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1,000 Speeches Selling 1,000 Pages

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 8 Sep 09

It took over 1,000 pages for the lobbyists and special interest groups on the payroll of the Central Committee to define "health care reform" for the United States. The Central Committee never intended those pages to see the...

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A Call to Unity Among We the People of the United States

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 19 Aug 09

I know many of us disagree, some of us most of the times...some of us even disagree in not very friendly ways. However... This situation with HR 3200 (The healthcare bill) has proven something to the world. Most people have...

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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spend million on Washington Lobbyist

lilwonders @lilwonders456 (8214) • United States 18 Sep 08

FOr years BOTH companies have been spending millions on lobbyist, power brokers and political contributors to keep things in washington going their way. Looks like it paid off with the bail out. Over the past decade BOTH...

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Stupid American Special Interest

Jeffbevel @Jeffbevel (18) • United States 22 Sep 07

Why is it we live in a great country like the United States, yet are controled by so darn much special interest? Now days we can't hardly do anything without some group of people telling us why we should or shouldn't be doing...

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Posters Posting to Unknown Subjects . . .

grammabean @grammabean (74) • United States 16 Jan 07

It irritates me to see posters coming into special interest subjects and posting messages like: "I don't know anything about this subject" - If a poster posts a message like that, why, oh why do they get credit for some 4400...

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