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That is all.
H/T to BLACKFIVE
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Monday, November 02, 2009
So, what's it all mean?
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Lessons from the election:
Somebody much smarter then I once remarked that You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
Here locally, we had candidates who decided their way to success was to follow the Obama Formula of either lying about your intent or lying about the impacts.
As I write this, I don't know what the outcomes will be locally. But I know the questions: will The Liar be successful in vaulting himself into office by manufacturing an issue out of whole cloth, lying about it, and then fooling the people into buying into it, and getting an amount equal to 1/3rd of his entire campaign coffer from mysterious New York money to make that happen?
Will those shilling for David Barnett in LaCenter be successful in their pro-casino efforts by following the lie pattern established by the Mayor? Or will the people come to understand that any negotiations of any kind will be done entirely to benefit the organized crime effort that will result in the destruction of LaCenter as the occupants know it?
Will the people of this state simply be overwhelmed by the millions in out of state money and the ad campaign of the "No on I-1033" campaign that has been one big lie from the very beginning in a media effort that would have grossed out Nazi Propaganda Minister Joesph Goebbels in it's breadth and audacity?
Or will they come to understand that our state is incapable of making prudent decisions when it comes to fiscal restraint? Will they come to understand that EVERY prediction that I-1033 will cause "harm" is a lie because the legislature can eliminate the entire initiative on the first day of session if they have a mind to do so?
Will they see past the lies of the "Yes" campaign on R-71 and see the institutional discrimination and outright effort to buy the senior citizen vote with the age-limited civil union bill for heterosexuals?
On the National level, will we finally begin to throw of the yolk of Obamaism? Will the people admit that we made a horrific mistake in electing the empty-suited, anti-American racist bigot?
Will the GOP finally come to understand that it takes much more then an "R" after your name to be a Republican? Will hey finally figure out that mainstreamers like "The Witch of the 23rd," allegedly a Republican but now doing robo-calls for her fellow leftist democrat are NOT in fact, Republicans but are, instead, democrats in a different wrapper?
Will the leaders of the GOP come to understand that "party loyalty" has no place in the mind of the mainstreamer, as illustrated by their many defections to the democrats AFTER mainstreamers were stupid enough to help get them elected? Will they finally get that "a big tent" does NOT equal "blind obedience?"
These represent the questions of interest to me. Not only what happened, but what have they learned?
Stay tuned.
Lessons from the election:
Somebody much smarter then I once remarked that You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
Here locally, we had candidates who decided their way to success was to follow the Obama Formula of either lying about your intent or lying about the impacts.
As I write this, I don't know what the outcomes will be locally. But I know the questions: will The Liar be successful in vaulting himself into office by manufacturing an issue out of whole cloth, lying about it, and then fooling the people into buying into it, and getting an amount equal to 1/3rd of his entire campaign coffer from mysterious New York money to make that happen?
Will those shilling for David Barnett in LaCenter be successful in their pro-casino efforts by following the lie pattern established by the Mayor? Or will the people come to understand that any negotiations of any kind will be done entirely to benefit the organized crime effort that will result in the destruction of LaCenter as the occupants know it?
Will the people of this state simply be overwhelmed by the millions in out of state money and the ad campaign of the "No on I-1033" campaign that has been one big lie from the very beginning in a media effort that would have grossed out Nazi Propaganda Minister Joesph Goebbels in it's breadth and audacity?
Or will they come to understand that our state is incapable of making prudent decisions when it comes to fiscal restraint? Will they come to understand that EVERY prediction that I-1033 will cause "harm" is a lie because the legislature can eliminate the entire initiative on the first day of session if they have a mind to do so?
Will they see past the lies of the "Yes" campaign on R-71 and see the institutional discrimination and outright effort to buy the senior citizen vote with the age-limited civil union bill for heterosexuals?
On the National level, will we finally begin to throw of the yolk of Obamaism? Will the people admit that we made a horrific mistake in electing the empty-suited, anti-American racist bigot?
Will the GOP finally come to understand that it takes much more then an "R" after your name to be a Republican? Will hey finally figure out that mainstreamers like "The Witch of the 23rd," allegedly a Republican but now doing robo-calls for her fellow leftist democrat are NOT in fact, Republicans but are, instead, democrats in a different wrapper?
