YES! - Money now trumps democracy.
79%
NO! - The left will rally & make sure Adelson’s guy loses.
21%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Hello All
Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
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At Mondragon - both the mountain and the cooperative city - in Spain (written about in "Threshold" book)
From Screwed:
"I think many of us recognize that for all but the wealthiest, life in America is getting increasingly hard. Screwed explores why, showing how this is no accidental process, but rather the product of conscious political choices, choices we can change with enough courage and commitment. Like all of Thom’s great work, it helps show us the way forward."
From The Thom Hartmann Reader:
"Thom Hartmann is a creative thinker and committed small-d democrat. He has dealt with a wide range of topics throughout his life, and this book provides an excellent cross section. The Thom Hartmann Reader will make people both angry and motivated to act."
From Cracking the Code:
"Thom Hartmann ought to be bronzed. His new book sets off from the same high plane as the last and offers explicit tools and how-to advice that will allow you to see, hear, and feel propaganda when it's directed at you and use the same techniques to refute it. His book would make a deaf-mute a better communicator. I want him on my reading table every day, and if you try one of his books, so will you."
Didn't Wisconcin Gov. Scott Walker prove the money to buy you elected official worked?
Thom - why is it that your polls never include the option of :( I SURE AS HELL HOPE AND PRAY NOT.) ??? That is the option I would usually choose in your polls!!! lol
I have to agree with ladyjazz however ---until the people stand up and fight against the big money this corruption will continue!!
Wisconsin showed one thing, but the Jerry Brown vs Meg Whitman and Richard Blumenthal vs Linda McMahon 2010 results show that money does not always win.
I would like to consider this years presidental campaign as a stimulus for the media companies, but that the truth will win out. I guess the question is will the truth make it to the open air, or will it stay burried by the lies that are being put out there.
The time proven basics of communication theory; Frequency, Duration, Amplitude (often enough, long enough, loud enough) are now mostly mediated by media and money drives media in each of these basics. The side with the most money can push these messages and they sometimes carry the day. In California (the Jerry vs. Meg) election proved the rule by the exception. Jerry was a known entity and trusted in ways that Meg could not buy. The BIG LIE worked most famously with the Josef Geobbels propaganda machine, but the tactics have found fertile ground throughout history. The present situation is very problematic. Will the truth be recognizable through the smoke screen of media buys? I'm not sure.