COMCAST PAYS POLITICIANS TO PRESSURE FCC ON NBC-UNIVERSAL MERGER THEN HIRES FCC COMMISSIONERGlobal Revolution 1: American Revolution 2: Day 48: Communication 1
IronBoltBruce's Kleptocracy Chronicles for 3 Nov 2011 (g1a2d0048c1)
How many examples of greed and corruption must you see before you act?
In January 2011 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted 4-1 to approve the merger of Comcast and NBC-Universal. This "created one of the largest media conglomerates in American history, which critics warn could limit the variety of voices heard by the public and threaten the Internet's role as a forum for free exchange of information." Their OK came after FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski received this letter urging approval signed by 97 members of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/699ttkpOf those 97 Democratic and Republican politicians, 88 "had received money from Comcast's political action committee, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics."
"Putting pressure on an appointed group of commissioners like the FCC isn't actually that different from pressuring Congress. 'As a matter of fact, it can be harder for the public to trace,' [Craig Holman of Public Citizen] said. 'It's quite difficult to analyze much of the lobbying activity for instance when it comes to working with FCC commissioners or others like that doesn't get reported, it very frequently is not disclosed as lobbying activity.'
Comcast spent more than $75 million on federal lobbyists alone in the last ten years, with much of that sum coming in recent years... Last year alone, during which much of the merger process took place, the company employed 109 federal lobbyists and lobbied both houses of Congress and the FCC. The money a company spends on lobbying is important, Holman said, but even more important is the amount of money they can stuff into political campaigns. 'Besides direct campaign contributions, which are traceable from PACs, they will do bundling activity, which is very difficult to trace, and in many cases untraceable,' Holman said. 'They will also now with Citizens United do direct corporate expenditures through third party groups, which are entirely untraceable, but their lobbyists will be on the Hill letting the lawmakers know what they're doing with their money.'
While waiting on FCC approval of the merger in the 2010 election cycle, Comcast upped the amount of money they were directly donating through their political action committee, spending $3.5 million on political campaigns... 'There can also be the direct campaign contributor factor to any lawmakers, they can pull the strings of members of Congress and get members of Congress to apply pressure on FCC commissioners to vote a certain way on various issues, and they do,' Holman said. 'The agency regulations are every bit as important as lawmaking, every lobbyist worth his or her salt knows that.'"
http://tinyurl.com/6gfn8m5Shortly after voting to approve the Comcast/NBC-Universal merger, FCC Commisioner Meredith Attwell Baker resigned her government post and went through the revolving door to become a high-paid lobbyist for Comcast:
http://tinyurl.com/427xacnComcast and ALEC:
http://tinyurl.com/5se259wComcast owns Maryland:
http://tinyurl.com/6xlug9dRelated Image:
http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/ ... nopoly.jpgRelated Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzKcW_DHZ58###
WHICH POLITICIANS ARE TAKING CASH FROM VERIZON? IT'S EASIER TO ASK WHICH ONES AREN'T!
http://ironboltbruce.blog.com/files/201 ... s_2010.pdf (524KB PDF)
Federal and state, political action committee (PAC) and corporate contributions
http://ironboltbruce.blog.com/files/201 ... s_2009.pdf (541KB PDF)
Federal and state, political action committee (PAC) and corporate contributions
Our thanks to the patriot who contributed this information.
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IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT OF THE LAST 14 U.S. PRESIDENTS, 7 HAVE BEEN DEMOCRATS AND 7 HAVE BEEN REPUBLICANS.
Our Kleptocracy-controlled media focuses on America's two-year election cycles as if who wins or loses in the swinging of the pendulum was a matter of life or death, when in fact even at the Presidential level it makes no more difference than the outcomes of Monday Night Football, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Hillbilly Handfishing or the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor. U.S. elections are staged primarily to give Sheeple the illusion of control so they will (a) vent their frustrations and expend their energy, emotions and resources supporting or attacking the Puppet on the Left hand or the Puppet on the Right, and consequently (b) never recognize and challenge the common omnipotent Puppetmaster.
There was no real change in 2008. There was no real change in 2010. There WILL be real change in 2012, but it won't be coming from tele-brainwashed couch potatoes, manipulated voter lists, rigged voting machines or predetermined ballot counts. It will be coming from us...
The 99 Percent
http://corporatecriminalsexposed.com###
I AM NOT ANONYMOUS. I AM AN AMERICAN.
I am not just a Consumer. I am a Citizen.
I will no longer be labeled Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative, Demopublican or Republocrat.
I will no longer follow Puppets labeled Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative, Demopublican or Republocrat.
I am the People. And I am coming for the Puppetmasters.
I am part of the 99 Percent. And I demand the following:
1. End the Fed.
2. Reverse Citizens United.
3. Repeal PATRIOT Act.
4. Expose 9/11 Truth.
5. End Profit Wars.
6. Refund Taxpayer Trillions.
7. Imprison the Kleptocrats.
8. Single Term Limits.
Or, if these demands are not addressed promptly:
1. Regime Change.
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LABELS (A POEM OF PROTEST)
"Democrat", "Republican",
The parties of the system;
Puppets both, for sale their votes,
No character or wisdom.
"Liberal", "Conservative",
For change or status quo?
Pick either one, the change is none,
All charlatans and whores.
Far "Left" we place the Anarchists,
Libertarians claim far "Right";
Yet both decry the government:
False continuum brought to light.
For oil, "We" bomb their mud huts,
Strip them bare, then offer "Aid";
And fake their retribution as
Pretext - a false flag raised.
Unarmed hundred thousands killed
By weapons of "Defense",
While rights are lost for "Freedom" sake -
On profit, all depends.
With stroke of pen, the "Patriot" Act,
And patriots' gifts are taken;
Then "Citizens United" leaves
Our citizens forsaken.
We protest loss of liberties,
Put "World Wide Web" to use;
Cloudmark Authority censors us
For "messaging abuse".
They label us to finger-point,
With labels, "They" deride us;
Their labels keep us all at bay,
For with labels, "They" divide us.
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JOIN THE GLOBAL REVOLUTION!
Occupy Wall Street/OWS:
http://occupywallst.org/Occupy DC/Stop the Machine:
http://october2011.org/Occupy Together:
http://occupytogether.org/Watch these Videos:
http://tinyurl.com/kleptocracytutorialTake this Pledge:
http://wp.me/p19dS3-9oHow many examples of greed and corruption must you see before you act?
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