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Scott Walker Recall Leaders Prep Final Push In Effort To Regain Momentum

Walker, who has raised $25 million, has been blanketing Wisconsin with broadcast advertising touting his handling of the economy. His Democratic opponent, Tom Barrett, who did not win his party’s primary until May 8, has raised only $1 million and not been able to match the blitz. The most recent public poll on the race released last week showed Walker leading by 6 points.

Tom Barrett Family — Tom Barrett and Family

A moving wall of money threatens democracy by the people. Corporatism is being birthed even as we speak. The fruit of Citizen’s United is a nation where corporations struggle for influence against each other while the public is simply a mass of pawns manipulated by the massive power of an owned media.

Look at the numbers. They are more eloquent than anything I can say – 25 to 1.

James Pilant

Wis. recall leaders struggle to gain momentum (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Scott Walker Recall Attempt Worries Some Democrats (libertyorequality.wordpress.com)
Scott Walker’s Lead Growing In Wisconsin Recall (thedaleygator.wordpress.com)
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Endorses Governor Scott Walker (independentsentinel.com)
Scott Walker Gets Big Endorsement (huffingtonpost.com)

Click on the link below to see the cartoon. It’s a good one. The battle over net neutrality illustrated. This is delicious. And it is accurate.

Fighting the net neutrality battle for a small blog seems almost hopeless but there a lot of us. We’re disorganized and highly independent. It doesn’t make for good group cohesion. But we have our anger and each of us has our own niche on the web. Maybe we can make some difference in this battle.

James Pilant

From Christopher Wright, a comic illustrating a theme that we’ve visited before (e.g., here and here) While he focuses on Net Neutrality, one should feel free to substitute the Corporatist concern of one’s choice– energy policy, agricultural policy, financial industry policy, pharmaceuticals, intellectual property, etc., etc.– the mechanism works in just the same way… Corporations are people, the Supreme Court averred as it proscribed any im … Read More