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  • The world needs the old U.S back. We need the guiding light!

  • "Be happy with what you got", george carlin

  • The ultimate question is how do we eliminate this form of legalized corruption?

  • @Aizacc84 Banning political donations from corporations could be a start..

  • @jasta4 Hmm I think people need to form a anti-corporation party, but that to me feel like it might be Communist.

  • @Aizacc84 its quite the question, alas its not one to which i know the answer.

    lobbyists are allowed to talk to politicians, they are allowed to offer them jobs, politicians are allowed to take other jobs after they leave office.

    i suppose it comes down to two things:

    one: classifying that as bribery

    two: having politicians with the strength of character to report such bribery.

    number one is possible, number two is unlikely.

  • @tuseroni /watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A

  • @tuseroni I'm voting for Ron Paul. I only agree with him about half the time but he's the ONLY one whose not bought

  • I suspect Leslie Stahl was making a scene out of it, not because she herself was actually shocked by it, but to make it clear to the audience that this is a big deal.

  • @nietsnatsud yes exactly

    'here America I am shocked, you should be shocked too.............'

  • FINALLY somebody woke up

  • WATCH : THE MILLITARY KNOWS ISRAEL DID 911 . on YouTube .

  • 4:58 "Seriously?" LOL!

  • That's not enough corruption ! We need more corruption ! More corruption !

  • There's not enough FEMA camps to contain all our rage. We have one hope.

  • FUCK RON PAUL!

  • @LiberalBohemian AND FUCK YOU!

  • @MolotovMickey By saying "AND", you're saying that you agree with the first part of that statement, so you've essentially said, "Fuck Ron Paul and fuck you!". Well done.

  • @LiberalBohemian You're fucking hilarious :) RON PAUL 2012! <3

  • @LiberalBohemian I would but he's too old for me.

  • @SumbleForever You're just saying he's too old because he secretly repulses you.

  • @LiberalBohemian Hey you've got a point there.

  • very strange subtitles. wtf is that all about

  • @deoriginalish87 too late....we own every aspect of your life....should have thought of that in the 1930's....hahahahahah

  • Man, our democracy was lost a long time ago

  • Calling people "liberals" or "conservatives" will get us nowhere. Let's take a reasoned, justified approach.

  • time for a constitutional convention, now theres a project for the OWSers

  • Excellent, expose'. I just happened to start watching videos from the Young Turks, and from what I can see, they bring some of the many problems of fascism and corruption to the forefront.

  • You're a propaganda douche Fugr. Rot in hell.

  • Fugr is selling this as fun government, with a straight face. This is government Mode of Operation, abuse what weakens, spread it in the news, how to corrupt your government and get paid. There was like NIL huffing craze, the news started posting huffing stories huge calling for a ban for 1 huffing incident, boom huffing was through the roof the next week people breathing gasoline and accelerants steady since. This exactly like that. They trying to push this system on state and local governments

  • U will fail riding on garbage people's coat tails for cash and protection for your fear embracing the guilty path you've chosen weaving these propaganda lies for monetary interest, against even yourself in reality, contributing to how obviously corrupt you are parroting this nonsense that some members of a criminal crony clique say their crime has no legal guilt, tell it to the devil bitches when he's stabbing you in the fkn heart with 10,000 horse power, that's just a warm up fuck face.Good bye

  • You can not make crime legal, no matter how many times your masters make you say that crazy sh*t. Law says cash for favors was banned since long ago, doing it gets you killed if other people you're doing it to get killed that you knew or you might expect even. These guys, buying military murder of civilians massively in foreign nations, have hell to pay for their crimes. Bribery is not legal if you call it lobbying. There's NO public interest expressed in this government. They are garbage people

  • Law is not what is gotten away with for a while. Law is what humanity is willing to impose. Unless you're an OUTlaw, meaning not protected by law, a status generally earned by refusing to comply with the justice that is decided upon you by jury or judge at your choice, which I recognize as corruption, all trials should be heard by jury to ensure judges don't preside over corrupt proceedings for their bosses, the very dirty rapscallions.

  • Lol Leslie Stahl makes me laugh eery time.

  • LOOOOOOOOL @ 3:20 Right on Cenk, I was thinking that exact same thing...

  • I like how Leslie Stahl looks shocked when she hears him say that congress is pretty much bought. But, she must be an idiot not realize this fact already. Why is she so shocked?

