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- PoizonFrog, on 03/22/2009, -1/+47Politicians outraged at selves, use AIG contributions to hire elite prostitutes to spank them...
- ddoorn, on 03/22/2009, -2/+42This taps into one of my BIGGEST RAGES of all!
There is NO WAY that corporate America should be allowed to BUY politicians who are elected to represent US, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES! The amount of money that is pumped into political campaigns is ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC given the dire state of need in our country for SO MANY THINGS! Infrastructure, healthcare, homelessness and HOW MANY BAZILLIONS OF DOLLARS GO DOWN THE CRAPPER WASTED ON CAMPAIGNS...?!?! OBSCENE! And it is true for BOTH PARTIES! WTF do WE THE PEOPLE get for all of this money...? We get to bend over and take it again!
This should be ENRAGING SO MANY OF US that it is just unbelievable that we aren't in the streets DEMANDING CHANGE!
A sociologist has said that our country meets all the criteria for staging a revolution, yet we continue largely to be mooing cattle, sonambulized by the corporate-owned media as we shuffle off a cliff! - ChuckD6421, on 03/22/2009, -1/+38This needs to be the next "Rage of the Week" (a la AIG Bonuses) in our MSM!
- freedomjoe, on 03/22/2009, -2/+32fta:
including $1,500 to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and another $15,000 to members of the House and Senate banking panels. Citigroup ($25 billion) dished out $29,620, including $2,500 to House GOPWhip Eric Cantor, who also got $10,000 from UBS which, while not a TARP recipient, got $5 billion in bailout funds as an AIG "counterparty." "This certainly appears to be a case of TARP funds being recycled into campaign contributions," says Brett Kappell, a D.C. lawyer who tracks donations. (A spokesman for Cantor did not respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for Hoyer said it's his "policy to accept legal contributions.") - paintgrl, on 03/22/2009, -1/+30I hope we remember to tell this info to people when it is time to vote. I hope I remember..lol
- Thinbev, on 03/23/2009, -1/+26Bottom line is: These bailouts should've never happened!!!!! Companies that make bad decisions need to fail. These companies are too big to bailout!!!!
All these trillions of dollars that were created out of thin air by the Fed were given to institutions, however we don't know what those institutions did with all that money... I'm sure many people are getting secret "bonuses"... Who knows?
Our government needs to allow the market the correct itself. They need to stop propping up failed institutions. Don't get me wrong, it'll be very tough and painful for people, but once we allow all the bad investments to liquidate, we'll all get back to work again and rebuild our economy with a sound platform.
If our politicians and Federal Reserve Bank keep printing money out of thin air, they're going to kill the value of our dollar. - AaronCo, on 03/23/2009, -1/+24Dear US Taxpayers,
You aren't supposed to ask these questions. We must ask you to stop now.
Sincerely, your elected representatives. - lenashope, on 03/22/2009, -2/+23wow
- theskillwithin, on 03/23/2009, -0/+21Follow the stimulus cash...
oh oops, you cant. - GrandmaSheila, on 03/22/2009, -2/+20FTA
While a few big firms, such as Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase, have curtailed their campaign giving, others are quietly doling out cash to select members of Congress, particularly those who serve on committees that oversee TARP. In recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, the political action committee for Bank of America (which got $15 billion in bailout money) sent out $24,500 in the first two months of 2009, including $1,500 to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and another $15,000 to members of the House and Senate banking panels. Citigroup ($25 billion) dished out $29,620, including $2,500 to House GOPWhip Eric Cantor, who also got $10,000 from UBS which, while not a TARP recipient, got $5 billion in bailout funds as an AIG "counterparty." "This certainly appears to be a case of TARP funds being recycled into campaign contributions," says Brett Kappell, a D.C. lawyer who tracks donations. (A spokesman for Cantor did not respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for Hoyer said it's his "policy to accept legal contributions.") - Barackalypse, on 03/23/2009, -3/+18People don't care, Obama received more money than any other candidate from Wall Street and he still won the election despite the fact that by November 2008 the financial system was in meltdown mode:
"Obama Top Fundraiser on Wall Street"
"The employees of Goldman Sachs and UBS gave Obama more than $260,000 combined."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ... - breckandy, on 03/23/2009, -1/+15I'd love to riot in the streets but I don't know how to riot and not sure which street to riot in.
