Corporate Corruption
« Previous EntriesSenator Thune Attempts to Justify His Vote That Would Have Allowed Federal Dollars To Go To Corporations That Do Not Give Rape Victims Their Day In Court
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009In a nutshell, Thune is claiming that he voted against the Al Franken amendment because he thought the amendment was too broad, and that it was a “Trojan Horse” for completely getting rid of arbitration in future disputes between labor unions and management.
When Thune had it explained to him by the interviewer that the amendment [...]
Beck: You Can’t Expect The Vaccine Industry To Do The Right Thing
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Quick disclaimer! I have no idea what Beck or his guest are talking about when they bring up the idea of Clinton taking over the vaccine industry (sounds a bit silly to me).
Regardless of the validity of that charge, what is really shocking in this video is what Beck says about the “free market” and [...]
Capitalism: A Love Story (Trailer)
Monday, September 28th, 2009In theatres this Friday.
For more information, got to capitalismalovestory.com
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Congress Went After ACORN. Big Business Must Be Next
Sunday, September 27th, 2009From Common Dreams:
We are the Yes Men, two guys who dress up as powerful businessmen, propose horrible things to audiences of actual powerful businesspeople and film them cheerfully applauding our most outrageous — and often illegal — ideas.
In our new film “The Yes Men Fix the World,” we posed as Dow Chemical representatives at a [...]
Health Insurance Stocks Rise With The Unveiling Of The Baucus Health Care Bill
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009From Think Progress:
Earlier this morning Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) unveiled his committee’s health care bill, which has no public option and mandates that everyone buy insurance. While Baucus has failed to garner support from any congressional Republicans and has outraged progressives, there has been one very positive response to his proposal.
Following Baucus’ [...]
George Will: Stop Picking On The Health Insurance Industry. Their Profits Are Not Like Other S&P 500 Companies
Monday, September 7th, 2009I wish I could get myself to feel sorry for companies whose increase in profits directly correlates with the amount of care that is denied to their consumers. Will’s comments inadvertently shed light on more than just the “obscene profits” being raked in by the health insurance industry. His comments shed light on the entire [...]
HHS: Insurance Companies Encourage Employees To “Revoke Sick People’s” Health Coverage
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009I doubt Fox News will talk about this.
From Washington Post:
You might have known that insurers can deny health coverage based on preexisting medical conditions, but here’s something else to worry about: They can take away the coverage you thought you had when actually need it, the government says.
The Department of Health and Human Services put [...]
Peter Schiff: Medicare Recipients Are Lazy People Who Refuse To Pay For Their Own Health Care
Friday, August 7th, 2009Okay, to be fair, that is what Lawrence O’Donnell said, but wasn’t that sort of what Peter Schiff was getting at?
Peter Schiff is apparently an expert on economics, but you can tell, simply by what he is saying, that his view of the economy is totally skewed by his fanatical ideology.
Let me break down his [...]
Ratigan Speaks Truth To Corporate Crooks While Scarborough And Deutsch Snicker Like High Schoolers
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009If only all pundits took these crimes as seriously as Dylan Ratigan does.
Scarborough and Deutsch want to ignore the reality of situation probably because they are profiting from it in some way, shape, or form.
Aside from Deutsch and Scarborough’s high school antics, the most interesting aspect of this clip is Suzy Welch’s response at two [...]
If You Want The Stock Market To Continue To Go Up, Do Not Investigate Wall Street
Monday, August 3rd, 2009At least that is what we can gather from this clip taken from CNBC.
Breaking news comes across the wire stating that the SEC is charging Bank of America for making “material false, and misleading statements,” and the first comment made after the story had been read on air was:
And the stock was up 6%, it’s [...]
The Goldman Sachs Scandal Continues
Saturday, July 18th, 2009From Alternet:
By: Matt Taibbi
Equity underwriting boomed during the period as dozens of banks raised money to strengthen capital and repay Troubled Asset Relief Program funds. The business reported record revenue of $736 million.via Article – WSJ.com.
So what’s wrong with Goldman posting $3.44 billion in second-quarter profits, what’s wrong with the company so far earmarking $11.4 [...]
O’Reilly Fails To Give Credit To The Democratically Controlled Government For Cracking Down On Oil Speculation
Monday, July 13th, 2009First, I do not want to make the same mistake that Bill O’Reilly made. I want to give Bill credit for speaking out against the rigged oil market. Having said that, it is not like he was stepping out into uncharted waters.
Many of his viewers probably never realized that there could have been a possibility [...]
Progressives Must Reframe The Argument And Stop Conservatives From Calling Cap And Trade A “Tax”
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009Progressives have always been behind the curve when it comes to framing arguments, and they are getting destroyed by conservatives and global warming deniers on the issue of cap and trade.
The benefits of cap and trade have been well established, but Americans do not do well with thinking long term, nor do they do well [...]
Dylan Ratigan Blames Everyone Else But The Insurance Industry For High Cost Of Healthcare
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009For starters Mr. Ratigan, I think the 20,000 people that die each year from being uninsured might have a beef with your statement about everybody having insurance, but they’re dead.
At the beginning of the clip, Dylan Ratigan points out that the major problem with our healthcare system is that costs are too high. He then [...]
Senator Grassley Uses Deception And Fear To Try And Kill The Cap And Trade Bill
Sunday, June 28th, 2009In this clip, Grassley claims that China and India are the world’s largest CO2 emitters. This statement is not entirely true, and in fact, is quite deceptive.
While it is true that China leads the world in CO2 emissions, they are well behind the United States in terms of CO2 emissions per capita.
The United States, per [...]