  • Next election: When your grandma asks you to take her to vote for the incumbant; drop her off at the Casino instead with a wad of cash. If its your grandpa you can drop him off at his favorite bar. Then go and vote for his opponent. After the polls close, don't forget to pick them up. =) This is how we will fire the current politicians.

  • This video went viral on Vatican City

  • please remove or fix shitty subtitles

  • A big wide net of power and control at the top, feathering their own nests over and over again....all working for themselves instead of the public good. Damn jerks, we need a revolution, peaceful and strong.

  • I think the whole deal is shady. Somebody wants the American people to get pissed. No way this guy could talk and walk.

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  • Dear Cenk, please run for president in the future.

  • Billy Tauzin only gets half his money from the pharmaceuticals; the other half comes from the Mother Lovers Association of America.

  • Ron Paul can't be bought

  • Only thing I can say is if you vote for a republican or a democrat then there will be no way for you to know if the hole process is even real. Vote for anyone but a proven liar and thief and if they have a party nomination they are backed by liars and thieves. Use your damn heads people, you already know it's a lie, call 'em on it. The word lobby is used instead of bribe so it's ignored by rational people. A civil servant who takes a bribe should be tried for treason along with his lobbyist. I

  • google: SHADOW CONGRESS: More Than 170 Former Lawmakers Ply The Corridors Of Power As Lobbyists

  • Watch this and then weep. Or get angry.

  • Cenk we don't live in a democracy we never have you fucking imbecile!

    We live in a Constitutional Republic you idiot!

    I'm tired of people saying we live in a Democracy, they associate democracy with freedom when that isn't true! Our constitution is what our freedom stems from now some mad up word to play on American's emotions and a word to use as an excuse to nation build in the middle east!

  • @ConcealedTruism Go to wiki and read the f**king definition of republic you dumb twat!

    "...the executive is legitimized both by a constitution and by popular suffrage."

    You retarded liberitarians´re simply enervating as "popular suffrage." equals the democratic element! You live in a democracy whether you´re too dumb to understand it or not!

  • Just if you dare to answer, READ DAMN JAMES MADISON Federalist Paper No. 10!

  • @RegioLunar We elect representatives that we think suit our needs and we "sometimes" follow the Constitution when we feel like it, when we don't feel like it we call in the Liberals to ruin the country just a little more and we call in the war machine and corporate puppets to ruin the rest of the world, and to add on to that we call on the bankers to reward anyone who cooperates with the governments power grab.

    Today, honestly, we don't live in a true democracy or republic buddy.

  • @ConcealedTruism "honestly, we don't live in a true democracy or republic"

    The framework IS that of a representative democracy still. And fighting the influence of lobby groups is what the whole OWS is about! Only that they won´t degrade it into some 17th century Manchester capitalist 1.0 version of as state like the teapots´re supposing.

    BTW did you know the dove is also the symbol of Astaroth ?

  • @RegioLunar

    No OWS wants to try and tax everyone to bring in money to pay for things or "create an even playing field" did you know if we taxed every American at 100% we still wouldn't have a balanced budget with no debt or even a fairly amount of reduced debt?

    It's a myth that taxation helps anyone BUT the Government, they are irresponsible. As for the Dove I don't believe in Pagan gods of the ancient times, just one. And he teached peace.

  • @ConcealedTruism "No OWS wants to try and tax everyone"

    How about learning about their goals before disinforming? Ending Bush II´s tax cuts for the rich isn´t realy raising taxes at will.

    "they are irresponsible."

    Only so far as you´re allowing them and the OWS has shown a broad consensus throughout the population (60% can be deem as such).

  • the gouvernment can be corrupted! yah because

    they doesn't follow my way! A Empire...is more complex than all. :)

  • Ron Paul doesnt stand a chance. his foreign policy statements are to "out there" to be taken seriously.

  • this is amazing! always knew it was true

  • Cannot buy Ron Paul!!!

  • Thanks for posting this <3

  • Actually money hungry fuck faces who dont care anybody but themselves finish first.

  • Motherfucker!

  • Google -The Weight Of Chains 2010- Documentary

    This is about how the US wages war or financially ruin other countries. Much like a road map. Greece comes to mind. All roads lead back to the US. oneclickwatch has a number of links

  • Agree with jayrod59: Ron Paul won't even talk to lobbyists. Ron Paul 2012 or we are done.

  • Defense contractors own the most politicians.