Will the leaders of the GOP come to understand that "party loyalty" has no place in the mind of the mainstreamer, as illustrated by their many defections to the democrats AFTER mainstreamers were stupid enough to help get them elected? Will they finally get that "a big tent" does NOT equal "blind obedience?"
These represent the questions of interest to me. Not only what happened, but what have they learned?
Stay tuned.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Does this infuriate you? It does me: The US Government is deporting Veterans.
I've made my position clear on the issue of illegal aliens: As a Nation, if we're truly concerned about ending this violation of the law, then we need to stop becoming the destination resort for the world's illegal aliens.
Giving them in-state tuition, education, medical and all the rest of the benefits they do not deserve while we're told by various governments and groups within our own borders that they will do NOTHING to enforce the laws they're sworn to uphold because they don't happen to like them.
HOWEVER, I welcome the LEGAL immigration of those who view the United States as what it is. And taking it a step further, I would guarantee American citizenship for anyone either completing an enlistment or a combat tour; anyone awarded a Purple Heart or anyone given a medical discharge for a service-connected disability.
As it turns out, it appears that SOME recruiters (certainly not all) are promising close to instant citizenship to enlistees (They have to be enlistees, since non-citizens cannot be commissioned) for signing on the dotted line.
In writing this, this isn't a "Bush" thing or an "Obama" thing. How we could POSSIBLY deport ANYONE who's put their ass on the line for this country is simply beyond my understanding. Yet, apparently, that is what we're doing:
Sen. Patty Murray portrays herself as some sort of Veteran's Goddess. I will be discussing this with her local office tomorrow, which can be reached at 360.696.7797 or go on down there like I am to the Marshall House in beautiful downtown Ft. Vancouver.
Do NOT let this go. If Murray is all she claims, she should be able to fix this with a letter, a note, a phone call.
These men and women have bled for us and in some case, died for us. The least we can do is recognize their sacrifice and let them die as Americans... for any one of them deserves it much more than anyone else here in violation of our laws.
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Giving them in-state tuition, education, medical and all the rest of the benefits they do not deserve while we're told by various governments and groups within our own borders that they will do NOTHING to enforce the laws they're sworn to uphold because they don't happen to like them.
HOWEVER, I welcome the LEGAL immigration of those who view the United States as what it is. And taking it a step further, I would guarantee American citizenship for anyone either completing an enlistment or a combat tour; anyone awarded a Purple Heart or anyone given a medical discharge for a service-connected disability.
As it turns out, it appears that SOME recruiters (certainly not all) are promising close to instant citizenship to enlistees (They have to be enlistees, since non-citizens cannot be commissioned) for signing on the dotted line.
In writing this, this isn't a "Bush" thing or an "Obama" thing. How we could POSSIBLY deport ANYONE who's put their ass on the line for this country is simply beyond my understanding. Yet, apparently, that is what we're doing:
Former National Guard soldier fights deportationMuhammad Zahid Chaudhry's father told him to serve the country he loves.
Yakima Herald-Republic
YAKIMA, Wash. —Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry's father told him to serve the country he loves.
Heeding those words, the 36-year-old Pakistani immigrant living in Yakima joined the Army National Guard and was sent to active duty at Fort Lewis and Fort Irwin in Southern California.
Now, the country he served is kicking him out.
Immigration authorities are denying him U.S. citizenship because he failed to disclose old misdemeanor convictions in Australia when he applied for a visa a decade ago.
Chaudhry - who claims he was coerced into pleading guilty to the crimes, for which he paid fines - says he didn't realize they were classified as convictions at the time. He alerted U.S. immigration authorities after learning otherwise years later.
He says his honesty is costing him his dream of living in this country with his wife Ann, a U.S. citizen.
But immigration authorities say he misrepresented himself just to further his stay in the United States. In April, he faces an immigration judge in a deportation hearing.
"There's not a word to describe the overwhelming depression," Ann Chaudhry said as her eyes moistened. "It gets you down. You just want to go crawl in a hole sometimes. It's constant and people who haven't gone through this type of problem can't comprehend what it's like."
