OT Follow the money

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message om...
This is kinda cool

http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php

I plugged in my zip code, 61801, and found that all my neighbors

Am I the only one who finds this a little scary???

Y'all rail about the patriot act, but this little piece of
big brother you're fine with?

Sheesh.

Jon. (bigbrotherisms don't have to always come from the gov't)

Jonathan Cook wrote:

Ken Fortenberry wrote:
This is kinda cool

http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php

I plugged in my zip code, 61801, and found that all my neighbors

Am I the only one who finds this a little scary???

Y'all rail about the patriot act, but this little piece of
big brother you're fine with?

Sheesh.

Jon. (bigbrotherisms don't have to always come from the gov't)

You'd prefer that Enron and Halliburton slip Shrub a couple of mil'
under the table ? Not that that doesn't happen anyway, but I'm all
for knowing where politicos get their campaign money.

--
Ken Fortenberry

On 19 Mar 2004 14:50:59 -0800, (Jonathan Cook)
wrote:

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message om...
This is kinda cool

http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php

I plugged in my zip code, 61801, and found that all my neighbors

Am I the only one who finds this a little scary???

Y'all rail about the patriot act, but this little piece of
big brother you're fine with?

How else can campaign finance laws be enforced?

Jon. (bigbrotherisms don't have to always come from the gov't)

The info *is* from the gov't. (http://www.fec.gov/)
--
Charlie...

"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
m...

Am I the only one who finds this a little scary???

Y'all rail about the patriot act, but this little piece of
big brother you're fine with?

Sheesh.

Jon. (bigbrotherisms don't have to always come from the gov't)

Social intercourse is always a delicate balancing act. Knowing which band
of murderous pigs one's neighbors support is, I think, useful and perfectly
legitimate. Allowing the particular band of murderous pigs in power at the
moment to know more about you than they have any legitimate reason to know
is another matter entirely.

Wolfgang
a shiny new nickel to the first one who correctly names the gang of
murderous pigs with the most guns.

Wolfgang" BRBR
Wolfgang
a shiny new nickel to the first one who correctly names the gang of
murderous pigs with the most guns.
BRBR
The ones who run the government at any given moment are the ones who have the
most guns. If you mean "among citizens who are not in political office",
probably people with hunting and fishing licenses. If you mean "by political
party", presumably Republicans.
My town showed 80% contributions to Bush, 10% Lieberman, 10% Dean, one Kerry.
Must be lagging the reality and certainly didn't show contributions under $100.
GKT

"ArnSaga" wrote in message
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Wolfgang" BRBR
Wolfgang
a shiny new nickel to the first one who correctly names the gang of
murderous pigs with the most guns.


...government...

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner in the balcony, ladies and
gentlemen!

Wolfgang
take a check?

On 19 Mar 2004 14:50:59 -0800, (Jonathan Cook)
wrote:

Ken Fortenberry wrote in message om...
This is kinda cool

http://www.fundrace.org/neighbors.php

I plugged in my zip code, 61801, and found that all my neighbors

Am I the only one who finds this a little scary???

Y'all rail about the patriot act, but this little piece of
big brother you're fine with?

Sheesh.

Jon. (bigbrotherisms don't have to always come from the gov't)


It's the law that all donations over a certain amount (seems to be
$500?) have to be available to the public. It has been for years.
Something to do with campaign fund chicanery. Not that this will stop
it. I'm sure there are ways around it for the really big players.

Anyone who doesn't want their contributions known simply shouldn't
make them. Can I use that as a reason I don't contribute? Nah. Weak
and spurious reasoning. But almost cute.

BTW, my neighborhood is 8 to Bush, 6 to various Dems (2 to Kerry).
Considering that they took my whole zip code, I think that my
neighborhood shares my attitude to contributing by an estimate of
about at least a hundred to at most a thousand fold over the
contributors.
--

rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

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On 19 Mar 2004 14:50:59 -0800, (Jonathan Cook)
wrote:
It's the law that all donations over a certain amount (seems to be
$500?) have to be available to the public. It has been for years.
Something to do with campaign fund chicanery. Not that this will stop
it. I'm sure there are ways around it for the really big players.

I think it's $200. The FEC has been collecting this information for a long
time, and anybody who wanted to walk in their front door could access the
reports on fiche and could copy pages for $.05 per page. When they first
put the information into computer storage, they sold access for $20 per
hour. They still do that for near-real-time data, but also let you download
summaries for free. (I found this all out at www.fec.gov). I'm happy this
information is now being distributed for free on the Web - remember this has
always been available to people with enough money to buy the computer time
and staff...