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.

 

The Power of Our Republic – Are We The People Squandering It?

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Andy Hailey

I believe this nation will only survive as a republic by upholding all the extraordinary and very thoughtful measures our Founding Fathers, of the late 1700s, established in our Constitution. I also believe, as they did, that “we the people” … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers" target="_blank" title="The normal division of branches is into the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial.">Separation of Powers</a>, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/01/13/k-street-project/" target="_blank" title="If You Don’t Know About the K Street Project, You Don’t Know Jack">The K Street Project</a>
  • Related Web Site: <a href="http://uselectionatlas.org/" target="_blank" title="Also results for governors and senators">David Leip's Atlas of U. S. Presidential Elections</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.progressiveu.org/011043-the-unitary-executive-s-violation-of-the-separation-of-powers" target="_blank" title="The Bush administrations attempt to acquire nearly unlimited power in the Executive branch is a violation of the Constitution and of the separation of powers principle it is based upon.">The Unitary Executive’s Violation of the Separation of Powers</a>
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Bush Appointees Create Third Class of Worker – And Exempts Them from Union Representation

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Andy Hailey

On October 3, 2006, the five member National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled by a 3 to 2 vote to ‘clarify’ the definition of a ‘supervisor’ to favor employers and oppose employees. The vote had three Bush appointees supporting the … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6193870" target="_blank" title="The National Labor Relations Board has ruled that nurses with certain responsibilities are supervisors, and therefore barred from joining unions">Labor Board Decision May Slash Union Membership</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://edworkforce.house.gov/democrats/pdf/NLRBreport071306.pdf" target="_blank" title="President Bush’s National Labor Relations Board Rolls Back Labor Protections">WORKERS’ RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK BY BUSH ADMINISTRATION</a>
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Meet the “Security-Industrial Complex”

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Andy Hailey

To get an understanding of what this information sharing can mean, watch this visualization of the future under the post 9/11 “security-industrial complex”. Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/10/1545230" target="_blank" title="More than ever before, the details about our lives are no longer our own.">Democracy Now! review</a>, <a href="http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=3731" target="_blank" title="More on Choice Point"> Webcast (Library of Congress)</a>
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More Corporate Failure – And a Win for Labor?

Posted on December 17, 2005 by Andy Hailey

In Has America’s Greatest Generation Begat The Failure Generation?, I summarized the introduction to “The Rise of the Rogue Executive,” where the authors point out, “Business scandals are just another part of the stream of daily news that is full … Continue reading →

  • Recent NPR Story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5056527" target="_blank" title=""December 16, 2005 · In Los Angeles, a federal grand jury has handed down an indictment to Ralph's supermarket chain.>Ralph's Supermarkets Charged in Labor Dispute</a>
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Bush Cronies – The End of the Federal Government as we know it?

Posted on October 19, 2005 by Andy Hailey

This new commission will decide what federal agencies should be eliminated for ‘not producing results’ and only an act of Congress can cancel a majority decision of the commission. Continue reading →

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The WAWG Index

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Andy Hailey

This index attempts to ‘measure’ the extent to which the list of 14 characteristics monitored by this blog apply to the United States over time.   The index will be determined monthly as a percent change from the previous month. … Continue reading →

Posted in About, Avid Militarism, Church/State Unification, Corporate Intrusion, Disdain of Educated & Artists, Election Fraud, Enemy/Scapegoat, Human Rights Abuse, Labor Power Loss, Media-Info Control, Obsession with National Security, Obsession with Punishment, Powerful Nationalism, Rampant Cronyism/Corruption, Rampant Sexism, WAWG Index   |   Leave a comment   |  

Purposeful Creation of Bad Investments and Buying Insurance to Protect Creator from Failure of Those Investments

Posted on March 27, 2005 by Andy Hailey

Authentic journalism requires an open mind, getting the details, checking the information against multiple resources to find consistancy and add validity, and time and resources to pull the story together. Here is one journalistic example, of many, done by Planet … Continue reading →

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The Right to Take – A Combination of Unlimited Freedom and Excessive Greed

Posted on March 27, 2005 by Andy Hailey

Labor law – right to take from union benefits without paying union dues Funding the Public – right to take citizenship benefits wihtout paying citizenship dues Gun ownership – the right to take lives with military weapons without paying for … Continue reading →

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