  • ya got one thing wrong dude, We never had a Democracy, America is A constitutional Republic. Never once in all of History has A Democracy not led to A n oligarchy and that's what were headed for. STOP telling people were a Democracy. Either read your frikin history book or get a new one that tell's the truth....

  • @no1toolmkr Dont know what you been reading, but of course we are democracy and a republic. democracy and republic ovelap, they are not opposites.

  • It's not every Republican. Ron Paul cannot be bought.

  • @jayrod59 Ron paul has been bought.

  • @jayrod59 Ron Paul came to Texas a Lutheran from the Northeast. He promptly converted to Southern Baptist when is suited him best politically. A politician is a politician. Until the Citizens United Supreme Court decision is reversed, there will be not democracy in this country.

  • @jayrod59 Your right, Ron Paul is probably the only real statesman running...and the only one who believes in the Constitution. The Young Turks, from what I can tell, are pretty "right on" !! I have to give them credit for bringing many of these issues to public scrutiny, for what's that worth from the brain-dead public... Hopefully some of these people will wake up to the tyranny we are facing and join in actions against it !

  • @jayrod59 more lk a republican - human hybrid....see wat i did there lol

  • @jayrod59 He's owned by NRA, and other corps. The whole congress, exec branch, and judiciary should be lined up and shot for treason---period.

  • @jayrod59 one Ron Paul is a libertarian not a republican, he is just using the republican party because its a two party system. second the people with money don't need to bye Ron Paul, he believes that if you have the money you should be allowed to do what ever they want, he dose not believe in regulation or anti monopoly laws, he will give the rich everything they want, he is a man of integrity its true and his ideas sound good, but they are dangerous.

  • @Fireflygamer Liberty is dangerous. Labeling Ron Paul should be done carefully. He is indeed "libertarian" and "republican" (little R and little L). He is also a constitutionalists.  He obeys the constitution of the US, which is seldom done in DC.

  • What's with the subliminal cut at 3:54??

  • You never had a democracy.

  • Well that was a god video except he said America "lost its Democracy"

    Sorry,but Historical Facts tell us America was Liberated into a Constitutional Republic.

  • I'm going to vote for any other party other than the DEM or the GOP

  • How dumb do you have to be, to be as clueless as Stahl?

  • this guy has whistle blowed the whole system and gave up the plan...... i wonder when hes gunna get knocked off.

  • Jack Abramoff... I hardly know him.

  • 5:01 That's what she said!

  • cenk ftw

  • that is why the government should be kept as small as possible. it's amazing how these liberals hate corruption but love big government. geez.

  • @JOEtheHOTTIE Why hate liberals? Why hate conservatives? Why hate moderates? Why hate anybody at this point? It doesn't fucking matter anymore. We are all in this TOGETHER. Put aside idealogical differences, we need to take our government back and pointing fingers at "liberals" or "conservatives" will get us nowhere.

  • @seriousguynogames3 finally, someone else here sees the big picture.

  • Why yes, it's true that governments can become corruption, the only way we can fight it is through education and exposing the corruption. THAT is where the Libertarian/Ron Paul philosophy would fall apart. The only people who could afford to be educated enough to catch bullshit like this are the same ones who will cheat and lie to scam people working in the system out of more money, thus making them less likely to be able to afford the necessary education to catch this bullshit.

  • Ronnie is just another member of the Republican Party. DEMS/REPS= SAME SHIT

  • tellin it like it is, brotha!

  • There is a word for what our country has become, what is it? Oh yeah FACIST!!

  • Very good video. We need more of these. Thumbs up.

  • " OF COUUURRSE THEY STICK IT IN THERE"

    ...that's what she said.

  • This video is, by itself, the antithesis of what is wrong with America and why people watch TYT.

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  • Garbage in, garbage out. What we have in Washington is a conveyor belt of corruption. Wide-eyed optimists are oblivious to this fact, but it is a fact nonetheless. Forced to vote between Tweedledum and Tweedledee, is it any wonder that the ordinary citizen has become largely indifferent to the political process? Yet, he is blamed for his apathy, while continuing to be fed with utopian dreams of "change," the currency of fools.

    I say: let the village burn, and begin anew.

  • So the pen is mightier than a sword. A swish here, a comma here, BAM!! instant 20 billion.

  • Same goes for the MSM, as Cenk knows. It's like the US is run by a bunch of pussies.

    Some would say that it's not corruption if it's legal, but such semantics mean shit for those who care about consequences.

