June 2011
How Corporations Buy Access to Power →
wilwheaton:
I think you can imagine how a major bank/investment firm like Goldman Sachs can gain access to power. They obviously can make or withhold campaign contributions. They can throw money into political action committees that go after politicians who want to mess with them. They also can offer politicians lucrative six or seven figure jobs should they ever fail to win reelection or want...
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been....”
– Isaac Asimov (via themadeshop)
Sadly true.
(via nudityandnerdery)
House Republicans vote to cut funds to implement... →
wilwheaton:
Arguing that the U.S. food supply is 99 percent safe, House Republicans cut millions of dollars Thursday from the Food and Drug Administration’s budget, denying the agency money to implement landmark food safety laws approved by the last Congress.
Saying the cuts were needed to lower the national deficit, the House also reduced funding to the Agriculture Department’s food safety...
Congratulations to the White House and the House... →
wilwheaton:
Bush will not be investigated for lying us into war, authorizing torture, and spying on American citizens; but Anthony Weiner will resign.
Cheney will not be investigated for lying us into war, authorizing torture, and spying on American citizens; but Anthony Weiner will resign.
Rumsfeld will not be investigated for lying us into war and authorizing torture; but Anthony Weiner...
This Jobs Crisis Is Obama’s Kryptonite →
wilwheaton:
I don’t trust the American electorate, especially when times are tough. Too many Americans drink the stupid juice when the economy is in the tank, and pull the lever against their own economic interests. Or, demoralized and disenchanted, they just stay home and don’t vote at all.
The results of the 2010 midterm elections provide all the evidence you need of that proposition....
“Nowadays, however, the public seems to have abandoned the expectation that...”
– Being, Nothingness and Anthony Weiner (via wilwheaton)
