Google's lobbyists go big on climate change denial, raise money for Inhofe & CEI

[n2doc]

Brad from Forecast the Facts sez, "Google is throwing its money around in DC politics, led by Republican operative Susan Molinari. Unfortunately, that means that Google's lobbyists have discarded its 'Don't be evil' philosophy. They're now holding fundraisers for Sen. Jim Inhofe ("Global warming is a hoax'), bankrolling Competitive Enterprise Institute ('CO2: We Call It Life'), and joining the American Legislative Exchange Council ('Even substantial global warming is likely to be of benefit to the United States').

"In response, hundreds of people have flooded the Google+ page for the Google DC headquarters with one-star reviews. The page also now includes photographs from the protest organized by Forecast the Facts and Greenpeace during the Google DC fundraiser for Inhofe. This digital activism is only part of a 150,000-person strong campaign led by Forecast the Facts, which has organized protests of Google in DC, Mountain View, and New York City. Google doesn't have to be evil to be a part of our democratic system. The company should be working to fix the corruption, not financing it."

http://boingboing.net/2013/09/13/googles-lobbyists-go-big-on.html

[gopiscrap]

1. We've gotta take money our of our electoral system.

[octoberlib]

2. +1

It's all gonna come crashing down sooner or later. Or maybe we'll end up like the Scyfy show Continuum, with a corporate authoritarian system of government.