They rule. Really.

To say that the corrupted interests of massive corporations have twisted and perverted the social and political system into a flimsy chessboard sounds, of course, paranoid and highly cynical. No wonder then that casual observers of the democratic process scoff at claims of widespread corporate corruption as an outlandish conspiracy…

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Bush Administration required applicants for rebuilding Iraq to first prove loyalty to Bush

A new Washington Post article reveals that the feckless Bush administration blew off rebuilding Iraq in 2003.  Instead of securing the country and providing water and electricity to the Iraqis, the administration doled out billions to inept applicants demonstrating political and philosophical loyalty to Bush: After the fall of Saddam…

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Where is fast cheap broadband? Not in the U.S.

According to Free Press, the Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union, "the United States continues to lag behind the rest of the world in accessible and affordable broadband service, with no signs of closing the digital divide at home."  The current dysfunctional policies promulgated by the FCC have left Americans…

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Bush gets another “F” in honesty

According to CNN,the Bush administration figured out all it needed to do, to substantially reduce the Iraq monthly death total, was stop counting all of those dead people.  You know how the number of deaths dipped sharply for August . . . well, it didn't really happen.   Here's how CNN reports…

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U.S. govt again caught journalist-pimping.

Letting the media just do its job just isn't enough for the Bush administration.  It's hard enough to find honest aggressive media when only FIVE corporations now control the majority of all forms of the media in this country (this includes ALL the media: TV, movies, music, newspapers, magazines). So…

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