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Today I want to encourage you to view Bill Moyers latest production of Bill Moyers on America. It covers the Jack Abramoff scandal and is an eye opener on all of the connections involved in it. It connects the funding of the Republican right wing machine and the the Christian right and the effort to build a permanent Republican majority.
The production is a 2 hour program that aired on PBS on Wednesday, October 4, 2006. It is available online. Go to the link below and click on Watch "CAPITAL CRIMES". The program is broken down into 7 parts of about 15 - 20 minutes each.
Bill Moyers on America - Capital Crimes
Below is a quote from the above referenced site:
"Capitol Crimes"
"It's a dizzying scope of perfidy and politics that boggles the imagination, and although Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay have been brought down, the system remains as vulnerable as ever," says Bill Moyers. "The scale of corruption still coming to light dwarfs anything since Watergate. In one sense it's the age-old tale of greed, but greed encouraged now by the way our system works. Deep in the plea agreements of Jack Abramoff and his cronies is the admission that they conspired to use campaign contributions to bribe politicians; campaign finance is at the core of the corruption. They took great pains to cover their tracks, and they might have pulled it off except for a handful of honest people, and the work of some enterprising print reporters, Senate investigators, and the ethics team at the department of justice. Following the money in this story leads through a bizarre maze of cocktail parties, golf courses, private jets, four-star restaurants, sweatshops - and the aura of chandeliered rooms frequented by the high and mighty of Washington." With the MOYERS ON AMERICA series, we inaugurate the Citizens Class, an extensive, interactive curriculum designed to encourage and facilitate public discourse on the issues raised in the series. The workshop features multimedia discussions, reference materials on the key perspectives presented in the program, and questions for further reflection - all designed to stimulate deep and thoughtful community dialogue. Interested? Check it out. In search of specific information? Just browsing? Select topics below to explore a range of issues, from congressional ethics to the growth of lobbying in recent years to proposals for changing the system of money and politics in America.
In search of specific information? Just browsing? Select topics below to explore a range of issues, from the Congressional ethics to the growth of lobbying in recent years to proposals for changing the system of money and politics in America.
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Michael
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