Money in Politics – we can’t seem to get away from it. It wins elections by funding attack campaigns, gains exposure with media coverage and advertisements, and people making money together always seem to endorse each other.

What you may not realized is that the game is rigged. Let me explain how.

All media companies can be easily summed up by it’s expenses:

Content: Video, Music, Talent, Production, Websites, Writing, Scripts, Royalties, ect

Distribution: Broadcast, DVDs, Shipping, Commissions, Web servers – anything that gets content to viewers

And it’s Income:

Advertisements: Commercials, Product Placement, Sponsorships, ect

Usage Rights: OnDemand,Ticket sales, Book-CD sales, downloads, ect

Isn’t it ironic that in the pursuit of democracy, we vote for candidates that will most benefit our interests, however historically and as of the recent New Hampshire primary, we elect the ones that spend the most money. Money donated to them by those that benefit from the current system, the ones with disposable income looking for tax breaks.

The whole idea of elections are to ensure that no particular person, group or entity gets too much power. You know, shake it up a little bit. It is impossible to ever have a fair election when you add money to the equation. The outcome will  end up the same way, people in power stay in power. American elections exist only to validate those in power and their right to “rule”. This is a democracy, you know.

But wait, what if the current elite saw the loss of productivity caused by voter disenfranchisement and realized that the old tricks won’t work anymore. People get their information freely from the internet, validated by millions of comments from other internet users and social networkers. They might consider providing an open platform to discuss the real issues, and elect leaders that take us back to our nation’s roots  of independent, small businesses and self sufficient families – what made America great in the first place.

Enter SOPA and countless other “Internet Policing” laws getting forced down our throats like medicine to a test patient. Don’t worry – it’s good for us, plus, we get paid in the form of benefits (unemployment, welfare, police). All we have to do is let our Corporation run government control the distribution of ALL our news and media – but that is another article in itself.

Can Our News Be Bought? CBS Possibly…

The internet is abuzz with talk of CBS cutting Ron Paul’s time from the Presidential Debate held today in Spartanburg, SC.

Initial reports are clocking Ron Paul’s total on air time to 90 seconds. Coverage of Paul on CBS’s official site is zero, except for a screen shot used for a video thumbnail in which Paul is only featured silent between two candidates.

The 2012 Election Debates appear to be little more than advertisements for major corporations, lobbyists and such. It is becoming more apparent each day. You may find better journalism here on my personal site.

Virtually all internet polls show Paul leading all other GOP candidates, which leaves one question, why is Ron Paul not getting more media coverage?

At the time of this article’s publication, the poll as in the screen shot on the right is currently unavailable on CBS and both OlivePolitic‘s website and Facebook page. It has been advertised as a “live” poll, presumably to instill authenticity. Is it being doctored or in any way modified to reflect results favorable to the sponsors of the debate?

What is more alarming is the fact of CBS’s demographic. Being a over the air broadcast station and free for anyone to view, many of it’s viewers have no other source for news; low income families and the elderly without internet access.

This is just another documented instance of news media favoring and sometimes completely excluding specific candidates with views out of alignment of a particular news platform. See bellow for a recent documentation of Yahoo! News failing to mention Ron Paul in a review of GOP candidates around the time of the Iowa Straw Poll early August, 2011.

Yahoo Fails to Mention Ron Paul

Yahoo! News “advertorial” fails to mention popular Republican candidate Ron Paul in a  political overview clearly sponsored by Shell, one of the worlds largest oil companies.

The USPS is in trouble because it has huuuuuuge (5.5 Bil)retirement benefits payments it HAS been making in a recession.

UPS and FedEX don’t have those payments yet. They are young companies.
Only an oil company can continue making 5.5 Billion dollar payments and stay afloat.

If we lose the post office America is done. Postal workers do more than deliver mail, they are the eyes and ears of our neighborhoods – their mere presence keeps our communities together and fight crime.

Postal mail is the ONLY truly private form of communication. Your every keystroke is being monitored, cataloged, bought and sold.

Wake up America!

Merry Christmas! I miss my good friends and family back home.

Ever since I was a little boy, I dreamed of working with my friends and family – making sure everyone is happy.

I miss everyone that I’m not able to see right now (which is everyone), and truly hope that you are doing well.

Please know that I am trying to change the world for the better, and still believe that it can be done.

We all struggle with one thing in life  – freedom. The freedom to be able to choose what you do for a living, where you live, and who you spend time with.

That’s what this site is about and this is my gift to you.

To return the gift, please join me in fighting for freedom and equality in 2011.