Ironic that DU is forced to be a participant in corporate corruption

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Sat Jan-19-08 11:32 AM
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Ironic that DU is forced to be a participant in corporate corruption

Banner ad at the bottom of the page reads

Who would you rather elect - Hillary or Obama?

Links to: http://www.sodahead.com/poll/16816/?link=HillaryObama_GoogleCPA_LB1&gclid=CMCaw7vbgpECFTyKOAod8W6zIA

Now, obviously this doesn't necessarily reflect the view of the site because they are only an advertiser. The irony is that for financial support, we have to accept money and carry water for yet another vehicle to make us think there is no John Edwards.

We have all but effectively lost the election to the corporatists, 11 months before its even taken place.

Forget about change or hope. These two "viable" candidates are only there to serve the hands that feed them. They're not going to save your jobs. What you will get is more George Bush - corporate conceived plans disguised as being beneficial. It's all a lie.

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Sydnie

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Sat Jan-19-08 11:36 AM
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1. Make a donation to DU and get a star

Edited on Sat Jan-19-08 11:37 AM by Sydnie

then you can turn off the ads and they won't be there to offend you at all.

Either you pony up and put your money where your mouth and ideals are or you force the site to raise money to keep the lights on the only way they can. It's very simple actually.

Welcome to DU btw. :)

edit - spelling error

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FreakinDJ

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Sat Jan-19-08 11:37 AM
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2. Slightly better then the Vote Hilary banner they had

But yes corp america is shoving their candidates down our collective throats

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Skinner ADMIN

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:04 PM
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3. Ironic, indeed.

Perhaps we could hold a bake sale to raise the $15,000+ per month that we need to keep the site online.

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Kucinich4America

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Sat Jan-19-08 05:05 PM
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4. AdBlock Plus is your friend.

No banner ads here.

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