[JayMillz]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03...ostpopular

[Gmac]

Quote:

A source who was in the room when the pledges were made

Guarantee you this guy is tracked down and never heard from again, or worse.

[Hencredible Casanova]

(02-06-2012 09:40 PM)JayMillz Wrote:  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03...ostpopular

I read about that yesterday. It's crazy how the two brothers alone pledged 60 mil out of that 100 when there were over 250 donors in attendance. It's also crazy how much money these guys are pouring into the political system just to defeat Obama.

This might be the most expensive election battle in history. Romney is worth 250 mil. He's already poured in millions of his own dollars into his election campaign. Then you've got rogue operatives like Karl Rove who's got mad PACs that are raising millions upon millions of dollars.

Even Sheldon Adelson (casino magnate) who is currently backing Gingrich has hinted he will back Romney once he wraps up the nomination.

There's going to be a lot of money changing hands for this one.

[ColSpanker]

I wonder how much George Soros is going to drop on this one.

[Kaizen]

Unreal. That decision by the supreme court allowing unlimited corporate donations really undermines the whole political process.

[All or Nothing]

(02-06-2012 10:03 PM)Hencredible Casanova Wrote:  

(02-06-2012 09:40 PM)JayMillz Wrote:  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03...ostpopular

I read about that yesterday. It's crazy how the two brothers alone pledged 60 mil out of that 100 when there were over 250 donors in attendance. It's also crazy how much money these guys are pouring into the political system just to defeat Obama.

This might be the most expensive election battle in history. Romney is worth 250 mil. He's already poured in millions of his own dollars into his election campaign. Then you've got rogue operatives like Karl Rove who's got mad PACs that are raising millions upon millions of dollars.

Even Sheldon Adelson (casino magnate) who is currently backing Gingrich has hinted he will back Romney once he wraps up the nomination.

There's going to be a lot of money changing hands for this one.

Yeah and who do you think Mitt Romney will be loyal to if he makes it into office?

[Cincinnatus]

(02-06-2012 10:56 PM)bigxxx Wrote:  

Unreal. That decision by the supreme court allowing unlimited corporate donations really undermines the whole political process.

Completely agree.

Pretty much gives the corporations and the politicians free license to ensure the corporatarchy reigns supreme.

Surprised that the politicians haven't all admitted en masse that they don't give a shit about the average American, and never did in the first place.

[TudoBem]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-offe...nship,889/

[Menace]

You would think that politicians would like to do away with the corporate influence merely out of self interest so that they wouldn't have to beg and plead for contributions. On the other hand, they may be doing it so that when they get out of the House or Senate they can get a fat job with one of their former contributors. Look at former Democratic CT Senator Chris Dodd (now head of MPAA). It's not a Repub/Dem issue. We have become a caricature of our own making. It is absurd to think that corporations are people or citizens within the meaning of those terms in the Constitution. It all started here: Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 118 U.S. 394 (1886). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara...c_Railroad

[chyamor]

http://theweek.com/article/index/223287/...e-backfire

Billion dollar campaign from obama

[JayMillz]

Georgia-Pacific became a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries in 2005 after the two brothers paid $21 billion to take over the company and take it private. Georgia-Pacific is a manufacturer and marketer of “tissue, packaging,paper, pulp, and building products and related chemicals.” Georgia-Pacific’s North American brands include: Quilted Northern (toilet paper), Angel Soft (toilet paper), Brawny (paper towels), Sparkle (paper towels), Soft ‘n Gentle (toilet paper), Mardi Gras (paper towels), Vanity Fair (paper napkins), and the Dixie brand of tabletop products.

[JayMillz]

Koch Brothers buy $700,000 in ads in desperate effort to save Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum..._blog.html

[Tuthmosis]

A government of the corporations by the corporations and for the corporations.

R.I.P. United States of America: 1776-2010*

[thegmanifesto]

(02-07-2012 02:53 PM)JayMillz Wrote:  

Georgia-Pacific became a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries in 2005 after the two brothers paid $21 billion to take over the company and take it private. Georgia-Pacific is a manufacturer and marketer of “tissue, packaging,paper, pulp, and building products and related chemicals.” Georgia-Pacific’s North American brands include: Quilted Northern (toilet paper), Angel Soft (toilet paper), Brawny (paper towels), Sparkle (paper towels), Soft ‘n Gentle (toilet paper), Mardi Gras (paper towels), Vanity Fair (paper napkins), and the Dixie brand of tabletop products.

Cool.

Now I know which paper towels not to buy.

[The_CEO]

Check this out. Some guy called, pretending to be one of the Koch Bros and the Gov fell for it. Their conversation is very telling....

"David Koch" Calls Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Part 1


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLOTM1m66rE

[gringochileno]

I guess this is what "freedom of speech" means in America in 2012. God that Citizens United decision was fucked up. I don't think I've ever seen a more perverse application of a more noble concept.

Stevens's dissent in that case is great, by the way. Here's his money quote:

Quote:

At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. It is a strange time to repudiate that common sense. While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics.

[Luvianka]

(02-06-2012 09:40 PM)JayMillz Wrote:  

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/03...ostpopular

America -the greatest democracy money can buy!