Quote of the Week

The quote of the week has to go to one of New York's three stooges. According to the NY Times, New York senate majority leader Joe Bruno was quoted saying:

"Now I don’t know about you, in your lives, when you get up in the morning — do your children, your significant others ask you what’s the status of campaign finance reform?”

Is it me or does this guy think we are complete morons? Campaign Finance Refore is the # 1 issue at both the state and federal level. I'm talking more important then the war, more important then late budgets, more important then some snooty hospital closing, more important then stem cell research, more important then the right to choose.

Why??? Because without it, special interest will continue to run this country and state. Industries like Big Oil, and Pharmaceutical will continue to control policy to increase profits. Is Big Oil behind the Iraq War...Yes. Are pharmaceutical companies pushing hard so that federal funded stem cell research is never allowed...Yes. Pharmaceutical companies don't want to cure diseases, that would eat into their profit margins. They need people on drugs to make money. Cured people don't need drugs. It use to be that a cholesterol level of 220 was good. Now it is below 200. So that means more people need Lipitor...More people taking drugs means bigger profits.

I truly believe that people are starting to understand how politics works and are talking about campaign finance reform. But people need to do more then just talk...they need to vote. They need to vote crooks like Bruno out of office and demand that the common person interest are truly being representative. If you think that Bruno and other politicians are doing a good job by bringing in stadiums and high tech jobs, please keep in mind that this is just window dressing. Their ultimate goal is personal welth at your expense...they are greedy and they don't care about you.

Every politician out there (both democrat and republican) is deeply influenced by special interest and the only way to stop this chaos is Campaign Finance Reform.