VR ALERT! Breaking--Chamber Of Commerce Team Caught Spying On Us

[babsbunny]

Chamber Of Commerce Lawyers And Private Security Firms Are Involved In Million Dollar Spying Operation To Take Down Our StopTheChamber.com Campaign

http://www.velvetrevolution.us/stop_chamber2/index.php?q=node/227

http://thinkprogress.org/2011/02/10/chamberleaks-target-families/

The Chamber of Commerce, under the leadership of Tom Donohue, has gone from a well respected trade organization to an extremist political organization dedicated to corrupting American democracy by elevating the profits of big corporations over the well being of the citizens they serve. Recent examples of this corrupt behavior is the Chamber's spending of more than $100 million to defeat initiatives to protect the environment and provide affordable health care to everyone, and its massive attacks on democracy through the use of secret money in the 2010 election.

[malaise]

1. How did an organization that rose to power trading human

beings ever become 'respected'?

[lonestarnot]

2. Good damn question!

[malaise]

3. I know their history

and respect is not a word I associate with any chamber of commerce.

[dkofos]

22. Thru the miracle of modern marketing to morons.

[Mojeoux]

29. K&R

Kiss my Butt COC

[OwnedByFerrets]

4. Wow, what a surprise

:sarcasm:

[midnight]

5. What the hell is Washington doing?

Not only is the Chamber lobbying and advertising against the interests of Americans, it is also committing fraud and violating campaign finance laws by creating fake astroturfing front groups, with patriotic names like Citizens for a Strong Ohio, and then illegally funneling millions of anonymous dollars into those groups to attack candidates and judges who won't do their bidding. It is getting money from foreign sources to send jobs overseas and buy elected officials. While this corrupts the electoral system, the Chamber persists, even when it is caught, fined and required to disclose its "anonymous" donors.

[malaise]

6. Kick n/t

[sabrina 1]

7. Undermining the democratic process is treason.

Where is the DOJ? Are they looking into any of this by any chance?

[annabanana]

8. Hit that LINK, sabrina!

StopTheChamber!

Velvet Revolution does good work.

http://www.velvetrevolution.us/stop_chamber2/index.php?q=node/227

WE have to light the fires under the DOJ.

[sabrina 1]

14. Done, thanks for the link

annabanana ~ :-)

[ThomCat]

10. Our DoJ doesn't believe in Prosecutions.

The moment after it happens it becomes past history. Obama's stated policy in anything involving politics is that he doesn't believe in prosecuting past misdeeds. He believes in looking forward instead of looking backwards.

That's a blank check to break the law. Just claim that prosecution would be looking backward instead of looking forward, and would hurt business, and Obama's administration will be absolutely certain to do absolutely nothing.

[The Doctor.]

12. That's exactly right.

I'm thinking about holding up a bank, and when they say they want to arrest me, I'll just tell them it's 'in the past' and we should all just 'look to the future'.

I'll tell them Obama says so.

[glinda]

15. Can we file charges against the DOJ? They need to be investigated.

[ThomCat]

17. Um... Who would we possibly file those charges with?

I assume you are being sarcastic.

[glinda]

27. I was.

[border_town]

21. The Chamber is Washington

We have been asleep at the wheel for so long, I don't know if we can ever get our selves out of this mess.

[Little Star]

23. Yep! Pretty sad huh?

[Citizen Worker]

25. I'd say we've been asleep for about 60 years now. No sign of waking up anytime soon.

[Chimichurri]

9. I wold love to ask the right wing if their 'free markets' will protect them from

the likes of an oligarch? That is ultimately the goal of these powerful organizations.

[Hannah Bell]

11. I have long suspected that CoC was a kind of intelligence outfit: HQ

distributes the "party line" to the locals & the locals report local intelligence to HQ.

I had some interesting experiences here with CoC that gave me the creeps.

I think this is one of the methods used by the PTB to control the population, & I believe there are other similar organizations using similar methods.

[Waiting For Everyman]

16. I agree, and the religious right churches do that too. n/t

[Hannah Bell]

18. agree there too. plus i think it's pretty obvious a lot of money went into taking

over a lot of congregations/denominations.

it's very creepy how manipulated we are.

glad i'm not the only one who thinks so.

otherwise i'd be a "conspiracy theorist" lol.

[Tatiana]

28. +1

I definitely think some of the CoC staff are from the CIA/intelligence community. Their international reach and influence is beyond measure. I think it very telling that after they attacked the President and progressive Congressional candidates, the President is now essentially ceding every argument he ever raised against them and the anti-American big businesses.

[xchrom]

13. recommend

[bobthedrummer]

19. K&R n/t

[rhett o rick]

20. Thank you Anon. nm

[BlueJac]

24. We must look forward..........

no need to worry

[metapunditedgy]

26. What subhuman scum would take money to sabotage progressives on the internet?

These people have dropped out of the human race.