I haven't seen this ad before. I have seen the coal miner ad. Where they were told to go to the Romney rally during a work day, unpaid. And that it was mandatory. Kinda leads me to believe they will be told to vote for him as well.

>> ^criticalthud:

does anyone really think that choosing between 2 super rich guys chosen by other super rich guys is a democracy?
i'm undecided, but only because i can't decide on whether i'd rather witness the collapse of the American empire in fairly immediate fashion or whether i'd prefer to see it dragged out over the next 30 yrs.


We prefer the dragged-out version maintaining mineral rights, gun ownership, and polygamy.

>> ^charliem:

Its a substation....not a power plant, and its a transformer fire. They are full of mineral oil...so yeah....


Yeah. The electric arc is boiling the oil inside. When it gets hot enough to melt the steel outside, kaboom. Too bad the vid ended so soon.

>> ^charliem:

Its a substation....not a power plant, and its a transformer fire. They are full of mineral oil...so yeah....

Its a substation....not a power plant, and its a transformer fire. They are full of mineral oil...so yeah....

>> ^radx:

Contrex mineral water, and in case anyone's wondering, the music is "Comment te dire adieu" if I'm not mistaken.


There was music?!? Wow! A freebie!

Contrex mineral water, and in case anyone's wondering, the music is "Comment te dire adieu" if I'm not mistaken.

She is also a poet. I'm not kidding.

Our Future
The globe is sadly groaning with debt, poverty and strife
And billions now are pleading to enjoy a better life
Their hope lies with resources buried deep within the earth
And the enterprise and capital which give each project worth
Is our future threatened with massive debts run up by political hacks
Who dig themselves out by unleashing rampant tax
The end result is sending Australian investment, growth and jobs offshore
This type of direction is harmful to our core
Some envious unthinking people have been conned
To think prosperity is created by waving a magic wand
Through such unfortunate ignorance, too much abuse is hurled
Against miners, workers and related industries who strive to build the world
Develop North Australia, embrace multiculturalism and welcome short term foreign workers to our shores
To benefit from the export of our minerals and ores
The world's poor need our resources: do not leave them to their fate
Our nation needs special economic zones and wiser government, before it is too late

>> ^VoodooV:

would such a thing be illegal?


Indeed it us under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

Corporate/labor officials or employees may direct
subordinates to plan, organize or carry out fundraising
as part of their work, using corporate/labor
organization resources, only if the corporation or
labor organization receives advance payment for the
fair market value of the services, including compensation,
benefits and overhead. However, using
coercion to urge anyone to engage in fundraising
on behalf of, or make a contribution to, a candidate or
political committee is prohibited. 114.2(f)(2)(i)(A) and
(iv). See also AO 1998-16.

http://www.fec.gov/pdf/colagui.pdf

Lets hope legal consequences are forthcoming since they were caught red handed.

Your video, Miners Forced To Attend Romney Rally, Don't Get Paid For The, has made it into the Top 15 New Videos listing. Congratulations on your achievement. For your contribution you have been awarded 1 Power Point.

Some more about this boss guy here:

http://videosift.com/video/Miners-attendance-at-Rmoney-rally-mandatory-and-unpaid

>> ^hpqp:

>> ^Lendl:
>> ^KnivesOut:
Methinks someone doesn't know what "mandatory" means.>> ^Lendl:
"...attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend."
wtf??


No kidding...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

To be fair (something the "great boss" wasn't), it is not necessarily a contradiction in terms if by "mandatory" you mean "must attend" but by "no one was forced to attend" you mean "not dragged there / brought their at gunpoint". A clarifying example: "it is mandatory to attend primary school, but no one is forced."


I suppose his argument would be then, "Look I only threatened their jobs...I didn't shoot them and bring their bloody corpses to the rally, I'm reasonable!"

It's odd that some of the miners behind Romney had coal all over their faces. I thought this was a day where they couldn't go into the mines? They had to wait in line to get into the event, right? What did they do, send these guys down and back up, just to get them dirty enough to stand behind Rmoney?

>> ^Lendl:

>> ^KnivesOut:
Methinks someone doesn't know what "mandatory" means.>> ^Lendl:
"...attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend."
wtf??


No kidding...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."


To be fair (something the "great boss" wasn't), it is not necessarily a contradiction in terms if by "mandatory" you mean "must attend" but by "no one was forced to attend" you mean "not dragged there / brought their at gunpoint". A clarifying example: "it is mandatory to attend primary school, but no one is forced."

>> ^KnivesOut:

Methinks someone doesn't know what "mandatory" means.>> ^Lendl:
"...attendance at the Romney event was mandatory, but no one was forced to attend."
wtf??



No kidding...

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."