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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:29 AM Original message |
U.S. Chamber of Commerce lashes out at populists |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. So what else is new? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. What is new is that they are coming out in public and saying it |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. This is not new, either. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Lewis Powell's memo to the US Chamber of Commerce-1971 |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. And the horse THEY rode in on!!!!! nt |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
3. Well, At Least It's Public Knowledge, Now |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Did you read the guy's high and mighty comment/threat? |
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donkeyotay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. They say "populist" like it was a bad thing. |
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rodeodance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
4. I sure am glad Edwards is out there harping about greed! |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. Astroturf wars, here we come. (nt) |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. Amazing. The Fascists in Germany, Italy, and Spain were never this open about |
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panzerfaust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 01:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. History shows that they WERE ... |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. the Chamber of Commerce wants to see your bleed -- when will America wake-up |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. I hope that the voters are not bamboozled by one of the biggest corporatists of all..the media. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. I've ALWAYS said that the Chamber of Commerce IS NOT OUR |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Indeed. Big business expects you to give everything to them |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. Corporate War Against the American People |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. That first quote is great... |
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Phred42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Good Points |
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gtar100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
12. Jerk. It's not about anti-business, Populism is about *strength* of the people! |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
13. I am reminded of a certain Lt. CDR when I was in the Navy. He had come from |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
14. They're beginning to squeal. |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
18. recall what Abraham Lincoln wrote about corporations in 1864 |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 10:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. Donohue threatens us with the loss of things that we've already lost... |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
21. Is there a list of Chamber of Commerce members? A boycott is |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Look around your town. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:36 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. local chambers do not pay into the US CoC |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. ttt |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
23. "We plan to build a grass-roots ..." against populists |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Astroturf doesn't have roots. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. I thought it smelled too |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The Chamber of Commerce is a protection racket. |
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boricua79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. American people say: |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Their members depend on us for their survival |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. This Reaction Justifies Populism Itself |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. "a grass-roots business organization" |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
34. What an unbelievable a-hole. |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
37. THERE'S a big surprise. |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 04:52 PM Response to Original message |
39. Huckabee Pitches Economic Populism in Ad |
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santamargarita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. What can we do about this bastard, Tom Donohue? |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
41. More accurate headline: U.S. Chamber of Commerce declares war on American workers |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
42. The "U.S. Chamber of Commerce" Is a Whore for Multi-National Corporations. |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
43. Something populist by definition is somthing of the people |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
44. Up yours, Chamber of Commerce! lol |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. Lobbyists for the robber barons |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-09-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. More like "U.S. Chamber of Commerce attacks vast majority of US population" |
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