Surpirsed no one's posted this yet...

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

srsly, getting a little too lib in here for my tastes, tho.

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[cscottd.livejournal.com]

I only have two problems with what Representative Grayson said:

(1) His rhetoric is a bit over-the-top (but given the current amount of crap flying from the right on this, I'm willing to give him a pass on that).

(2) This goes way beyond just Republicans. The Republicans basically seem to have only one goal: Make sure Obama fails at all costs. Unfortunately, they're also getting assistance from a small group of Democrats, who are trying to kill reform for a completely different reason (ie. to appease the companies that have contributed to their campaigns).

I'm increasingly starting to feel that maybe we need to stop referring to Senators and Representatives by their parties and what state they're from, and start referring to them by who their biggest contributors are...

For example, instead of:

Chuck Grassley
Senator (R - IA)

it should be:

Chuck Grassley
Senator (Amgen, Blue Cross, SMC, Occidental Petroleum, DaVita)

and instead of:

Max Baucus
Senator (D - MT)

it should be:

Max Baucus
Senator (Schering-Plough, Goldman Sachs, KKR, AIG, Aetna)

It would certainly clarify their positions and voting records a lot better than party/state.

Great Idea!

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

That is a great idea. I recall there being a good source for this data during the 2008 election. Can we dig that up and compose a list? It might be easier, where applicable, to use companies stock tickers instead of their full names.

[pacotelic.livejournal.com]

OK: opensecrets.org:

Top five industries, Nancy Pelosi:
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00007360
Contributor Total Indivs PACs
Akin, Gump et al $20,250 $15,250 $5,000
American Dental Assn $10,000 $0 $10,000
American Nurses Assn $10,000 $0 $10,000
American Postal Workers Union $10,000 $0 $10,000
American Resort Development Assn $10,000 $0 $10,000


Industry Total Indivs PACs
Health Professionals $116,300 $4,800 $111,500
Building Trade Unions $51,000 $0 $51,000
Transportation Unions $42,000 $0 $42,000
Public Sector Unions $40,500 $0 $40,500
Lawyers/Law Firms $37,650 $21,650 $16,000

So her code would be HP, BTU, TU, PSU, LLF.

Not ringing, but this is just the first cut.

Great idea, only 5-600 to go.

[faylnncortez.livejournal.com]

This is a BRILLIANT idea :)

[faylnncortez.livejournal.com]

I <3 your icon :)