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Check out this disturbing little news snippet I found on Punkvoter.com. It seems Bush is responsible for more than just terrible foreign policy.

Jul 06 2004 / Bush Connection to Clear Channel

This is a lesson in “If you pay the right people enough money, laws will be changed so that your corporation can own more than a fair share of the market.”

Bush Connection to Clear Channel

In 1998, George W. got an excessive amount of money from a guy named Tom Hicks.

Here’s how: Tom Hicks purchased the Texas Rangers from George W. Bush and other investors for $250 million. From an initial investment of $600, 000 George W. profited $14.9 million on the transaction.

On January 22, 2001, (un-) President Bush designates Michael Powell, son of Secretary of State Colin Powell as Chairman of the FCC.

Tom Hicks then becomes Vice Chairman of Clear Channel Radio.

One dog says to the other, “I licked your ass, now you can lick mine.”

On June 2nd, 2003, FCC Chairman Michael Powell voted to further loosen media ownership rules.

Clear Channel goes from owning 36 radio stations (two below the legal limit at the time) to over 1200!

So easy!

Now, you know what this means, right?

If one media corporation owns more and more of the market, we the public get a narrower news perspecive. How are we as citizens supposed to make up our own mind when we’re not given all sides of the story? Sounds like fascism to me. Who could support an administration that supports this kind of a policy?

As for the people who think the media is already liberal enough: Maybe the Journalists, Reporters and News Readers are, and maybe even the Program Directors, but not necessarily true for the CEO’s and owners of those huge corporations. They are the ones in charge, and they support the party that supports the corporations. That’s not the same as supporting the people now, is it?