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- DrBombay0
Who is the major shareholder in Citigroup? Who is the major shareholder in Citgo? A Saudi Prince and the nation of Venezuela. So... like... you're dumb.
- Tea Baggers should be all over this.Mimio
- This decision is the loophole where these foreign nationals CAN now contribute whatever they want.DrBombay
- But I do not expect most of you republican half-wits to comprehend that.DrBombay
- The fact that GOP leaders are revolted by this decision speaks volumes about their intentions for this country.Mimio
- They are actively pursuing an aristocracy.Mimio
- ^ Are not revolted, ratherMimio
- ********0
Oh, and why after 20 years are Obama's student loans (more spending?) forgiven? Oh, and why after 10 years are they forgiven if the freeloader becomes a public servant? Why a public servant?
Fing LOL Cube!!! Hahaha!
- monkeyshine0
Article on Huffpo about the Supreme Court decision: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/do…
- DrBombay0
A senior administration official told POLITICO on Thursday morning: "There is a loophole that we need to address and are working with Congress to address. There are U.S. subsidiaries of foreign-controlled corporations that could influence our elections because of this ruling."
- ukit0
You would have to be incredibly naive to think that once we allow elections to go to the highest bidder, it won't give foreign individuals or even foreign governments the ability to participate. Which corporations, in your reading of the decision, are going to be barred by the law you refer to - all of them? Most American corporations have foreign investment of some kind, and in many cases may be effectively run by foreigners who have a controlling stake.
Maybe you should stop listening to Fox, which is partly controlled by the Saudi Royal Family, and think for yourself.
"Saudi billionaire and News Corp. shareholder Prince Alwaleed bin Talal on "Charlie Rose" Wednesday night endorsed James Murdoch as next CEO of News Corp. whenever father Rupert chooses to step down.
"If he doesn't appoint him, I'll be the first one to nominate him to be the successor of Mr. Rupert Murdoch, god forbid if something happens to him," Alwaleed said on the show on PBS, which will be re-aired on Bloomberg TV Thursday night.
Asked by Rose again if James Murdoch was his future CEO candidate, Alwaleed said: "There's no doubt, because I know him, I have full confidence in him, full trust in him, and he's capable." He added: "He's really Rupert Murdoch in the making, and he's almost there now."
Alwaleed owns about a 7% stake and is the largest shareholder in the company besides the Murdoch family."
- Why are we even blurring the distinction between corporations and citizens at all?Mimio
- ********0
All this when Obama raised and spent more than any politician in history. How could you all be in such absolute denial? LolCube®
- ukit0
Yea uh huh.
Just admit you thought it was a "terrible decision," and then you read what conservative media had to say and now you think it is the greatest decision of all time.
How about we all save you Sum effort so that instead of having to create Sum fake usernames and post Sum uninformed comments in this thread everyday, we can just copy and paste Sum random pieces of text from World Net Daily, Fox News and The National Review and attach your name to them. I guarantee it will be almost exactly the same.
- DrBombay0
This all reminds me of when Bush wanted to give the security contract for the ports in New York to a Kuwaiti company.
- I was a bit off it was a Dubai company and it was for a bunch of ports on the east coast http://www.time.com/…DrBombay
- dbloc0
Probably already posted but FTW.
Obama Says F*ck It
http://www.hulu.com/watch/122534…
- juhls0
A few months old, but still good:
Nice job, Republican males.
http://thenewagenda.net/2009/11/…
Don't care if they are protecting private defense contractors.
- ********0
The more I listen to Obama's blathering speech, the more I understand why America is utterly pissed off. Abandon ship!!!
- reading the thread it's as if you're not, obama makes few of the population angry, just all of who you readversion3
- Huh?********
- Oh.********
- Yea.********
- He makes the Teabaggers® angry though. Teabaggers(tm) are people.********
- yup, all 100,000 of them. give them florida. We can airlift food into them in 6 months.DrBombay
- That would be millions DrB. Millions.********
- ok, 0.25% of the population. Fuck em.DrBombay
- version30
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB…
One in Four Borrowers Is Underwater
The proportion of U.S. homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than the properties are worth has swelled to about 23%, threatening prospects for a sustained housing recovery.
- utopian0
Best economic growth in six years
Well it sure looks like the "Republican led Bush Disaster" is behind us now! I am sure that the Right-Wing Nuts still want to see the U.S. and global economy collapse, somethings will never change.
- Khurram0
Bin Laden is a tree hugger...
Ha. just saw dis on't BBC, cun't resist putting it up here. Bin Laden bitching about climate change and what it means for the world's poor.
"All industrial nations, mainly the big ones, are responsible for the crisis of global warming," Bin Laden says. "This is a message to the whole world about those who are causing climate change, whether deliberately or not, and what we should do about that."
- Josev0
Corporation Runs For Maryland Congressional Seat To Protest SCOTUS Campaign Finance Decision
- luckyorphan0
Very interesting analysis from David Brooks in the NY Times this morning:
The Perot Option
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/2…"There is a specter haunting America: the specter of a saner, updated version of Ross Perot. He is lurking out there, ready to ride the free-floating anger and distrust of Washington. He is out there now in one of his homes or private jets, getting madder by the day. He is large of ego, full of money and cranky in mien.
"When he enters the arena, he’ll say that Washingtonians, all of them, are a bunch of failures. Over the past five years, Washington has tried to reform Social Security, immigration, health care and energy policy. All of these efforts have either failed or are close to failure — thousands of people working millions of hours and in all likelihood producing nothing."
- He suggests that person is the president, himself. Interesting thought.luckyorphan
- ********0
Former marine, father of two children Stephen Gough spent last seven years in various Scottish prisons after he stripped naked on a plane. All this time he refused to wear prison uniform, as well as to appear dressed in court.
Gough defended himself in his own trial. He was completely naked. The judge said they would let him go bail if he at least would put something on him. Gough refused and again was taken into custody.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/…
What a wonderful freak. My utmost respect to this man, Practically ubermensh
- ********0
How did I miss this?
Money Laundering Rabbis, Selling Organs, and Corrupt Politicians in New Jersey Corruption Crackdown
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-…
- ********0
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/…
In short, what we have right now is not an aberration, but a trend – and a very negative one for the Democrats. The enthusiasm gap that favored Barack Obama and the Democrats in 2008 has shifted to his opponents. The independents that buttressed Democrats in the last two election cycles have moved in large numbers to the other side. And President Obama has been unable to stem the tide, even with the investment of his political capital into each losing campaign.- Goodbye Independents; Goodbye re-election.********
- keep dreamingspifflink
- Goodbye Independents; Goodbye re-election.