  • give money to a stranger with gun, let him sign a non-binding contract involving someone iq 100 over yours and try to outsmart that guy and preventing them from cheating your money, or simply not give out the money in the first place. it's funny when a group of stupid people collude and think they can outsmart rising and falling waves of geniuses selected by the competitive natural world. forget it, the argument of taking power away from the government you just will never get.

  • Campaign donations as a form of legalized corruption? F*cking idiot. The real problem here is demonstrated by the fact that the Abramoff is not conducting this interview from behind bars with those members of Congress who accepted his "influence" in the backdrop.

  • IT IS TIME FOR A REVOLUTION BY FORCE!

  • @1spoon1fork in weeks or months, not years.

  • Perhaps bills should be given to congress as hypertext. That way references to serial-subsection will link directly to what they're talking about.

    ... but oh wait, that'll never happen.

  • America needs a strong Anti-Virus program when writing legislation. Quarantine the banks and purge them from the system.

  • Turn on close captioning and catch the subtitles at 2:33...

    lolwut?

  • IMPEACH ALL CONRESS MEMBERS AND START OVER!!!!!!!!

  • I challenge anyone to look up ron paul, see what he wants to do and REALLY read what... he wants... TO DO. Here's something else you should know. You know how presidents get payed BIG MONEY for becoming president? Ron paul doesnt want to get payed. He just wants to make America Great again. He follows the constitution for fucks sake. NO ONE ELSE DOES THAT. He is a damn good president if i do say so myself.

  • @Syeno paul is a fraud, a career politician with an agenda, hes anti science, hes a creationist religious freak, anti abortion, anti gay marraige, he wants to, let the states do his dirty work for him, hes anti clean air, water, safe food as he wants to let the states regulate themselves which is insane, also hes not a true constitutionalist, if he was he would come out & state that he supports abortion, gay rights, legalize drugs in all 50 states without exception, but he wont, hes a fraud....

  • @jetbtkng You sir, are an idiot. Good day :P

  • @Syeno typical brainwashed paulbot response, so closed minded cant see the truth, pathetic, oh & by the way he doesnt stand a chance, jesse ventura is who u paulbots should be endorsing..........

  • @Syeno who gives a rats ass, youre a retarded paulbot maroon........

  • You're an idiot, sir. Just like Syeno said. Paul supports the rights of individuals all the fricken time. How can you even deny this? He leaves the legalizing of certain specifics to the states because that's their right. The federal government doesn't have to baby the states and make it harder for every single tax payer with this failed federal economic system. If there's a constitutional problem with a state law, then expect Paul to support its reinvestigation with the Supreme court. Paul2012.

  • @ZaderRaider no he doesnt, he supports the states rights & there lies his hidden agenda, if hes a TRUE CONSTITUTIONALIST as u retards claim why hasnt he said he supports abortion rights accross the entire 50 states hmmmmmmm, no he supports the states rights to infringe on an individuals constitutional rights as in making laws to prohibit abortion, gay rights, the states have no authority to over ride our constitution period, as in the pursuit of happiness, where is the unborn in the constitution

  • @Syeno He also doesn't want to tax the freaking top 1% who have more money today than in any other time in history. The income disparity today is worse than it ever was. Read up on that and ask you dear Mr. Paul why he won't tax the CEO'S who used to make 20 times what their workers made but who now make over 1,000 times what their worker makes. Ask him to explain why he thinks that is OK today?

  • @Pennee101 Links or it didnt happen.

  • @Syeno You can find plenty of information right here on Youtube. The back numbers of one video are:

    watch?v=5m1J32wABiI  He doesn't believe the government should help in anyway. He is a Libertarian. They don't believe the government should help even if a person is dying, (that was Ron Paul's answer to a question....well he said nothing, someone in the audience said, "let him die", regarding a person with no money and a terminal disease.

  • @Pennee101 Even though i disagree with Dr. Paul on this issue. (I am for universal health care) Dr. Paul never said that he would let someone died in the street and he also said that the united states didn't had a history of doing so. I have seen him answer that dumb question many times and he never said that.

    Give me a link to a video that Ron Paul says "if you are poor and you have a heart attack, we are going to let you die in the street.' You just lied and made it up.

  • @Syeno Ehh... Isn't Ron Paul an anti-choicer? Let's just face the facts, there are already waaayyyyyy to many accidental pregnancies in our country. His agenda would only create even more. And could you imagine the nightmare (not to mention the cost) in trying to enforce anti-abortion laws? Naive christian virgins, as well as born-again virgins, like to pretend people can be rational about sex, but people can't. That's a fact. Legislation should reflect that reality, not ignore it.