On a recent morning, Chaudhry sits quietly in his wheelchair in his west Yakima home. His wife hands him a napkin filled with pills he takes to tolerate the pain that shoots from his broken back.
He rarely leaves his home.
He arrived in the U.S. on a tourist visa in 1998 and planned a life in the U.S. military when he joined in March 2001. A month later his application for permanent residency was approved. But a series of back injuries he sustained during training exercises that required him to repeatedly sprint and drop to the ground while toting a rifle and pack at Fort Lewis eventually confined his life to a wheelchair. He was honorably discharged in May 2006.
Despite his infirmities, Chaudhry is not leaving the country without a fight.
This is wrong on so many fricking levels I can't even begin to address them all.
Sen. Patty Murray portrays herself as some sort of Veteran's Goddess. I will be discussing this with her local office tomorrow, which can be reached at 360.696.7797 or go on down there like I am to the Marshall House in beautiful downtown Ft. Vancouver.
Do NOT let this go. If Murray is all she claims, she should be able to fix this with a letter, a note, a phone call.
These men and women have bled for us and in some case, died for us. The least we can do is recognize their sacrifice and let them die as Americans... for any one of them deserves it much more than anyone else here in violation of our laws.
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Don Brunell of the Association of Washington Business parachutes in to tell us what's best for us.
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One of the many infuriating things about the criminal enterprise known as the Cowlitz megacasino is that those who would come here and ram this steaming crap pile down the throat of this community don't live here, and will not have to suffer the almost uncountable negative impacts of their scam.
That's just part of the reason I despise that effort and those behind it. These scum come down here from Seattle or Olympia or over here from Connecticut or up here from California to tell us how much WE will benefit from THEIR project.
That's a flat out lie, of course. WE will have to bear the myriad costs and taxes THEIR project will require. And that's why I oppose it.
How easy it is for those who don't live here and who will not bear the costs of THEIR project to come down here and tell US what, how, and in what way to live.
And that's the garbage Don Brunell just dropped on our doorsteps.
Here's his letter to the editor:
Olympia? Have you noticed, like I've noticed, how very well "Olympia" has done for the people of this state?
All of which is beside the points.
Point number one: Brunell, of course, doesn't live here. Like the scum shilling this steaming crap pile that will vacuum $100,000,000 per year out of our local economy (odd that. Brunell seems to care so VERY much about our Washington's economy." But it sure seems that he doesn't have much concern over the $100,000,000 a year hole he supports getting blown into OUR local economy. THAT sacrifice seems to just be "hunky dory" in the Olympia world of spending other people's money.)
Point number two: Brunell seems incapable of conceptualizing what SHOULD have happened, and what MIGHT have made the waste of the $100,000,000 plus already blown for "planning" worth it if that plan was for what this region REALLY needed: a third and then a forth bridge.
A third and fourth bridge would do the very thing that Brunell is whining about. Two additional bridges to handle local traffic would free up the two other interstate bridges for the freight mobility concerns that Brunell is babbling about, WITHOUT forcing 65,000 people per day to cough up $1300 a year.... each.... for a project we do not want, do not need and for which Brunell will not have to pay a dime.
Point number three: I get that AWB and, therefore, Brunell directly will benefit from this massive waste of billions of dollars. But to LIE about it?
Brunell, here's a clue:
When you babble "There are only two major bridges between Longview and Stevenson, which makes the region extremely vulnerable," you fail to indicate that even after this crap pile is built, there will STILL only be "two major bridges between Longview and Stevenson."
I point this out so that when you are determined to lie, you at least need to use common sense in the process. That, of course, stands as one of the biggest problems with bridge supporters: they cannot tell the truth and support this crap pile.
So, when you go on to spew: "If either bridge was damaged or closed, it would lead to lost jobs and lost business." While true as far as it goes, you neglect to mention that it will be true even AFTER the perfectly serviceable, fully functional and safe I-5 Bridge we ALREADY HAVE is unnecessarily replaced.
Next, you infer that replacing a perfectly serviceable bridge with 3 through lanes with an 8 or so billion dollar waste of money with 3 through lanes and loot rail will somehow "help" to "keep Washington business competitive."
