Happy Birthday, Corporate Shills!

On the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s 100th Anniversary, Send Birthday Greetings to Expose the Corporate Lobby’s Dark Money

 

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which touts itself as “the worlds largest business organization,” secretly accepts millions of dollars for corporate propaganda and lobbying campaigns from massive corporations like Chevron, News Corporation and WellPoint.

It uses this corporate money to wage blitz advertising campaigns across the country against any candidate its cadre CEOs says is not in line with their corporate agenda.

Priority number one for the U.S. Chamber’s inner circle of the 1 percent is making sure that the secret money they (and other dark money front groups) get from corporations stays secret. (In fact, media leaks and voluntary disclosure by corporations that have embraced transparency are the only reasons we know the identities of some U.S. Chamber funders at all.)

The U.S. Chamber has stated plans to spend more than $100 million on attack ads during the election. This year, Chamber also has spent $55 million on lobbying.

Choose a Card to Send the U.S. Chamber a Birthday Message It Deserves

 

To Spotlight the U.S. Chamber’s Secret Spending, We’ll Deliver the Cards to the Chamber’s Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

1. Guest List

U.S. Chamber Card 1

2. Age and Wisdom

U.S. Chamber Card 2


3. Disclose Age

U.S. Chamber Card 3

4. Buy Election

U.S. Chamber Card 4
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1-25 of 22115 signatures
Number Date Name Add Your Own Birthday ...
22115 Fri Dec 07 16:03:55 EST 2012 Donald Proud
22114 Mon Dec 03 21:52:17 EST 2012 Lori
22113 Fri Nov 30 12:57:53 EST 2012 ray aisen
22112 Fri Nov 23 18:28:18 EST 2012 John Peterkin
22111 Tue Nov 20 21:01:42 EST 2012 Jelica
22110 Mon Nov 19 20:43:40 EST 2012 John Peterkin
22109 Mon Nov 19 04:01:57 EST 2012 Carlos Echevarria
22108 Fri Nov 16 00:18:42 EST 2012 Jennifer Kim Zeller
22107 Tue Nov 13 09:59:59 EST 2012 Mark Leeson
22106 Mon Nov 12 06:24:59 EST 2012 Everett Carlson Start another 100 years by weeding out members who are not
good citizens.
22105 Sat Nov 10 21:43:00 EST 2012 C. Brian Stevens
22104 Sat Nov 10 20:56:55 EST 2012 ERIC RICHARDS
22103 Wed Nov 07 20:07:39 EST 2012 Denise Lytle
22102 Tue Nov 06 17:38:44 EST 2012 Mark Henning
22101 Mon Nov 05 23:08:04 EST 2012 Jamie Kitson You won't have many more birthdays to celebrate. We the people will not be fooled much longer. You will soon be exposed for the secretive tyrants that you are. Happy Birthday corporate scum!
22100 Sun Nov 04 14:44:04 EST 2012 C Quast
22099 Sun Nov 04 12:29:06 EST 2012 Randal Klefbeck
22098 Fri Nov 02 10:34:21 EDT 2012 Thomas
22097 Thu Nov 01 21:39:50 EDT 2012 Ellery Talmo
22096 Thu Nov 01 10:16:52 EDT 2012 julie You can't possibly all by human, right? Humans have hearts with compassion for PEOPLE.
22095 Wed Oct 31 00:26:30 EDT 2012 Michael Price
22094 Tue Oct 30 12:06:40 EDT 2012 Steven Kranowski
22093 Mon Oct 29 23:08:26 EDT 2012 Anonymous
22092 Mon Oct 29 16:21:09 EDT 2012 Bruce Laughbaum
22091 Mon Oct 29 13:19:06 EDT 2012 Terrie Phenicie
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