The real reason Obama is not making much progress

Before you can appeal to America's voters you have to appeal to the corporations

So far, Obama has tried to co-opt the corporations into his agenda by ensuring they will profit from any changes, but this inevitably waters down the proposals, often to the point of uselessness. The Cap and Trade legislation before Congress, for example, will barely limit carbon emissions at all because it has been gutted to please the polluters. Full Story »

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Diane Kamp
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by Diane Kamp - Nov. 21, 2009

This journalist does a great job of clearly and simply explaining the broken American political system. And he captures the reader's attention with the shocking story of the female contractor who was raped and locked in a box for 24 hours by her male co workers in Iraq. More shocking was the way the male U.S. senators dismissed her plight and sided with the corporations. This short simple story is a stunning indictment of the corrupt banana republic the U.S. has become.

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