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    #31
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    And yet corporate profits are at an all time high, both nominal and marginal. The same corporations that are benefitting from artificially low wages. Hmm, are the dems the party that all these corporations support and finance campaigns for??

    Try again....
    You mean the same corporations who are moving overseas to avoid US taxes? Yes, the Dems are doing a lot to change that, aren't they?

    And the one's that stay? Heck, they are in bed with the Dems. A great line by Charles Hoskinson of the Washington Examiner:

    "Democrats have become the party of crony capitalists and paternalistic rich liberals who would rather throw coins to the poor and middle class than give them real opportunities.

    From a variety of sources:

    - "A careful look at the historical record reveals that while both parties backed crony capitalism with tax dollars long before Citizens United, the Democratic Party has been a far more reliable supporter of crony capitalism than the Republican Party. And it continues to be so. House Democrats voted in favor of bailing out Wall Street banks with TARP by a margin of 172-63 back in 2008 — a full year before the Citizens United decision. Rank-and-file House Republicans actually opposed the bank bailout 91-108, despite intense pressure by the Bush White House and congressional leaders of both parties (who all voted for TARP)"

    - "Every House Republican became a cosponsor of a bill, Rep. Ron Paul’s Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2012, to audit the Federal Reserve, which engaged in a secret bailout of Wall Street banks amounting to $16 trillion in taxpayer-guaranteed dollars from 2008-10. But most House Democrats opposed the bill, which would merely audit the Fed and expose the bailouts. Rep. Paul’s bill passed overwhelmingly in the Republican-dominated House in 2012, but died in Harry Reid’s Democratic Senate that same year."

    - "Democrats were key to backing the Obama administration’s corporate subsidies for “green energy” that resulted in the massive taxpayer losses in the bankruptcy of Solyndra, A123 Systems, and dozens of other companies receiving millions or billions in taxpayer subsidies through grants, loans, or loan guarantees."

    - The US Export-Import Bank which supplies low interest loans to US businesses seeking to sell products overseas is up for reauthorization. Republicans are referring to it as "corporate welfare", but Democrats have rushed to its defense.

    - The Democrat donor base is heavily comprised by Wall Street and hedge fund royalty. John Mack, Chairman of Morgan Stanley was a Hillary supporter and fundraiser. Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, was an Obama supporter and fundraiser. Obama raised more money from the financial industry than any other candidate in American political history.

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      #32
      Corporate welfare’s quiet enablers: How democrats pander to big business

      http://www.salon.com/2014/07/10/corp...iness_partner/


      How did Harry Reid become a multi-millionaire having spent most of his working life in politics?

      http://www.againstcronycapitalism.or...in-the-senate/


      How Nancy Pelosi Helped This Top Democrat Donor Nab Millions in Taxpayer Money

      http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/11/na..._medium=social

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        #33
        "This is where American business, or more specifically American business leaders, have taken the wrong turn: the pursuit of wealth for no larger purpose than wealth itself. The financial industries gambles billions of dollars each day on investments that are completely intangible and do nothing other than make money. American manufacturers long had a Lockean social contract with their workforce. The pursuit of profit as an end unto itself resulted in workers being treated as disposable commodities. Our economic system has devolved into one of crony capitalism where business relies not upon a superior product or service but upon using purchased governmental clout to hamstring competitors. The military buys equipment it does not need and cannot afford because of the powerful nexus of K Street lobbyists and Congressmen who want to bring home federal dollars. Corporate CEOs are given bonuses comprising multiples of the lifetime earnings of the average working man while driving companies into bankruptcy or presiding over massive layoffs.

        We are hardly a generation away from a government-crony capitalist oligopoly such as exists in Russia.

        American business, as personified by the Chamber of Commerce, Wall Street, and K Street are right to fear conservatism. And the sooner that we conservatives come to the conclusion that our interests – free people and free markets – are not the same as the Chamber of Commerce the sooner we can get about our business."

        http://www.redstate.com/2014/06/16/b...conservatives/

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          #34
          Regulatory capture is a theory associated with George Stigler, a Nobel laureate economist. It is the process by which regulatory agencies eventually come to be dominated by the very industries they were charged with regulating.



          "The Office of Management and Budget will release a new rule on Wednesday expected to allow registered lobbyists to participate in policymaking deliberations in an advisory role after a judge ruled against the administration earlier this year.

          Lobbyists for corporations and industry groups will now be allowed to serve on more than 1,000 industry boards, panels and commissions that give the private sector an advisory role in decision-making across the executive branch, according to a copy of the rule published on the Federal Register site.

          The new rule affects a policy implemented in June 2010 as part of President Barack Obama’s ethics package, but keeps some of the ban in place. Lobbyists will be allowed to serve only on commissions and boards in a “representative” capacity — so long as they’re acting on behalf of a corporation, trade association or industry group and not as private citizens or representatives of the government.

          --

          The reversal comes amid ongoing debate over the effectiveness of Obama’s efforts to end K Street’s influence on policymaking. A POLITICO count published Tuesday shows that despite restrictions on lobbyists serving in government about 70 corporate, for-hire or association lobbyists have all joined the Obama administration."




          http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...se-109951.html

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            #35
            “the dominant visual aspect of the story (Ferguson, Missouri), however, has been the sight of overpowering police forces confronting unarmed protesters who are seen waving signs or just their hands.”

            How did this happen?

            Most police officers are good cops and good people. It is an unquestionably difficult job, especially in the current circumstances.

            There is a systemic problem with today’s law enforcement.

            Not surprisingly, big government has been at the heart of the problem. Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies—where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement.

            This is usually done in the name of fighting the war on drugs or terrorism. The Heritage Foundation’s Evan Bernick wrote in 2013 that, “the Department of Homeland Security has handed out anti-terrorism grants to cities and towns across the country, enabling them to buy armored vehicles, guns, armor, aircraft, and other equipment.”

