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Corporations should have no rights that we award to a person. Corporations are not persons; they are made up of a collection of persons. Rights are not awarded collectively, rights are awarded individually and those individual rights are protected.
I agree, a constitutional amendment should be written to define this fact.
A constitutional amendment should also be written to limit the term of a Supreme Court justice. Insanity is allowing service for life on this important court.
I voted no because this will not be the downfall of Fox. Fox is already a 'Zombie Network' with it's far-out opinion infotainment shows kept on the air with massive infusions by NewsCorp. Im not a Fox Zombie but this will not kill those undead talking heads.
Your post really informative.It will be a growing area to watch this year. Like you say, comments keep the conversation Orange County Web Design going.They also provide additional insight to the readers and the bloggers. Comments offer a different perspective and put a "face" to the readership.Santelli’s call was answered by the right-wing group Freedomworks, which funds campaigns promoting big business interests, and is the opposite of what the real Boston Tea Party was.
Saltos,
Good job going completely off topic.
Back to the intent: Corcoran is clearly an idiot. However, I think what people on both sides of the political aisle should be worried about is the fact that he had his rights taken away simply because of a blog post.
Think about it.
What if bashing the Supreme Court on the Thom Hartman blog got your radio show shut down? Think you would be a little upset?
A note on this story (about Corcoran): The police do not have him in custody. Ergo, he was not deemed a threat by law enforcement. Why, then, have his rights been terminated?
Here is an article by Rabbi Michael Lerner.
http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/when-generosity-love-and-kindness-are-public-policy-the-violence-we-saw-in-arizona-will-dramatically-diminish/
This article is similar to my #5 comment and article.
http://allenlrolandsweblog.blogspot.com/2011/01/shock-and-awe-of-children-and-war.html
Children and war!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Shock-And-Awe-Of-Child-by-Allen-L-Roland-110120-67.html
Inflexibility!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Inflexibility-as-a-Poor-Na-by-Bud-Goodall-110120-539.html
Reciprocal Tariff Act of 1934
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_Tariff_Act
The Act was a response to the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill.
hi tom, my friend just sent me a link saying that the u.s.supreme court has just ruled that judges do not have to oblidge by the constitution. this was passed on 1/18/11 with no mention of it anywhere. there was no reason why. any comments?
Like many of us, our Congressmen and Senators are probably the primary earners in their families, and provide healthcare insurance coverage for their spouse and all their children, too.In their positions, they receive tremendous services and gratuities - receptions at the Capitol, 24-hour security, constant references to their upper-class status, committee staffers to write research, speeches and talkng points, the occasional chauffer and limosine..
In a nutshell the people who represent us in Washington for 2 to 6 years really become different from the other 99% of us, and very much in line with the other one percent of 7-figure leaders of American corporations and their children.
The flip side of the comparison raises the question: are the handfuls of leaders of American corporations more really more valuable to us than the volunteer members of Congress or the White House? I don't think so.
Our income and wealth tax system should reflect that intrinsic American egalitarianism. If it doesn't, America becomes an transnational oligarchy, and our legislators are just their token members and tools.
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With outsourcing and national debt increasing with no end in sight, why is there no talk of enforcing and increasing tariffs?
Rhetorical question, I know its because Wall Street isn't concerned about American economic health, no Wall Street is only concerned about the bottom line, and Wall Street is pulling enough strings to lead the majority of our Government and therefore our country over the cliff edge.
So where is the grass roots movement demanding the return of manufacturing? Why is the progressive movement seemingly ignoring this? Or have I been missing the underground current building up?
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@fatfax, Amen!!!
The Supreme Court has presently five goons and thugs running our government!!!
January 21, 2011
Why do most politicians say that they are going to make our government more transparent? When it comes to WikiLeaks, Julian Assange may be targeted for assassination.
http://www.counterpunch.org/andrew01182011.html
Pentagon loves threats!
http://news.antiwar.com/2011/01/20/gops-2-5-trillion-cut-would-end-usaid-but-still-doesnt-touch-military/
GOP loves wars!
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2011/01/19/wikileaks/index.html
Deceived!
