Thanks! JLC

The best Supreme Court money can buy!

Guarantor Responsibility

Let me say that payments or taxes by the rich and transnational corporations are not sacrifices. They have accumulated the money and profits to make generous payments or taxes. On June 28, 2011 I received a medical bill and on the bill it said Guarantor Responsibility. I LIKE THE WORDS, GUARANTOR RESPONSIBILITY BETTER THAN SHARED SACRIFICES. The rich and the transnational corporations have the money and profits to make generous sacrifices for our country. YES, THE RICH AND TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY THEIR TAXES. They have a Guarantor Responsibility in paying generous graduated income taxes. For the rich they need to be taxed at ninety-one percent for income and profits over $5 million a year and seventy-five percent for income and profits over $2.5 million per year. These are only a couple of examples.

The Anti-Christ will never let herself be number two in the world. Before the United States of Mortal Sin is delegated to the number two status in the world, she will unleash a nuclear holocaust from her eight hundred and eighty-five military bases throughout the world. Most of these bases possess nuclear weapons.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Insurance-Industry-s-S-by-Wendell-Potter-110628-359.html

Again, I will say thank you Wendell Potter!!!

My Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8) has said about corporate lobbying reform: "Elections must be decided by the American people, not by special interest groups with bulging checkbooks." Let's unshackle THE PEOPLE'S representatives, from unknown moneyed interests, and provide them with the necessary freedoms to successfully execute their civic duty of representing their constituency in public office.

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http://signon.org/sign/tell-congress-fight-corrupti?source=c.em.mt&r_by=112328

Thanks!

Ben

Tucson, AZ

I Sincerely hope your audience knows that Big corporations like 3M, Target, Walmart,.................... Wall Street ( yes, Wall Street ) ........MicroSoft .....George Soros.... and thousands more ALL contribute to Democrat Candidates....

When are you going to be the real HERO and start telling your audience the real ( whole ) truth.?

We are tired of playing 1 team against another -Dems vs GOP for a winner take all ( sports ) mentality ...

We want winner for US All .........( US meaning U.S.)

Be THE hero, Thom !

Do you ( WE ) really want the Government ( our taxes ) to support Candidates????

Because, BOTH Parties ( think of your local and State Party Candidates, too! )....would be given equal State and Federal (tax) dollars to run for office....under the law....

That's like paying an extra 3 dollars for Bayer asprin....so they can advertise to us and make us think their asprin is better than any other asprin.....asprin is all the same !!!

Why would we want the governments to tax us and then pay people to run for office using OUR money????.....Foolish, eh?

Since, I believe, the Citizens United case allows unlimited campaign contributions by corporations and unions (emphasis added), what is to prevent unions from opening up their membership to anyone who wants to join? I would join in a heartbeat to advance progressive causes.

If the Repugs are so afraid of unions, let's give them something to really be afraid of.

to: bvcardinal

Hey, Dopey!

It's Democratic Candidates,and thankfully the abovementioned contributors are there. It would on the other hand be nice if the multi-nationals, Banksters, insurance giants, the war proffiteers and the Koch brothers would stop their financial support of those in congress who are hell-bent on committing economic treason on our nation. (Ayn-Rand Paul, Ryan, Bachmann, Boehner, Can't-or, "butterface" McConnell) and the rest of the "wrong for America" right wing conspirators in the Republican Party, aided and abetted by the TEA Party; as in Theocratic Evangelical Activists (or Anarchists).

As far as Thom is concerned, he's doing just fine.

from JLC's link at:
http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/90659/debt-ceiling-obama-congress
"Tiefer, however, was more optimistic: 'I, for one, think that conservatives on the Court are faithful to their conservative principles of jurisdiction and they don’t alter them merely because on the merits they might be partial to one side.' If the Obama administration chooses to ignore the debt ceiling, they’ll have to hope he’s right."

....yeah, right...."faithful to their conservative principles"....conservatives don't have "principles"...they are criminal bullyboys who will do anything they can to screw us. They don't play fair...fair is not in their vocabulary. Thinking they have principles is about as dumb as Obama thinking he can get the Republicans to compromise.

