In the wake of this years' ruling by five members of the nine-judge Supreme Court that corporations couldn't be infringed from putting money into political campaigns---overturning some laws that go back for 100 years--a satirical group has decided to launch a corporation for a seat in Congress. Why not just cut out the middle person willing to sell his or her vote?
Brilliant...Jon Stewart did a similar bit on the Daily Show about how Jonco Incorporated can make 2.5 million dollars off a $900 Volvo...great stuff
ReplyDeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteJon Stewart is very in touch. Glad you liked it Shedrick.
ReplyDeleteIt's sad that its come to this in America, Jim, but we may as well have a laugh or two about it.
ReplyDeleteSo very true....as it's high time Doug.
ReplyDeleteHave to agree there Jack. Hard to parody a Congress so beholden to the "bottom line" of campaign money grubbing.
ReplyDeleteSame thing is happening here as well Doug and it's all on accountability now. As politicians now are only going into office for the right reason, not the "pork" options.
ReplyDeleteWill we ever be able to trust the goings on in politics? Do we have the true knowledge of where our money is going and how many people are dipping into it.
ReplyDeleteAh, but that video sounded so trustworthy, in such hands how could a country fail, hahaha.
Thanks Doug, I wasn't sure if that should have brought about the smile it did.
As a Constitutional attorney I know pointed out to me recently, we don't have a democracy in America -- what we have is an auction.
ReplyDeleteThere is a satirical intent obviously Cassandra, but as you state there is a sense of a system hijacked by rich campaign donors on both sides of the party aisles.
ReplyDeleteThe scary thing about it is how much that that mock ad is a dead-on in hitting home on the typical flag-waving, endless-sunrises video ads that dominate the airwaves in retail politics in America today.
The media is supposed to be watching out for where the money is going; the rub is that the media is owned by so few large companies we can only hope they aren't hiding more than they are reporting.
It's sounds quite true to me, Astra. Until the campaign laws are reformed--an unlikely prospect given that all the legislators in office benefit from the current system--the concerns of the many will continue to be pushed aside for the money derived from the few.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry Doug, all is not lost, perhaps Hugo Chavez will fund a covert democracy movement to overthrow the totalitarian US corporate dictatorship and replace it with freedom, choice and civil liberties?
ReplyDeleteHugo has a lot on his plate already, AA, but any new ideas from the outside would be appreciated.
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