Corporate Owned Senator Wins Re-Election With Lots of Economic Help!
Joseph Raglione
June 10, 2010
Gentle readers of this American Chronicle, politics are changing in Washington and by now you are sensing and feeling how basic Ethics and Moral teachings are impacting the whole system. It is working but only slowly because good people seldom receive the facts in time. The reason for that points directly at the corporate controlled Media, and our respective governments which are often dominated by those who want to protect their personal power and wealth.
The fact that change is happening slowly happening, is good news for most of us but bad news for the corporate bosses. They are running scared and if you want proof, watch a Television commercial. Car companies and thier Bank co-horts have created Zero percent financing for many internal combustion engine Cars. This tells me somebody has panicked. They know the Electric Cars are arriving next year and they want to lock into debt as many people as possible. How do I know Electric Cars are on their way? Easy! The man who supplies auto parts for all the Car companies of North America decided and promised on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Network, he will create an affordable Electric Vehicle next year. Watch and laugh as the price of internal combustion Cars drop down to almost nothing along with the price of Gas!
The current crop of dominating corporations are afraid of any change that will impact their personal profits. I am talking about groups like the private health insurance companies who refused a public option...the industrial Oil and Coal companies who want to continue polluting the air we breath and the water we drink...and the Banks like AIG who resisted consumer protection regulations until it was too late. Government regulations limit what Banks are allowed to do with your life savings and with your pension funds, and by removing regulations, something Republicans wanted and did, you have economic meltdown and recession. The result of course is that poverty is created and poverty forces people to do anything for money. Citizens become low paid working slaves to exploitive and unregulated corporations who in the face of fact based evidence, continue to believe that global warming does not exist, or that the B.P. Oil spill is not killing every life form in the Gulf of Mexico. If we want freedom and justice with clean Air and Water and Food, we have no choice but to change the system.
Business groups, along with their paid political members of government, are spending millions to buy publicity in order to win elections. What else is new? Have you turned on your television these days? Bill Halter lost to Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, but She had to pay through the nose to win that election. Change is slow but it is working because good people continue to do the work, in spite of those who would stop them.
Corporate dominators do win elections here and there, but they are not winning the humanitarian social and Green revolution. Their problem is that they will have to buy every single election and that is way too expensive, even for them...>
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Hey everyone,
Last night was a really tough night. You've probably heard by now, but Bill Halter lost the Arkansas Senate primary to Blanche Lincoln in a squeaker.
The Democratic Party establishment and the White House teamed up with big corporations to protect one of the most corporate-owned senators in America -- and they barely won.
Today in news reports, the political insiders are gloating. They're proud that they beat thousands of people fighting for change.
But what the political establishment doesn't realize is that the progressive movement built power in this election.
Bill Halter started nearly 20 points down. He wasn't taken seriously by most insiders. But he gave Blanche Lincoln the scare of a lifetime with the help of a vibrant progressive movement -- thousands of people who committed time, talent, and small-dollar donations in the fight for change.
We formed the PCCC last year to create a new model for supporting progressive candidates. This race was an important building block:
PCCC members donated over $250,000 to Halter's campaign. Unprecedented for a new organization.
PCCC staffers Michael Snook and Keauna Gregory directed Halter's field program and invented new ways of working seamlessly with our partners like Democracy for America and MoveOn...practices we will bring to future races that we win.
We mobilized 3,000 Arkansas PCCC members -- and our field program empowered volunteers across the progressive movement to make a whopping 400,000 calls to Arkansas voters.
And the Washington Post's Greg Sargent writes:
"Make no mistake: Progressive activists and labor...came within a hair of unseating a longtime incumbent who had the backing of the entire Dem establishment and the two most recent Dem presidents. No matter what you read about this, the Halter challenge was a show of force by the left. Period."
So thank you for being part of this movement. You have so much to be proud of, and this experience will help us to win big fights ahead.
That said, if you're frustrated and really want to do something today, here are 3 things you can do.
1) Write a note to Bill Halter, telling him how you feel. Click here. We'll deliver your note to him personally.
2) If you appreciate the progressive infrastructure we're building, tell your friends about us. Click to share on Facebook and Twitter. (You can also follow us on Twitter here.)
3) A lot of you took action against the voting irregularities in Garland County, where the number of polling locations were reduced from 42 to 2. Some legal action will likely be taken, but we don't think it will impact the race's outcome. But new facts will likely come out, so click here if you'd like to stay updated on the situation.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
Stephanie Taylor, Adam Green, Aaron Swartz, Forrest Brown, Michael Snook, Keauna Gregory, and the entire PCCC team
Paid for by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee PAC (www.BoldProgressives.org) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions to the PCCC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time.
