Tea Party test
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Tea Party test
There is so much that could be said about today's travesty of a mockery of a travesty of a sham Supreme Court decision that puts the exclamation point on the hostile corporate takeover of the American body politic. But one thing that interests me the most is how will the muscle-flexing Tea Party movement, having helped change the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, react to this. Now I'm willing to give many of them the benefit of the doubt -- that they really are "populists," not tied to either the Dems or the GOP.
But any true populist would hate this decision -- for just one obvious example, it would allow Goldman Sachs to spend billions on behalf of pro-obscene bonus, pro-bailout pols (in both parties!). Or, if you insist, substitute the SEIU. Anyway, if the Tea Party folks are not up in arms, then they are just another lame wing of the lame Republican Party, marching in lockstep with talk radio hosts still pushing the GOP/big business agenda.
I honestly don't know which way they'll go.
I know which way I'm going! Have a great weekend -- although that may not be possible if you're a liberal or a Vikings or Colts fan.
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Note that almost every interest group has its own lobbying operation and money they give to politicians, representing the spectrum of political interest. NRA, AARP, NAACP, SEIU, AAA, for every Scaife there is a Soros. There is an easy answer - if you don't like the mix of money or support any given policitician receives, don't vote for them!— Mirror- Really good point Rudy. The media's power to influence elections is hurt by this and they are all about power, not providing information. They will attack any threat to their disproportionate influence unmercifully.— tr88
The Republican and Democratic parties are both owned by big business (if that is not obvious to you, dear reader, stop whacking yourself on the head with a board every morning before you log on), but Dems do one thing that Repubs don’t - usually - the4y put real jurists in the USSC who believe in the rights of the American people and American Democracy. Well, you tea baggers of the power elite should be very happy, fascism (Mussolini style) marches on! The big corporation provides you your computer, your living, provides you with clean air (if it doesn’t cost too much), tells you how to dress, how to walk, how to talk…how to vote. Yes sir, you righties are True Americans!— Hamlet- "The big corporation provides you your computer, your living, provides you with clean air (if it doesn’t cost too much), tells you how to dress, how to walk, how to talk…how to vote. Yes sir, you righties are True Americans!" Would you prefer the government provide you all this, ala the Soviet Union? Do you bother to think before you post?— RG
- Once again bunchie has his FACTS wrong. Goldman Sachs is a DEMOCRAT Party cash cow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!— WriteWinger
- "They will attack any threat to their disproportionate influence unmercifully." Uh, I know this is a useless post, but tr88, what is it that you think Viacom, Disney, General Elec, er,Comcast, Knight Ridder, Gannet, et. al. are trying to influence? A move to the Socialist Utopia?— Hamlet
- "Would you prefer the government provide you all this, ala the Soviet Union? Do you bother to think before you post?" Wow! That's the only choice I have, one form of slavery or another? I think before I post, do you?— Hamlet
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- "That's the only choice I have, one form of slavery or another?" Clealry you don't think, as you basically stated that people are sheep and only follow what they are told to do. I'm not really sure why you think corporations, non profits, and unions buying air time will turn us into slaves, except for the fact that you beleive yourself to be easily influenced by images and sounds from the picture box in your living room.— RG
Hamlet, please educate me. When was the last time a big corporation told you what to do in your private life, and what was it that they made you do?— rudytbone
Who's kidding who here? The only thing SCOTUS has done is expose the charade. The beauty of it is that political advertising will now be the voter's guide on who's the puppet and who's the puppeteer. Oh, and the added bonus of a new first amendment precedent to build on. "Speech" must always be as broadly interpreted as possible short of causing personal injury, no matter how offensive. Think of this and the Skokie Nazi parade case.- Or, Hamlet, has the evil corporation mind control machine simply not gotten to you yet? Maybe you are one fo those brilliant people who can resist the manipulation, unless the rest of us dolts. Feeling.....urge....to.....buy.....Starbucks......— RG
- One more post (I actually have to work for a living - that's a half-joke guys, cool it!) Mass, who exactly is infringing on your right to free speech? Or are you parroting other righties who say that anyone who dares criticize them (and makes them feel foolish and inferior, and therefore shuts them up) is denying them to say whatever they want? Well, back to work for my Corporate Master (please don't lay me off; do it to Julia, do it to Julia!)— Hamlet
- Hamlet, who gets to choose who has influence? Should Oprah be regulated? You can't deny her influence. Fox? NBC, CNN, the NY Times? The Motion Picture Industry? The Unions? Dudge? Huffington? George Soros? Everyone is out for their own, it's the American Way. It's Free Speech. If I'm reading correctly into your point, you would favor people who speak out for the common good. The problem is that we don't all agree with what that is.— tr88
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