  • Nothing really shock me about those lobbyist nor should this shock anyone else. If they are, that is sad. I have known, that the US Congress doesn't read any bill. The real truth will come out and all their filthy lies will be exposed regardless, what anyone desire to say. Lies never hold for too long, that is the facts.

  • @JDubs878 Listen buddy you guys stay there. We don't want you guys climbing over our fence and stealing our jawbs!

  • كلام كبير

  • @sniper0ksa

    The unbearable yet familiar faces are now exposing, there are corruption in every

    footstep the mankind had step on it.

    policy making privilege= fraud and corruption, heck it could be patriotism now while it's legal.

  • I love the bp advert for the gulf shore on this vid LOL

  • George Will (T), Lesley Stahl (CFR), Ed Bradley (CFR), Marvin Kalb (CFR), Dan Rather (CFR)

  • Exactly. And the DemSnakes and RepubRats are equally guilty.

    Ron Paul 2012

  • Sharing, Justice and Peace applied in a common-sense way on a world wide basis will create and end to starvation, inequality, and war. Not easy.

  • what a joke mainstream media is quickly becoming a characature of itself...can not wait until these old- school- boomer- us vs. them dinosaurs finally die and fade away into the sands of time ...God almighty please this is such a fucking joke...i mean the corruption is one thing but when they start pretending like they are hearing something new for the FIRST TIME , come on man, nigga please.........thanks to TYT you guys rock absolutely

  • Everyone in congress should be strung up by the balls. Washington is a fucking sewer stuffed to the roof with shit. Those corrupt cocksuckers will all burn in hell. FUCKING TREASONOUS MOTHERFUCKERS.

  • Occupy Wall Street is not anti capitalist it is ANTI CORRUPTION.........Decades of hardworking public being SHIT on year after year by these lying rich scumbag cocksuckers.....Unless the lobbying system is radically amended, nothing will change.......Two million men rotting in U.S. Jails.........Throw some of these bastards in and lose the key.

  • He thats how Europe works :D

  • If Abramoff say gets his money from the Koch Brothers, he goes to jail but the Koch Brothers don't?

    What a great scam for billionaires to control people.

  • It's amazing how shocked she was! This naive lady lives in her corporate sponsored bubble where nothing real happens. This is our media. Ignoring reality from day one.

  • We are reaching that point in History were the institutions placed by people 300 years ago, which worked great then, are getting old and are no longer useful in our modern day. In the days of the Founding Fathers, just having a Congress and democratic elections was a huge leap towards a better government, now we need to expand our democracy by further limiting the power of politicians and making them even more reliant on people for support.

  • Vote out the anyone running for re election in BOTH HOUSES. That is how AMERICA should work.. They are on OUR Payroll..

  • ron paul and bernie sanders aren't in the pockets of corporations.

  • jesus christ this is so fucking disturbing. wtf. shit like this cant possibly happen in canada.

  • Yea, who cares. US going down the drain anyway.

  • CUTTINGTHROUGHTHEMATRIXoCOM

  • NEWSFLASH: Governments are corrupt! Democracy is a steam value for revolution. You vote out the bastards from the last admin and hope for the best. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results is insanity.

  • Remember when Bill Clinton was the bag man offering an insider job to Sestak?

    That all got swept under the table.

    If you voted for Obama you suck corporate balls.

  • @FreedomsReigning That's stupid. If you voted for Obama you believed him. If you voted for McCain, you were fucking stupid. As well figured out, Obama wasn't EVERYTHING WE HOPED FOR, but I doubt anybody who is campaigning is any better.

  • Obama is a Goldman Sachs puppet!

  • 60 minutes sucks.

  • The politicians who go along with this should be prosecuted!

  • Hahaha ^_^* No one in the news can possibly be THAT naive! C'mon, c'mon.. OBAMA

  • @RealityGrapple Good point, valid argument. You're right it is a little late for waking up. The alarm already sounded and the puppet in office has proved that. But I ask, what is the alternative? Giving in? Allowing the US to further spiral down the shithole?

    Perhaps you've found the futility in resistance...that's fine for you. I'm sure many figured the Nazi party was inevitable. Keep goose stepping my friend-one day we'll meet. Keep "rocking the vote" and drinking the Kool-aid.

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