Had to post this L.A. Times article, connected to our conversation tonight on politicians and legislation being bought and sold:
NFL stadium promoter gives $505,000 to state political campaigns
By Patrick McGreevy
January 29, 2010 | 7:01 p.m.
Ed Roski Jr., the L.A. County billionaire who got state legislators to exempt his proposed NFL stadium from environmental laws, has showered the lawmakers with tens of thousands of dollars in campaign cash.
The money is part of $505,000 that Roski put into California political campaigns during the second half of 2009, including $300,000 toward a proposed ballot measure that would change term limits for future legislators.
We just watched it again the other night. Overall, very good film but the computer/wheel villain was the weakest part, the most cliche part of an inventive film.
Funny, but the thing that stayed with me from it was the fact that Twinkies and cockroaches survived planetary destruction completely unscathed. 😀 I’m sure the makers would be disappointed that that was my take-away! It is better than most kids’ films, though, I must say.
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Had to post this L.A. Times article, connected to our conversation tonight on politicians and legislation being bought and sold:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-roski30-2010jan30,0,5733703.story
Total puking experience . . and they haven’t even spent any real money yet !
Foooooom! Through the Looking Glass.
The name of the Corporation in Wall-E was “Buy N Large.”
I love it!
That’s it! Very funny!
Couldn’t rest until I googled it.
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is a terrible thing.
We just watched it again the other night. Overall, very good film but the computer/wheel villain was the weakest part, the most cliche part of an inventive film.
Funny, but the thing that stayed with me from it was the fact that Twinkies and cockroaches survived planetary destruction completely unscathed. 😀 I’m sure the makers would be disappointed that that was my take-away! It is better than most kids’ films, though, I must say.
A jab at wal mart or costco
That was a very long Chat. 🙂
Did you lurk again?
I never lurk, I just pass like the wind. Left a message for you on O/T posts.
I saw. 🙂
Mokay then.
We missed you!
I left 3 comments but no one saw me come or leave.
I saw one quick one saying, “Enjoy the chat.”
Well you know what we say about “quick” ones. 🙂