Instead of Germany annexing countries to start a world war, we have China firewalling them? That'd just be an odd way to start a war... "Ha ha! Now you must go through our internet filter!"

Farmers with no electricity? I don't see this as being a target audience for China. Ever. Besides, Kim Jong-Il prefers to keep the populace dumb and unsophisticated to prevent them from realizing that they really don't have it better than the rest of the world. The country only has a 99% literacy rate because its easier to disseminate your propaganda via leaflets. Cultural indoctrination starts in Kindergarten and expands to half the curriculum by high school.

Thomas Edison, is that you?

Mao would have been Totalitarian, "Gang of Seven" is an Oligarchy.

Possibly, but without the foreign sales, unemployment there will put Michigan to shame.

Its not? O_O So that's why they started asking for a passport this year...

You may not realize this, but Taiwan is NOT part of China. Taiwan follows the old government that existed prior to the "cultural revolution" that spawned the current Chinese Communist Party government.

There is a product called Scotch-Tint that is a EMF reducer for windows. Combine that with some metallic fabrics on the walls on that side. www.lessemf.com is one of many suppliers for those products. I've used a conductive plastic from those folks to make a shielded rack for some RF sensitive equipment.

Is a bar in Guam. Not hard at all to find actually, unless you're really drunk.

"Only, PACs must endorse more than one candidate or be against more than one candidate."

They are endorsing anyone but Mr. Grayson.

"Unlike an SSF, a nonconnected committee may solicit contributions from anyone in the general public who may lawfully make a contribution in connection with a federal election." -www.fec.gov

So, as long as they don't coordinate with any candidate or union/organization, they're clear to do this.

For those just now following along and so someone doesn't come up with the "Hey! They're an SSF!" later, an SSF is a labor union or a PAC for a political candidate. These people do not fall into this category.

You haven't paid attention to the small print in the bottom of most of the election ads have you? Guess what most of those ads are being funded by? Guess what they have now a days? WEBSITES! Every single one of them has a "Please donate to our cause!" button somewhere on them, or instructions on how to donate to them. I'd direct your attention to the following:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee

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Categorization of PACs

        * See also List of political action committees.

Federal law allows for two types of PACs, connected and non-connected.

- Connected PACs

Most of the 4,600 active, registered PACs are "Connected PACs", which are established by businesses, labor unions, trade groups and health organizations. These PACs receive and raise money from a "restricted class," generally consisting of managers and shareholders in the case of a corporation and members in the case of a union or other interest group. As of January 2009 there are 1,598 registered corporate PACs, 272 connected to labor unions and 995 connected to trade organizations. [1]

- Non-Connected PACs

Groups with an ideological mission, single-issue groups and members of Congress and other political leaders may form "non-connected PACs". These organizations may accept funds from any individual, business PAC or organization. As of January 2009 there are 1,594 non-connected PACs, the fastest-growing category.[2]

- Leadership PAC

A leadership PAC in U.S. politics is a political action committee that can be established by a member of Congress to support other candidates. Under FEC rules, Leadership PACs are non-connected PACs, meaning, they can accept donations from any individual, business or other PACs. While Leadership PAC funds cannot be spent to directly support their sponsor's own campaign (such as mail or ads), they may fund travel, office expenses, consultants, polling and other non-campaign expenses. They can also be used to make contributions to the campaigns of other candidates.[3][4][5]

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If you notice, as long as its not a Leadership PAC, and they aren't funding one of their own for election, what they're doing is NOT against FEC regulations.

Also: Thank you for raising your point in a way that doesn't make you seem like a jackass, like the previous replier did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee

"In the United States, a Political Action Committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates. Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a matter of state and federal law. Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, an organization becomes a "political committee" by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election."

This appears to be EXACLY what they're doing, but don't let the facts hit you in the ass. Sorry, no matter how you try to twist it, its still a political OP-ED site just like the other million of them out there trying to influence so many other votes one way or the other. This is just targetted at a specific congressman instead of a specific bill.