We do not care who you vote for. Vote your conscience. But do not vote for anyone in office now. Citizen, it is time to take responsibility, exercise your power, and vote all politicians, and the lobbyists and special interests that come with them, out of office. All of them. Every one.
You are not a helpless. You can change the USA to become the country you want it to be. You can undo the disaster our politicians have created. We were given the ways and means to defeat tyranny over 200 years ago. It is call the VOTE. USE YOUR POWER. Vote these failures, this corruption out of office. Demand the respect and voice the Constitution gave to you the day you were born. Continue reading…
Our politicians and their special interests have run the greatest economy in the world into the toilet. Stripped our Constitutional rights away with double-speak like the “Patriot Act”. Created bloated bureaucracies that grow and consume our treasure. Started wars that cannot be won. And have put Citizens second to the corporate money that holds their strings.
Decades of corrupt actions that have resulted in the pitiful circumstance we find ourselves in today.
VOTE THEM OUT. All of them. And the lobbyist they rode in with. They have ALL failed us.
30 Jul 2010 // Washington, D.C. – Turning the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on its head, the DOJ’s Bureau of Prisons has refused to provide CREW with any records of requests by Jigsaw Productions or other professional media to interview Jack Abramo…
30 Jul 2010 // Washington, D.C. – Last week, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released CREW’s Crooked Candidates 2010 – a list of 11 candidates for federal office with scandal-littered pasts and histories of questionable …
In episode 22 of FactCheck Radio, we look at an ad attacking Sen. John McCain in the Arizona Republican Senate primary, a spot falsely claiming Florida Gov. Charlie Crist supports the new federal health care law, and a whopper of a statement by Treasur…
30 Jul 2010 // By Paul Kane and Ben Pershing // Washington Post – The House ethics committee charged Rep. Charles B. Rangel with 13 separate violations of House rules Thursday, saying his various financial dealings broke the “public trust.” The long-aw…
30 Jul 2010 // A Washington-based research group blasted U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., saying he has earmarked federal dollars to companies and organizations represented by former members of his staff. More»
30 Jul 2010 // Thursday’s public ethics committee hearing that laid bare the 13 charges against Rep. Charles Rangel was a highly unusual event — but not because congressional lawmakers rarely break the rules. More»
Hardball: Time author Grunwald easily mistaken for BP shill; Gulf not the disaster as claimed
Hardball: Time author Grunwald easily mistaken for BP shill; Gulf not the disaster as claimed
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We live in a country where we can lawfully slander a celebrity, but may not sell a kidney to save someone’s life.
By precedents set in the court system, we may defame and defile a celebrity because they have achieved “public figure” status, but may not sell a kidney for some hybrid incentive of monetary gain and altruism; one that, oh by the way, will save a person’s life.
29 Jul 2010 // Alabama’s senior Senator Richard Shelby (R) takes great care of his former staffers… and their high paying clients too. CREW researchers found eight former Shelby staffers who have left his office to join or create lobbying firms and…
29 Jul 2010 // WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee laid out 13 charges of House rules violations against Representative Charles B. Rangel on Thursday, and began the process for a rare public trial on the charges. More»
As expected, SSCI just approved James Clapper’s nomination to be DNI. Surprisingly, though, there were no dissenters. Not Russ Feingold, with his worries about transparency on DOD covert ops. Not Tom Coburn, who was concerned about the timing of Clapper’s nomination (and who never met an obstructive tactic he didn’t like). Not even Kit Bond, [...]
Shelby’s earmarking doesn’t appear to run afoul of Senate rules or federal ethics laws. But critics said his tactics are part of a Washington culture in which lawmakers direct money back home to narrow interests, which, in turn, hire well-connected lobbyists — often former congressional aides — who enjoy special access on Capitol Hill.
“It is a system that is in direct conflict of interest with our oath of office because it’s parochial,” said Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), an earmark critic who declined to comment on Shelby directly.
Shelby secured $427 million worth of earmarks in 2008, $322 million in 2009 and $173 million in 2010, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. Shelby has often provided earmarks to entities that don’t have his former staffers doing their bidding, like $210 million for a prison in the tiny Alabama town of Aliceville.
[Nullification] is a form of civil disobedience with a twist. The twist being that its a state government that is sanctioning the disobedience and in effect saying ‘we are going to shield our people from any consequences of that disobedience.
Since 2008, Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby has steered more than $250 million in earmarks to beneficiaries whose lobbyists used to work in his Senate office — including millions for Alabama universities represented by a former top staffer.In a mix of revolving-door and campaign finance politics, the same organizations that have enjoyed Shelby’s earmarks have seen their lobbyists and employees contribute nearly $1 million to Shelby’s campaign and political action committee since 1999, according to federal records.
Our Government no longer answers to the Citizen's of this Country. The politicians in Washington DC answer to international corporations, their lobbyists and shadow political action groups that control your Senator or Representative with their donations, money, and re-election efforts.
Look at these articles. Investigate for yourself. Washington DC has become a incestuous pit of self-serving politicians and their lobbyists who ignore the American Public and do the bidding of their corporate masters.
No bid contracts. Huge bailouts. Pork ridden legislation. And a never ending shift to mandated programs that Citizen's pay for, but only a few corporations profit from, has taken this country far away from the "American Idea" that our Founding Fathers gave to us.
Citizen, you have the power to vote against the nonsense that is going on in DC. Join us. Become a New Broomer. Refuse to vote for any incumbent politician -- take them all out of office.
If we do this, if we turn DC inside out with the power of our vote, then the Citizen's of this Country will once again be the most important, most powerful force in this country. And our voice will once again be heard loud and clear.--CitizenNYC
Sen. Richard Shelby steers cash to ex-aides – Manu Raju and John Bresnahan – POLITICO.com
Shelby’s earmarking doesn’t appear to run afoul of Senate rules or federal ethics laws. But critics said his tactics are part of a Washington culture in which lawmakers direct money back home to narrow interests, which, in turn, hire well-connected lobbyists — often former congressional aides — who enjoy special access on Capitol Hill.
“It is a system that is in direct conflict of interest with our oath of office because it’s parochial,” said Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), an earmark critic who declined to comment on Shelby directly.
Shelby secured $427 million worth of earmarks in 2008, $322 million in 2009 and $173 million in 2010, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense. Shelby has often provided earmarks to entities that don’t have his former staffers doing their bidding, like $210 million for a prison in the tiny Alabama town of Aliceville.
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