I love The New Yorker because it is so eclectic. You’ll find reports about almost anything from NASCAR to a book about Rin Tin Tin by my new favorite author, Susan Orlean, who is also a regular contributor to the magazine.  My recent copy came Tuesday and the post to follow is how private equity firms (like Bain Capital aka Willard M. Romney) are dependent on government subsidies for it’s profits.  Author of The Financial Page, James Surowiecki, reporting is clear, concise and cuts through the mystery of what a private equity firm does, how they make TONS of MONEY, how they avoid taxes “legally”, creating the rules of the “game” and make taxpayers like you and me foot the bill. This shocking expose of the shenanigans of the skunks on Wall Street might send you screaming down main street in disbelief. Another example of DOLLAROCRACY.
We the people in order to correct the inequities by those at the top most be informed of their blatant disregard of anyone but their gang. We can and will change the rules this November. Remember, it’s not class warfare but common sense as President Obama said in his SOTU speech. We Will Win! 

Gloria Kennedy AKA Senator Fleck @MsSenator @Dollarocracy

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2012/01/30/120130ta_talk_surowiecki

DOLLAROCRACY.com ~

Occupy Wall Street Evocative Video:

http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Ffeature%3Dplayer_embedded%26v%3D3RMN8TmDXd8&h=dAQGQ1ENUAQGWspE4ViOHzkulzOt6zQPyj6e0k3lfrHst2Q

What has the Occupy Movement done so far? How about shift the national discussion! And we won’t stop until we change the country, not only the rhetoric of politicians. Investigate Wall Street’s crimes, Yes! Make the wealthy and corporations pay more in taxes, Yes! But the road to real democracy and social justice is long. The future is unwritten, but it is not bleak.

http://front.moveon.org/obama-vs-bush-on-job-growth-3-long-years-1-simple-graph/?rc=fb.fan

ThinkProgress.org

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/25/us-hsbc-probe-idUSTRE80O1FH20120125

FACT: More jobs created by President Barack Obama in two years than Bush did in 8 years! FACT: Bush was on vacation 3 YEARS of his 8 year term!!!

Newt is getting $5 MILLION MORE from Adelson’s wife to help his campaign (just this week).Thanks for the inequalty Super Pacs-> Supreme court ->Citizens United. Mr. Aldelson’s worth only $21.5 BILLION!

The Real Jobs January 14, 2012 : 2:14 PM

An excellent editorial from The New York Times:

“The Republicans’ claim that the pipeline will create tens of thousands of new jobs — 20,000 according to House Speaker John Boehner and 100,000 according to Jon Huntsman — are wildly inflated. A more accurate forecast from the federal government, one with which TransCanada, the pipeline company, agrees, says the project would create 6,000 to 6,500 temporary construction jobs at best, for two years.”

“The country obviously needs more jobs. Mr. Obama needs to lay out the case that industry, with government help, can create hundreds of thousands of clean energy jobs without incurring environmental risks — by upgrading old power plants to comply with environmental laws, retrofitting commercial and residential buildings that soak up nearly 40 percent of the country’s energy (and produce nearly 40 percent of its carbon emissions) and promoting growth in new industries like wind and solar power and advanced vehicles.”

To mark the 2nd anniversary of the criminal Citizens United ruling, we just renamed the Supreme Court to a more appropriate name: the Supreme Koch, giving naming rights to the Koch Brothers who’ve profited more from the ruling than any other members of the Super Rich.

And best of all, we caught it on tape.

Watch the video, and help us spread the word: let 5 friends know about it NOW.

We have big plans for taking back the Supreme Court this year, and can’t wait to keep up the pressure on the defenders of “corporate personhood.” This is just the first step, and if you can take a minute to share our video on Facebook and tweet about our page on Twitter, we’d appreciate it immensely.

As the action started, it looked a little like this:

…and you’ll have to watch the video to see what happened next.

Click here to watch our video, and make sure to let at least 5 friends know about it.

And a big shout-out to our allies who helped us make this possible: Health Care For America Now, Backbone Campaign, Greenpeace USA, Velvet Revolution and AFSCME.

And, most importantly, thank YOU for making this movement real.

Sincerely,

Andrew Boyd, The Other 98%

The Other 98% is making democracy work for the rest of us. Like what we do? You can donate to support this movement right now.

Koch (pronounced ‘Coke’) Industries, “the largest oil company you’ve never heard of,” for its record of environmental degradation, political influence peddling, Tea Party funding and climate change denial.

Koch is the largest private company in the United States, a major polluter, and the principle funder of climate change deniers and the tea party. Recently, the Koch brothers made a $1 million contribution to California’s Prop. 23, which would roll back the most comprehensive greenhouse gas emissions caps in the nation.

We’ve put together a page documenting Koch’s egregious track record at the newly redesigned Oil Watchdog. Koch was named one of the top ten air polluters in the United States. The Koch family foundations have contributed over $48 million in grants to climate opposition groups since 1997 andfunneled over $17 million to organizations that “educate,” train, and organize the Tea Party.

Koch Industries is not yet a household name, but in the world of right wing, anti-environment politics, Koch has become an uber-brand. Koch stands for climate change denial, global warming, cash-register politics and propping up the Tea Party.

Every American should know about this company and what its owners stand for. They are dangerous and a threat to our democracy. Given their checkered past, it’s amazing that they’ve managed to stay under the radar for so long. With the help of our superscreen, we’re going to try to put an end to that.