Connect the Dots of the Corporatocracy…
I love the sheer amount of information on the Internet, but it makes it hard to remember where you saw things. Bookmarks don’t work for me. I end up with humongous bookmark folders and it takes me longer to find the link in them than to just start from scratch and google the damn thing. However, things that were once there, move or disappear (like, oh, say, all News stories for the 6 months pre-9/11, but I digress… oh wait, that’s not really a digression is it? Anyway…). So once upon a time, some years ago, there was this coolie site that was all Ajax-y and showed all the White House, Congress and Senate, and their prior (-ish) jobs or positions on corporate boards, ie the Corporatocracy. You could click on a name and the corporation would zoom into place and you could see all the current and previous board members and their political positions, current and previous. WTF happened to it?? I’ve searched many times… yes for *hours*. It was that cool. And resourceful. Until someone creates this tool again, the above venn chart is a decent substitute. [tweet “When you find yourself wondering just who is in whose pocket, take a peek at Your Government, ie the Corporatocracy, at work”]