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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:39 PM
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"Unions and Corporations"
Have you noticed that ever since the Supremes bent us over and fucked us, the media has been saying that "Unions and Corporations" will now be able to spend freely on politics.

As if unions have the same money as corporations.

As

If




..... motherfuckers .....
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:40 PM
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1. And the Sierra Club too! They have billions to spend. nt
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:41 PM
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2. On the other hand, that phrasing could help turning the righties against it. -nt
Edited on Thu Jan-21-10 08:41 PM by Commie Pinko Dirtbag
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Hansel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:45 PM
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5. Ironic isn't it? That the self pro-claimed "populists" will likely turn against
this decision only because those who support laborers (people last I check) would be able to give money to support causes of working Americans. However had it just been corporations, they probably wouldn't even flinch.

Emotion is a powerful thing and the Republicans are experts at tapping into it in ever increasingly cynical ways.
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wtbymark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:42 PM
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3. ABSpin, NBSpin, CBSpin even CNSpin
and well i won't even mention F...
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TicketyBoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:42 PM
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4. The only thing good I have to say
about this terrible decision is … at least we're not Haiti.
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daleman Donating Member (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:47 PM
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7. At least w/ Haiti it was a natural disaster
w/ this Supreme decision we must live w/ a man made screw up!
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Phoebe Loosinhouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 08:46 PM
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6. I noticed it from the very first coverage and it has been universal
and it is total BS. As though they were equivalent! Yeah, right.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:14 PM
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8. What a joke
huh?
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:14 PM
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9. 1% of Walmart's advertising budget is more than all the unions' full budgets combined
..
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:17 PM
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10. I have noticed
And Ratigan yesterday, who I like for the most part was trying to compare the money unions spent for lobbying during the HCR debate (which was just over $2 million) to the money spent by the corporations which was over $1 million per day or something. Outrageous!
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alsame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:44 PM
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11. It was also ridiculous when they mentioned Sierra Club and the
ACLU as 'leftist' groups that could balance the corporate spending. Every Repub spokesman today cited those 2 groups as if they were in the same financial league as big business.
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laughingliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 10:23 PM
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12. Well, fuck! nt
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Moochy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 10:27 PM
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13. no coincidence,
They got the same email, same talking points.
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TicketyBoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 02:09 AM
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14. Just another part
of the Bush legacy of bringing this country to its knees.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 02:11 AM
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15. Labor versus Management
Edited on Fri Jan-22-10 02:14 AM by Solly Mack
Just saying...

damn spellcheck
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