The fact that change is happening slowly happening, is good news for most of us but bad news for the corporate bosses. They are running scared and if you want proof, watch a Television commercial. Car companies and thier Bank co-horts have created Zero percent financing for many internal combustion engine Cars. This tells me somebody has panicked. They know the Electric Cars are arriving next year and they want to lock into debt as many people as possible. How do I know Electric Cars are on their way? Easy! The man who supplies auto parts for all the Car companies of North America decided and promised on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Network, he will create an affordable Electric Vehicle next year. Watch and laugh as the price of internal combustion Cars drop down to almost nothing along with the price of Gas!
The current crop of dominating corporations are afraid of any change that will impact their personal profits. I am talking about groups like the private health insurance companies who refused a public option...the industrial Oil and Coal companies who want to continue polluting the air we breath and the water we drink...and the Banks like AIG who resisted consumer protection regulations until it was too late. Government regulations limit what Banks are allowed to do with your life savings and with your pension funds, and by removing regulations, something Republicans wanted and did, you have economic meltdown and recession. The result of course is that poverty is created and poverty forces people to do anything for money. Citizens become low paid working slaves to exploitive and unregulated corporations who in the face of fact based evidence, continue to believe that global warming does not exist, or that the B.P. Oil spill is not killing every life form in the Gulf of Mexico. If we want freedom and justice with clean Air and Water and Food, we have no choice but to change the system.
Business groups, along with their paid political members of government, are spending millions to buy publicity in order to win elections. What else is new? Have you turned on your television these days? Bill Halter lost to Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas, but She had to pay through the nose to win that election. Change is slow but it is working because good people continue to do the work, in spite of those who would stop them.
Corporate dominators do win elections here and there, but they are not winning the humanitarian social and Green revolution. Their problem is that they will have to buy every single election and that is way too expensive, even for them...>
>
Hey everyone,
Last night was a really tough night. You've probably heard by now, but Bill Halter lost the Arkansas Senate primary to Blanche Lincoln in a squeaker.
The Democratic Party establishment and the White House teamed up with big corporations to protect one of the most corporate-owned senators in America -- and they barely won.
Today in news reports, the political insiders are gloating. They're proud that they beat thousands of people fighting for change.
But what the political establishment doesn't realize is that the progressive movement built power in this election.
Bill Halter started nearly 20 points down. He wasn't taken seriously by most insiders. But he gave Blanche Lincoln the scare of a lifetime with the help of a vibrant progressive movement -- thousands of people who committed time, talent, and small-dollar donations in the fight for change.
We formed the PCCC last year to create a new model for supporting progressive candidates. This race was an important building block:
PCCC members donated over $250,000 to Halter's campaign. Unprecedented for a new organization.
PCCC staffers Michael Snook and Keauna Gregory directed Halter's field program and invented new ways of working seamlessly with our partners like Democracy for America and MoveOn...practices we will bring to future races that we win.
We mobilized 3,000 Arkansas PCCC members -- and our field program empowered volunteers across the progressive movement to make a whopping 400,000 calls to Arkansas voters.
And the Washington Post's Greg Sargent writes:
"Make no mistake: Progressive activists and labor...came within a hair of unseating a longtime incumbent who had the backing of the entire Dem establishment and the two most recent Dem presidents. No matter what you read about this, the Halter challenge was a show of force by the left. Period."
So thank you for being part of this movement. You have so much to be proud of, and this experience will help us to win big fights ahead.
That said, if you're frustrated and really want to do something today, here are 3 things you can do.
1) Write a note to Bill Halter, telling him how you feel. Click here. We'll deliver your note to him personally.
2) If you appreciate the progressive infrastructure we're building, tell your friends about us. Click to share on Facebook and Twitter. (You can also follow us on Twitter here.)
3) A lot of you took action against the voting irregularities in Garland County, where the number of polling locations were reduced from 42 to 2. Some legal action will likely be taken, but we don't think it will impact the race's outcome. But new facts will likely come out, so click here if you'd like to stay updated on the situation.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
Stephanie Taylor, Adam Green, Aaron Swartz, Forrest Brown, Michael Snook, Keauna Gregory, and the entire PCCC team
Paid for by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee PAC (www.BoldProgressives.org) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions to the PCCC are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time.
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