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Post by ironboltbruce Wed Nov 02, 2011 1:10 pm


VERIZON: PAYING POLITICIANS TO RULE THE AIR
Global Revolution 1: American Revolution 2: Day 47: Communication 1
IronBoltBruce's Kleptocracy Chronicles for 2 Nov 2011 (g1a2d0047c1)
How many examples of greed and corruption must you see before you act?


With 2010 profits of $2.5 billion, revenues of $106.5 billion and assets of $220.0 billion, Verizon Communications ranks as the 16th largest company on the Fortune 500 list. "Formed in 2000 when Bell Atlantic bought GTE, Verizon is among the nation’s top phone companies and is the No. 2 wireless provider, after Cingular. One of the "Baby Bells" that control the local phone market, Verizon has spent the last several years fighting to allow the Bells to enter the long-distance market, where it would expand its profitable broadband Internet services. Verizon acquired MCI, formerly WorldCom, in 2005, expanding its reach to nearly 49 million access lines in 28 states and Washington, DC, according to Hoovers. The company also has nearly 18 million US long-distance lines... Recent legislation in the House would allow national cable franchises to be awarded to telecom companies like Verizon."

http://tinyurl.com/3txezzd

After years of asking "Can you hear me now?" Verizon is being heard just fine. Especially in Washington DC, where they have spent well over $12 million this year alone to maintain an army of 116 lobbyists - most of whom have BigCorp/BigGov "revolving door" credentials, including 5 former U.S. Representatives - marching through the halls of Congress and broadcasting an Internet privatization agenda that would ultimately allow Verizon to "Rule the Air".

http://tinyurl.com/3vtr56q

Since 1999 Verizon's spent more than $109 million wining and dining our Washington elite and Beltway bureaucrats, and since 1997 have made more than $22 million in political campaign contributions that follow lines of power more so than party. The top two recipients of that payola, for example, are George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama. For the 2012 election cycle, the top three recipients so far are Mitch McConnell (Senate Majority Leader), John Boehner (Speaker of the House) and of course Barack H. Obama (POTUS). And to make sure these well paid politicos know what is expected in return for Verizon's generosity, the company (including its predecessors) has seated not less than 42 of its employees on not less than 31 federal "advisory" committees since 1991:

Federal Communications Commission: 16 people on 8 committees
Department of State: 9 people on 4 committees
Department of Commerce: 4 people on 6 committees
Department of Homeland Security: 4 people on 2 committees
Department of Health and Human Services: 3 people on 3 committees
National Science Foundation: 3 people on 3 committees
Department of Transportation: 3 people on 1 committee
Department of Defense: 2 people on 2 committees
Department of the Treasury: 2 people on 2 committees
Department of Energy: 1 person on 1 committee

http://tinyurl.com/3q8ueom

http://tinyurl.com/3thbjks

http://tinyurl.com/3l4p9r6

And what, exactly, is Verizon mandating from its minions in DC? Their lobbying agenda is long and complex, but these five issues alone should give every Verizon customer - and every American citizen, for that matter - cause for concern:

1. Broadband Data Caps - Which Verizon exploits:

http://tinyurl.com/6bxenf4

2. Employee Rights & Benefits - Which Verizon curtails:

http://tinyurl.com/4yztxgb

3. Internet Censorship - Which Verizon practices:

http://tinyurl.com/yoadop

4. Internet Privacy - Which Verizon violates:

http://tinyurl.com/3eco3dq

5. Net Neutrality - Which Verizon opposes:

http://tinyurl.com/yfuwn2l

http://tinyurl.com/3arxpyt

http://tinyurl.com/62cbbzb

http://tinyurl.com/3fcwupa

http://tinyurl.com/3wo99ca

Pardon the pun, but we lack the bandwidth to address each of these important issues adequately here. So, please follow the links we have provided to learn more about Verigreedy's plans to "Rule the Air".


Related Image:

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/Verizon_Rule_The_Air.jpg

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com/images/VeriGreedy.jpg

Related Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2O-mbks-ys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Iw8mtit68


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PEOPLE! PEOPLE! PEOPLE!

Do not listen to the pundits, plants and other posers pronouncing the recent nixing of bank debit card fees as some great "victory for democracy" that we should all go home and celebrate. The banksters threw us a bone, and that's all. They have trillions more dollars stolen, thousands more families displaced, and hundreds more lives destroyed - and in some cases taken - to be held accountable for.


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IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT OF THE LAST 14 U.S. PRESIDENTS, 7 HAVE BEEN DEMOCRATS AND 7 HAVE BEEN REPUBLICANS.

Our Kleptocracy-controlled media focuses on America's two-year election cycles as if who wins or loses in the swinging of the pendulum was a matter of life or death, when in fact even at the Presidential level it makes no more difference than the outcomes of Monday Night Football, American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, Hillbilly Handfishing or the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor. U.S. elections are staged primarily to give Sheeple the illusion of control so they will (a) vent their frustrations and expend their energy, emotions and resources supporting or attacking the Puppet on the Left hand or the Puppet on the Right, and consequently (b) never recognize and challenge the common omnipotent Puppetmaster.

There was no real change in 2008. There was no real change in 2010. There WILL be real change in 2012, but it won't be coming from tele-brainwashed couch potatoes, manipulated voter lists, rigged voting machines or predetermined ballot counts. It will be coming from us...

The 99 Percent

http://corporatecriminalsexposed.com


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I AM NOT ANONYMOUS. I AM AN AMERICAN.

I am not just a Consumer. I am a Citizen.

I will no longer be labeled Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative, Demopublican or Republocrat.

I will no longer follow Puppets labeled Left or Right, Liberal or Conservative, Demopublican or Republocrat.

I am the People. And I am coming for the Puppetmasters.

I am part of the 99 Percent. And I demand the following:

1. End the Fed.
2. Reverse Citizens United.
3. Repeal PATRIOT Act.
4. Expose 9/11 Truth.
5. End Profit Wars.
6. Refund Taxpayer Trillions.
7. Imprison the Kleptocrats.
8. Single Term Limits.

Or, if these demands are not addressed promptly:

1. Regime Change.

http://ironboltbruce.com


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LABELS (A POEM OF PROTEST)

"Democrat", "Republican",
The parties of the system;
Puppets both, for sale their votes,
No character or wisdom.

"Liberal", "Conservative",
For change or status quo?
Pick either one, the change is none,
All charlatans and whores.

Far "Left" we place the Anarchists,
Libertarians claim far "Right";
Yet both decry the government:
False continuum brought to light.

For oil, "We" bomb their mud huts,
Strip them bare, then offer "Aid";
And fake their retribution as
Pretext - a false flag raised.

Unarmed hundred thousands killed
By weapons of "Defense",
While rights are lost for "Freedom" sake -
On profit, all depends.

With stroke of pen, the "Patriot" Act,
And patriots' gifts are taken;
Then "Citizens United" leaves
Our citizens forsaken.

We protest loss of liberties,
Put "World Wide Web" to use;
Cloudmark Authority censors us
For "messaging abuse".

They label us to finger-point,
With labels, "They" deride us;
Their labels keep us all at bay,
For with labels, "They" divide us.

http://ldrlongdistancerider.com


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JOIN THE GLOBAL REVOLUTION!

Occupy Wall Street/OWS:

http://occupywallst.org/

Occupy DC/Stop the Machine:

http://october2011.org/

Occupy Together:

http://occupytogether.org/

Watch these Videos:

http://tinyurl.com/kleptocracytutorial

Take this Pledge:

http://wp.me/p19dS3-9o

How many examples of greed and corruption must you see before you act?

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