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My Grandfather bugged out of Austra in 1880 and came to the United States.
Seems like it's time for my grandkids to start looking around for someplace else on this planet.

It may be time to start targeting Chamber of Commerce members with letter writing and boycotts for their support of this and other corporatist policies

Big Business wants their free speech, but they want it in secret.

If you honestly support a particular position or cause, you should do so publicly, not hide it so no one will know what you really think.

The Chamber of Commerce is a terrorist organization plain and simple.The organization should be treated no differently than any enemy combatant would be treated. Send their CEO to Gitmo now!!!

“Their interest is to intimidate the business community into unilateral disarmament.”

No, assholes, it isn't. Our government is supposed to operate transparently, except in matters of national security. The arrogance of corporate Amerika, they have the Citizens United decision in the bag and it's still not enough for them to be able to buy elections outright, they want to be able to do so secretly. This is how “fair elections” are held in banana republics…

Personally I'd like to see a law that disqualifies any multinational corporation from being able to influence any election in the US if they call themselves a US-based corporate entity yet their tax returns show little to no US taxes paid because they funnel their main revenue through offshore tax havens. The rest of us “citizens” (the ones who are mortal, draw a breath, and have a conscience) are barred from such tax avoidances…why shouldn't they be? After all, when it's a corporation secretly donating to a political campaign, who's to say whose agenda is ultimately being advanced. It could be Big Oil, telecom, Big Pharma, the Chinese government, or the Russian Mob…

What is it that these wing-nuts are so fond of saying about privacy: if they have nothing to hide what are they worried about? Of course that only applies to corporations and right-wing organizations not to mere citizens.

–SourceWatch
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=U.S….

U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a powerful business lobbying group in the United States, “used to be a trade association that advocated in a bipartisan manner for narrowly tailored policies to benefit its members. Since 1997 or so, it has become a fully functional part of the partisan Republican machine,” with CEO and president Thomas J. Donohue “raising its budget to $150M a year from corporate chiefs satisfied with his ability to move policy through a Republican Congress,” Matt Stoller wrote December 13, 2006, at MyDD.

The Chamber claims on its website that its mission is to “advance human progress through an economic, political and social system based on individual freedom, incentive, initiative, opportunity, and responsibility.” It describes itself as “the world's largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.”

However, the Chamber is “dominated by oil companies, pharmaceutical giants, automakers and other polluting industries,” according to James Carter, executive director of the Green Chamber of Commerce.

Your exception to the rules, “national security” lets things like The Iraq War happen. Sunshine in governance is just like hanging out the sheets the most natural disinfectant applied to ideologues and politicians looking to burnish their images with the blood of patriots.

Your exception to the rules, “national security” lets things like The Iraq War happen. Sunshine in governance is just like hanging out the sheets the most natural disinfectant applied to ideologues and politicians looking to burnish their images with the blood of patriots.

Good point. I meant to indicate the obvious, ie some things can't be disclosed due to compromising sources and methods as well as human lives. But yes, when “national security” is a very large blanket that can be thrown over anything the King (excuse me, the “unitary executive”) chooses then the abuses of power begin in earnest and we have Dudley Dipshit's War On Terriers. Point well taken.

More anti American scumbags.

CALLING ALAN GRAYSON…. CALLING ALAN GRAYSON. ANTI AMERICAN ALERT.

Did you know that DISQUS censors the word that starts with W, has HOR in the middle, and ends with E?

Those stupid fucking pieces of shit. I hate their guts. How are we going to describe 90% of Congress without using that word?

And all their members. It's a corrupt organization, and part of another corrupt organization (the gop). RICO them.

U.S. AGREES TO REPAY HOLLANDS $900,000

Story excerpt: In what may be the biggest award of its kind, the(karl rove) Justice Department has agreed to pay slightly more than $900,000 to Richard J. Holland Jr. and the estate of his deceased father, Richard J. Holland, for their expenses in a bank-fraud case that was dismissed.

The senior Holland had been chairman of Farmers Bank in Windsor before he died in April, and his son is the bank's president and chief executive officer. The two were tried in federal court in Norfolk 2 1/2 years ago …

Why should the business community, or any company within it, be afraid of attaching its name to its political activity? Secrecy is the action of someone with something to hide–which in turn means it's something irresponsible or immoral, and therefore likely to alienate potential customers and/or the public at large by bringing disrepute on the individual, company or an entire industry.

