It only took me about five minutes to figure it out! Since this is MadMax' thread, I feel like I can derail it a bit. When are you available to catch a game? You know I live here now, right?
Weekends...during the week is just too uncertain for me these days. Maybe we can get MadMax to have a pass to hang out with the fellas.
http://www.tpj.org/press_releases/prop12_interests.html Prop. 12 Proponents Gave $5.3 Million To Perry, Dewhurst and Lawmakers in 2002 Legislators Who Voted for Prop 12 Got $3.6 Million In Campaign Money From Pro-12 Interest Groups Austin, TX: PACs and businesses that support Proposition 12 contributed a total of $5,315,767 to Governor Rick Perry, Lt. Governor David Dewhurst and current members of the legislature during the 2002 election cycle, a new Texans for Public Justice analysis found. With support from Perry and Dewhurst, the Texas Legislature placed Prop. 12 (HJR 3) on the September 13 ballot. This constitutional amendment would allow the legislature to limit damages on all civil lawsuits without judicial review. Key findings of this analysis of the 2002 election cycle include: * Current members of the Texas Legislature received a total of $4,491,595 from Pro-12 interest groups, with Governor Perry receiving another $576,472 and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst getting $247,700. * Taken together, lawmakers who voted for Prop. 12 (HJR 3) received four times as much money ($3,612,676) as those who voted against the measure ($863,869). * The average lawmaker voting for Prop. 12 received twice as much money from the pro-Prop. 12 interests as those voting against the measure. The 22 senators who voted for Prop. 12 received an average of $83,821 from pro-Prop. 12 donors, while the nine senators who voted against it received an average of $45,414 from the same donors. The 101 House members who were elected in November 2002 and voted for Proposition 12 received an average of $17,511 from pro-Prop. 12 sources, while their 45 House colleagues who opposed the measure received an average of $10,114. * PACs funded by trial lawyers contributed a total of $464,944 to these politicians during the same period, or 9 percent of the $5.3 million moved by the pro-Prop.12 interests. “Proposition 12 reveals the raw power of special-interest campaign money,” said Texans for Public Justice Director Craig McDonald. “Legislation is for sale in Texas and these special interests know where to go to buy it.”
1. The Post Office just recalled their latest stamps. They had pictures of lawyers on them, and people couldn't figure out which side to spit on. 2. How can a pregnant woman tell that she's carrying a future lawyer? She has an uncontrollable craving for baloney. 3. How does an attorney sleep? First he lies on one side, and then he lies on the other. 4. How many lawyer jokes are there? Only three. The rest are true stories. 5. How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb? How many can you afford? 6. How many lawyers does it take to screw in a light bulb? Three. One to climb the ladder, one to shake it, and one to sue the ladder company. 7. If a lawyer and an IRS agent were both drowning, and you could save only one of them, would you go to lunch or read the paper? 8. What did the lawyer name his daughter? Sue. 9. What do you call 25 skydiving lawyers? Skeet. 10. What do you call a lawyer gone bad? Senator. 11. What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 50? Your honor. 12. What do you throw to a drowning lawyer? His partners. 13. What does a lawyer use for birth control? His personality. 14. What happens when you cross a pig with a lawyer? Nothing. There are some things a pig won't do. 15. What's the difference between a lawyer and a vulture? The lawyer gets frequent flyer miles. 16. What's another difference between a lawyer and a vulture? Removable wing tips. 17. Why does California have the most lawyers in the country while New Jersey has the most toxic waste sites? New Jersey got first choice.
