http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fpolitics%2Fstory%2F11729724%2Fthe_low_post_another_tale_of_waste_and_fraud_unpunishedFour page article that clearly connects failure of MSM to cover real news, waste and fraud totally entrenched in Congress, influence of campaign contributions, and execution of an agenda to dismantle social programs. Just the fact that this is not on the front page of every newspaper and magazine is evidence that it is true.
"So to recap: a weapon that was designed to fight an enemy that no longer exists, which may be a spectacular design failure, and which costs up to ten times as much as the last generation's still-excellent and still-superior weapon, is to be mass-produced by a government steeped in a budget crisis of its own making, at a time when vital social services are being slashed. The funding bill for this plane was endorsed by a research group whose president is a board member of a subcontractor and was passed by a Congress heavily subsidized by the F-22's chief contractors. In just this one election year of 2006, members of Congress received $1,124,646 in contributions from Lockheed Martin alone ($949,271 to House reps, $175,375 to senators), and that doesn't even account for the huge contributions from other contractors like Connecticut-based Pratt and Whitney (still wonder why Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman voted for the Chambliss amendment?) and Texas Instruments."
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"Since both parties are heavily subsidized by defense contractors and accustomed to giving them whatever they want, whenever they want (Lockheed Martin even has the contract for the Internet server in Congress, for Christ's sake), neither party ever raises the issue with reporters. This allows people like John Boehner to keep a straight face when he sighs and says things like, "Look, we're broke," before slashing $600 million in foster care funding, as he did last year. And while Democrats may object to these same cuts, you'll hardly ever hear any of them mention -- oh, by the way -- that they just voted to buy 183 of the world's most useless airplanes at $361 million a pop."
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"What a joke American journalism is. Our entire Army is on its knees before a few thousand gun-toting religious fanatics in the Arabian desert, and here's our government, taking food out of the mouths of foster kids and single moms to go binge-shopping with our tax money in the Sharper Image catalog of the industrial world. And what's on TV? Fucking Suri Cruise? Are you kidding me?"
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