US ends political campaign spending limits
Posted on January 23rd, 2010 by admin
The US supreme court has issued a landmark ruling that will change the way US election campaigns are financed.
By a 5 to 4 vote, the court lifted long-standing limits on corporate spending in political campaigns, opening the door for private entities to flood the political marketplace with corporate money.
Al Jazeera’s John Terrett explains why it is likely to have an immediate effect on the upcoming Congressional elections in November.
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January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
That’s right. If …
That’s right. If Hitler really ran the government the stimulis would have actually created JOBS for people in FACTORIES along with INFRASTRUCTURE actually being built. There would be no need for unions because the government would force business and labor to work towards realizing common goals instead of behaving like adversaries. Politicial indoctination through mass media and corporate funded fearmongering has replaced actual free speech and thought in the country…
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Because they don’t …
Because they don’t understand what FASCISM means. The signs they carried meant “we hate blacks” no matter what was printed on the signs. The tea party are sheep being led around by big corporations that paint pretty buses. These fools think these $300K buses fall from the sky at their rallys.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Troll.
Troll.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
With this ruling by …
With this ruling by corporate puppet majority the silent coup has become irreversable barring a Constitutional Amendment, which is an impossibility considering the amount of graft already intrenched in the US political system and a public desensitized towards moral obligation and distracted by entertainment, PR news, materialism, and guttural pursits such as porn.
Is there a nation in the world one can immigrate to out of reach of the corporate NWO? I would like to know.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Damn, this is …
Damn, this is disgusting.
At this point, I don’t know who to trust in the world anymore, quite frankly, I’d rather die free than live under the corporate tyranny that the $upreme Court has unleashed into America, hate to say it, but this country is done, absoultely done.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
My question since …
My question since the ruling has been how does the tea party feel about this? I googled it, and have turned up nothing. ALL those fools with fascism signs and the sort SCREAMING at Obama, but, when the court rules a FASCIST ruling, they are QUIET! It makes no sense to me.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Zentonil, i just …
Zentonil, i just opened up your comment after someone marked it as a spam. I think the reason that person did it because you were complaining about nothing. There are people who are hurting by this Supreme Court decision, and here you are complaining about my comment. I am closing this argument with you, and I don’t want to hear anything from you again! Good day. I am re-closing your comment now.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
I wish that more …
I wish that more people would wake up. The truth is out there and never more so right in front of our eyes!
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
“The only people …
“The only people who are happy about this are the ignorant right-wingers!”
That’s what it has to do with it, your baseless comment. Have I been attacking you? I thought I was trying to dispute your simplified version of reality. I think anyone reading this can see who is obviously bored and on the attack.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Hahahahaha. Good …
Hahahahaha. Good one Zentonil! You’re da big man now! I know you love attacking me because you are bored. Also you started telling me about some “Right-wing support Free Market.” I don’t see what’s that got to do with 5 right-wing judges making a stupid decision! I am so sorry that you are bored in your basement. Go outside and get some fresh air if the air does not smell like in your neighborhood.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
How predictable. …
How predictable. You obviously have no intellectual way to defend such an absurd position so you resort to acting like a clown. Congratulations on being another mindless shill.
Is this where Im suppose to call you a typical liberal?? haha
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
@lauradet
It’s …
@lauradet
It’s funny…
Conservatives have been calling Obama a Fascist, you know, just throwing the word around without it actually being true.
Now this ruling will make us ABSOLUTELY the DEFINITION of Fascist and the Conservatives love it…
Funny…
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
The tea party is …
The tea party is full of racists and idiots. They protest at things that they shouldn’t and don’t protest at things that they should
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Isn’t that funny. I …
Isn’t that funny. I used to laugh at many conspiracy theories, myself. Only problem is now some of them are actually coming true and others are on their way to becoming a reality. Scary times.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
zentonil, what’s …
zentonil, what’s wrong your “feelings” got hurt?
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
I am shocked! Why …
I am shocked! Why isn’t the tea party crying and moaning about this? They must think this is good for America. What a joke.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
‘Senate/Congress …
‘Senate/Congress wear their corporate logo sponsorship patches on their clothes so that we can clearly see who they represent, ala NASCAR. Corporations can sponsor public buildings like the Dyncorp Capitol Building, Goldman Sachs White House, Walmart Justice building, or the Chrysler Pentagon.
You know the old saying, “Money talks and Bullshit Walks”? Apparently, the (flesh and blood) People of this Nation are the Bullshit.”
Get cracking–photo shop needed :^/
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Negative, all you …
Negative, all you did was show you much you need the government in your life. You are upset about possible deregulation in peoples lives. If you want a socialist government Europe really is a nice place.
You need to be told what to do and how to live. This makes you the brainwashed fool.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
The Republicans and …
The Republicans and Teabaggers think this is a win for them only because they sell at a deep discount to the corporate interests. However, they will we swept up and tossed aside and they won’t even know what hit them. For a Court to always claim they follow the original Constitution, this was an odd ruling.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
When votes of only …
When votes of only five (5) non-elected single
individuals can sell out Americas voting rights to
foreign owned corporations who will most certainly
sway uninformed future voters with big money . . . .
. . . . it may be time for America to re-think about
which decisions should be made by public ballot.
as for corporate speech rights… ask an
average corporate worker who labors at or just over
minimum wage if their voice is heard as their
CEO takes home multi millions $ each year.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
proof that the REAL …
proof that the REAL terrorists have been within our own government all along.
Fascism is the merger of corporations media and government.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
You don’t make an …
You don’t make an ounce of sense. You don’t even reply to my main point. You also are a brainwashed moron. Thanks for showing your ignorance.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
I think the end …
I think the end started 30 years ago when we elected men who believed corporations can do what ever they want
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
It’s so easy to …
It’s so easy to package the world in a black/white, left/right, right/wrong package, but you do nothing to help the situation by stupifying the issue. You don’t think there are plenty of right-wing free market advocates who oppose corporate hegemony?
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:11 am
Bingo …
Bingo blingbling65943.
And now the pols will be FORCED to whore themselves to corporate interests or lose the election. Democracy took a KO punch on the chin. And since when did we begin to equate bribery with free speech?