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Why the Solyndra solar bankruptcy scandal is a big deal, but not the big deal some are making of it

Posted in Climate Change, Global Warming, Good Government, Nuclear, solar, Tarsands, tagged Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, loan guarantee, Obama administration, solar energy, Solyndra, united states department of energy, white house on September 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »

California solar energy company Solyndra had its offices raided last week by federal agents as part of an ongoing investigation into their bankruptcy and federal loan guarantees they’d received form the Department of Energy. Some critics have cried foul, trying to show how federal money spent on emerging technology is a waste. Others have tried [...]

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Noisier, Nastier, and Costlier Elections

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged campaign finance reform, Judicial elections, Wisconsin on April 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Most folks outside of Wisconsin and the Washington beltway were not paying much attention to that state’s recent state supreme court justice election, but in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision this election was a study in what judicial elections have evolved into — a trend of “noisier, nastier and costlier” elections [...]

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Texas and Dirty Energy Money

Posted in Campaign Finance, Coal, Energy, Global Warming, Good Government, tagged 111th congress, bp, campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, Congress, dirty energy, dirty energy money, dirty oil, Joe Barton, john cornyn, kay bailey hutchinson, oil companies on August 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Recently, I learned about a good website that tracks the flow of corporate energy money in Congress. The website is a great tool for someone who is interested in knowing who gets what from who and if you are a Texan you will get to see your state initials in many places in the website. [...]

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Congressman Pete Sessions ties to indicted financier Stanford includes email saying “I love you”

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Allen Stanford, campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, clean elections texas, Fair Elections, Fair Elections Now Act, lobbying, Madoff, NRCC, Pete Sessions, ponzi scheme, scandal, Stanford Financial on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

What’s the difference between the Pete Sessions / Allen Stanford scandal and Pretty Woman? A: Julia Roberts won’t kiss you– for any amount of money The bubbling scandal over the “mini Madoff”, R. Allen Stanford, and the Ponzi scheme he (allegedly) engineered in his bank, Stanford Financial, continues to percolate and slime everyone he had [...]

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Power to the People: The Fair Elections Now Act

Posted in Campaign Finance, tagged Arlen Spector, big money, campaign contributions, Campaign Finance, campaign finance reform, charlie gonzalez, clean elections texas, Dick Durbin, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Fair Elections, Fair Elections Now Act, FENA, Gene Green, John Larson, Lloyd Doggett, money, Shiela Jackson Lee, Silvestre Reyes, Solomon Ortiz, Walter Jones on December 2, 2009 | 8 Comments »

As early as the time of Socrates, people have identified money as a corruptive influence in politics, specifically in democracies. Elections now cost double and triple what they used to, which means more and more of our Senators’ and Representatives’ time is spent dialing for dollars. The average member of the House of Representatives will [...]

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