The United States of Corporate America: From democracy to plutocracy

By Rodrigue Tremblay Online Journal Guest Writer “The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” –Plato, ancient Greek philosopher “The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a [...]

EFF: Boston College Campus Police: “Using Prompt Commands” May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity

On Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an emergency motion to quash [pdf]and for the return of seized property on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an investigation into who sent an e-mail to a school mailing list identifying another [...]

Barack Obama’s Stealth Socialism

By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY During his NAACP speech earlier this month, Sen. Obama repeated the term at least four times. “I’ve been working my entire adult life to help build an America where economic justice is being served,” he said at the group’s 99th annual convention in Cincinnati. And as president, “we’ll ensure that economic justice [...]

Remind all your elected servants that ….

they are bound by the Government Code of Ethics…. Code of Ethics for Government Service House Document 103, 86th Congress, 1st Session – Passed by the Congress of the United States on July 11, 1958. ANY PERSON IN GOVERNMENT SERVICE SHOULD: I. Put loyalty to the highest moral principles above loyalty to persons, party, or [...]

Feds To Get Power To Target Websites Making “False Claims”

Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, June 22, 2009 The Federal Reserve refuses to disclose where trillions of dollars in bailout money went and yet the FTC is more concerned about snooping into the financial affairs of bloggers who make a few bucks off affiliate relationships, according to new guidelines set to be introduced later [...]

Federal Reserve Bank is financial system’s new “uber-regulator” – USATODAY

Excerpt from USATODAY.com President Obama unveiled a stem-to-stern overhaul of financial industry regulation Wednesday, promising dramatic changes for banks, consumers, hedge funds and even the inner workings of the Federal Reserve. The ambitious proposal is designed to strengthen a ramshackle system of government oversight that failed to either prevent or mitigate the current financial crisis. … The new [...]

How the spooks took over the news

This is an edited extract from “Flat Earth News: an award-winning reporter exposes falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media”, published by Chatto & Windus. In his controversial new book, Nick Davies argues that shadowy intelligence agencies are pumping out black propaganda to manipulate public opinion – and that the media simply swallow it wholesale [...]

Federal Reserve Under Attack From All Angles

www.americanfreepress.net Federal Reserve Hires PR Firm to Fight Audit NERVOUS THAT ITS BACKROOM money dealings may soon come under public scrutiny, the Federal Reserve is reportedly bringing in the big guns in an effort to quash Rep. Ron Paul’s landmark “Audit the Fed” bill (H.R. 1207), which has garnered 208 cosponsors as this issue goes [...]

Meddling with the Middle Class

FactsNews – Dear Mr. Biden, Please leave the middle class alone! —————————– Reposted from CampaignForLiberty.com Middle Class Task Force and the Federal Reserve Posted by pensotti on 05/28/09 Vice President Biden is charged with a Task Force on the Middle Class. The stated objectives of the Task Force are: Expanding education and lifelong training opportunities Improving [...]

U.S. News & World Report Piece Implies People Who Question 9/11 Mentally Ill

FactsNews – We at FactsNews do not subscribe to the official “story” of 9/11. 19 (mostly Saudi) hijackers with poor flight training, after being followed around for months by the FBI, board their planes and crash into WTC1&2, the Pentagon, and crash land in Shankesville PA leaving no large fragments. I am sorry for the [...]