            Bernick continued, “federal agencies of all stripes, as well as local police departments in towns with populations less than 14,000, come equipped with SWAT teams and heavy artillery.”

            Bernick noted the cartoonish imbalance between the equipment some police departments possess and the constituents they serve, “today, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, has a .50 caliber gun mounted on an armored vehicle. The Pentagon gives away millions of pieces of military equipment to police departments across the country—tanks included.”

            When you couple this militarization of law enforcement with an erosion of civil liberties and due process that allows the police to become judge and jury—national security letters, no-knock searches, broad general warrants, pre-conviction forfeiture—we begin to have a very serious problem on our hands.

            Given these developments, it is almost impossible for many Americans not to feel like their government is targeting them. Given the racial disparities in our criminal justice system, it is impossible for African-Americans not to feel like their government is particularly targeting them."

            http://time.com/3111474/rand-paul-ferguson-police/

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              #36
              The racists on the board must be in hiding. Guess they aren't feeling like weighing in on current events. Must be heartbreaking for them to see that all their efforts to convince the average person we are in a post-racism world just took a huge loss.

              Fourth and 60 with about 0:15 left on clock. Better have a big Hail Mary play if you all expect to convince people that whites are an oppressed minority.

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                #37
                It's also lovely to see an example of how local rule created an impossible situation that resolved a LOT yesterday when state and federal oversight of the local yokels. Feds and state police seem to have brought the level of sanity to situation most of us expect of law enforcement.

                Amazing the same people who cheered Bundy on had no sympathy whatsoever by regular folks who were truly oppressed by their government ....their local town and county.

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                  #38
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  The racists on the board must be in hiding. Guess they aren't feeling like weighing in on current events. Must be heartbreaking for them to see that all their efforts to convince the average person we are in a post-racism world just took a huge loss.

                  Fourth and 60 with about 0:15 left on clock. Better have a big Hail Mary play if you all expect to convince people that whites are an oppressed minority.
                  Can't comment yet as we don't know any facts. We have two very different stories. I will give the police the benefit of the doubt until they are proven to be lying about the incident.

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                    #39
                    Chief Thomas Jackson said Darren Wilson was the officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown multiple times following a brief skirmish in which police say the teen tried to take the officer's gun

                    the chief told reporters that members of his department would be handing out copies of a police report from the strong-arm robbery of a convenience store that occurred prior to Brown being shot by Wilson. During his prepared remarks, the chief said Wilson first approached Brown because he fit the description of the suspect sought in the store robbery.

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                      #40
                      Police have said Brown was shot after an officer encountered him and another man on the street. They say one of the men pushed the officer into his squad car, then physically assaulted him in the vehicle and struggled with the officer over the officer's weapon. At least one shot was fired inside the car before the struggle spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times, according to police.

                      Dorian Johnson has told media very different story. He has said he and Brown were walking in the street when an officer ordered them out of the street, then grabbed his friend's neck and tried to pull him into the car before brandishing his weapon and firing. He said Brown started to run and the officer pursued him, firing multiple times


                      believe suspected thug or police officer???

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                        #41
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Police have said Brown was shot after an officer encountered him and another man on the street. They say one of the men pushed the officer into his squad car, then physically assaulted him in the vehicle and struggled with the officer over the officer's weapon. At least one shot was fired inside the car before the struggle spilled onto the street, where Brown was shot multiple times, according to police.

                        Dorian Johnson has told media very different story. He has said he and Brown were walking in the street when an officer ordered them out of the street, then grabbed his friend's neck and tried to pull him into the car before brandishing his weapon and firing. He said Brown started to run and the officer pursued him, firing multiple times


                        believe suspected thug or police officer???
                        When police release no information there's a reason. This cop will be charged with murder.

                        Bullets pumped into kid while downed with hands in air. Cop approaches and shoots multiple times more. There is talk that last one was delivered execution style to face. They then didn't call for ambulance for 3-4 hours. St Lou's county police were called to help but not told there was a shooting. They heard on news like everyone else.

                        Cop needs to get just desserts. I hear a grand jury has convened

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                          #42
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          When police release no information there's a reason. This cop will be charged with murder.

                          Bullets pumped into kid while downed with hands in air. Cop approaches and shoots multiple times more. There is talk that last one was delivered execution style to face. They then didn't call for ambulance for 3-4 hours. St Lou's county police were called to help but not told there was a shooting. They heard on news like everyone else.

                          Cop needs to get just desserts. I hear a grand jury has convened
                          Killing an enemy on the battlefield who is surrendering on the battlefield is considered a war crime. If the kids hands were up cop needs to get life without parole (opposed to death penalty but these kinds of things challenge that but dangerous to make exceptions). Doesn't matter what happened before....hands in air are hands in air.

                          Likewise USA has signed treaties and agreements that outlaw use of tear gas overseas and on battlefields. But we are ok deploying here? Something messed up.

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                            #43
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Killing an enemy on the battlefield who is surrendering on the battlefield is considered a war crime. If the kids hands were up cop needs to get life without parole (opposed to death penalty but these kinds of things challenge that but dangerous to make exceptions). Doesn't matter what happened before....hands in air are hands in air.

                            Likewise USA has signed treaties and agreements that outlaw use of tear gas overseas and on battlefields. But we are ok deploying here? Something messed up.
                            He did commit the robbery - just another thug... no great loss

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                              #44
                              But he was just turning his life around.

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                                #45
                                The kid was a thug and a bully, but I don't think he should have died for it at the hands of a cop. Having said that, it probably was just a matter of timr before someone else knocked him off or he went to jail.

                                http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.ht...edium%3Dsocial

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