On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:56 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 10/27/10 8:24 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: > > > At 1:05 PM +1100 10/27/10, mex sara said: > > >> i am having trouble with separating in my head the > > >> concepts ... to me in a democracy government is the people > > > > > > ahhh, but we are not a pure democracy, we are a representative > > > democracy, with an added twist that corporate entities can now > > > participate in elections the same as any citizen. That means that > > > those who control corporations, who can wield greater dollars than the > > > average citizen, can control the flow of information to their target > > > voters, thereby manipulating the vote. It helps to follow the money; > > > this is a very simplified graphic chart, which doesn't detail the > > > industries involved. If you added in sources of revenue, it would be a > > > more complex chart, but much more clear in whose hands the tea party's > > > votes are held. > > > > > > http://www.alternet.org/images/managed/ads_teapartyinc.jpg > > > > > > Something that you'll find fascinating as a journalist - the top > > > contenders for GOP/Tea Party candidate for 2012 are all under > > > exclusive contract to Fox. I think that's the first time that one > > > corporate propaganda machine controlled by a multinational has openly > > > employed an entire party in US politics, but I could be wrong. > > > > NPR has a similar graph for GOP funding > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130845545 > > they said they had one for Dems but I am not seeing it. > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130836771 > > > > If Democrats had a decent record to run on they wouldn't have to blather on > like tone-deaf Washington insiders about the funding sources of their > political opponents. > > Folks have gotten a good look at the Obamunist's methods and have been > adversely affected by the results of those policies. That's why is sucks to > be a Democrat in 2010. >
and republican and tea bagger....one is a do nothing, and the other is a wackjob... just who/where are the republicans, currently in office actually doing the work ..."of the people"...? -- "doubts are the only certainties i have left." m. feldman -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
