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____/ JeffM on Friday 22 Jan 2010 18:42 : \____
>>>Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>Dept of Justice files brief opposing motion
>>>> to set aside verdict in Tenenbaum
>> >>|Judge Gertner[...]is the best lawyer in this case. -R.B.
>>>>
>>JeffM wrote:
>>>"Obama DOJ Sides With RIAA Again In Tenenbaum"
>>>
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>It is now allowed for corporations to fund governments
>>and influence elections as much as they like.
>>Banana Republic.
>
> Yup. The last vestiges of the appearance of
> democracy in the USA were just auctioned off.
> What too many articles on this are missing
> is that those corporations do not have to be USA-based[1]
> in order to inject money in the American political process.
> .
> .
> [1] As if that distinction is useful any more
> with the Berne Convention and rampant transnationalism.
To be fair, most other countries are the same if not worse.
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