Goldman Sachs owns both Mitt and Barack so it does not really matter which one wins
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Goldman Sachs owns both Mitt and Barack so it does not really matter which one wins
Kid Rock is a talentless wanker. What's your point, Ben lol?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
You could be right. But I think Obama is more moderate (albeit just slightly) than Romney.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gouki
It's true though. Political officials serve power systems. And the most dominant power system in our society are corporations. (So, how can we say we have a meaningful democracy in America? I mean, we certainly have elections. But the idea of profound democracy is a joke if, as you say, the big banks own, choose and guide the candidates. Which they do. Remember Paul has said he wouldn't bail the banks out. That's a big no no in the game of politics. Because the powerful financial sector -- Goldman -- will not back Paul or support his candidacy. Why would they? It wouldn't be rational from their perspective.)
And the financial institutions are extremely powerful today. But you can't forget about the oil companies as well -- :)
When Clinton left office he mentioned to David Letterman that oil companies have such a tight grip on the overall economy. And that's why there isn't a free or competitive market with respect to alternative sources of energy. Plus the oil sector is heavily subsidized.
GAS PRICES BOOST EXXON MOBIL PROFITS - YouTube
I used to think he wasn't really one of us until I saw him in blue jeans.
Good find I had NO clue about that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
I'd say that the answer to that is an unequivocal yes - it's the only reason that he's won everywhere so far.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
As much of a friend to Wall Street as Obama has been, no one can touch Romney, who has deeply burrowed himself up the fat-cat asshole as his donor base reveals.
Are you saying the presidency can be bought -- ha ha ha! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by robertlouis
America has been called a plutocracy. Or rule by wealth. Or do we have what corporate raider Charles Hurwitz said: government by the golden rule. The one with the gold (Mitt, Lloyd Blankfein, Jamie Dimon etc.,) makes the rules -- :)
Yes, we have elections. But do we have meaningful and profound democracy?
No. Of course not.
The idea and notion of the majority making the decisions should terrify -- and does -- the ruling elite. Or as C. Wright Mills called them: The Power Elite -- :)
One good thing about Romney winning the nomination- Teabaggers are officially exposed as jokes by their own party.
HRC to Romney: Ditch Anti-LGBT Finance Chair:
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_N...Finance_Chair/
If they remake Green Acres Mitt Romney has to be Eddie Albert. Ron Paul can be Mr Haney and Gingrich can be Arnold. Alabama can play Iowa too. Love seeing Romney down South.
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Romney should have traded in his blue jeans for bib jeans. One thing is for sure. Presidential elections make for the best TV ever.
Megyn won't suck dick for a measly $250K a year. (that's Hannity's job)
President Etch-A-Sketch
Three Amigos
Voting is what losers do. Winners profit off an election! Call your bookie, on my Knees.........
The Etch-A-Sketching begins
Hesitantly, Mitt breaks with his party on equal pay:
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/11/the_...ins/singleton/
Another interesting article from Salon.
Of course most Americans don't know anything about socialism.
Noam Chomsky elucidates -- bottom YT clip -- the core of socialism. Which is rooted in people running their own lives.
We don't know anything about socialism because this is a business-run society.
When Mormons were socialists:
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/15/when...sts/singleton/
Chomsky on Socialism - YouTube
Interesting. Is it true? Who knows. Anything is possible in politics -- :)
Is Ahmadinejad funding the Romeny campaign? - YouTube
Romney on Reagan, abortion etc...
The Real Romney? - YouTube
2004 Mitt Romney RNC interview - YouTube
Mitt Romney, Bully:
Less than two months ago, to today, look how Romney is surging on the Vegas betting line!!! Should have gotten your bet down then OMK!!! I told ya!
I find this story very interesting. Yes, it's one thing if a person did something stupid when they were in high school. But what do you guys think about a President who held someone down and cut off pieces of their hair because they were gay.
I did think Mitt Romney was the most sane, but that's pretty appalling is it not?
His personality type, if true, is usually drawn into business and politics. I should underscore: NOT ALL. But a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by broncofan
Interview with John Dean on Book: Conservatives Without Conscience - YouTube
I haven't watched the youtube yet, but I plan on doing it. You are probably right and I agree not all, but more than average. But I think this is a particularly heinous thing to do; maybe even a bit of an outlier as far as ordinary business and political narcissists and sociopaths go.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
I could imagine McCain doing something similar, I can even imagine GW Bush being a part of such a scheme (though perhaps not the one who came up with the idea), but I can't imagine Barack Obama doing something similar. Am I just saying this because I'm a Democrat? Or am I a Democrat because I believe that?
Bloomberg TV's Shannon Pettypiece reports on psychopath executives - YouTubeQuote:
Originally Posted by Ben
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Just in case anyone's interested! Next on my reading list. A good nonpartisan treatise;) on the major problems in the Republican party.
But I always love political treatises that include scientific analysis as a bootstrap to support their political views. Robert Trivers recent book comes to mind, as does the odious/racist The Bell Curve. But I think I'll give Conservatives Without Conscience a look. Nothing wrong with a little psychoanalysis here and there.
There's another good book by the British writer Jon Ronson called The Psychopath Test. He interviews a CEO who might be a psychopath.... It's frightening because these are by all accounts the most powerful people in our society.Quote:
Originally Posted by broncofan
And, too, what character traits would an ideal CEO have to have? Well, a person who could layoff 10,000 working men and women and sleep soundly at night? A psychopath.
And if one examines the internal structure of a corporation -- how it is set up and functions -- it resembles a psychopath. This according to Dr. Robert Hare.
:: Corporation : Clinical Diagnosis (PCLR) :: - YouTube
The bloke is a spastic.
It's actually quite sad and a savage commentary on the available talent in the GOP that this shambling fool turned out to be the "safest" option they could put up against Obama.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ben
Failure of nerve, because if they went by the rhetoric of their core support, Michele Bachmann would probably have been more representative.
Now how scary is THAT?
The dirty players prepare to sidestep Romney to smear Obama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/us...bama.html?_r=1
almost 50 yrs. ago in high school....I'm not in love with Romney but you guys gotta be kidding me.
It's gonna get dirty. leaked superpac plan to attack Obama
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-document.html