How do you schedule a riot?
I can just see it now: A bunch of geezers like me with walkers, canes, oxygen tanks all 37 of us trying to tip over and set fire to a Prius. Problem is it has no gas and we all
forget who was supposed to bring the matches.
Young people need to be VERY Upset. Your future is being ripped off by Internationalists who have no loyalty to the US but will send you to die overseas for their causes. They are diluting your dollar now and your right to thrive.
While you still have good knees, drop your IPODS, Blackberries, get out there and let the establishment know how you feel. - x88justy, on 03/22/2009, -1/+15Time for a good old fashioned oldschool riot .. or peaceful but disruptive direct action.
- mah2cent, on 03/23/2009, -1/+13And just to keep everything in the open, here are the top contributers to Obama:
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/contrib.php?cycl ... - jpsoraire, on 03/22/2009, -7/+19The banks can keep throwing as much money as they think will make the difference. Although the Republican officials in office can't make decisions that are not financially motivated to benefit themselves, the people of The United States of America have spoken and with the help from President Barack H. Obama, we will change how these financial institutions operate. It's like President Obama said on the Leno Show, "most of the stuff that got us into trouble was perfectly legal, and that is a sign of how much we have to change our laws". This is what is the real issue here. I'm glad this has been exposed as well and I hope that the media covers this too. I don't care if it is Republican, Democrat, or even Independent, the fact is that if there a one or two people doing this it is definitely wrong, but when you have a party's main leaders and constituents behind this, this is something that needs to be exposed to pressure anyone from any political party that this will be condemned by the American people. This will stop and the American people demand that it does.
- inactive, on 03/23/2009, -0/+11I hear Dodd is taking bids for opinions on this matter right now..
You can bid on ebay if you want but the latest bid 700.000 and counting...
For all those who voted for Dodd....Dodd has quietly stated......STFU! - CanIGetAWitness, on 03/23/2009, -1/+12This was inevitable (obviously planned) when the powers that be were able to finaggle a constitutional admendment to view a "corporation" as a "person". An entire corporation is viewed as just a single you, but they have a crap load more money and therfore can buy more influence.
It works both ways though if you can organize. - paintgrl, on 03/22/2009, -1/+11FTA: In recent filings with the Federal Election Commission, the political action committee for Bank of America (which got $15 billion in bailout money) sent out $24,500 in the first two months of 2009, including $1,500 to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and another $15,000 to members of the House and Senate banking panels. Citigroup ($25 billion) dished out $29,620, including $2,500 to House GOPWhip Eric Cantor, who also got $10,000 from UBS which, while not a TARP recipient, got $5 billion in bailout funds as an AIG "counterparty." "This certainly appears to be a case of TARP funds being recycled into campaign contributions," says Brett Kappell, a D.C. lawyer who tracks donations. (A spokesman for Cantor did not respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for Hoyer said it's his "policy to accept legal contributions.")
- indyattic, on 03/23/2009, -0/+10Thumbs up if you knew this was gonna happen - duh.
The effort to stop TARP was bi-partisian on the grassroots level. Everybody knew this was a scam. - inactive, on 03/23/2009, -2/+11Politicians only have to be good at one thing and that one thing is getting elected. They do not have to be good at spending tax payer money or problem solving etc
- katorga, on 03/23/2009, -1/+10The rich lost half their wealth in the last 18 months, and the US government is paying them back. That is all the recovery plans amount too: the largest transfer of private debt to public shoulders in the history of the world. The rich really are looting the country at this point.
