Campaign 2010

Countdown to Congressional Elections


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)

See Weekly Spending Totals

$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: 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

General Election Candidates

Senate

House of Representatives

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

Where Have All the Neocons Gone?

From Neocons to Crazy-Cons

America Builds an Aristocracy

Supreme immodesty: Why the justices play politics

The Biggest Medicare Fraud Ever

Enough Right-Wing Propaganda

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


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
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Today is

If Taliban Was A Nuisance In Afghanistan, Imagine The Consequence Of Owning Pakistan

If we thought the old Taliban was a problem, wait until they get a complete nuclear arsenal. They truly believe that returning to the golden age is in their best interest. But to the rest of the world, that would be like living in the stone age. [...]

Holocaust Question Still An Issue (Warning; Graphic Photos)

I accept the fact that there will always be those who will deny the holocaust, and absolutely nothing will ever make them say different. Not that they don’t know and believe it happened, but because they have an ulterior motive for denial. [...]

Bush Authorizes Special Ops Forces To “Invade” Iran

June 30, 2008

The Facts

Last year President Bush convinced the Democratic controlled congress to authorize sending Special Ops forces into Iran to “gather information”, according to the latest issue of The New Yorker Magazine. Most top military leaders are concerned about this, in that they are afraid Bush will use this opportunity to authorize an air strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Even Defense Secretary Robert Gates warns of the consequences if Bush stages a preemptive strike. He said “We’ll create generations of jihadists, and our grandchildren will be battling our enemies here in America”. Continue Reading » »

Ali Velshi On Oil Prices – Again

April 17, 2008

The Facts

Once again Ali Velshi of CNN talked about the price of oil this morning. He pointed out that oil was going up an average now of $1 per day. John Roberts asked Velshi where does this all end. Velshi answered “Well, this is so speculative that you don’t really know when it ends. It ends when speculators decide that this is not the best bet. There are better places for their money. And part of that means when the stock market, when real estate, when other things become more reasonable investments, but the fact is there is a lot of demand for oil. So if you can trade in oil, you’re going to make money until there are other places to make money. It’s considered safe, believe it or not”. Continue Reading » »

Admiral Mike Mullen On Leaving Iraq

April 15, 2008

The Facts

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified last week before the House Armed Services committee. He was asked a lot of questions in an effort for the committee to get some feedback from the military side of how things were going in Iraq. When asked about the moral of the troops relative to being short-handed thereby having to spend 3-4 tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Admiral Mullen said “the soldiers are happy with what they are doing”. Continue Reading » »

Is US Financing China’s Military Build Up?

March 4, 2008  

The Facts 

According to the Pentagon, China spent as much as $139 billion on their military in 2007. A large chunk of this was spent on trying to steal information from the United States.   Continue Reading » »

Remember the Tonkin Gulf Incident

January 7, 2008

The Facts

For the past few weeks George Bush has tried to initiate the building of a case to attack Iran. Now today Iran decided to provoke another incident between their Navy and ours. This is nothing new by Iran, as they implement these provocations all the time. It’s just the way they are. Basically, their Navy has nothing else to do.

My View

Sometimes wars are unavoidable and necessary. But wars have been started for lesser reasons than mentioned above. And wars have been started just because a leader of some country wanted a war. Continue Reading » »

Muslim Father Murders Daughter in Canada

December 12, 2007 

The Facts  

“A 16-year-old girl has died after allegedly being choked by her father over a dispute with her family over her refusal to wear the hijab, the Islamic headscarf worn by some Muslim women. Peel Regional Police arrested a 57-year-old man Tuesday morning after receiving a 911 call from a [...]