In the face of Boeing's justifiable decision to get the hell out of here, I would venture to say that we have many, many more problems concerning Washington business competitiveness then the waste of billions of dollars to replace a bridge that does not need to BE replaced.
And finally, you tell us that " This important project will benefit Washington, and it must be built." Mr. Brunell, while it MAY "benefit Washington, it damned sure will NOT "benefit" those of us who actually LIVE here. It WILL benefit those few businesses that actually get bribed by contracts for small jobs connected with constructing this massive waste of billions... but it will DAMAGE our local economy and accomplish NOTHING in terms of decreasing congestion OR increasing freight mobility.
While admirable, the single-mindedness and complete failure of those shilling the bridge, the vast majority of whom not being required to pay a nickel in costs for THEIR project, leads them to lie without a second thought.
They tell us this massive waste of dollars unheard of in this region will solve every problem up to acne, when, in fact, it solves NOTHING except to vacuum hundreds of dollars out of the pockets of working families across this region... something Mr. Brunell, who DOES NOT LIVE HERE, will not have to worry about.
Frankly, that kind of rank hypocrisy sickens me.
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One of the many infuriating things about the criminal enterprise known as the Cowlitz megacasino is that those who would come here and ram this steaming crap pile down the throat of this community don't live here, and will not have to suffer the almost uncountable negative impacts of their scam.
That's just part of the reason I despise that effort and those behind it. These scum come down here from Seattle or Olympia or over here from Connecticut or up here from California to tell us how much WE will benefit from THEIR project.
That's a flat out lie, of course. WE will have to bear the myriad costs and taxes THEIR project will require. And that's why I oppose it.
How easy it is for those who don't live here and who will not bear the costs of THEIR project to come down here and tell US what, how, and in what way to live.
And that's the garbage Don Brunell just dropped on our doorsteps.
Here's his letter to the editor:
Congestion makes jobs vulnerableOlympia.As president of the Association of Washington Business, I want to express our steadfast support for a new I-5 Columbia River Crossing. Current congestion levels are having a negative impact on the cost of doing business in Washington and on the environment. The future looks even worse. By 2030, truck traffic is estimated to increase at almost twice the rate of automobile traffic and, without a new crossing, congestion is expected to increase to 15 hours per day.
Freight traffic brings vital goods to and from our regional businesses and supports jobs and the Washington economy. There are only two major bridges between Longview and Stevenson, which makes the region extremely vulnerable. If either bridge was damaged or closed, it would lead to lost jobs and lost business. We need to keep Washington businesses competitive. This important project will benefit Washington, and it must be built.
Don C. Brunell
Olympia
Olympia? Have you noticed, like I've noticed, how very well "Olympia" has done for the people of this state?
All of which is beside the points.
Point number one: Brunell, of course, doesn't live here. Like the scum shilling this steaming crap pile that will vacuum $100,000,000 per year out of our local economy (odd that. Brunell seems to care so VERY much about our Washington's economy." But it sure seems that he doesn't have much concern over the $100,000,000 a year hole he supports getting blown into OUR local economy. THAT sacrifice seems to just be "hunky dory" in the Olympia world of spending other people's money.)
Point number two: Brunell seems incapable of conceptualizing what SHOULD have happened, and what MIGHT have made the waste of the $100,000,000 plus already blown for "planning" worth it if that plan was for what this region REALLY needed: a third and then a forth bridge.
A third and fourth bridge would do the very thing that Brunell is whining about. Two additional bridges to handle local traffic would free up the two other interstate bridges for the freight mobility concerns that Brunell is babbling about, WITHOUT forcing 65,000 people per day to cough up $1300 a year.... each.... for a project we do not want, do not need and for which Brunell will not have to pay a dime.
Point number three: I get that AWB and, therefore, Brunell directly will benefit from this massive waste of billions of dollars. But to LIE about it?
Brunell, here's a clue:
When you babble "There are only two major bridges between Longview and Stevenson, which makes the region extremely vulnerable," you fail to indicate that even after this crap pile is built, there will STILL only be "two major bridges between Longview and Stevenson."