Case in point, Geithner's toxic asset plan, announced today, gives cheap or no interest, guaranteed loans to private investment groups to buy assets with zero risk. The private groups (the rich) get to keep all the profits. If it doesn't work out, the taxpayers (the not-rich) get to foot the bill.
Case in point, 80% of the bailout and stimulus packages go to wealthy corporations or wall street (the rich), while 20% is aimed at the not-rich. A measly 75 billion out of 2,200 billion (still growing) goes to help homeowners, and the rules prevent most in-trouble homeowners from getting any assistance.
Across the board, workers are shouldering the losses of the rich through losses in wages, benefits, or outright job loss. Obama is proposing in his budget to reduce the payouts on "age related entitlements" meaning workers social security payments will DECLINE.
The Democrats are a sham. - mah2cent, on 03/23/2009, -0/+9So, it all the fault of the corporations? What an oxymoron "allow the corporations to buy politicians". If the politicians weren't taking the corporations would not be offering. It is not like they hold a gun to the heads of the politicians and demand that they accept the money. The other side of this coin is that the politicians all have their hands out. They are nothing more that prostitutes.
- tgc1, on 03/23/2009, -0/+9Oh you haven't heard? Riots are illegal now. Last time I saw some protesters getting a little large in number, cops were called in, and I ***** you not, flash grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas were shot at them. Any who fell behind were arrested. I can't tell if they were trying to make an example of the bunch, but it was very heavy handed a reaction. Specially considering they were non-violent, non-rioting protesters. And the cops who attacked them were in Riot Gear/Swat garb. So yeah, time for rioting... that passed way back in the 70's man. Ended some time around the Kent State shooting. So riot at your own risk.
If you think the government won't kill you to shut up. You'd be wrong.
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings - inactive, on 03/23/2009, -0/+8And I sit back laughing my ass off at how corrupt and plastic American Democracy / Government is...
These guys should be going to jail,
These guys are committing treason.
These guys are taking Bribes, making fraudulent statements, flat out lying...
The entire government is full of shills, employees of companies with massive conflicts of interest that amount to treason and con artists. - LordStryker, on 03/23/2009, -3/+11Lets go rob these criminals like they robbed us and get our money back.
- Waiting2awake, on 03/23/2009, -0/+8Unfortunately, thanks to the politics of division, there is little chance of that.
- Barackalypse, on 03/23/2009, -0/+8To answer your question, you should riot at 1st Street and Constitution Ave in from of the large domed white building. Rioting would typically involve smashing windows, overturning cars, and lighting things on fire, but you'd probably get charged as a domestic terrorist and Obama still has the rendition policy in effect, so you'd probably end up in a secret prison in Turkey if you did anything.
- indyattic, on 03/23/2009, -0/+7Apparently you're an Obama voter. Lots of things elude you guys.
- LloydDobbler, on 03/23/2009, -0/+7"When you're robbing Peter to pay Paul...don't expect any arguments from Paul."
- Barackalypse, on 03/23/2009, -0/+7It means that regardless of what anger exists over the bailout and campaign contributions, history has already shown it wasn't a significant effect, because the top Wall Street fundraiser won the Presidential election.
- inactive, on 03/23/2009, -0/+7Ok So people should pass around the hat and raise enough money to buy the politicians agenda...while competing with a giant multinational with a billion dollar a day habit...
um....why bother voting then? Why not have scumbag a and scumbag b just sign papers all day to the highest bidder. Every 4 years change the order of who gets to submit it and which one gets to argue for alterations, earmarks and other petty *****?
***** hell America...WTF is wrong with this? Everything!! - itinerantspectr, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6From now on, I'm going to eliminate the middle man and just mail my paychecks directly to members of congress and the CEOs at the companies of the DJIA
- dericko, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6Obama is also part of the problem..
