Campaign 2010

Countdown to Congressional Elections


The Rise of Corporate Freedom of Speech

$1.45 Billion on 3-14-2010

$2.9 Billion Spent in 08
on Congressional Race
See Major Contributors

Corporate money in politics is bad enough. Secret corporate money is intolerable.


Primary Election Results
(UPDATED: July 28, 2010)






"The Great 2010 Incumbent (Non-)Revolt"

Senate Primary’s
Incumbent Democrats
1 Loss; 3 Wins of 13
Incumbent Republicans
1 Loss; 8 Wins of 12

House Primary’s
Incumbent Democrats
1 Loss; 135 Wins of 245
Incumbent Republicans
2 Loss; 103 Wins of 158

Visual Facts

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National Debt Clock

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WHEN Did You Become Fiscally Responsible?
BEFORE Obama or AFTER Obama??
January 20, 2009
$10,838,758,414,164.46 - ↑90%
Discretionary Spending at 48.6%

January 20, 2001
$5,719,124,940,098.04 - 36%
January 20, 1993
$4,192,107,025,882.17 - 62%
January 20, 1989
$2,601,104,000,000.00 - 189%
January 20, 1981
$909,041,000.000.00

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Debt by President

Are You A Tea Party Hyprocrite??

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United States of Corporations

Thanks to the GOP's Supreme Court
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Corporate Bill of Rights

Quotes and Links

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The Decade When the U.S. Lost Its Way

Tax Rate for Richest 400 Taxpayers Plummeted in Recent Decades, Even as Their Pre-Tax Incomes Skyrocketed

"The financial reform bill will determine whether Wall Street’s banks will serve the American economy or whether the American economy will continue to serve Wall Street's banks."

"While the economy doesn't function for most of us ordinary workers, it yields considerable reward for those at the top."

Republicans Are Locked in a Passionate Embrace with a Corpse and Won't Let Go

"The most important thing Republicans think is that if there are Americans who can't afford the insurance policies that private insurers are willing to offer, then that's their problem."

"It should tell you everything you need to know that, in lobbying to retain its bank supervisory powers, the Fed's allies include the big Wall Street banks."

"[Texas Republican Jeb] Hensarling told a Texas-size whopper — and then tried to claim Republican credit for Bill Clinton’s budget surpluses."

"The Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision last week giving American corporations the right to unlimited political spending was an astonishing display of judicial arrogance, overreach and unjustified activism."

"It was wrong because nothing in the First Amendment dictates that corporations must be treated identically to people."

"They backed the truck up to Fort Knox in broad daylight. They emptied it out, we rescued them and they get $150 billion in bonuses."

"A huge, unregulated boom in which almost all the upside went directly into private hands, followed by a gigantic bust in which the losses were socialized."

So You Just Squandered Billions . . . Take Another Whack at It

Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger

Bankers' bonuses Beat Earnings as Industry Imploded

U.S. Rescue May Reach $23.7 Trillion

The Bank Bailouts — Corporate Welfarism

New Evidence Cheney Swayed Reaction to Leak - Valerie Plame

Once Again, The More You Watch Fox The Dumber You Are

"Over the past year, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury have injected trillions of dollars into frozen financial markets, snapping up unwanted bonds, extending guarantees to banks and slashing interest rates."

Building a Better Capitalism

The End of Supply Side Economics

The Great Wealth Transfer

The Richer

Who Rules America? Power, Politics, and Social Change

Proponents of Estate Tax Repeal Are Resurrecting Old Misconceptions

Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More Than Tripled In Last Three Decades

Ending Plutocracy: A 12-Step Program

Our Gilded Age

The Rich and the Rest of Us

GOP's "Small Government" Talk is Hollow



This Week's Quotes (5) (Hover to Pause)
Dear Corporate America: Your taxes are NOT being raised. Your subsidy has expired! - The Old Man

"If we cannot as a nation move away from ideologically stimulated tribal warfare and scapegoating, we are in for a very unpleasant future"Retired Army Gen. Montgomery Meigs

“For big business to now claim that the government is ‘anti-business’ is like the umpire complaining about how badly his game was refereed”Kathryn Kolbert

“Rather than ‘all for one and one for all,’ the United States’ business leaders have adopted more of a ‘one for one and all for me’ approach, detrimental to our country's economic recovery”Amy L. Fraher

“Corporate executives excuse their inexcusable refusal to hire more workers and invest in new products and technologies with the tired old saw that it’s all the government’s fault. The Wall Street financial crisis has brought the economy to its knees and now the corporate sector has the audacity to blame government for the catastrophe?”Elizabeth Sherman

Auto Industry
July 30, 2010, 8:32 pm

Who Saved Us From A Great Depression?