Only someone who knows he's going to do something that's both unpopular and irresponsible (or perhaps immoral. though technically not yet illegal), and wants to avoid being held accountable for it, would want that kind of secrecy. A company or a trade group that's proud of its actions and its intentions would never want to hide behind an institutional banner, but take a position with pride. This tells me the membership of the Chamber knows it's about to try to launch a campaign of some sort that, if its backers were known, would result in public revulsion. They should not be given that cloak–but be forced to stand up and accept ownership of every position they champion, like a responsible, mature group of adults.

Dear Chamber of Horrors Commerce. Please answer the following, truthfully:

What are you afraid of?
What are you trying to hide?
Why are you working against the will of the majority of our nation?

What is the Chambers connection on the mining disaster?

“Massey’s corrupt CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce board member Don Blankenship, has previously told employees that it was more important to “run coal” than follow safety regulations.”

“Secrecy is the action of someone with something to hide–which in turn means it's something irresponsible or immoral”
@Bob How the hell do you come to that conclusion? Thats the most asinine logic I've ever seen! Is Bob your real name? Why didn't you put your full name there? What are you hiding Bob?
Secrecy has to do with privacy, and self protection. If corporations are going to be treated like individuals, then follow it to its logical conclusion. Allow them to make statements without fear of reprisal.

You are so full of shit it stinks.

If you and your small business are against my getting healthcare, then I want to know that you contribute money to preventing me from getting healthcare.

Just like all the Republicans agree that a doctor should not do business with those they don't agree with (Dr. Cassell – 717 N Donnelly St, Mount Dora, FL 32757 – (352) 383-3773), we think that people who disagree with you have a right to make it known what you support, and drive you out of business due to the lack thereof.

You can't have it both ways.

If you are against me, and actively spend money to fuck me and others over, then, we have every right to refuse to do business with you.

We also have the right to not help you when you need help, especially medical.

man, after this shit, i wouldn't lift a fucking finger to save a fucking republican bleeding to death on the fucking street. especially a teabagger! I urge others to adopt this philosophy in order to see change for the better in this country.

Simply refuse to do business with any business that displays a chamber of commerce logo.

We have a choice.

man, after this shit, i wouldn't lift a fucking finger to save a fucking republican bleeding to death on the fucking street. especially a teabagger!

It's simple, that store you go in, does it have a chamber of commerce logo on display?

Tell them what you think, drop the goods at the counter, and leave saying you'll buy from the chinese before you'll buy from them.

[...] "Geheimhaltung ist die Aktion für jemanden mit etwas zu verbergen – was wiederum bedeutet, es ist etwas, unverantwortlich oder unmoralisch" @ Bob Wie zum Teufel kommst du zu dieser Schlussfolgerung? Thats die stupide Logik, die ich je gesehen habe! Bob ist dein richtiger Name? Warum haben Sie nicht Ihren vollständigen Namen legte dort? Was versteckst du Bob? Geheimhaltung hat mit Datenschutz zu tun, und Selbstschutz. Wenn Konzerne gehen, um wie Individuen behandelt werden, dann folgen sie zu ihrem logischen Abschluss. Erlauben Sie ihnen, Aussagen ohne Angst vor Repressalien zu machen. URL des Original-Artikel http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0407/chamber-commerce-secretly-funded-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-111291 [...]

[...] "El secreto es la acción de alguien que tiene algo que ocultar – que a su vez significa que es algo irresponsable e inmoral" @ Bob ¿Cómo demonios se llega a esa conclusión? Esa es la lógica más estúpidas que he visto nunca! Es Bob tu verdadero nombre? ¿Por qué no pones tu nombre completo no? ¿Qué está ocultando Bob? El secreto tiene que ver con la intimidad y la protección propia. Si las empresas van a ser tratados como individuos, entonces siga hasta sus últimas consecuencias. Deje que se hagan declaraciones sin temor a represalias. URL del artículo original http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0407/chamber-commerce-secretly-funded-ads/comment-page-1/#comment-111291 [...]

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