Category Archives: Corporate Intrusion

Is corporate power being protected to avoid criminal prosecution? Are political campaign funds coming mostly from large corporations and very rich benefactors? Is the government awarding contracts to those corporations that helped during the campaign without using normal government contracting guidelines? Are most of the lobbyists at the seat of the government funded by the corporations and rich benefactors? Are the ears of government leaders going to the highest bidder? When will the Cabinet be expanded to include the Department of Business? Will the requirements for the Cabinet be expanded to include a masters in Business Administration? How far is too far?

Corporate intrusion is the erosion of representative governance through the massive funding from the ONE% (Citizens United) to elect their preferred representatives, vast numbers of corporate lobbyists to deliver daily corporate demands to their representatives, and predatory privatization of, among other public resources, our public education system.

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

Bad Deeds for 5-6-2009

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Bush Officials Try to Alter Ethics Report – Former Bush administration officials are launching a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign to urge Justice Department leaders to soften an ethics report criticizing lawyers who blessed harsh detainee interrogation tactics, according to two sources … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 5-4-2009

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Jim Vogas

  CEO Perks Rise As Pay Falls – U.S. companies remain generous with the perks they give to CEOs, including some that are unfathomable to the average American worker: chauffeured cars, bodyguards, club memberships and free travel in company jets. … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 4-30-2009

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Candidate for Georgia Governorship Says He’d Kill His Own Son to Secede from U. S. – A Georgia candidate for governor says he has found God and he’s ready to sacrifice his own son in an effort to get his … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 4-20-2009

Posted on April 20, 2009 by Jim Vogas

CIA Waterboarded Al Qaeda Suspect 183 Times in 1 Month, Memo Reveals – Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (still in U.S. custody) was waterboarded 183 times in March 2003 and Abu Zubaydah (the man who allegedly fears insects) was waterboarded 83 times … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 3-27-2009

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Caught on Tape: Bribes, Public Corruption – In one brazen crime in Tennessee, cameras caught then-Hamilton County Sheriff William Horace “Billy” Long taking thousands in bribes and embracing corruption to the core. Upon taking a wad of cash from an … Continue reading →

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Progressives, “Conservatives Without Conscience” and Checks and Balances

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Andy Hailey

Institutions, which humans create, tend to reflect the values of the humans that created/control them. These institutions can be corrupt and harmful or they can do good. The difference is whether the individuals in charge of the institution feel empathy … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik19-2009mar19,0,351773.column" target="_blank" title="With financial crisis and scandal as backdrop, Americans are questioning whether plutocrats are either indispensable or deserving">The belief that the wealthy are worthy is waning</a>
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Bad Deeds for 3-17-2009

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Jim Vogas

CNBC Has Been Doing Public Relations for Wall Street. Time to Fix CNBC! – Financial news networks like CNBC that promoted Wall Street propaganda and then blamed the financial crisis on “losers” who couldn’t make their mortgage payments. Now we’re … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 3-12-2009

Posted on March 13, 2009 by Jim Vogas

To Conservatives, Bipartisanship is Forcing Others to Agree With Them – From the Conservative Political Action Conference, “To us, bipartisanship is them being forced to agree with us, after we have politically cleaned their clocks and beaten them.” Yes, that … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 3-11-2009

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Disabled Men Forced into ‘Fight Club’ by Staff at Texas State Facility: Police – Profoundly disabled young men were forced into “fight club” style battles by the people hired to care for them at the Corpus Christi State School, police … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 3-4-2009

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Ex-Leaders of Countrywide Financial Profit From Bad Loans – Fairly or not, Countrywide Financial and its top executives would be on most lists of those who share blame for the nation’s economic crisis. After all, the banking behemoth made risky … Continue reading →

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