to say a lot of those union guys are part of the "from each according to his ability" mindset...shouldn't they feel bad that while many other workers in the state are and have been suffering they have been prospering? It's really a tough call on unions when it comes down to it. The federal government now protects many workers' rights that unions established years ago so, in a way, unions are obsolete. But at the same time, there is nothing preventing those rights from being stripped away by the federal government as long as the votes are there. Somewhat of a slippery slope, but it is possible.

I hear the Slovakians make great mid-life crisis feel good films.

Hungary.

Who said history was boring? Lemuel Roberts, circa 1765: "From boyhood, he had 'the most ardent love of hunting.' Three years before his first winter in the woods, he had killed a bear at close quarters, first jamming the butt of his gun in the beast's mouth to keep it from killing his dog, then finishing it off with a HATCHET. He had also killed a buck in a hand-to-hoof battle." WHAT!?!

There are a thousand different interpretations of why the community has "died". To be honest, though, I never experienced any sort of community in game. That might owe some of its argumentative weight to the style in which I play (mostly on my own), but I think the last real in-game community was well before I joined Runescape. The only community that I've experienced first-hand is here at Tip.It.

This falls on the first Friday of my Spring Break. Helllllllllllll yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The only way I would have walked out of the theatre happy after Inception is if there was a cut to a Boogie Nights-esque final scene right as the top was starting to fall.

I'd recommend Eraserhead. It's such a surrealist cliche but I love it. Lost Highway is also pretty good. I loved Dune as well, but that's because I love the books and played the video games and Sting is in it :lol:

Oh come on, don't be such a cynic. Today? I'm getting massive amounts of caffeine and locking myself in the drumset room for about five hours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWwbTRtrwlU Sweden wins again.

Never mind the fact that it's been snowing for over 12 straight hours and we have winds of 30 mph+, my University thinks it's safe for students to drive in for class. Both other uni's in town canceled classes today but not mine. AWESOME.

It's a Talking Heads song. :grin:

Battlefield 3 is looking like it's going to be the one thing to bring me back to Xbox Live. Looks awesome!

http://forum.tip.it and http://www.npr.org and http://www.dontevenreply.com/

What's a Radiohead?

Tip.it would slay any other community's army in a heartbeat. Even an alliance of non-Tip.it sites wouldn't be able to defeat us.

Why am I the only one that voted for Bruce Lee? Come on!

I think this is definitely what you're looking for :grin: