Undue Corporate Influence - The challenge ahead

The Management of giant corporations own both parties in Washington. Corporations own the Executive and Legislative offices at the highest levels ... not so much at the local level. I like to call these washingtonians Corporate-Republicans and Corporate-Democrats. Outside Washington, it's just plain old Democrats and Republicans.

The Washington Media has also been captured by the same corporations that have bought the politicians. Collectively, the Washington politicians and media are The Village.

The thing is, it's the media that spins the story of "Republicans vs Democrats". In actuality, it's "Americans vs The Village". I think non-Village Rs and Ds have a lot more in common than they do with the Villagers.

Since we can't burn down the Village, we need to convince the Legislature to re-regulate itself and the media so they can't be bought by the Corporations. Maybe the Judiciary and Liberal Media can help with that.

In the meantime, if Obama is going to pull the same old bait-and-switch that others have used in the past (whereby they campaign on "change", but conform to the status quo once in office), it's up to the American people to poke and prod the The House and Senate to put legislation under Obama's pen which enact laws and programs we want. He won't veto a Democratic bill, but it looks like he's not pushing his promised social reform programs.

We can bitch and moan, but the framework is in place for government and media that work correctly. We just need to put people into office willing to cut themselves and the media off from corporate influence. This is a huge uphill battle, but it can be won.