Ed's campaign contributions

bruce
bruce Posts: 384
edited October 2007 in A Moving Train
This website is awsome, you can track how much people donate to what political action committees and or politicians.

Ed gave $2000 thousand over three quarters for a total of $6000 to Ralph Nader in 2000. In 2004 he gave $208 to some PAC.

And for you creepers... the address belongs to the Layne Staley fund.

the main link: campaignmoney.com

other links are bellow.. check out the website it is awesome for politcal junkies.

2000

http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=00&lname=Vedder&fname=&work=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=WA&cycle2=08&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=08&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=

2004

http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=04&lname=Vedder&fname=&work=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=WA&cycle2=08&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=08&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=
Writing checks that others pay.....

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  • bruce
    bruce Posts: 384
    here is Jeff's:

    http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=06&lname=Ament&fname=Jeff&work=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=&cycle2=08&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=08&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=

    about $3700 for one PAC and Senator Jon Testers campaign... nice JON TESTER!

    Stone Gossard is a mad man:

    http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=06&lname=Gossard&fname=Stone&work=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=&cycle2=08&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=08&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=

    nearly $14000 for many different causes, including JON TESTER
    Writing checks that others pay.....

  • jlew24asu
    jlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    it's really none of my business
  • bruce
    bruce Posts: 384
    Mike gave a couple thousand to Nader in 2000 and a couple more to Howard Dean in 04

    http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=00&lname=McCready&fname=&work=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=WA&cycle2=08&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=08&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=
    Writing checks that others pay.....

  • bruce
    bruce Posts: 384
    jlew24asu wrote:
    it's really none of my business

    Well it's public information and I for one find it interesting to see the flow of cash to different candidates through political movements amongst the "politically active"
    Writing checks that others pay.....

  • The Severed Hand
    The Severed Hand Posts: 214
    I'm curious what most of you jammers think about 2008. I have been voting Democratic Party, but this upcoming election has me baffled. Are we supporting Hillary? I can't go Republican. I have been researching third parties.
  • bruce
    bruce Posts: 384
    The Severed Hand wrote:
    I'm curious what most of you jammers think about 2008. I have been voting Democratic Party, but this upcoming election has me baffled. Are we supporting Hillary? I can't go Republican. I have been researching third parties.

    That is the question of the year. Each candidate on the left has some sort of appeal to me... and i respect John McCain and Ron Paul but I have a hard time with this whole "morality" argument...

    At first I supported John Edwards but latley i've been leaning more towards Barack Obama and Joe Biden has a certain appeal as well.
    Writing checks that others pay.....

  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    bruce wrote:
    This website is awsome, you can track how much people donate to what political action committees and or politicians.

    Ed gave $2000 thousand over three quarters for a total of $6000 to Ralph Nader in 2000. In 2004 he gave $208 to some PAC.

    i find this really creepy. it's really not anyone else business. why would anyone care who ed gave his money too. i mean, it's not like that's gonna influence who you would vote for? surely not?
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    i find this really creepy. it's really not anyone else business. why would anyone care who ed gave his money too. i mean, it's not like that's gonna influence who you would vote for? surely not?
    well, it shows he's (they're) putting his money where his mouth is ;)
  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    i find this really creepy. it's really not anyone else business. why would anyone care who ed gave his money too. i mean, it's not like that's gonna influence who you would vote for? surely not?
    Well, it's good to see whether he puts his money where his mouth is, so to speak. Not that I was really doubting in this case. Elections are public affairs. Monetary support and from whom is important information from a democratic perspective.

    And that's nothing. In Norway, the tax lists are public. Meaning, I can type in a name, and see how much that person made according to the tax authorities last year. I'm fine with that too, as it makes it easy to show that the very richest Norwegians are getting sweet deals when it comes to taxation, making clear that something must be done to rectify it.

    Economy is in no way private the way I see it. What you actually use your money for, that's personal. But one shouldn't be able to hide just exactly how well off one is. But hey, that's my opinion on it. :)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    Well, it's good to see whether he puts his money where his mouth is, so to speak. Not that I was really doubting in this case. Elections are public affairs. Monetary support and from whom is important information from a democratic perspective.

    And that's nothing. In Norway, the tax lists are public. Meaning, I can type in a name, and see how much that person made according to the tax authorities last year. I'm fine with that too, as it makes it easy to show that the very richest Norwegians are getting sweet deals when it comes to taxation, making clear that something must be done to rectify it.

    Economy is in no way private the way I see it. What you actually use your money for, that's personal. But one shouldn't be able to hide just exactly how well off one is. But hey, that's my opinion on it. :)

    Peace
    Dan
    wow, I was checking where Bergen is to see if it's close to Oslo (bunch of us are off to Norway at the weekend and pubcrawling in Oslo on Saturday if you want to meet), and I saw it's twinned with Seattle :)
    just found it funny.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    And that's nothing. In Norway, the tax lists are public. Meaning, I can type in a name, and see how much that person made according to the tax authorities last year. I'm fine with that too, as it makes it easy to show that the very richest Norwegians are getting sweet deals when it comes to taxation, making clear that something must be done to rectify it.