I point this out so that when you are determined to lie, you at least need to use common sense in the process. That, of course, stands as one of the biggest problems with bridge supporters: they cannot tell the truth and support this crap pile.
So, when you go on to spew: "If either bridge was damaged or closed, it would lead to lost jobs and lost business." While true as far as it goes, you neglect to mention that it will be true even AFTER the perfectly serviceable, fully functional and safe I-5 Bridge we ALREADY HAVE is unnecessarily replaced.
Next, you infer that replacing a perfectly serviceable bridge with 3 through lanes with an 8 or so billion dollar waste of money with 3 through lanes and loot rail will somehow "help" to "keep Washington business competitive."
In the face of Boeing's justifiable decision to get the hell out of here, I would venture to say that we have many, many more problems concerning Washington business competitiveness then the waste of billions of dollars to replace a bridge that does not need to BE replaced.
And finally, you tell us that " This important project will benefit Washington, and it must be built." Mr. Brunell, while it MAY "benefit Washington, it damned sure will NOT "benefit" those of us who actually LIVE here. It WILL benefit those few businesses that actually get bribed by contracts for small jobs connected with constructing this massive waste of billions... but it will DAMAGE our local economy and accomplish NOTHING in terms of decreasing congestion OR increasing freight mobility.
While admirable, the single-mindedness and complete failure of those shilling the bridge, the vast majority of whom not being required to pay a nickel in costs for THEIR project, leads them to lie without a second thought.
They tell us this massive waste of dollars unheard of in this region will solve every problem up to acne, when, in fact, it solves NOTHING except to vacuum hundreds of dollars out of the pockets of working families across this region... something Mr. Brunell, who DOES NOT LIVE HERE, will not have to worry about.
Frankly, that kind of rank hypocrisy sickens me.
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More of Laird's moroic idiocy on 1033.
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We get that John Laird, who claims that he "hate(s) to sound like a cranky old coot here" while still managing to pull it off so frequently and painfully for the rest of this community, came out with more of his fringe-left quvatch on I-1033.
He blathers:
The rank absurdity of his observation about Gates and Allen fighting 1033 is just that: rank and absurd.
Westnet tells us, according to this moron, that Gates would see a tax break of $571,000 while Allen would see a mere pittance in comparison: a break of $150,000.
Gates is worth a paltry $50 BILLION (That's BILLION, with a "b")
Allen is worth much less, and has to settle for scrambling to get by on $10 BILLION (also with a "b")
Allen goes through that much money in a week just to fuel his basketball team's jet.
In short, while clowns like Laird want us to be impressed with how much these stalwarts of altruism (Allen has made tens of millions off the taxpayers of this state and controls the Seahawks Stadium that we got suckered into sinking $400 million taxpayer dollars into) stand to lose if their fight is successful, because the two numbers sound SO BIG... the fact is that to these guys, it's the equivalent of pennies.
It's easy for them to give up what they would gain because relative to all of their massive wealth, the numbers are essentially meaningless.
Gate's wealth exceeds my own by a factor of, say, 100,000. That is, he is worth something on the order of 100,000 times more money than I am.
With my worth at, say, around $500,000, I have to provide roughly 1 percent of that worth in property taxes every year to a grateful state of Washington.
Were Gates required to do that... that is, were gates required to fork that kind of cash over, the equivalent percentage of his wealth would be.... $500,000,000 per year (1 percent of $50 billion) as opposed to my 1 percent of $500,000 or so.
In short, Gate's PROPERTY TAX BILL for ONE YEAR is roughly twice my net worth.
Taking it a step further, that HUGE, $571,000 tax break he's working to get rid of represents, well, let's see:
If he's worth $50 billion.... then $571,000 would represent .0001 or so of his wealth per year; or, as a percentage of all the money he's worth, something on the order of 10,000 times LESS than I will have to pay.
Relatively speaking, Gates is giving up the equivalent, perhaps, of the cost of a latte' every year by fighting this... if that.
So, I am not impressed by either Laird's Lies OR Westnet's Words. Compared to the rest of us... compared to those of us actually paying the lion's share of our state's budget... and particularly when viewed through the prism of the rank hypocrisy Laird exhibits with each of his whines and snivels about tax breaks given the massive tax break HIS employer got from a grateful leftist legislature, these lies are meaningless.
