Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Orwell Rolls in His Grave


 "Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?..."
 This chilling documentary film examines the relationship between the media, corporate America, and government. In a country where the "top 1% control 90% of the wealth", the film argues that the media system is nothing but a "subsidiary of corporate America."






2012 OVERVIEW

Top 100 Overall Donors

RankContributorTotal ContribsPACsIndividualsOrganizations
1  Las Vegas Sands$20,512,5500%100%0%
2  Contran Corp$19,248,4001%84%16%
3  Adelson Drug Clinic$17,581,6000%100%0%
4  Perry Homes$16,209,7000%100%0%
5  National Education Assn$7,251,86621%1%78%
6  Goldman Sachs$6,623,23315%85%0%
7  Renaissance Technologies$5,805,6500%100%0%
8  Service Employees International Union$5,443,53623%1%76%
9  Bain Capital$4,845,1260%100%0%
10  American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees$4,499,96247%1%52%




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Adolf Hitler > Quotes > Quotable Quote

Adolf Hitler

“The receptivity of the masses is very limited, their intelligence is small, but their power of forgetting is enormous. In consequence of these facts, all effective propaganda must be limited to a very few points and must harp on these in slogans until the last member of the public understands what you want him to understand by your slogan.”






Lobbying and Political Contributions

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Court upholds ban on corporate political contributions

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court has ruled that two Hillary Clinton supporters cannot use a controversial U.S. Supreme Court campaign-finance decision to battle accusations they illegally funneled donations to Clinton's campaign coffers.
In a decision on Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit found that a district court judge erred when he relied on the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision to dismiss one count of federal election law violations against William Danielczyk Jr. and Eugene Biagi.
The men formerly were officers with Galen Capital Group LLC and Galen Capital Corporation, two investment banks. They were indicted last year on charges that they used Galen funds to reimburse people more $186,000 in contributions to Clinton's 2006 Senate race and 2008 presidential campaign.


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