FINALLY! Some accountability in government

[burythehatchet]

Two Democratic Senators are alleged to have gotten a too low mortgage rate.


A new America is on the horizon.


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[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. MEDIA IS THE ENEMY

THEY WANT TO CONTROL WHAT YOU THINK

[Mojorabbit]

2. I am disappointed in Dodd

I love his stance on the constitution but I read this:

WASHINGTON — - A nonpartisan government watchdog group Wednesday listed U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd as the Senate's No. 1 recipient of campaign contributions from Countrywide Financial Corp. in the last two decades.

The Center for Responsive Politics examined the mortgage lender's relationship with members of Congress after revelations that Countrywide Financial Corp.'s CEO ran a program to give beneficial rates and discounts on mortgages to prominent people such as Dodd.

Though Dodd was the Senate's leading recipient of campaign contributions from Countrywide's political-action committee, the overall career amount of $25,000 is very small when compared with the senator's leading contributors. For instance, his career contributions from Citigroup Inc. total $439,094. The political research center, which posted the report on its website at OpenSecrets.org, also said Dodd had received $15,000 from Countrywide for his presidential campaign.
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-dodd0619.artjun19,0,962475.story

and the matter of that weird thing inserted into the housing legislation:
"Washington, DC - Hidden deep in Senator Christopher Dodd's 630-page Senate housing legislation is a sweeping provision that affects the privacy and operation of nearly all of America’s small businesses. The provision, which was added by the bill's managers without debate this week, would require the nation's payment systems to track, aggregate, and report information on nearly every electronic transaction to the federal government.
more on this
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/20/1234214

We seriously need to take the corp's ability to contribute so much to our politicians away. I don't know how it can be done. I love Dodd and am crossing my fingers he will fillibuster the fisa bill but this is the stuff that I think the opposition knows and saves for the moment they can use it against one of ours. 400,000 is a lot of money. I hate stuff being slipped into bills at the last moment.
Both sides need to be accountable to the population.