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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)
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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: September 6, 2010)

"The Great 2010 Incumbent (Non-)Revolt"

Senate Primary’s Incumbent Democrats 1 Loss; 7 Wins of 13 Incumbent Republicans 2 Loss; 10 Wins of 12
House Primary’s Incumbent Democrats 2 Loss; 182 Wins of 245 Incumbent Republicans 2 Loss; 146 Wins of 158

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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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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]

"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation" - Oscar Wilde

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