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merrily

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4. I get what you are saying, but there is an international counterpart of ALEC.
Sat May 17, 2014, 03:20 PM
May 2014

I just can never remember the name.

While I don't like many of the things that Barack has done, our country and the planet are run by the money men. (Not sure any rich women are calling the shots on that level yet.)

We focused on Bush, then were relieved when we finally managed to replace him with Barack. Now, we're focusing on Barack. In a few years, we'll be focusing on the next guy. But, the system is broken.

Harry Reid is putting the focus on the Koch brothers, which is good. But, they are far from the only ones involved. And that also deflects from Congress (both houses) and the Oval Office. There are two sides to every corrupt deed, the briber and the politicians who sell out their country and their respective constituents to the briber.

Keeping the focus on only two of the bribers, or on Obama, is good, to a degree. But, if it takes the focus off the big picture, it's not good. This is so much bigger than Obama and the Kochs combined.

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