| With all the sturm and drang over the financial services sector and its incessant (and imprudent) gambling habits bankrupting the world, it is easy to forget that even they, lo, Masters of the Universe that they be, are pawns in the Biggest Game. That game-- or, maybe we should say that endgame-- is about oil.
Just found an excellent site that you might enjoy, that offers automated stat tools to help you to visualize federal electeds and their relationships to the Lords of Oil.
Check it out
Of course, no surprise who the Most Oil-favored Presidential Candidate is:
"Drill, baby, drill."
The site has a lot of excellent information... and also good organizing tools. You can look up relationships among legislators and oil company contributions in groups, or, by individual elected. For instance, if you wanted to get across how much money Randy "da Weasel" Kuhl takes from Da Bosses, you could print up a stack of these to give away:
This site was "Web Tool of the Week" at the incomparable Organic Consumers' Association ("Campaigning for Health, Justice, Sustainability, Peace and Democracy")... those folks who also bothered to report that "United Nations Reprimands Monsanto for Trying To Take Over the World's Food Supply"... more here.
Stay alert... but don't lose your sense of humor! A little vinegar beats getting pickled... or joining the Depression. |
