naked capitalism

rajanv says:

As you rightly point out, that Ms. Herman’s charts are “biased” toward D’s. However, it aptly serves as a counter measure to the delusions held by progressives that they are “superior” than the R’s. Essentially, it boils down to this: we, meaning the aggrieved public is in this for ourselves. This is what the occupy movements have come to symbolize; unfortunately, a coherent set of themes and/or memes have to be developed and actions undertaken. I realize that this is not easy. In general, I would say that the sell-out D’s like BO are far more dangerous than the R’s. So, let us throw the bums out irrespective of R or D and start with a clean slate. This is how revolutions start.

Cal says:

A few names missing from the Monsanto chart:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/usda_watch.cfm
Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Justice
As President Obama’s Solicitor General, Kagan took Monsanto’s side against organic farmers in the Roundup Ready alfalfa case.
In Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, Monsanto tried to get the Supreme Court to force genetically engineered alfalfa onto the market without an evaluation of the crop’s environmental impact. Geertson Seed Farms made the case that the USDA should have considered the fact that GE alfalfa would permanently contaminate their GE-free alfalfa seed.
As Solicitor General, Kagan was supposed to represent the interests of the American people in matters that came before the Supreme Court. Instead, she went to bat for Monsanto.
Kagan joined a Supreme Court that includes a former Monsanto lawyer, Clarence Thomas.

An old dataset that includes many “R”‘s is this one:

http://www.mindfully.org/GE/Revolving-Door.htm

dinglederper says:

Billy Tauzin was a Democrat, but from 1995-2005 when he left office he was in the Republican Party.

JGBellHimself says:

Yves, may we submit two points for your consideration:

First, the alienation that created both the Tea Party and the Occupy movements is not all that different. Nor, new.

Both, now, realize that they have been, and are now being, lied to!

Too many years ago now, my ex-father-in-law, a born and bred Kansas Republican, was absolutely appalled when he learned the RMilhousN lied to him and the American people. THAT was simply not something that was done – not by the President of U.S., and NOT by any Repubican!

That was then, this is now.

But, do you see the difference – RMN lied to retain his power, as President, to DO something for U.S. – like open up China.

Today, they lie bcuz they are PAID to lie – what about simply does not matter. And, who gets, and how they get, “pucked” (Canadian) is irrelevant.

Second, the “American Dream”, and our message to the world, was that ALL men (etc) are created “equal”, and every single one of U.S. – and more important, our children – should have an equal opportunity to develop and advance to the fullest extent of our abilities.

Was not always true, then or ever, but it WAS what America stood for.

Does anyone, anywhere, still believe that is true?

The Tea Party does not believe it is. The Occupy Movement does not believe it is.

If we, in America, know that it is no longer true, what possible reason should we expect that there is anyone else in this world, anywhere, who still believes it?

And, yet, we assume that we can still tell them, bcuz we know, what is best for them.

Or, as Timidly Getless will explain to the Chinese:
“Do as we say you should do…
not what we are, in fact, doing.”
{or something like that}