We all have heard about the corporate abuses and scandals that have been occurring under our wonderful pro-business Republican leadership. They are enough to make a sane person nauseous, and an American taxpayer downright sick. As outlined by alternet.org, Filmmaker Robert Greenwald, director of Iraq for Sale: the War Profiteers, recently testified before Congress about corporate conduct in Iraq. What he detailed in excruciating detail included “price-gouging, out-and-out ripoffs, incomplete projects, giving dirty drinking water to U.S. troops in the field, charging the government for gas shipments that were never made, putting troops’ lives at risk guarding empty trucks on dangerous convoys in order to make a buck and a dozen other egregious offenses on the backs of U.S. taxpayers”. You are not going to believe what a prominent Republican Representative said in response to Greenwald’s presentation…

Rep. Kingston, mind you with a straight face, turned to Greenwald and asked him, “Are you saying that profit is evil?” Can you believe this outrageous response to outright greed and corruption? It should be noted that Greenwald’s video was banned in Congress and Republicans insisted that it not be shown. (Watch the video and you’ll understand why). What this really reveals is something very sinister that has been going on behind our backs while we have been distracted by the Iraq war. Republicans are promoting big business at all costs and especially at the expense of the little guy. And, when caught with their pants down, instead of attempting to hold corporations accountable (God forbid), they start ranting about anyone who criticizes them as being “socialists.”

What Kingston so blatantly challenged Greenwald with is typical of the Republican leadership as a whole. This same theme is playing out with the current situation we have with high gas prices. As Congress is attempting to put some teeth into legislation that will penalize price gouging at the pump, Bush has already stated that he will veto it [surprise, surprise], so not only are these Republican reactionaries getting away with this, they do it in broad daylight with impunity and no consequences.

What will it take for us to get upset about this and actually do something? Well, for starters you can contact your representatives in your area and give them a piece of your mind about this shameful submission to corporate greed and allegiance to corporate lobbyists. That is the least any of us can do, but there is also something else that you can do. You can vote for the worst of the worst corporate offenders, then attach it to your letter to your representative just to give him or her a real reference to what you are talking about.




So, in order to assist you in this matter, Blog4Brains is proud to announce that we are supplying you with a link in order to assist you in your expression of outrage. To this end, and grateful for their efforts in this matter, Corporate Accountability International launched its “Corporate Hall of Shame” in an attempt to “publicly challenge corporations and expose their abuses, political influence and manipulation of public policy.” All you have to do is click on the link and voila, your outrage can be vented and counted. Let’s start doing something about all this insanity. So, vote and forward your results to your representatives in Congress today!

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Greenwald testifying before Congress.

Banned testimony and excerpts from Iraq for Sale.