He speaks truth to power

And that's what's good about money. It buys buy-partisanship.

For instance, UBS proves it's buy-partisanship, loving both Phil Gramm and Bill Clinton. Since the repeal of Glass-Steagal, they've specialized in all kinds of Wealth Management:

http://financialservicesinc.ubs.com/revitalizingamerica/SenatorPhilGramm.html

Bet they'll be working hard & fast once they're all sworn in come January.

I truly fear what they have in store for America from that point on.

Power in the hands of the worst people.

the Minority had all the power. That Dems, even with a Majority, were being overcome by the MINORITY.

So, if that is a fact, them I'm looking forward to Dems who now have that Minority Power we heard so much about for so long, blocking every piece of Republican legislation with the same effectiveness Repubs did it, or so we were told, when THEY had that POWERFUL Minority Status.

I mean we can't keep accepting the claims that whether in the majority OR the minority Dems are just powerless, can we?

It's cowardliness. Democratic politicians are chickenshits.

again...



Luckily for us, not everyone in Congress is in Wall Street's deep pocket~

considered to be 'unpatriotic' to do so. People like Kucinich eg. But we have not supported them enough when the smear campaigns began. We are so 'with them' until the smear campaigns begin, then we progressives seem to withdraw. And those brave enough, again see Kucinich, to stand up and say what needs to be said, are left to fend for themselves.

So, are we going to do the same when the smears begin, and they will if she becomes effective, against Warren and Sanders? I've already seen the now recognizable 'subtle' attacks on both of them.

We let it happen with Kucinich and Manning and many others. Well, some of us did.

Are we ready for the smear merchants now when they go after Warren (it's already started) and Sanders?

I sure hope so.. but I'm not sure that their current supporters will be able to withstand the barrage of attacks that are certain to come IF it appears they are having any effect on the 'status quo'.

I hope I'm wrong.

Thanks for your posts, RiverLover, I have loved nearly everything I've seen from you so far!

And of course it was recently posted at DU that Moyers has no right and no qualifications to question the president on anything.

The system is completely broken, and there is no way to fix it at this point.

That can only have been said by someone who is totally ignorant of who Moyers is. No one imo, is more qualified to speak about this country's problems than Moyers and he manages to do so without being snide or nasty, or further lowering the political discourse. He sticks to the facts, and I guess sometimes facts are not convenient, however they remain facts regardless of how inconvenient they may be.

housing. Many have seen their credit scores destroyed along with other opportunities.

In many ways it is OUR FAULT for 'buying' into purchasing stuff we cannot afford but are willing to pay huge amounts of interest in order to 'possess' stuff we can't afford and don't need.

Iow, DON'T BUY THEIR STUFF. If you can't afford to pay for it, you haven no right buying it, on credit.

I have no clue, nor do I care, what my credit rating is. Probable 'no record' since I don't buy stuff I don't need and can't afford anyhow.

Why? Because we waited for years to buy our own home, AFTER we had enough to buy it outright. No mortgage, no need for credit.

Screw their credit ratings. Borrowing money means 'you can't afford it'. So wait, work, save and wait until you can afford it. Otherwise you become a slave to DEBT. And that is what they want you to be.

the banks who would have been bankrupted with dismal scores are shielded. It appears to me a double standard.

And I may be wrong about this, but I think that is relatively new.

I imagine someone could challenge that if it is used against them.

After all you can't improve your financial situation if you don't have a job.

It seems crazy to me.

being used to block some from work.

http://www.creditscoring.com/influence/government/employment.htm

corporate citizenship grade. Never, ever pay to get one.

Moyers rocks and so you!

BOTH Parties! Bernie Sanders has said that ending campaign contributions, the revolving door, and instituting Publicly Funded Elections will prevent the bribery that is at the heart of the Plutocrats ability to control our government and protect their banking and media propaganda oligopolies.

The other thing is to recognize that most Democratic politicians are bought off too! We have no real choice in most elections now because most rely on big corporate money. It is time to mobilize, join together the various groups fighting for the environment, public education, LGBTV rights, women's rights.... and get the word out!

does he always seem to be standing alone on this issue? Shouldn't EVERY DEM in Congress be out there backing him up?

And as I said above, the smears against him are probably already being researched and prepared, and as has happened with every, single Dem who DID stand up, Kucinich, Grayson et al, once those smear campaigns begin, what are WE going to do? Are we going to remain silent, attack the messenger WITH those who work for Wall St, or stick to the message and refuse to fall for these tactics one more time?

We COULD stop the money from flowing into our electoral system if we were united and if there were not so many apologists for the corrupt system.

I would like to see him, Amy Goodman, Thom Hartmann, Mike Papantonio, Joseph Stiglitz, and Richard Wolfe get together and come up with some kind of a cohesive powerful plan of action on how we the people can unite and take back our country from these criminals.

or Amy Goodman or any of the others you mentioned on Meet The Press?

I guess too much truth is a threat to those in power so MTP and the entire Corporate owned media make certain only to allow 'safe' guests to appear on their totally owned and therefore compromised, media.

But Wall St wouldn't like it!

do you think Americans will wake up then?

They already have the plans for the next bailout.

on edit: Why does anyone still keep money at one of these institutions?

and putting into Credit Unions.

They began arresting people at one bank, to try to stop them.

This is why they fear movements like OWS, because it had a huge impact on informing people enough that thousands began taking their money out.

And, is subservient to other Capitalist corporations that are equally Too Big to Fail.

Catch-22. Only those who are corrupted can get into office. The only ones that can end political corruption are corrupt politicians.

We didn't. We allowed the Senate to be taken over by Republicans, giving them control of the entire Congress.

Shame on us!

ignore them, again.

Bill Moyers understands clearly what is happening.

The party now has another chance to listen to the voters.

Let's hope they do so this time or they will be responsible for a Republican WH, Senate and Congress.

And that is shameful

Lots of extremely good Dems trying to get them to listen.

If they don't and once again BLAME THE VOTERS, they can expect the voters to continue to work locally, as they have been doing, to get local legislation on progressive issues passed where they DO HAVE A VOICE and build this party up to be what it can be.

Meantime voters don't vote against their own interests, certainly no Democrats and the continued disrespect for the voters is what is driving them away.

It would be smart to stop this 'blame the voters' routine for this party. What is shows is how deaf they have been to the people whose votes they have received over and over again, and that is no way to run a political party.

Moyers is someone the Dem Party should be listening to. He knows what he is talking about.

"One of the things that is interesting about reading conspiracy theory is that much of what folks think is conspiracy is really many people acting in concert to make or protect their money." - Catherine Austin Fitts

A big shot in Poppy's crew, Fitts got fed up with the corruption at the highest levels of government, business and finance. She's doing all she can to document corruption on Wall Street and Washington and helping those who give a damn do something about it. Her Narcodollars for Beginners deserves a Pulitzer.

Integrity is an alien concept to the plutocrats and their satraps.

Dr. Black notes they're perfecting the process...

are trying to get the message out to the people.

I had not heard of this book. Thanks for posting the link Octafish.

Why don't we learn from history? THAT is the question I keep asking myself.

JFK said that 'those who forget history will repeat it'.

It's always a few who succeed in taking control. But there ARE more of us than them.

And yet, they manage to divide us. And in doing so, maintain control.

One day I hope the people will unite against them.

And that is their greatest fear.

The people, united, can never be defeated