Why Laird insists on repeating them as if they made some difference... much like the "sky is falling" left sniveled about I-601, 695 and 747... is beyond me.
Frankly, that Laird opposes 1033 is reason enough for everyone else to vote for it.... because our courageous legislature would NEVER let these big cuts go through.... would they?
Because it's not like they can't throw it out as fast as we put it in.
We get that John Laird, who claims that he "hate(s) to sound like a cranky old coot here" while still managing to pull it off so frequently and painfully for the rest of this community, came out with more of his fringe-left quvatch on I-1033.
He blathers:
Westneat's conclusion: "Forget all the caterwauling about spending cuts. At its heart (I-1033) is a massive giveaway to the rich that does little to nothing for the poor" except, of course, deprive them of vital programs and services. According to six-year projections of the state Office of Fiscal Management, I-1033, if passed, would slash state revenue by $5.9 billion, revenue to cities by $2.1 billion and revenue to counties by $694 million.As I have frequently pointed out before, leftist tards are incapable of viewing these things in terms of what the people will save; they can only see it in terms of what it will "cost government," as if OUR government is not supposed to be "by, of and for the people."
Westneat added: "To their credit, both Gates and Allen appear to know this. They are trying to defeat Eyman's initiative … even though it would mean huge tax windfalls to them if it passes. I have a feeling it's because they actually believe that quote Gates repeats so much: 'To whom much is given, much is expected.' "
The rank absurdity of his observation about Gates and Allen fighting 1033 is just that: rank and absurd.
Westnet tells us, according to this moron, that Gates would see a tax break of $571,000 while Allen would see a mere pittance in comparison: a break of $150,000.
Gates is worth a paltry $50 BILLION (That's BILLION, with a "b")
Allen is worth much less, and has to settle for scrambling to get by on $10 BILLION (also with a "b")
Allen goes through that much money in a week just to fuel his basketball team's jet.
In short, while clowns like Laird want us to be impressed with how much these stalwarts of altruism (Allen has made tens of millions off the taxpayers of this state and controls the Seahawks Stadium that we got suckered into sinking $400 million taxpayer dollars into) stand to lose if their fight is successful, because the two numbers sound SO BIG... the fact is that to these guys, it's the equivalent of pennies.
It's easy for them to give up what they would gain because relative to all of their massive wealth, the numbers are essentially meaningless.
Gate's wealth exceeds my own by a factor of, say, 100,000. That is, he is worth something on the order of 100,000 times more money than I am.
With my worth at, say, around $500,000, I have to provide roughly 1 percent of that worth in property taxes every year to a grateful state of Washington.
Were Gates required to do that... that is, were gates required to fork that kind of cash over, the equivalent percentage of his wealth would be.... $500,000,000 per year (1 percent of $50 billion) as opposed to my 1 percent of $500,000 or so.
In short, Gate's PROPERTY TAX BILL for ONE YEAR is roughly twice my net worth.
Taking it a step further, that HUGE, $571,000 tax break he's working to get rid of represents, well, let's see:
If he's worth $50 billion.... then $571,000 would represent .0001 or so of his wealth per year; or, as a percentage of all the money he's worth, something on the order of 10,000 times LESS than I will have to pay.
Relatively speaking, Gates is giving up the equivalent, perhaps, of the cost of a latte' every year by fighting this... if that.
So, I am not impressed by either Laird's Lies OR Westnet's Words. Compared to the rest of us... compared to those of us actually paying the lion's share of our state's budget... and particularly when viewed through the prism of the rank hypocrisy Laird exhibits with each of his whines and snivels about tax breaks given the massive tax break HIS employer got from a grateful leftist legislature, these lies are meaningless.
Why Laird insists on repeating them as if they made some difference... much like the "sky is falling" left sniveled about I-601, 695 and 747... is beyond me.
Frankly, that Laird opposes 1033 is reason enough for everyone else to vote for it.... because our courageous legislature would NEVER let these big cuts go through.... would they?
Because it's not like they can't throw it out as fast as we put it in.
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