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In reply to the discussion: Do you really think they give a fuck about Americans? [View all]And never will. It's all about lobbyist cash and getting rich. Everyone one of them should be recalled.
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Maybe that this picture was taken at a time when nothing significant was going on?
treestar
Apr 2013
#14
Picturing that angers me. Sure sounds like they do work for the lobbyists. Arrgh!
tofuandbeer
Apr 2013
#79
You are exactly right. The picture doesnt by itself prove anything. However, I still dont
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#59
The question of the OP was, "Do you really think they give a fuck about Americans?"
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#94
Well, at least you don't have to worry about them being able to get a day off from work.
thesquanderer
Apr 2013
#54
Wouldn't there be plenty of unemployed people in the greater DC area?
customerserviceguy
Apr 2013
#71
"Maybe this picture was taken at a time nothing terribly significant was going on."
99Forever
Apr 2013
#12
"Us little folk" are the ones who apparently respond to the spending of dollars
treestar
Apr 2013
#18
Only if someone can come up with a way to distinguish bona fide grassroots from astroturf.
AnotherMcIntosh
Apr 2013
#44
'Us little folk' have been doing that for decades. Now, since that hasn't worked, do you have
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#46
Well, we did that. We even organized, donated huge amounts of money to Liberal
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#55
Meh, if they gave a shit about you they wouldn't have power in the first place
Fumesucker
Apr 2013
#41
They probably had more important business to attend to, such as the big celebration
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#47
Now that the law has been changed, they have a lot of insider trading to catch up on.
rhett o rick
Apr 2013
#97
We're not Americans , we are consumers and America is not a country , it's a corporation.
bowens43
Apr 2013
#76