There is something very revealing published in The Washington Times today in an article by Douglas Ernst. It involve 18 noted US Senators serving on a Senate Committee and all have been BRIBED!
You’ve heard the old saying “money talks and bullshit walks”? Well that’s sure what Comcast is hoping for when it comes to their wishful merger with Time-Warner. The Senate Judiciary Committee began holding hearings on the merger last Thursday and it has now been exposed that all 18 Senators on the Judiciary Committee have taken money from Comcast PAC in the past. And that includes Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken who is thought to be against the merger. There are 10 Democrats and 8 Republicans who serve on the committee. This information was exposed by OpenSecrets.org
A spokesperson for Senator Al Franken of Minnesota said that he accepted $5000 from Comcast PAC in 2009 for his “recount fund.” According to the information Senator Church Schumer of NY accepted $35,000 from Comcast PAC while Senators Leahy (VT) and Whitehouse (RI) accepted $32,500 and $26,500 respectively. Senators Chris Coons of Delaware and Dick Durbin of Illinois accepted $25000 and $23000 from them respectively. Senator Amy Kobuchar of Minnesota accepted $22,500 from Comcast PAC while Senator Dianne Feinstein accepted $18,000 from them. Senator Blumenthal of Connecticut accepted $11,500 while Hirono of Hawaii accepted $5000 as did Franken of Minnesota.
Senators Orin Hatch of Utah and Chuck Grassley of Iowa accepted $30,000 and $28,500 respectively from Comcast PAC while John Cornyn of Texas accepted $21,000. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina accepted $13,500, Jeff Sessions of Alabama accepted $10,000, while Mike Lee of Utah accepted $8500. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas accepted $2500 while Jeff Flake of Arizona accepted $1000 from Comcast PAC.
In the case of Senator Al Franken’s case The Washington Times reports he may not have spent his Comcast PAC money wisely. Comcast is a very influential corporation up on Capitol Hill with over 100 lobbyists. Approval of the merger is up to the FCC but Comcast obviously knows that these Senators have much influence with the FCC. So since all 18 Senators have been BRIBED I’m sure they’ll make it plain to the FCC that the merger MUST be approved.
Just to note. Senator Al Franken says that he’s heard from many people who are against the merger and he says their voice needs to be taken into account. Yeah like our voice was taken into account with that JOKE and FARCE known as Obamacare. Yes Congress took our voices into account for about 2 seconds and then ignored us even though the majority of Americans did not want Obamacare. I’d like to know how many people in Congress accepted BRIBE MONEY from the Health Insurance lobbyists! Was it all 535 members? MOST likely! And that’s why they approved Obamacare even though most Americans didn’t want it and now they are ramming it down our throats even though most Americans do NOT want their CORPORATIST medicine.
This report illustrates what goes on all the time with our Congressmen and Senators. These Political Action Committees spend billions trying to influence the votes and decisions of our Congress and government. Money talks and bullshit walks! That’s the norm in government today. And if you are one of the little people with no money? LOL you are ignored completely! That is the way things work in the United Fascist Corporatist States of America!
For more see:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/11/money-talks-every-senator-probing-time-warner-cabl/