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A VISUAL SAMPLER OF BIG BODY HARM
Every one of these ills has generated specialized remedial groups
who compete with each other for public attention and support.
Given the win-loss record for this divisive style of activism and
Big Body predation's ever growing toll on the planet and our lives,
doesn't it make more sense to address the common cause?
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Disaster Provocation & Exploitation
Shock Doctrine intro by Alfonso Cuaron
Pillage & Slaughter
Big Bodies bleed Iraq by Robert Greenwald
Rampant Deforestation
Big Agro-biz appetites bleed the Amazon
Destruction of Family Farming & Food Quality
Living a Nightmare: Animal Factories in Michigan
Piracy and Poisoning of our Water
Trailer for Tapped: the Big Biz (and Bain) of Bottled Water
Trailer for Flow: the Big Biz (and Bain) of Bottled Water - Take II
Stupefication of Youth
George Carlin on Education vs. Big Body Interests
Hijacking of Elections & Democracy
Big Bodies' Legal Magic Tricks
Stephen Colbert on Rise of "Corporate Persons"
and their Supreme Court-Abetted Electoral Larceny
Supreme Court finally Emancipates
and Enfranchises the Corporate Fraternity
Buyout of the US Legislature
Total Annual Payroll for US Senate & House Members: ~$94,000,000
Total Big Body Lobbying Outlays in 2008: $3,300,000,000
(35 times Congress' total salaries)
Top 20 Big Body Lobbyists to Date for 2009
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Lobbying Client |
Total |
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US Chamber of Commerce |
$26,234,100 |
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Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America |
$13,936,000 |
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Exxon Mobil |
$13,777,500 |
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Chevron Corp |
$13,068,000 |
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General Electric |
$12,691,000 |
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
$11,519,747 |
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Pfizer Inc |
$10,960,000 |
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Verizon Communications |
$9,840,000 |
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National Assn of Realtors |
$9,637,000 |
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AARP |
$9,392,000 |
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ConocoPhillips |
$9,250,928 |
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American Medical Assn |
$8,700,000 |
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AT&T Inc |
$8,623,118 |
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American Hospital Assn |
$8,227,176 |
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Altria Group |
$7,957,749 |
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National Assn of Broadcasters |
$7,840,000 |
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BP |
$7,690,000 |
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Business Roundtable |
$7,460,000 |
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National Cable & Telecommunications Assn |
$7,285,000 |
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Lockheed Martin |
$7,225,992 |
And this does not even include campaign donations...
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Top 20 Big Body Lobbyists from 1998 to October 2009
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Lobbying Client |
Total |
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US Chamber of Commerce |
$488,496,280 |
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American Medical Assn |
$208,702,500 |
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General Electric |
$184,300,000 |
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American Hospital Assn |
$164,770,431 |
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AARP |
$164,084,064 |
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Pharmaceutical Rsrch & Mfrs of America |
$155,409,400 |
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AT&T Inc |
$148,295,202 |
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Northrop Grumman |
$140,994,935 |
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Edison Electric Institute |
$128,785,999 |
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National Assn of Realtors |
$128,577,380 |
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Business Roundtable |
$128,080,000 |
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Verizon Communications |
$124,834,841 |
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Exxon Mobil |
$124,814,442 |
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Blue Cross/Blue Shield |
$123,611,385 |
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Lockheed Martin |
$116,032,633 |
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Boeing Co |
$108,988,310 |
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General Motors |
$105,011,483 |
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Southern Co |
$97,893,194 |
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Freddie Mac |
$96,194,048 |
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Securities Industry & Financial Mkt Assn |
$94,163,143 |
All research courtesy of OpenSecrets.org
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