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^ LOL, Not a surprise really... And you only thought they were putting solid waste in landfills. :beaten:

Not that I needed convincing, but after last night's debate, I'm voting for Brown, NOT Whitman: she's a self-serving elitist.

Someone at HuffPo pointed this out: http://tinyurl.com/26qpn3k

I guess Whitman is the high bidder. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:Someone at HuffPo pointed this out: http://tinyurl.com/26qpn3k

I guess Whitman is the high bidder. :beaten:

Yeah but since her billions aren't enough...she hired an undocumented worker to actually click the mouse button on eBay.

Tu_triky wrote:Yeah but since her billions aren't enough...she hired an undocumented worker to actually click the mouse button on eBay.

Whitman's hometown paper is picking Brown: http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_16291551?nclick_check=1 :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
Whitman's hometown paper is picking Brown: http://www.mercurynews.com/elections/ci_16291551?nclick_check=1 :mrgreen:

Dude even the founder of eBay said he couldn't really support Whitman.

From HuffPo:

Meg Whitman Contributes Additional $20 Million To Campaign; Personal Contribution Totals $140 Million

If she sent me a check for $1M, I'd vote for her. :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:From HuffPo:

Meg Whitman Contributes Additional $20 Million To Campaign; Personal Contribution Totals $140 Million

If she sent me a check for $1M, I'd vote for her. :beaten:

Put your vote up eBay. I don't know if she can afford a million though...her house budget is so tight that she had to hire an undocumented worker after all. Times are tough obviously.

The HuffPo article quoted Whitman as saying if she needed to go to $150M, she would.

All that money spent to get a $200K job... Pretty lousy rate of return.

Whether or not she wins, I wonder if her accountant is going to find a loophole for her to write off the $140M on her taxes...

bmwracer wrote:The HuffPo article quoted Whitman as saying if she needed to go to $150M, she would.

All that money spent to get a $200K job... Pretty lousy rate of return.

Whether or not she wins, I wonder if her accountant is going to find a loophole for her to write off the $140M on her taxes...

I hope she goes up to 200MM so she can afford a good haircut.

Tu_triky wrote:I hope she goes up to 200MM so she can afford a good haircut.

Like the one The Donald has? :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:
Like the one The Donald has? :rofl:

From quasi skullet to combover. Sweet move.

Saw this last night on TV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sw_0a54S8po&feature=player_embedded

Bill Maher: New Rules for Teabaggers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBaxckBCS_M :rofl:

bmwracer wrote:Bill Maher: New Rules for Teabaggers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBaxckBCS_M :rofl:

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That's one of those times where I strongly disagree with him.
I think reasearch and exploration are wrong places for budget cuts because science is part of the wealth of a nation.
Besides space agencies aren't only about nice trip to Mars and pretty pictures of galaxies: did Mahler for example ever wonder about how much of the world infrastructure and communication is based on satellites? Maybe he'll remeber in his next rant about global warming...

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That's one of those times where I strongly disagree with him.
I think reasearch and exploration are wrong places for budget cuts because science is part of the wealth of a nation.
Besides space agencies aren't only about nice trip to Mars and pretty pictures of galaxies: did Mahler for example ever wonder about how much of the world infrastructure and communication is based on satellites? Maybe he'll remeber in his next rant about global warming...

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Good point.

Maybe cut military spending to fund exploration... :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Maybe cut military spending to fund exploration... :victory:

I think cuts in defense spending should be on the table, just as other programs, entitlements or otherwise, are every time spending is considered. Maybe if we reallocated some of the vast sums of money spent on the defense budget we could address our crumbling national infrastructure (i.e. roads, bridges, airports, rail travel, electrical grids, energy generation, etc.). When those things become so degraded as to affect economic competitiveness that too can be an issue of national security.

When you travel abroad and see how crap ass our infrastructure is compared to nations that are less wealthy, it's both enlightening and a little embarrassing.

Tu_triky wrote:I think cuts in defense spending should be on the table, just as other programs, entitlements or otherwise, are every time spending is considered. Maybe if we reallocated some of the vast sums of money spent on the defense budget we could address our crumbling national infrastructure (i.e. roads, bridges, airports, rail travel, electrical grids, energy generation, etc.). When those things become so degraded as to affect economic competitiveness that too can be an issue of national security.

Like Maher said, the U.S. has an empire: tons of military spread out throughout the world...

bmwracer wrote:
Like Maher said, the U.S. has an empire: tons of military spread out throughout the world...

That's not in question. We need to look more toward ourselves to solve our domestic issues but the hubris of being top cop (in the process providing a security umbrella for countries that don't want to spend a lick) and the amount of money being juiced from taxpayers by the defense industry is too entrenched.

Tu_triky wrote:We need to look more toward ourselves to solve our domestic issues but the hubris of being top cop (in the process providing a security umbrella for countries that don't want to spend a lick) and the amount of money being juiced from taxpayers by the defense industry is too entrenched.

Absolutely.

We need to take care of our own backyard instead of fooling around with everyone else's. :(