Open your eyes America.. our political system is akin to fake wrestling. - emmettgolf, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6After banning lobbyists from donating to pay for his inauguration, individual bankers from the firms that received the TARP firms paid for 80% of it.
http://ewebsmith.com/gov/inauguration.html - Mungo616, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6It's hardly unbelievable that you aren't "in the streets" when you consider that more than half of your population actually though that Obama would change anything.
- clvngodess, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6Who cares about the ***** legalities? And if you sit on the couch in fear, then you get what you get. Many many many of us are willing to take the risk and get out in the streets regularly. Kent state was a long time ago. Yep, cops can be *****, I know, I've been on the receiving end of some of that happy cops are gassing cops crap. But some things are worth rioting over. My freedom, my civil liberties, human rights, things like this. And I'm a Nanna who ain't afraid to toss a brick if necessary. But if you want to sit back and watch it on television, I got news for ya, the revolution won't be televised, baby.
Keep the faith... - Gareth321, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6Absolutely. The blame goes both ways, but it's still obscene. A simple law that states that criminal action will be taken against any politician that accepts money from a company or person that COULD be in conflict of interest would solve this problem. But why would the greedy politicians want to vote to get less money?
- nickrollout, on 03/23/2009, -1/+7The US needs to go to a system of zero corporate and union donations to political parties, as they have done in Canada. Otherwise the sell-out will continue. Now that would be "Change you could believe in", otherwise all the changes to restrict lobbyists are just window-dressing.
- inactive, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6Only PEOPLE who are allowed to vote should be allowed to make political contributions. Corporations can't vote and they aren't people, so they shouldn't be allowed to make political contributions either.
- Stiverton, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6Insanity.
- breckandy, on 03/23/2009, -0/+6I'd love to riot in the streets but I don't know how to riot and not sure which street to riot in.
How do you schedule a riot?<p>
I can just see it now: A bunch of geezers like me with walkers, canes, oxygen tanks all 37 of us trying to tip over and set fire to a Prius. Problem is it has no gas and we all
forget who was supposed to bring the matches.<p>
Young people need to be VERY Upset. Your future is being ripped off by Internationalists who have no loyalty to the US but will send you to die overseas for their causes. They are diluting your dollar now and your right to thrive.<p>
While you still have good knees, drop your IPODS, Blackberries, get out there and let the establishment know how you feel. - prrp, on 03/23/2009, -0/+5HR 1207
'nuff said - Harley1929, on 03/23/2009, -1/+5Finally, true bi-partisanship: our money being recycled back to congressmen/women from BOTH parties.
- katorga, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4Revolt is actually very simple. It is critical to force the deflationary cycle to continue because prices will fall faster than wages. Deflation will break the government because it will gut its tax revenues.
The most effective form of revolt is to drop out of the consumer economy. Cut your purchases and expenses to the bare minimum. Work and make only as much as you need to cover the bare minimum. Relax and enjoy you free time and freedom from wage slavery. Watch the elites and the government writhe. - dancantone, on 03/23/2009, -1/+5REVOLT YA SCARED PUSSY!
- clvngodess, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4Now that's something I'd put my tax dollars behind. Oops, bad pun.
- muckemuck, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4if you'd left that last line off you'd be getting dugg up. The Democrats around here won't admit any wrongdoing on the part of their party....
Congressmen and presidents from BOTH parties have taken part in the scam. If you single out one party as the culprit then you're letting the other crooks get away. - punx, on 03/23/2009, -0/+4I hope that was sarcasm, because if it wasn't, you may have earned the King of the Tards award on digg today.
If it wasn't sarcasm, allow me to be the first to congratulate you. It's prestigious honor, since there are so many nominees on any given day. - punx, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3Just check his comments. All he can say is, dugg down for such and such because I'm a good little obama fanboy.
He still has that tingle running down his leg...or elsewhere. - iridesce, on 03/23/2009, -0/+3umm, holding them accountable or just whining ??? The original TARP money went where ?? The 200:1 negative constituent communication regarding the original TARP did what ??
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