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Two Political Parties For The Prices Of $1,188,644,055

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The next time someone tells you that political party X is not entirely purchased by Wall Street, specifically Goldman, Merrill (aka Bank of Countrywide Lynch) and Morgan Stanley, or that Barack Obama is not the most "gifted" politician in history, show them the following infographic...

Courtesy of John Lohman

 

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Tue, 10/11/2011 - 07:00 | 1760366 anony
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Yer Another hopester.

Paul is no different than any of them. More inflammatory speech, perhaps, but in the end, completely ineffective, and one of the most inarticulate spokesman in CONgress. He's all over the map, whining, complaining about everything but in the end doing nothing.

Not able to or unwilling to put one single bill in front of CONgress to change a thing.

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 08:40 | 1760560 djsmps
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Not able to or unwilling to put one single bill in front of CONgress to change a thing.

Not quite true. He did introduce a bill to abolish the Gun-Free School Zones Act.

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 02:52 | 1760257 props2009
Tue, 10/11/2011 - 04:04 | 1760308 Poetic injustice
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And I hoped to see slogan "Two parties for price of one!"

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 04:38 | 1760321 Archduke
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funny.  didn't suffice to buy protection for Meryll Lynch, Lehman Brothers, and Bearn and Sterns...

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 05:03 | 1760328 TumblingDice
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OT but the occupy Boston and Occupy other cities protests are being attacked by riot police in a coordinated fashion right now.

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/l7z3r/help_occupy_boston_under_attack_by_riot_police/

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 05:19 | 1760334 sbenard
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Emperor Obama is bought off? But crony capitalism is the Chicago way!

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 05:34 | 1760339 Burticus
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There is only one ruling political party in 'murka, portrayed by the elephant and jackass sock puppets who pretend to fight but are holding hands like fags.  The graphs reveal the same invisible bankster cartel hands in both.  Control the issuance of money and you control the political system, the economy and social order.

Any vote for the ruling elephantjackass party is a wasted sucker's vote.  Of course, their insurance policy is having "votes" (ahahaha) counted in secret by their appointed minions.  As Stalin said, "Those who cast the votes decide nothing.  Those who count the votes decide nothing."

Got rope?

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 05:58 | 1760346 ricksventures
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Slovakia did not pass the EFSF as of yet ! Sulik and his party will NOT vote for it

 

NEWS UPDATE follow minute by minute at

http://www.sme.sk/c/6091870/minuta-po-minute-pada-vlada-sulik-nechce-ust...

(use google translate)

 

LAST UPDATE !!! : Suliks Party SaS (Freedom and "no solidarity for fat greeks") DID NOT attend the VOTE and also the party Obycajny ludia (Simple people) DID NOT attend the VOTE

which means the Soros WHORE OF THE MONTH Prime Minister Iveta Radicova (worked before for Soros Open Society) will have to resign and new government will have to be formed with the red opposition party (the biggest thiefs in Slovak history together with basically all parties) SMER will have the majority since their popularity is around 40%

Suliks party is around 10-15% maybe more once the new elections start

SMER will probably have enough votes to pass the EFSF but either they do it in new government (which would take many months to form) or if they do it now with the current oposition, their chances for the upcoming elections would probably drop significantly since MOST SLOVAKS OPOSE EFSF

 

IN THEORY MERCKEL COULD USE SULIK AS THE REASON WHY THE GREEKS CANT GET ANY MORE FREE FETA CHEESE, BUT THE GREEK WOMEN CAN APPLY FOR FREE CUM FROM SLOVAK DICKS, ALL THEY NEED TO DO IS SWALLOW

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 06:53 | 1760362 xtrouba
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Great translate on "Obycajny ludia", You owe me a new cup of coffee. ( Its Ordinary people btw. )

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 09:43 | 1760704 ricksventures
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in my mind they are more "simple minds" than ordinary minds in many ways (especially the net worth of Matovic)

so rather than debating the real issues, you chose to point out something completely irrelevant

ask the fat greek for a free cup of piss , this time he owns you one

 

and look at that whore of the month radicova on her pre-election campaign, it was all about NOT giving anything to greece !!!

THAT WHORE !!!

http://www.sdku-ds.sk/data/MediaLibrary/749/ms0410.pdf

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 06:19 | 1760350 Sathington Willougby
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Goddamnit you media types are ignoring Ron Paul again. 

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 06:55 | 1760364 anony
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He wouldn't be ignored if he actually sent up a bill that mandates the members of CONgress to actually live in the United States, under its laws.

He'd gain quite a bit of cred if he, say, sent up a bill that subjected members' salaries to Social Security, got rid of the the special royal retirement treatment after minimal 'service'  to themselves and while he's at it, set up penalties for trading on Inside information, which they can do now without restraint.

Until then, he's just an ineffective rabble-rouser, producing nothing.

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 07:15 | 1760391 Medea
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I need some money. Must be time-to-run-for-federal-office o'clock.

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 07:50 | 1760461 Modern Money Me...
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It's a lot more than $1.18 billion...

March 4, 2009

$5 BILLION IN POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS BOUGHT WALL STREET FREEDOM FROM REGULATION, RESTRAINT, REPORT FINDS

The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation and other policy decisions that led directly to the current financial collapse, according to a 231-page report issued today by Essential Information and the Consumer Education Foundation.

http://www.wallstreetwatch.org/soldoutreport.htm

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 09:12 | 1760620 Silver Exterior
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Were power resides, money flows…

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:21 | 1760818 OffShorewHore
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GOD DAMN, Goldman sachs says jump and the goverment asks, how high.  Now that's a democracy for ya?!!??

Or demo -nstrative of a bunch of crac- pots is what the word really means.  I told my boys at the very begining, Barack ain't with the poeple, he 's with the Order.  So go ahead and vote him in if you idiots want to.

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:59 | 1760944 alchemystic
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Korean free trade=north korean workers Staffing factories in the DMZ,manufacturing product that is moved through south korean ports, destination AMERICA!!!!! Does anyone other than me have a problem with that?

Tue, 10/11/2011 - 14:59 | 1762000 Uncle Remus
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Surely you don't think they are going to let Americans stay in FEMA camps without doing something productive do you?

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