They sell us everything from youth to religion
The same way they sell us our wars.
I want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them "Why?"
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
When they are never the ones who will fight and will die...
Jackson Browne - Lives in the Balance (1986)
Sometimes even a lefty can see the problem even if they misidentify it.
Corporations buy power because they have the money and politicians sell power because they have it.
REPEAL THE SIXTEENTH AMENDMENT!
While the Income Tax exists, we are but sharecroppers in our own nation.
....‘We have the best brand on Earth: the Obama brand,’ Rogers says. ‘Our possibilities are endless’
...Rogers is considered by many to be the key to Brand Obama. She stands at the center of the careful marketing of the first family and an administration-wide effort to make the White House appear a hip and accessible abode.