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TacticalFox88 said:
Because the government does not want to be in the business of essentially preparing its employees' tax returns.
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PoliGAF 2011: Of Weiners, Boehners, Santorum, and Teabags
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Because the government does not want to be in the business of essentially preparing its employees' tax returns.
XiaNaphryz
LATIN, MATRIPEDICABUS, DO YOU SPEAK IT
NullPointer
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Did I see Mass Effect in there at 1:53? A Pro-gaming President? He just got my vote ;Pgutter_trash said:
Under Obama far too many dev studios have closed down. The job creators just don't have the confidence that they used to.
RustyNails
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That Rick Perry ad is not meant to be watched by the general electorate. It's a piece to rile up his conservative base. He hits all the right notes for his : pro business, anti-entitlement, family man (one man-one woman, mind you!), and c-c-c-c-conservative to the core!
Play that bullshit in the general election and Rick Perry done shoot his own two feet with his double barreled shotgun.
Play that bullshit in the general election and Rick Perry done shoot his own two feet with his double barreled shotgun.
MrGame&Watch
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I'm going to fucking vomit. I know people BS all the time about "leavIng America" over an election but damn if rick perry was elected I'd seriously consider leaving. I don't need another President who says I'm not an American(I'm an atheist)
NullPointer said:
Yep, at Bioware Austin.
Caveat: I hate Rick Perry.
That said, while he's used the Emerging Technology Fund in Texas as a blunt weapon and a campaign contribution tool, it's hard to deny it has been effective in bringing technology jobs to Texas. The incentives the ETF can bring to bear for a company who needs a headquarters are significant.
It's basically a $500 million venture capital fund controlled by Perry.
From THAT ad? No. Aside from listing faith in God as one of his qualifications (And with the general public, maybe not even that), that was a pretty non-threatening and unspecific ad. Now had they gone on about how his policies would reflect this list of values, maybe THEN it would scare off people in the general election.RustyNails said:
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Do you live in the US? Not anywhere I've ever lived, that's for sure. That ad would be eaten up by the general public.RustyNails said:
Meus Renaissance
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Just saw/heard those Bachmann videos. It's kinda sad when you think about it
Let's not get too excited folks, it wasn't Mass Effect footage in the video but Mass Effect 2
Let's not get too excited folks, it wasn't Mass Effect footage in the video but Mass Effect 2
RustyNails
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Do you think US is ready for another conservative to the core politician from Texas? It's like Obama running a "liberal to the max" campaign.Bulbo Urethral Baggins said:
mckmas8808
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besada said:
Tell us more about this fund.
"Conservative" does not have the same connotations as "liberal" in American society.RustyNails said:
Seriously, anyone thinking that this ad is somehow radical and polarizing is in for a world of hurt this election. They can cut a handful of words (Maybe not even then in today's political climate) and tie a ribbon on this thing for the general election. It's practically pitch-perfect for general consumption outside of the length.
Maybe? Certainly the ones convinced that Obama is a socialist, which is more than I'd care to think about. Those people, who are dissatisfied with someone they think to be wildly liberal, are looking for someone further to the right to correct a perceived imbalance.RustyNails said:
Of course, I live in Texas, where this sign sits alongside the busiest interstate in the state:
So your mileage may vary.
Bulbo Urethral Baggins
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Well, America is generally a conservative country. I didn't see anything in that ad that would put off a lot of people- other than saying he's "conservative to the core". That even scares me. But, it's main message was regarding jobs jobs jobs... and the 40% of new jobs statistic was pretty impressive sounding.RustyNails said:
NullPointer
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The mind reels.besada said:Of course, I live in Texas, where this sign sits alongside the busiest interstate in the state:
So your mileage may vary.
I guess its time to roll out my election 2012 prediction, in picture form:
mckmas8808 said:
It's heavily invested in biotech and medical innovations, but spends some cash on Aerospace and materials technology, including a little company called NanoTailor, which is trying to make buckytube based fabrics.
Successful companies pay back investments and it's supposed to be a self-funding fund, although they've already dumped more money into than they originally planned, so we'll see how that works out.
They do pre-seed investing, particularly spinning off medical technologies (more than half of the awards) that come out of state universities. You can see the list of all the awards, which comprise $134 million of the total $500 million allocated, here:
http://governor.state.tx.us/files/ecodev/etf/TETF_Dashboard.pdf (PDF)
I suspect you'll be fond of it.
Edit: Annual report on the TEFT here:
http://governor.state.tx.us/files/ecodev/etf/TETF_Report.pdf (PDF)
TacticalFox88
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Damn, I didn't even know you could put that kind of stuff on highway billboards.besada said:Maybe? Certainly the ones convinced that Obama is a socialist, which is more than I'd care to think about. Those people, who are dissatisfied with someone they think to be wildly liberal, are looking for someone further to the right to correct a perceived imbalance.
Of course, I live in Texas, where this sign sits alongside the busiest interstate in the state:
So your mileage may vary.
Souldriver
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Learned the values of patriotism
Has faith in God
The son of tenant farmers
Wore the uniform of our country as an airforce captain
Returned to the family farm
Married his high school sweetheart
Started a family
Look at all those credentials I don't give shit about. You say he married his high school sweetheart? He's got my vote!!
Has faith in God
The son of tenant farmers
Wore the uniform of our country as an airforce captain
Returned to the family farm
Married his high school sweetheart
Started a family
Look at all those credentials I don't give shit about. You say he married his high school sweetheart? He's got my vote!!
TacticalFox88 said:
Nowhere near the most fucked up sign I've seen on a Texas billboard. And frankly, I've always thought the ones in Arizona make ours look tame. I drove past one in the Clinton years that had pictures of gun-toting conservatives and Clinton in the same picture, that just happened to have all the guns pointed at him.
There are some serious crazy folks in Arizona.
Edit: You remember the stink from those "The most dangerous place for an African-American child is in the womb" billboards that went up in NY? They came from a Texas pro-life group, and I'd seen them here for awhile before they rolled them out in other states. If you get down near the border, you'll see them, in multiple languages, about "latino children".
Texas has a lot of highways and a lot of billboards. All sort of weird, offensive shit goes up on them.
This is a billboard in Lewis County WA that we pass when visiting my wife's family. Different message on each side, changes every month or so I think.
Landowner was very upset out I5 going right through his farm, billboard's been protesting everything government related in the decades since.
maximum360
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PhoenixDark said:Everytime Mardak posts I think it's Mandark
Yup, same problem here. His username is twisting my brain.
Mortrialus
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Most voters won't know or care.Measley said:
Alcibiades
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that crossed my mind once or twice two hahamaximum360 said:Yup, same problem here. His username is twisting my brain.
Is this between Temple and Waco on I35? Pretty sure I've seen the exact same sign!besada said:Maybe? Certainly the ones convinced that Obama is a socialist, which is more than I'd care to think about. Those people, who are dissatisfied with someone they think to be wildly liberal, are looking for someone further to the right to correct a perceived imbalance.
Of course, I live in Texas, where this sign sits alongside the busiest interstate in the state:
So your mileage may vary.
Mortrialus
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Hylian7 said:
Its obviously a grab to appeal to the young folk.
Republican leaders have been saying atheists aren't true Americans for my entire lifetime. While campaigning in '87, Bush Sr. said atheists shouldn't be considered citizens or patriots.MrGame&Watch said:
Unfortunately, it seems like this line of thinking has only grown stronger and more out in the open in recent years.
FlawlessCowboy
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gutter_trash said:
Perry looks awfully presidential in that ad.
I'm impressed.
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