My car is covered with bumper stickers that say [IMPEACH THE SUPREME COURT 5].You can get them for free online......
Corporations should have NO influence in government above what REAL PEOPLE have. Governments are made up of PEOPLE and are meant to protect PEOPLE. Corporate sponsored/run government is something entirely different and has NO place in a democracy.
I do not understand the logic of the Citizen's United decision. Corporations are NOT people. They cannot enter a voting booth and physically vote. They are not subject to the laws and prosecutions humans are. They enjoy tax breaks humans can never enjoy. They already enjoy corporate influence over judges and policymakers--when humans try to influence politicians, they are hauled off to prison. They enjoy the benefits of corporate welfare and bailouts--taxpayer monies to build new facilities, to pay for lawsuits brought against them by humans. They already give more money to campaigns than humans can. The list is endless. Why should they have unlimited influence on elections that are supposed to be decided for/by the PEOPLE of this country? It appears to me that Citizen's United says corporations are BETTER than PEOPLE.
Citizen's United is a final way for corporations to spoon-feed, legally, their propaganda and fear-mongering, which they hope will influence/scare REAL PEOPLE, who actually enter the voting booth, to vote in their interests.
Impeach Thomas and Scalia. Tell the Koch Brothers their meddling is not wanted--go back to making billions while destroying the planet. How much more money do these guys need?
Money needs to be expunged from the entire election process--see Genuine Campaign Finance Reform in the open forum of this website.
Corporations should have NO rights above what ordinary humans have. They should be able to petition Congress the same as any human. Money given to a politican, be that person a lobbiest/corporation or a citizen, is a bribe--pure and simple. Bribes are illegal--yes? I don't have a lobbiest to take a bundle of money to Washington to have my wishes granted. Neither should they.
I completely agree with what Dave Bell said.
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Right to pay tax, right to a fair trial, and also the right to be subjected to the Three Strikes Rule just like criminals in Florida are.
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Who would rule on this?
Scalia stole our votes, killed our kids, and then told us to get over it
Corporations are people. A corporation should die every 50 years, be dissolved, and pay its estate taxes. When a corporation is convicted of breaking the law, killing people through negligence, etc., it should be "put in prison," and not be allowed any operations for the duration. Corporate employees might be less inclined to facilitate questionable practices, as it could result in loss of their job for months or years while the company's 'body' is in prison. A corporation could be extradited to a foreign country for breaking that country's laws, after all, it's a person! If corporations want civil rights, then they should bear the burden of civil responsibilities, too. Oh, and drug companies would also fall under drug laws, and could have their assets seized and sold at auction. Oh, and the PATRIOT Act would apply to all of them.
It is an abomination for corporations to have anything even approaching the rights if a citizen. They are artificial constructs, not living, breathing human beings.
The very definition of hypocrisy!
I'll give you condescending, but my argument is a long way from absurd or ignorant.
None of what you wrote refutes my point. Your response equates to "those big meanie heads with money make it unfair." Guess what? Life is unfair a lot of the time. Special interest groups throw their weight against politicians on both sides to pressure them into doing what they want them to do.
The fallacy here is in thinking that money only influences politicians in one direction. Nothing could be further from the truth. Organized labor has, for decades now, pushed numerous politicians to the "left" in the political aisle. The same goes for "green" money (Al Gore, anyone?). Interest groups with large bank accounts hold sway over politicians. Again, and this is important so pay attention: get over it. That's the way it works and has worked throughout our country's history. You know what else holds sway over politicians? Voting. Yeah, crazy, I know.
Where does this myth come from that somehow in the past politicians weren't affected by money and large interest groups? Fortunately for America, we have a system that minimizes that practice as much as possible (comparitively speaking to other countries), but it's still -- and always will be -- affected by any organization with large amounts of cash. For some odd reason, people think that it will be more so that way since the Citizens United case, but that only proves a vast misunderstanding of that ruling (as I'm guessing you have, based on your "BS" comment).
In short, my "assertations" are logical only as long as we accept this thing I call "reality." The idea that we have a growing "corporatocracy" (whatever that means -- apparently it can be made to mean whatever you want) in this country is, to put it mildly, invented in the minds of only those who wish it to be so.