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The most effective way to restrict democracy is to transfer decision-making from the public arena to unaccountable institutions: kings and princes, priestly castes, military juntas, party dictatorships, or modern corporations. Noam Chomsky, M.I.T. emeritus Professor of Linguistics
The Rise of Corporate Freedom of Speech
(Surpassed 2008 total on August 18)
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$2.9 Billion Spent in 08 on Congressional Race

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

Primary Election Results (UPDATED: August 25, 2010)

"The Great 2010 Incumbent (Non-)Revolt"

Senate Primary’s Incumbent Democrats 1 Loss; 6 Wins of 13 Incumbent Republicans 1 Loss; 9 Wins of 12
House Primary’s Incumbent Democrats 2 Loss; 182 Wins of 245 Incumbent Republicans 2 Loss; 140 Wins of 158

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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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Distortions, Hypocrisy & More
"I'm not upset that you lied to me; I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you" Friedrich Nietzsche [Hover to Pause]

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The AIG Bailout Exposed Even More

August 29, 2010

A report in June by McClatchy says “AIG’s problems were far greater than Bush officials told the public”. I rather doubt anyone in the country believed the administration was on the up and up, but now we know it was much worse than our worst dreams. The bottom line is that [...]

Coal Mine Companies Admit to Capitalizing on Supreme Court Ruling

Will voters vote to murder coal miners? [...]

Maybe It Should Be ‘Deregulation Has Come Home to Roost’

The ‘price’ of deregulation. [...]

The Fiscally Irresponsible Republicans

When did the Republican abandon their fiscial responsibility? [...]

Tax Expenditures: Why Are So Many Talking About Them?

How to cut $1 trillion from the budget. [...]

Obama’s Defense of Mosque: Right or Wrong?

Would we be willing to live with the ultimate consequences of forbidding Muslims from building a mosque on the World Trade Center grounds? [...]

Other Interesting Headlines – Week of August 2, 2010

General John D. Lavelle has rank and honor restored, French workers succumb’s to GM blackmail, the FDA says Gulf seafood is safe, and Obama’s anti-business stance is debunked. [...]

A Great Case For A One-Page Tax Policy

July 31, 2010

The Old Man isn’t going to say a lot about this one. Because, one, I would say more than I probably should; and two, I would be writing for a week if I said all I’d like to say. But the news out this week on the Wyly brothers of Texas should be all we commoners need to throw aside our political hatred’s for each other and march on both political parties on Capital Hill.

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