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In The Know: Are Politicians Failing Our Lobbyists? watch!

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Teh1337Pirate, on 05/16/2008, -3/+12Hopefully, both politicians and lobbyists suck.
- lamiaconfitor, on 05/16/2008, -0/+5Yeah, its amazing they don't stick to each other when they meet.
  - mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4That's because they're also very slimy
- fireashes, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Onion is the fair and balanced news that i can believe in.
- TaylorTAP, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Exactly what I was thinking.
  
  I like how he says Our Lobbyists. Like, they are echoing my interests down there. There's 1 word that I really like to use that perfectly describes this process. RACKET!
- mstrebe, on 05/17/2008, -0/+2Politicians are like diapers. They need to be changed often and for the same reason.
usgovterrorists, on 05/16/2008, -22/+4Politicians Are Failing Our Constitution, If Anyone Cares!

United States Government are terrorists, war criminals, and horrific liars.

Where's the evidence that kerosene fires melted steel?
How did the huge molten pools of metal get under the twin towers and building 7?
9-11 was an inside job! 9-11 official story was a lie! What happened to building 7?

Depleted uranium is a weapon of mass destruction!

Play Wall Street like a PONZI SCHEME!

The elections are rigged, unsecure voting machines & ballots!

Terrorist United States Government mandated a fivefold increase in the use of biofuels.
- hayzeus, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Onion article, Moron
  - ElAssoWipo, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2He posts the same comment all the time.
  - purzzzell, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1look at his username.
    
    I'd put in my replies "I think you forgot the sarcasm tag", but conspiracy trolls don't read replies to their messages...
chicofaraby, on 05/16/2008, -3/+8That is exactly the level of information carried by the US corporate media. That could easily have been Fred Barnes, Pat Bucannan and Elanore Cliff.

The Onion nails corporate media to the wall as usual.
- lamiaconfitor, on 05/16/2008, -2/+5yeah, its always so scary to me that the onion, the Colbert report, the daily show all provide better information through satire then msnbc/cnn/fox
  - FREETHINKER2008, on 05/16/2008, -1/+4Those networks don't have time to report real news, Brittany and Anna Nicole are more important.
mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -4/+8LOL, That was funny!
Angostura, on 05/16/2008, -9/+4Funny as this is, this is much much funnier:

Wildly Popular 'Iron Man' Trailer To Be Adapted Into Full-Length Film

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/wildly_popul ...
HillerMylife, 47 minutes ago, -10/+1So is the Onion News Network the new Zero Punctuation and XKCD?
- serif69, on 05/16/2008, -1/+3You must be new here.
lamiaconfitor, on 05/16/2008, -2/+8The Onion! nice, I was about to bury the article based on the headline alone... hooray!
countmischief, on 05/16/2008, -6/+5If anybody wants to buy my vote its only $25 local and $50 national.
bm2xv, on 05/16/2008, -0/+4It's funny, i rarely ever hear about lobbyists when politics come up, and yet this is one of the MAJOR problems with our system IMO.

If I wanted to elect a corporate whore I would have put "Ronald McDonald" on the ballot!
WickEd101, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Brought to me by the world's number 1 ultra-premium tequila.

right off the bat something doesnt' sound right
rinote, on 05/16/2008, -0/+11WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE LOBBYISTS?!?
DivisibleByZero, on 05/16/2008, -1/+8Anybody remember about 2 weeks ago when there was a front page digg story where some lobbyist wanted his bribe money back from Hillary? And everybody was taking his side?
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Breaking_News_Hi ...
eleete, on 05/16/2008, -2/+0Those 'poor' lobbyists... Seems like if you make the check big enough though, you can have a whole host of politician$ do your evil work.
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080508/18544910 ...
Maybe the Recording, and Motion Picture Agencies need to give lessons on how to do it right.

eleete
bombula, on 05/16/2008, -1/+2Funny idea, terrible execution as usual. I find their TV stuff persistently unfunny. Stuff in print is still hilarious though.
- mal1964, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1So thumbs down?
SargedeathXmode, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2I love the onion. Should take out the middle man and bribe the people directly. lol
shortstacks, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1lobbyists can suck it!
headzoo, on 05/16/2008, -0/+2Is the bald guy with the glasses, the same guy from the Sonic commercials?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDH4AboJKPk

Sorry, all bald guys with glasses look the same to me.
VinnieDaMac, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Did anyone watch the Blockbuster one too? I used to be one of those Historic Blockbuster Actors.
GhostyBoy, on 05/16/2008, -1/+1Youtube link anyone?

Apparently my computer is sucking the suck off of suckovsky today.
HubbertWins, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Logos!
jfossboss, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1bump
zrcochran, on 05/16/2008, -0/+3You're right. The bald guy with glasses is the same guy from the Sonic Commercials. His name is Brian Huskey

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1111656/

Pretty funny guy who's done a lot of stuff, surprisingly.
akise, on 05/16/2008, -0/+1Aren't, uh, the politicians supposed to be our 'lobby' anyway? Speaking for all democratic nations here.
mempko, on 05/20/2008, -0/+1our president might as well be an amorphous blob
MAAD0320, on 05/27/2008, -0/+0LOL

Lobbyists SHOULD cut out the middleman.. just put corporations in office.. who needs Congress making money just let a private bank make it... oh wait.. that's already being done.. well.. make the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches three separate corporations that will eventually merge together :)
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