    Economy is in no way private the way I see it. What you actually use your money for, that's personal. But one shouldn't be able to hide just exactly how well off one is. But hey, that's my opinion on it. :)

    Peace
    Dan

    but wouldn't you know that anyway? surely there's a standard tax bracket that is followed by employers when they are working out employees income?

    so for an example someone earning $30,000 a year might pay 15% tax and someone earning $200,000 might pay 20% tax. it's not rocket science to work out there's a problem somewhere. it seems ludicrous that you can type in your neighbours name and know exactly what he earns. but hey, that's just my opinion on it :)
  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Pegasus wrote:
    wow, I was checking where Bergen is to see if it's close to Oslo (bunch of us are off to Norway at the weekend and pubcrawling in Oslo on Saturday if you want to meet), and I saw it's twinned with Seattle :)
    just found it funny.

    Heh, right next to is relative. And all the mountains of central norway in between. It's an 7-hour train-ride, 5 hour drive or 1 hour flight away. So I'm afraid I won't "pop by" Oslo, you know. ;) Distances are much bigger than you'd think, looking at the globe.

    And Bergen is similar to Seattle climate-wise as far as I've gathered, yes. Rains all the time, surrounded by mountains and such. I wanna go to Seattle some day and find out just how similar they really are. I love Bergen, so I might love Seattle too. Lots of Norwegians settled in Seattle too, you know... ;)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    but wouldn't you know that anyway? surely there's a standard tax bracket that is followed by employers when they are working out employees income?

    so for an example someone earning $30,000 a year might pay 15% tax and someone earning $200,000 might pay 20% tax. it's not rocket science to work out there's a problem somewhere. it seems ludicrous that you can type in your neighbours name and know exactly what he earns. but hey, that's just my opinion on it :)
    A conservative are we? :p That's the ones that bitch about that one.

    No what I meant is that for the richest bracket, the dont have "income" for tax reasons right? It becomes much clearer this way. They got a real break by the last centre-right government that is only now showing how lucrative it was.

    As for me, I have nothing to hide. I'd let you see mine, if I wasn't reluctant to give my full identity away on an internet message board. :) But here's our prime minister if you care for it: http://www.dagbladet.no/skatt/sok/id/1040714/JENS+STOLTENBERG (Inntekt=Income, Skatt=Tax, 1US$ = roughly 5,5 NOK)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    As for me, I have nothing to hide. I'd let you see mine, if I wasn't reluctant to give my full identity away on an internet message board. :)
    fear is the path to the dark side....ooooh evil intarweb :)

    and in all seriousness, i don't have any desire to see your income, because i don't think it's anyone elses business, unless you choose to make the information available, but i respect your opinion is different to mine. that's ok. i can live with that :)
  • OutOfBreath
    OutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    fear is the path to the dark side....ooooh evil intarweb :)

    and in all seriousness, i don't have any desire to see your income, because i don't think it's anyone elses business, unless you choose to make the information available, but i respect your opinion is different to mine. that's ok. i can live with that :)
    OK, we're cool, we're cool right here. :)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    Pj_Gurl wrote:
    i find this really creepy. it's really not anyone else business. why would anyone care who ed gave his money too. i mean, it's not like that's gonna influence who you would vote for? surely not?

    Transparency in campaign contributions is a good thing.
  • floyd1975
    floyd1975 Posts: 1,350
    bruce wrote:
    Stone Gossard is a mad man:

    http://www.campaignmoney.com/advanced.asp?searchtype=contributors&cycle1=06&lname=Gossard&fname=Stone&work=&zipcodes=&fdate=&tdate=&state=&cycle2=08&cmtetype=&cmtename=&cmteorg=&igc=&cmteparty=&cycle3=08&cndoffice=&cndtype=&cndlname=&cndfname=&cndstate=&cndparty=&orderby=

    nearly $14000 for many different causes, including JON TESTER

    He looks to have over-donated to Tester. He probably got some of that refunded.
  • fragileblake
    fragileblake Posts: 716
    Hopefully the boys throw in some money for Jeff Merkleys senate campaign next fall, the helped one western democrat get elected, why not another?
    http://blakepnw.blogspot.com/
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Holy shit. It has their mailing address on the forms. That's not cool.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Holy shit. It has their mailing address on the forms. That's not cool.

    Well, Stone lives in Seattle, but the address listed is a Bellevue address in a business section of the city, so you won't find Stone there. In fact, it looks like the Layne Staley Fund uses the address, Tom Skerrit donated to Obama from the same address and Krist Novocelic donated to Ron Paul from that address (yeah, Krist). It seems like a pretty popular address.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08

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