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To: Land Shark who wrote (34286)	6/30/2011 10:33:43 AM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36917

in my county and state the teachers union control the elections, no business can match their money

To: Land Shark who wrote (34286)	6/30/2011 10:37:50 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 36917

War number 6, way to go obama U.S. drone targets two leaders of Somali group allied with al-Qaeda, official says washingtonpost.com

To: Land Shark who wrote (34286)	6/30/2011 5:07:25 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 36917

Labor Unions: The Biggest Political Donors from The Corner by Veronique de Rugy Professor Anthony Davies at Duquesne University made a series of charts about political giving. Here is a very interesting one: It breaks down the top 100 donors to political candidates and parties from 1989 to 2009. As we can see see, labor unions are the biggest donors by far. During that period, they gave almost $500 million to political parties or candidates (the second biggest donor is the investment industry with a little less than $200 million). Also, most of unions' donations go to the Democratic party or Democratic candidates.