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To: koan who wrote (83689)	10/1/2010 11:45:09 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

"is that damn supreme court decision allowing unlimited corporate money" That ruling also said Unions can spend,but I don't see you complaining about that. On Thursday, the SEIU announced that it will spend $5 million on radio and television ads in Spanish attacking Whitman. Excerpted from Meg Whitman vexed by housekeeper claims - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com politico.com; now name ONE corp that is spending 5 million in ads in calif alone ?? You are such a partisan hypocrite

To: koan who wrote (83689)	10/1/2010 1:01:06 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 89467

Lord Woodhouselee and democracy "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largess of the public treasury. From that time on the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the results that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship....

To: koan who wrote (83689)	10/1/2010 2:43:57 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 89467

News Corp. donates another million to GOP-linked group by Jed Lewison Fri Oct 01, 2010 at 10:40:03 AM PDT Apparently, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation isn't satisfied with owning the most dominant force in conservative media -- it also wants to directly fund the conservative organizations its "news" network is supposed to report on. Ben Smith breaks the story: News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, contributed $1 million this summer to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the business lobby that has been running an aggressive campaign in support of the Republican effort to retake Congress, a source close to the company told POLITICO. It was the second $1 million contribution the company has made this election cycle to a GOP-aligned group. In late June it gave that amount to the Republican Governors Association. The parent companies of other media companies such as Disney (which owns ABC) and General Electric (which owns NBC) have also made political contributions, but typically in far smaller chunks, and split between Democrats and Republicans. To be fair and balanced, News Corp. and Fox aren't merely interested in funding conservative organizations. Other than Mitt Romney, they also have an employment contract with every single major 2012 contender who is not currently in public office.

To: koan who wrote (83689)	10/1/2010 5:42:43 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

Good thing Obama hasn't started any new wars like in say..Pakistan.... Pakistan Blocks NATO Supplies in Protest After Three Soldiers Killed in Attack NATO Tankers Torched as Domestic Outrage Grows by Jason Ditz, September 30, 2010 Email This \| Print This \| Share This \| Antiwar Forum Pakistan has blocked all NATO traffic from travelling through the Khyber Pass for the indefinite future today, cutting off the primary source of supplies for troops in landlocked Afghanistan. The government insists civilian traffic will continue to flow through the border unaffected. The move was retaliation for a pair of NATO attacks against the Kurram Agency, the first of which involved what local officials are calling “indiscriminate shelling” and the second of which was a direct attack on a Pakistani military post, which killed three soldiers and wounded three others. The closure of the supply route could be just the first move, as Pakistani Senators have pressed for a total closure of all NATO supply routes through the country, and Pakistan’s military has threatened unspecified measures in retaliation for the killings. The US shrugged off the killings, insisting they were in “self defense” and expressing “consolences” to the families of the slain troops. The US has also pressed Pakistan to reopen the supply route. But right now it seems tensions are getting worse, not better. The attack also sparked a backlash from militants in Pakistan, who attacked and burned a number of NATO supply tankers in Shikapur District. The US is also expressing concern over the Pakistani military on the basis of an unrelated video showing Pakistani troops killing civilians.