Wakers

A hyper-partisan a$$hole, and proud of it.

Then near the end of the night, just before one last person rose to speak, I raised my hand and asked Republican State Senator Andrew Brock, who was running our session, "have you heard us?" He started in on a reply about how the legislature will consider all of the comments made today, but I interrupted him and asked "no, have you heard us? After hearing all of us today, have you been moved to reconsider taking Asheville out of the 11th district?" After having sat through all of our testimony for over six and half hours, he simply said, "I live in Davie County and we're in four districts". I knew then that he didn't care; we hadn't moved him at all; he hadn't listened. He just didn't care.

To the few remaining North Carolinians who actually care about an informed electorate, it's time to bend over and kiss your collective asses good-bye, along with UNC-TV.

Senator Andrew Brock, the dickhead who founded Mary Kay Politics, is holding public television hostage because it questioned the rights of private companies, in this case Alcoa, to own North Carolina rivers.

The Yadkin River runs through the district of Republican Sen. Andrew Brock, who supports Alcoa's use of the river. He was confounded by the network's coverage last year. "We need them," he says of UNC-TV, "but we need assurances that they can't have the people who control their budget telling them to run a piece that was paid for by the opposition. We need assurances that won't happen again."

From the dark side:

A Davie County Republican is urging fellow state lawmakers to stop wasting time and money on the state’s climate change commission and support energy policy he says will have a tangible impact on the state. Brock also wants to look into building a refinery in eastern North Carolina to jumpstart economic development in distressed counties.

I'm the first to admit that there's a place for crazy in politics. We are, after all, a nation of nuts. From what I can tell, most crazies operate out of the goodness of their hearts, bless their souls. For others, crazy is also a job, a way to make millions in pursuit of a mission. Glenn Beck is an obvious example. Michele Bachmann. Good old Erik Prince.

Between the extremes of personal madness and professional mercenary lies a growing chorus of crazy, the foot soldiers in the Glittery Republican Opinion Manufacturing Machine, a well-funded network of think tanks, 527s, elected officials, and unwitting journalists.

A new class of being has been set forth on the land by North Carolina State Senator Andrew Brock. ACORN meets the 700 Club with an Amway twist. The Wakers. Buy your shares, build your pyramid, acquire control. Republican America, Inc. The ultimate blurring of business and democracy.

Take notice of this disturbance in the Force. Take notice when a Waker finds you, taps you on the shoulder, gives you the promise of the thing that matters most, the secret sign.

The Wakers. Free market fundamentalism at its glorious best, political profiteering in its purest form. Finally out in the open. Sort of.

Gary Pearce and the Dome today are covering the multi-level marketing scam launched by America-hater Andrew Brock and the "Wakers."