Another interesting read, though I am sure most of you already know the answer.:
*Big, evil industries funded which party?<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/big-evil-industries-fundedwhich-party-106891623.html> * Now that election 2010 is over, lets go back over to OpenSecrets and look at which evil corporations stole our democracy and bought Congress for the Republicans the RepubliCorp! First suspect: the military-industrial complex! - *Defense Contractors<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?ind=D&goButt2.x=11&goButt2.y=4&goButt2=Submit> :* 55% Democrat, 44% Republican ($18 million) Oh, really? Well, then, it must have been Wall Street! Thats it: Wall Street bought Congress for the GOP! - *Securities & Investment<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?ind=F07++&goButt2.x=8&goButt2.y=9&goButt2=Submit>: *53% Democrat, 46% Republican ($8.2 million) Oh. Well, even if Wall Street as a *whole *preferred Democrats, it must have been the real bad guys, those risky Hedge funds and exotic investors - *Hedge Funds<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=F2700> :* 53% Democrat, 46% Republican ($6.8 million total) - *Venture Capital<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?ind=F2500&goButt2.x=7&goButt2.y=2&goButt2=Submit>: *64% Democrat, 40% Republican ($6.4 million) - *Private Equity<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?ind=F2600&goButt2.x=9&goButt2.y=5&goButt2=Submit>: *56% Democrat, 43% Republican ($4.6 million) Huh. Well, then, it must have been the big health insurers and for-profit hospital corporations! They didnt want reform! I know because I heard President Obama say so at least 64 times! - *HMO/Health services<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2010&ind=H03>: *58% Democrats, 40% Republicans ($9.4 million) - *Pharmaceutical Manufacturing<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?ind=H4300&goButt2.x=7&goButt2.y=7&goButt2=Submit>: *51% Democrats, 48% Republicans ($10.4 million) - *Medical Supply<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?ind=H4100&goButt2.x=12&goButt2.y=4&goButt2=Submit> :* 57% Democrats, 42% Republicans ($4.4 million) - *Hospitals/Nursing Homes<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?ind=H02++&goButt2.x=10&goButt2.y=5&goButt2=Submit>: *63% Democrat, 36% Republican ($14.9 million) Huh. Well then it must have been those evil lobbyists that President Obama has been fighting against ever since he got to Washington! Thats it! - *Lobbyists<http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/totals.php?cycle=2010&ind=K02>: *65% Democrat, 34% Republican ($23.5 million) What? You mean all that time Ive spent watching Keith Olbermann hasnt taught me any real facts???? You mean my head is now full of garbage and White House propaganda? For good measure, here are a few industries that did, in fact, support Republicans (although most of them by narrow margins). - *Tonsil Thieves *(Dentists): 37% Democrat, 62% Republican ($5.3 million) - *Health professionals: *48% Democrat, 50% Republican ($55 million)* * - *Credit/Finance:* 48% Democrat, 52% Republican ($5.8 million) - *Commercial Banks:* 41% Democrat, 59% Republican ($15.4 million) - *Insurance (Health, life and property): *48% Democrat, 52% Republican ($31.2 million) - *Agribusiness: *41% Democrat, 58% Republican ($40 million) J - If once the people become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions. - Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331465 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
