I wrote some of my state legislators that are also friends about what Washington State cold do about money in politics. I specifically asked if the state could institute some method to publicly fund state elections.
I got a well reasoned explanation that the Supreme Court decision applied to state elections too so there is no way our state could attempt to fix the outcome of the Citizens United decision.
When a hacker takes control of a computer, they say that computer is 'pwned' (pronounced powned, just 'owned' with a 'p' in front). Well it looks like our fine political system will be pwned for quite some time.
Time for a US ammendment...
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Romney accuses Cheney, tips VP pick
In an apparent slight of former VP Dick Cheney, who was all but implicated in the leak of Valerie Plaime Wilson's CIA employment (which is a Federal offense) Mitt Romney said, “Whoever provided classified information to the media seeking political
advantage for the administration must be exposed, dismissed and
punished,”
Since Cheney had recently complained that Sarah Palin was 'not ready' to be Vice President, speculators wondered if it was a defensive move by the Romney campaign to redeem Sarah Palin. Insiders claimed Sarah would never give up her Fox News salary to be shut in the VP closet in Washington.
Reference
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/31/157622508/romney-targets-obama-on-alleged-leaking-of-secrets
Since Cheney had recently complained that Sarah Palin was 'not ready' to be Vice President, speculators wondered if it was a defensive move by the Romney campaign to redeem Sarah Palin. Insiders claimed Sarah would never give up her Fox News salary to be shut in the VP closet in Washington.
Reference
http://www.npr.org/2012/07/31/157622508/romney-targets-obama-on-alleged-leaking-of-secrets
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