The Marching of the Whores

Let the corruption of politicians begin!

Over the past year, Comcast has been attempting to purchase NBC from General Electric, a move that would place Comcast in the possession of the third biggest name in public broadcasting. Such a move, under normal circumstances, would be shot down immediately. Such a purchase would limit consumers and force an unwanted television provider upon them if they wished to still get NBC. That's a move towards monopolization.

But these are not normal circumstances. Thanks to that lovely Supreme Court ruling a few weeks back, Comcast and NBC are fighting back with their most valuable and abundant resource: cold, hard cash. More than $474,000 in cash. All to members of the Congressional board members that will be determining whether or not the proposed merger falls within anti-trust law.

And I know. Just because $474,000 gets thrown a dozen congressional representatives' way for campaign contributions, that doesn't necessarily mean that these funds will corrupt those politicians into a decision that is not in the interest of the American people. But really. Anyone who does not believe $474,000 in bribery, or the knowledge that those funds can swing right over to their opponents in the event of opposition, is being naive.

The first steps of action are being taken by the politicians most concerned with the interests of the American people. Senator John Kerry from Massachusetts has already started the preliminary steps toward the only action broad enough to counter the measures taken by the Supreme Court: a constitutional amendment.

But a constitutional amendment is no small matter. Two-thirds of both the House of Representatives and the Senate must approve the constitutional amendment, and three-fourths of the states (a.k.a. 38 states) must ratify the amendment through either state legislative bodies or specially elected amendment conventions. So, in other words, this shit will not be happening any time soon.

My expressions haven't changed since last week about the corporate freedom to spend exorbitant amounts of money on campaign contributions. I just wanted to point out the first instance of corporate political prostitution. Better get used to it, we'll get to see so much more of it in the future.

Just pop some popcorn and watch the whores march.