I suppose the Supreme Court was faithful to their conservative principles when they committed treason and wheedled Bush into the Presidency on the stupid excuse that "it would do irreparable harm to George Bush". What? Was he going to throw a tantrum and go running to his daddy? They were "faithful to their conservative principles" alright because conservative principles is to do whatever they can, no matter how illegal or morally wrong, to use their powers to get what they want. And it is not beneath them to use any of the tactics that organized crime has used...especially sex.

2910-10K: Mobocracy, Plutocracy, Corporatocracy, Criminocracy, Oligachy, Hypocritocracy, Trickdownpissocracy, Letthemeatcakocracy.

Yes, I believe that much of what America has devolved into is a giant criminal organization. The two party system, the supreme court, the criminal justice system all corrupt. This has been a long time in coming..as our government stopped going after and prosecuting organized criminals...to any degree..it eventually blurred the lines between right and wrong.

In order to circumvent democracy, they have resorted to becoming drug-lords, made deals with organized crime figures to get Castro assassinated, most likely assassinated JFK, RFK, and MLK, medically experimented on it's own citizens, created plots against American citizens to elicit a reaction favorable to what they wanted, invaded sovereign nations for less than legal or honorable reasons resulting in the many deaths of our soldiers and many times more civilians in those countries. And I believe that they were responsible for 911 as well...outright, calculated, treasonous murder of our own civilians.

They expect us, the little people, to do right and be honest and moral while they, the state and the rich and powerful, continues to do otherwise. It is currently a giant, criminal, invasion, looting, and killing machine that, if I were religious, would have to say "will burn in hell!" But I believe that most will just have a well-rewarded, but very undeserving, lifetime of wealth, health, and a delusional sense of entitlement and well-being while those they have hurt will starve and die off with nothing but their fantasies. Unless these people are overthrown, somehow, deposed of their riches and power (good luck!) we will continue to disintegrate.

The realities of a pretend democracy are becoming very apparent to most people. But there are those who still think that voting in a corrupt system will make a difference. It's going to take something other than voting for yet another two-faced, lying, slick-tongued politician (spouting "hope you can believe in") or writing or phoning to your representatives in order to really change things.

I believe that there are those in politics and in our system of government who do care and who are working to change things but I believe most are so overwhelmed by the power of the criminal system they have to either give up and play their game or dare to be potential martyrs. I believe that some get into politics thinking they can make a difference.....but, not all are cut out to be Serpicos.

