Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Politics / Books Today in Nerd
Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Via Comic Book Resources:
A critical controversy seems to have been averted in Tennessee this week, where a Republican member of the state’s House of Representatives has been cleared of any wrongdoing following questions about Majority Leader Jason Mumpower's failure to report a comic book collection amongst his valuable assets.Bruce Androphy, executive director of the state Ethics Commission, told the Associated Press that mandatory disclosure requirements for elected officials are meant to reveal financial investments that could pose possible conflicts of interest, and that “a comic book collection doesn't appear to raise those sorts of concerns.”
I can't tell if comics nerds are going to be excited that a state legislator has a collection of over 17,000 comic books, or if they're going to be pissed that Tennessee doesn't consider comic books to be a financial investment.
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I'm glad to see that in our current state of economic crisis, a comic book collections is something worth squabbling over. I can't tell if that's really good or really bad.
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I think the idea that comics could be a viable investment died when the comics market nearly went under in the late '90s.
Then again, people still seem to be bagging their comics, so what the fuck do I know? I just trash them or give them away.
Then again, people still seem to be bagging their comics, so what the fuck do I know? I just trash them or give them away.
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They should be relieved, as this spares their comic books from the watchful eye of capital gains tax.
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aheam. they didn't say comics weren't considered a financial investment, but rather that they don't appear to raise conflict of interest concerns. unless of course, the Majority Leader was looking to sneak through legislation on comic books. if so, then can his ass!!
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Wait, what!? We can't add hyperlinks in the new comments? Are you kidding me!?
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Majority Leader Mumpower is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with pictures of super-villains.
This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America.
This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America.
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Oh Man, screw substantive policy talk, I would love to ask Obama what he thought about Ultimate Spiderman or the "Clone Saga" or "One More Day" ... Oh God, I am a hopeless dork.
If he had said his favorite comic book was "Promethea," "Planetary," "Preacher" or "Transmetropolitan," however, I would be in favor of declaring him dictator for life.
I read that somebody asked John Edwards who his favorite superhero was and he said Superman and I was all, like, "Yeah, you would say Superman. Pshhhh. Stupid Edwards."
And then I went back to painstakingly painting my pewter tabletop miniatures.
If he had said his favorite comic book was "Promethea," "Planetary," "Preacher" or "Transmetropolitan," however, I would be in favor of declaring him dictator for life.
I read that somebody asked John Edwards who his favorite superhero was and he said Superman and I was all, like, "Yeah, you would say Superman. Pshhhh. Stupid Edwards."
And then I went back to painstakingly painting my pewter tabletop miniatures.
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I just have to vent. I can’t fucking stand meat eaters and the way you push your immoral and unhealthy practices on others. I’m vegan, and all I want is for people to respect our choice to not eat meat, but no. Every time we go a restaurant and everyone else is eating meat, we get ostrichized. FUCK YOU lard bags, all of you are candidates for strokes and heart-attacks, sitting on your computers jerking off and getting fatter and fatter. Look at my face, make you hard nerds? Will as long as you eat meat you’ve never got a shot at touching a girl like me. And guess what? When I eat, I don’t have to commit murder to fill my belly. What is your rational? It’s okay to mutilate and eat animals cuz they are less intelligent? Would you mutilate and eat a mentally challenged person? Think of the starving people in Africa that could have been fed with the produce that was used to fatten your fat, pot-bellied cows. I hope you all rot in hell. I want you to watch this video: http://www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com/f-kf…. If you have a shred of decency, you will see my point, but if not, when you’re touching yourself tonight thinking about a girl like me, why don’t you just do the rest of the world a favor and rip your dicks off. Jerks.
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[...]
State law requires disclosure of investments worth $10,000 or more.
Androphy said investments are typically purchased with an eye toward selling at a profit later, while Mumpower "may want to be buried with them or leave them to his family or something."
Besides, Androphy said, the law is aimed at giving notice of financial interests that could pose a conflict with an official's public duties.
A comic book collection, he said, "doesn't strike me as something the public would need to know about." Androphy said his comments were off the cuff, and he might need to research the matter for a definitive answer.
[...]
Mumpower, who is expected to be elected [Tennessee] House speaker in January by Republicans with a post-election 50-vote majority in House, said he keeps a list of all his comic books on a computer. He also reads a comic book each night before going to bed, Mumpower said.
Original report at:
Comic books? Not a problem for House leader
Republican doesn't need to list as investment
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/12…
State law requires disclosure of investments worth $10,000 or more.
Androphy said investments are typically purchased with an eye toward selling at a profit later, while Mumpower "may want to be buried with them or leave them to his family or something."
Besides, Androphy said, the law is aimed at giving notice of financial interests that could pose a conflict with an official's public duties.
A comic book collection, he said, "doesn't strike me as something the public would need to know about." Androphy said his comments were off the cuff, and he might need to research the matter for a definitive answer.
[...]
Mumpower, who is expected to be elected [Tennessee] House speaker in January by Republicans with a post-election 50-vote majority in House, said he keeps a list of all his comic books on a computer. He also reads a comic book each night before going to bed, Mumpower said.
Original report at:
Comic books? Not a problem for House leader
Republican doesn't need to list as investment
http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/nov/12…
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