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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:16 PM Original message |
As much as we relish hating the evil corps, its Congress & the Pres we need to hold accountable. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. Agreed. We have to translate this into progressive votes. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. The curtain was pulled back and guess who was at the controls pulling the levers? |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. To me it looks more like a friendly giveaway than a hostile takeover, |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 09:45 AM Response to Reply #10 |
23. I might agree with apathetic giveaway. nm |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. +1 |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. The issue is the corruption and collusion between big corps and the government |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Corporations will always seek the easiest way to make a profit. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Neither does the government. Both must be kept under control |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-21-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Absolutely. nm |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Capital always seems to have more power than gvernments. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. The problem is legalized bribery. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. They bailouts could not have occurred if the pols hadn't made it happen |
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teddy51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep, but heres the real problem with Congress! Of course we already know this. |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hey rhett o rick, very interesting comment you have placed in your profile. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The statement is aimed at the T-Party type chuckle-heads that voted for Bush. |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. And the USSC, they had a huge hand in the degradation of the separation |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Thank you for saying this! |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. disagree Individual Politician come and go and they always seemed to be replaced with a corporate |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. I agree the system is broken and it looks near impossible to fix it within the system, |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. No what we got is a Ghandi approach to make change happen. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. But Ghandi's goal was to get the British out of India. Our goal is to get a government |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
15. Actually, getting corporate money out of politics is the first priority. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-20-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I agree. Until we do that, all other reforms will fail. nm |
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