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DeLay May Be Gone, But His Legacy Isnt

By Joel Bleifuss

Every so often a documentary film comes along that makes you think, “If only more people could see this.” The Big Buy: Tom Delay’s Stolen Congress, by filmmakers Mark Birnbaum and Jim Schermbeck, is such a film. The subject: how corporate money corrupts democracy. The case in point: former Speaker of the House Tom “the Hammer” DeLay’s successful scheme to… return to article

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    I wish the Nurses all the best in their quest.

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is totally big business oriented. Locally, they are no better. For forty years the pestered me to join. (I did attend a couple of meetings.) My impression was the leaders were kept pretty busy placating the biggest companies and protecting their own jobs.

    They did nothing about the jobs exiting the country over the past 15 or 20 years.

    The most visable accomplishments around here were periodic goal setting meetings and new slogans.

    With wages deflating, just out of curiosity, what is the price of a congressman today?

    United States Posted by whattheheck on Jun 27, 2006 at 10:23 AM

    Nice one, WTH .

    Up with the nurses, and make other jobs for prison guards .

    France Posted by frog on Jul 1, 2006 at 6:44 AM

    frog, WTH....I guess about 6 grand a day...if the senate is 10 grand....The interesting point about the article is the basics of the scam are so simple....folks like DeLay have no shame , so they feel little pain..
    It seems that the Republicans have the bigger political problem within the party , with the christian fanatics...hey...they do a lot of party organization work...but it’s like a athlete on steriods , sooner or later that stuff is going too break you down...so full of that selfrighteous delusional nonsense…
    The Democrats are just full of a lot of duplicity ..like a alcoholic or some other drug of choice…
    Addicted too the addiction...not as much dementia or schizophrenia....but when the rubber hits the road , both parties are singing the same song “ Who Do Ya Love “… ....there bank accounts.........Money ...can I get a HIT ....don’t give Me that do good BULLSHIT....! !........I’m in Love ! !

    United States Posted by Redhorse on Jul 1, 2006 at 10:51 PM
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