Comments on: Corporate Coziness At The Conventions

CBS News Investigates: Real Ties Between Big Business And The Convention Parties

[cbsfan73]

Rubbing salt in the wound:

Each political party will receive $17 million in taxpayer funds for conventions.

[squidly8]

Democrats accepting money from corporations. I thought they were the party of the people?

[pollroller1]

These candidates from both parties don''t care one thing about us peasants, these people have big egos and think that they are the only people that matter. They are like the TV preachers that brain wash the peasants into sending them their money. They just tell us what they think we want to hear so that they can get elected.

[cbsfan73]

So all you misguided people that tout about how one political party is better than the other are playing right into their hand. It''s like a mouse going to get cheese out of the trap.

Forget looking towards your political parties for answers and understand that YOU are the solution.

[cbsfan73]

pirmin3 wrote:
"You are partially correct in your assessment but I think apathy plays a larger roll. End result is the same however."

People become apathetic due to repeated mental and emotional beatings. They are programmed to believe that they are powerless and thus robbed of their courage. Only when they find courage, will the apathy disappear.

[pollroller1]

Here''s a good one for you. I got a letter in the mail asking me to give money to John McCain to help get him elected to the office of President of the USA. Here is a man worth so much money that he can''t even keep up with how many houses he owns and he wants me to give him MY hard earned money to get him elected so he can make even MORE money.

[cbsfan73]

Extracted from another post:

afmca asked:
"When are voters going to throw these immoral, corrupt politicians out and vote in a party that will extract real benefits for Americans for our tax-payer supplied subsidies."

Herein lies the problem folks. Don''''t hand your power over to a political party.

This is the same as poking your own eyes out and asking someone to lead you around.

Can''''t you see this America? No, you can''''t, for you have already blinded yourself, preferring to be lead instead of leading your self.

The solution will come when we stand up and demand the right to vote on issues facing the nation. No longer allowing politicians to vote our consciences.

Only then will the nation be of the people, for the people and by the people.

[hagan_arnold]

Of the People, by the people, for the People AFTER the corporations pick the place clean.

[hagan_arnold]

Of the People, by the people, for the People AFTER the corporations pick the place clean.

[ramos937]

Last night, I viewed a "news" segment on Fox that discussed the corporations sponsoring of the Democratic convention. Nowhere did it mention that the Republican convention will have the same. Is it any wonder then that folks regard Fox as hostile to the Democratic party.

At least CBS.news had the grace to include the Republicans in this article.