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

George Will Got It Right, But Doesn’t Stay On Target

This idea of issuing an appropriate stock to taxpayers when taxpayer money is used to bail out those useless money grabber in the business world is a splendid idea. [...]

How Paulson REALLY Helped His Banker Friends!

Paulson hid the little 5-sentence notice deep in his proposal so as to obscure it from lawmakers reviewing the proposal. It was days later before anyone noticed it, and lawmakers would not revoke Paulson’s change for fear it would throw the financial market into a deeper tailspin and the entire system would collapse. [...]

Bush & Paulson – No Matter How Bad Things Get, Always Take Care Of Your Friends

November 13, 2008

The Facts

Using the old slight-of-hand trick, George Bush, with a helping hand from Henry Paulson, pushed through another huge tax break for their friends on Wall Street. While everyone was focusing on the financial crisis and the bailout negotiations, no one even noticed the conveniently obscured clause in the bailout bill referencing tax bill Section 382 which says “the secretary can write regulations to carry out the purposes of this section”. This clause “allowed” Paulson to repealed a law enacted more than 20 years ago, which was to prevent tax abuse by corporations; very much in the same way banks are doing now as a result of the repeal, but this time using taxpayer money.

This gift to the banks will rob the treasury of as much as $140 billion, which of course, the regular taxpayers will have to make up. Continue Reading » »

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Who Changed Their Vote On The Bailout Bill

October 4, 2008

The Facts

The following is a list of members in the House of Representatives who changed their vote from the first time they voted on the Wall Street bailout bill. The first vote was on Monday, September 29, 2008, with the second vote on Friday, October 3, 2008. Continue Reading » »

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Who Voted “Yes” And Who Voted “No” On The Bailout

October 2, 2008

 

The Facts

 

The following is a list of our elected officials who voted on the Wall Street bailout bill. The first list is the House of Representatives vote on Monday, September 29, 2008. The Senate did not vote on the bill because the House voted down the bill. The second list is the Senate vote on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. The third list will be added after the House re-votes on the bill, which is expected to be on Friday, October 3, 2008. On that list I will highlight the ones who changed their vote from the Monday vote as a result of their personal desires being added to the bill. Continue Reading » »

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The Greatest And Most Successful Scare Tactic In America’s History

October 1, 2008

 

The Facts

 

For over a week now we have been bombarded with just how bad things are going to be for us “regular folks” if the bailout bill is not passed. We have been told we won’t be able to borrow money for a new car, new house, new television, collage, etc., etc., etc. Then we are warned how our retirement money (401k’s, investments, other accounts, etc.) will suddenly “disappear” if we don’t go for it. We are also told how horrible things are going to be for car dealerships, small business owners, new home builders, etc., etc., etc. And guess what? It’s working. The polls prove it. Why? Because every television outlet and news paper is doing nothing but airing these “Armageddon” stories. And, we mustn’t forget how this bailout is for “main street”, not “Wall Street”. Continue Reading » »

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