Ala. casino heads, senators, lobbyists indicted

The owner of Alabama’s largest casino, four state senators and several top lobbyists have been indicted on federal charges accusing them of vote buying in an effort to get a bill passed that would have legalized electronic bingo in the state.
Leaders symbolize what the country stands for. As corruption becomes routine in Washington in both parties, it trickles down as a corrupting influence in everyone’s lives… If we are moved merely by greed, and there’s no longer any respect for decent or honest government, then we will suffer the results. Corruption still dominates the ballot-box, the Legislatures, the Congress.

True Cost of Chevron

True Cost of Chevron. “Chevron Lies, People Die.”

Wall Street Owns the Country

Story.  Power and greed are the only visible juice driving the decision-makers in Washington today.

misleading drug ads

Big Bucks, Big Pharma. The real war on drugs!

Currently the FDA relies on a few dozen staffers to review hundreds of pharmaceutical ads, brochures and presentations voluntarily submitted by companies or reported to the agency by drug industry personnel. 

The drug industry’s lobbying group said in a statement it supported the effort as “another step to help educate — and receive feedback from — health care providers about prescription drug advertising and promotion.”

The lobbying group, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, represents most of the world’s largest drugmakers, including Pfizer, Merck & Co. and GlaxoSmithKline.

Drugmakers spend about $20 billion per year to promote their products in various mediums, ranging from medical journal ads and information booths at conferences to multimillion dollar TV campaigns.

About $4 billion of industry spending goes toward patient-targeted advertisements. Some drug industry critics charge TV drug advertisements encourage over-prescribing of medications by emphasizing the benefits and minimizing the risks.

Orwell Rolls In His Grave

Orwell Rolls In His Grave.  No one outside America believes the US media.

Psychiatry: An Industry of Death

Psychiatry: An Industry of Death. The major pharmaceutical companies are big backers of the Drug War… It’s not that they don’t want us on drugs – they just want us on theirs.

Follow the money.

Freedom to Fascism. Those that create and issue the money and credit direct the policies of government and hold in their hands the destiny of the people.

Monopoly Men.War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.

Monopoly Men. Our system of electing politicians to office is rotten and corrupted to its core, because organized money has long since replaced organized people as the author of our politics. And most of it comes from rich people and corporations, who now own our political process—lock, stock, and pork barrel. Money becomes evil not when it is used to buy goods but when it is used to buy power, Government by organized money is just as dangerous as government by organized mob.

Prescription for Disaster

Prescription for Disaster. It is estimated that in America last year, nearly $2 trillion was spent on health care — and virtually all that money was spent on treating disease.

Each year more money is spent on treatment, mere patchwork, even though it has become crystal-clear that treatments do NOT enable you to live a longer, better life. So why is the amount of money being spent on prevention just a pittance compared with the amount spent on treatment?

“Prescription for Disaster” is an in-depth investigation into the symbiotic relationships between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on American consumers and their health care. During this thorough investigation, the film takes a close look at patented drugs, why they are so readily prescribed by doctors, the role insurance companies and HMO’s play in promoting compliance, and the problem of rising health care costs. It examines the marketing and public relations efforts on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies, including sales reps, medical journals and conferences. Further, the film looks at alternatives to traditional pharmacology and drug therapy, such as vitamins and nutritional supplements, and why they are often perceived as a competitive threat to the drug manufacturers. Alternative therapies also include diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle.

This documentary takes you on a journey through the tangled web of big business, the way disease is treated today, and the consequences we suffer as a society.

Timothy Geithner

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said that America’s leadership on global financial matters was at stake in the Congressional debate. If we fail to act, America will lose this opportunity to set the global agenda, “If we fail to act, American firms that operate globally will face a more balkanized system.  Geithner urged lawmakers to “be careful whose voice you listen to” in deciding what provisions to support.  However,  The printed word in the form of “news” is propaganda disguised as fact…people can be made to see paradise as hell. Meanwhile, a fearful populace continues to surrender their civil rights and constitutional protections at an alarming rate, so that their government may protect them from the rampant criminality of the masses…..The forbidden truth is that we are living by a set of lies which are necessary for short-term profit,…