Is it possible America will wake up and save itself from self destruction through Republicans being successful in convincing enough independents that Obama is solely responsible for our economic and employment demise. Twenty years ago I would never have been able to even consider such a possibility. Today it is a real possibility. Racism has come out of the closet and can now be plainly seen and won as a badge of honor by some of our white sisters and brothers instead of smoldering under the covers in the past. Republicans have for 50 years hollered from our mountain tops that the Democrats base party platform is to take away from the whites and give to people of color. Corporations for ten years have written their own laws under Reagan and the Bush father and son and were self regulated. 50,000 factories were closed. Not only were 8 million jobs exported but tax credits were provided them by Republicans. Wall Street, banks, and the oil and gas industries were permitted to self regulate. The result was we very nearly had the 2nd Great Depression and we did have the worst oil spill in history in the Gulf of Mexico. Republicans have made a mockery of Congress, especially in the Senate and the only solution appears to likely not be achieveable. Greed and oligopolies now dictate our way of life. Three Supreme Court Justices have been bought and paid for. The right wing controls most radio talk shows, most printed news sources, and most of the cable news networks. Americans values have deteriorated so far that if we don't get what we want exactly we don't show up at the polls such as in the last mid term elections and tea party candidates were swept into office and provided control of the House. Republicans recently have won control of state legislatures and Governor offices. The minorities and young voters made this possible simply by not showing up at the polls. The reason- Obama was not God and could not deliver on every promise he made. People forget you have to fight for what you want. Nothing is free. This is a very stupid country and Republicans,despite a complete void of decency, integrity, and honesty, have made so many look the other way when they refuse to prevent health insurers from determining who lives and who dies depending on their bonuses, dividends, and balance sheets. They look the other way when Corporate America and the wealthy have achieved record earnings while Americans lose their jobs, homes, dignity, retirement, health care, families,hope, etc. Who is responsible. We are. The average American who did not stand up and say we are not going to take this any more. Those who failed to show up and vote. Those independents who so easily were convinced that Democrats were taking away from the whites and giving to people of color. Congressmen who sold their soles to win election and now have no way out. Free trade agreements that reward American companies manufacturers overseas with slave labor that are permitted to sell back in the U.S. without tariffs. Anyone dumb enough to ignore years of evidence and accept that cutting taxes for the wealthy and Corporate America will produce jobs. Too many people who don't want to get involved unless something happens to them instead of someone else. Too many sex change operations by Democrats who no longer know how to act like men and do the job they were elected to do.The ease with which it is acceptable to lie as a way of doing business in Congress and passing it off as simply "politics". Failure of citizens to hold their Congressmen and President accountable for their actions. Too many relying on someone else to stand up and insist America does not belong to Corporate America, the Republicans, and the Supreme Court. The only thing that will prevent our becoming a Third World Economy is for the average American citizen to take to the streets and demand that our families be protected to the same extent that Corporate America. We must clearly establish what values we want to govern this country. We must extinguish all sources of fraud and corruption and demand our representatives protect our rights as laid out in the Constitution. We must insist lying in the conduct of business is no longer acceptable and transperancy is the guiding principle for the future. We need to determine what corporations want to conduct business in this country fairly under the laws of this country or invite them to get the hell out. We must tell leaders of Wall Street, banks, corporations, etc. that if your fail to follow our laws in the conduct of your business you will go to jail. We must insist on equal protection for the individual and businesses. We must insist that any violation of our laws and regulations resulting in damage to our land, air, or water will no longer be tolerated and repeat offenses will result in shut down of businesses in violation of such laws. We must accept that the only way we can afford health care in this country is medicare for everyone by simply pointing out Medicare operates on 2% overhead and private health insurers operate on 30% overhead.We must no longer allow countries such as France, Germany, Japan, and South Korea to not provide for their own defense while demanding we provide such defense. We must protect our economic interests to the same extent countries in the European Union and China do by reserving our jobs and markets for American citizens and companies who manufacture in the U.S. Everyone else can go to hell. Perhaps then the world will be willing to sit down and discuss world trade on a reasonable and fair basis. We need to finance all elections by public finance. We need to discontinue free interchange of employment amongst Wall Street and Corporate America and the government. We need to publish listing of all lobbyists, a record of all discussions between lobbyists and government representatives or employees, and make this information available to the public. We need to demand that all bills presented by a Congressman and written by a lobbying firm be identified as such. We need to give this country back to the people and we should start by re-electing Obama, maintain control of the Senate by the Democrats, eliminate the filibuster rule in the Senate, and make the Democrats the controlling party in the House. Then we need to expel all Democrats who are not Democrats.

I can't stand anymore. SOS SOS UBS RBS UPRR LNC 555 CDR GHW MOB GOD HELP ME.

Having been involved in community organizing as a pastor in the United Methodist Church and before that as a seminary student on the west side and near northside of Chicago, organizing is one of the few ways we can beat the corpratization of our nation. The cards are stacked against us, but organizing can beat money. My home state of Wisconsin may be a case in point! Ron Wanless

The Supreme Court decision equating money with free speech codifies and legalizes an idea that wealthy people have more of a right to free speech (as well as more of a lot of other political rights) than the not wealthy and poor It mandates that "people vote with dollar bills in this country" as has long been popularly believed.

It also means that there is no democracy by the definition of political science. For a society to be considered a democracy rich and poor must be equal before the law - or we are still living in feudalism.

In general the privatisation of our government - and in this case, the privatization of elections - is the taking of government from the public (the people) and putting in the hands of privte unaccountable authority to be treated as their personal property. We already know about government as the private, personal property of wealthy persons. It's called feudalism and monarchy.