Supreme Court puts Congress up for sale (Tomah WI Monitor-Herald)

[struggle4progress]

... If you believe money influences legislation now, just wait until:

* HealthSouth unloads a television smear campaign against a lawmaker who challenges health insurers that sell fraudulent and worthless polices.

* Pfizer unloads a television smear campaign against a lawmaker who challenges excessive patent protections for drug companies.

* J.P. Morgan unloads a television smear campaign against a lawmaker who supports re-regulation of the banking industry ...

http://www.tomahjournal.com/articles/2010/01/24/opinion/01edforsale.txt

[lordsummerisle]

1. Yeah, I can't wait n/t

[unblock]

2. or until the chinese or the saudis get into the action.

i was never a fan of "drill, baby, drill," but i certainly would not have liked to see it fail because of a mega-million dollar ad campaign against it from the saudis who didn't want the extra supply on the market driving down prices....

[elocs]

3. Wow! I live 40 miles from Tomah and never knew they even had a paper

much less one that would be quoted at DU.

[Vidar]

4. K&R.

[FrenchieCat]

5. Totally messed up!