July 30, 2010

Steven Pearlstein

As usual, Steven Pearlstein has hit the nail on the head. He never lets political ideology get in the way of truth and facts, unlike the vast majority of the so-called news media today. The country would be in much better shape if news was reported Pearlstein-style.

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Big Business
July 30, 2010, 5:15 pm

The Common Denominator Of Oil Industry ‘Accidents’

July 30, 2010

At the last major oil company the Old Man worked for, safety was top driven. It was not just for show like some major oil companies I worked with; safety was taken very serious at all levels of management. We had safety meetings every single morning to discuss the work of the day and how we would handle the work in a safe manner. All work had to be approved before proceeding. We also had weekly safety meetings where a major topic was presented in detail. One particular study presented in one of those meetings has come to mind several times since the BP oil spill. Now we have another major spill from another company, and that same study jumps out at me.

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Campaign Contributions
July 29, 2010, 4:48 pm

Will Our Arrogance And Hatred Prevent The Defeat Of A Monster?

July 29, 2010

At the top of Congressional agenda is the new proposal for reporting campaign contributions by corporations and unions. It’s called the Disclose Act. This came about as a result of the Supreme Courts ruling that corporations have the same rights as human beings relative to politics. Something the rest of the civilized world is laughing their butts off at, and rightly so. But every single Republican and many Democrats doesn’t want the voters to know who’s buying their votes. So much for the “transparency” politicians are always advocating.

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Democrats
July 29, 2010, 3:16 pm

Charlie Rangel’s and Bell City’s Disgrace

July 29, 2010

Charles Rangel

Charles Rangel

Two years ago Democratic Representative Charles B. Rangel failed to report huge sums of income through investments, which he was able to earn through his position on the House Ways and Means Committee. Earlier this year it was learned that Rangel had taken corporate-sponsored junkets in 2007 and 2008, which is clearly forbidden by the House ethics rules. Last year he was accused of being a tax cheat. Last week the House ethics subcommittee found that Rangel was guilty of violating ethics rules. Today the ethics panel is supposed to make the details of his alleged violations public. This all adds up to bad news for Rangel, and the Democratic Party.

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Big Business
July 29, 2010, 10:15 am

Drug Manufacturers Pay For A Monopoly

July 29, 2010

If you are young and/or have no health problems requiring prescription drugs, or none of your loved-ones are on prescription drugs, you probably won’t be too interested in this post. However, if you live a full life, sooner or later you or someone in your family will most likely join the hundreds of millions around the world who take prescription drugs daily. But even if you’re not taking medicines, you are still paying for prescription drugs. Therefore, you should pay attention now.

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Big Business
July 27, 2010, 8:57 pm

Remembering Blankenship And Massey Energy

July 27, 2010

Who can forget Massey Energy’s coal mine murders? Or maybe better put, why are we forgetting? Thankfully a few are not. And Massey’s CEO, Don Blankenship, is supplying the fodder to remind us.

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Barack Obama
July 27, 2010, 7:41 pm

What Will The Anti-Obama Crowd Say About This?

July 27, 2010

With all the brew-ha-ha about the illegal immigrants in our country, politicians are paying attention. Of course the loudest cries come from the tea party bunch, mostly supported by other Republicans. Democrats are hounded about being protectors of illegal’s, and rightly so in some cases. But I imagine the current news on this matter won’t make many headlines.

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General
July 20, 2010, 11:11 am

The Old Man is Out

July 20, 2010

The Old Man will be out of pocket until the middle of next week. I should be back on the job by Wednesday or Thursday, July 28 – 29. Thanks to all the readers and your understanding.

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