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Thank you mstaggerlee! keep going! Note: Everyone knows that Quark is easy. Remember her teabagging comments? Everything works for her! :-)
DDay,
Yes, I saw the same potential in your idea!
Thank you quark and Blue Mark-
Blue Mark, I was thinking the same thing about Guy Foulks Day, (sp). I couldn't quite get it, (like my spelling of Foulks). I'm serious though. We could start something here if we put our heads together. We need a name and to get it launched virally. This is an issue that could not only drawn in people, but also allow us to bludgeon our opponents and expose their unpatriotic ideologies, for all to see. This could,... and... I think, should, be a movement . Think of it...The Far Left as the Defenders of Democracy and the Constitution!
Who better? It is up to us.
Instead of Guy Fowkes Day, how about Everyone Fowked Day? no? Come on people!
mstaggerlee,
'Works for me!
Howzabout "The Day They Sold America"?
Since corporations are considered personhood, they should be taxed as persons. 75% tax for profits over $3 million and 90% for profits over $10 million!!! Offshore tax havens are treasonous acts and a life in prison sentence for the people in charge.
Elizabeth Warren should replace Bernanke. The woman whose name I cannot remember whom Somers ridiculed and drove her from the WH for alerting the public to what the banks and Wall Street was doing to average Americans. She should replace Somers. If you can remember her name, please let me know it. Thank tou! Reich or Voelker should replace Gaithner. Please excuse any names that were misspelled.
Now that corporations have an even bigger opportunity to buy out our representatives, can we at least make them wear jackets like NASCAR drivers - so we know who's is sponsoring them...
If the largest, most profitable corporations are indeed foreign then perhaps we will soon see the domination of our American politics by those corporations. Let us hope it is by the more socially responsible Euros instead of those from, let us say, the former Communist states.
Do you remember where you were on one-twenty-one when corporations were given the vote?
DDay,
Yes, I agree that today needs a name. It should be powerful and bring to mind what we have lost.
Suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or democratic republic and our individual liberties has suffered a deep wound today, with the Supreme Court's decision awarding "free speech" rights during elections to corporations. First the Court conflated the meanings of free speech with that of money... now... it awards this sacred, individual, and protective right to special interests with the most money. It dilutes person-hood. It drowns out our voice and threatens our sovereign rights of self determination to elect our leaders freely, without the tyranny of any master. This is a perversion of our Constitution and our concept of democratic principles.
This day needs to serve as a wake-up call to all true patriotic Americans. Whether you be a strict constitutional constructionist, an ardent Tea Party...er, or a Federalist Society member, the sincerity of your convictions are at test. Of the corporation?, by the corporation?, or for the corporation?, is the question.
Will the "left" lead the way in their duty to "keep this republic" by making it a beacon issue? Is there an issue that the Democrats are willing to take a solid stand? What better ones than patriotism and democratic ideals to unite around? With great challenges comes great opportunities.
Maybe we should name this day, in order to draw attention to the freedoms lost and the threats posed to our shared values by this dangerous decision of the S. Court. Black Thursday? The Corporate Coup? Coup d'etat Day? Fascist Day? There are better ideas out there about the names. Come on! all you creative types! What's your idea? What cannot be debated, is that our very way of life and our nation are at stake. If we as Progressives don't realize our duty to be willing to take a stand on this issue, then we should sit down and shut up.
The stars are aligning. Whether we would have preferred to deal with another issue first, these most vital of all issues: Campaign Finance Reform & The Power of Corporations stand before us hand in hand. It is a fight worth having, that is...if you love your country and the promise it represents.
Are we heading toward a nuclear holocaust?
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-01/21/c_13144534.htm
There/their... obviously keeping me illiterate and poorly grammaritized...
MSNBC (the place for politics) cut away from a democratic senator talking about this to do a story on the Conan/Leno battle... Yes Thom the Corps are using all there power to keep us uninformed... Thank Earth for you!!!
Re: GE ownership of NBC/CNBC/MSNBC: GE recently sold NBC to Comcast; I assume that includes CNBC and MSNBC.
"Beer is proof god loves us and wants us to be happy." -Ben Franklin
Here is a repeat of a comment I made yesterday.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/We-Tried-to-Warn-Obama-But-by-Rabbi-Mic...
thom great show i feel very encourage to keep fighting to end corporate personhood. thank you so very much
"Citizens United" leads to the Burlesconi-ization of America.
Which rich guy will buy all the media and make himself king?
This ruling solves the problem created for big money lobbyists by the growing influence of small donors via the internet, which Obama benefited from. This is exactly the opposite direction needed on the political compass to help our democracy move forward.
One killing of God's children is too many in wars.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/wars-not-as-deadly-as-the...
Do you think the corporate media will give this much attention? After all, they stand to gain millions/billions in revenue from television advertisements.
We should all be screaming about Activist Judges to news papers and everyone we speak to.
rewinn
don't forget:
They can't profit from their crimes
They can't earn a living while paying the price of their crime
They can only buy what is offered by the prison system and are not allowed to sell anything
and for the worst of them - no connection with the outside world
Haiti: Is this the USA's new method to end Poverty?
Supreme Court decision: Will Texas school books re-write the Constitution “We the People of the United States" to "We the C.E.O.'s of Multi-National Corporation"?
I would like to share with you some information. I read an article a few years ago by Jane Eisner, a columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The article mentioned Islam and how the Islamic culture was well advanced around the time of Mohammed and for some years after his presence.
The Islamic culture could have been a role model for Western cultures. Why did the Islamic culture cease to progress in comparison with the Western cultures? The reason centers with the role of women. Women in time became a second-class citizen and they were not considered a viable resource in the Islamic culture.
What I fear from the Islamic culture is their lack of women involved in various governmental issues and their lack of governmental positions in the decision making process. We can see how important women are in the daily activities and life of America. Women are a valuable human resource, especially women who possess the two characteristics of nurturing and sensitivity. These two characteristics make them God’s greatest creation.
Women are the key to a better world, especially women who possess the characteristics of nurturing and sensitivity. Let us give more trust to the women of the world.
I have believed for at least two generations that women should be in control of all governments of the world. Men have been in control for at least five thousand years and our world is a mess.
Let me restate that women who possess the characteristics of nurturing and sensitivity are the women who should rule the world governments.
Here is my observation of American women. Only one third of the women possess the characteristics of nurturing and sensitivity. These women are part of the feminine gender. The other two thirds of American women belong to the “It” gender. Surely, they are not part of the masculine gender and they are not members of the feminine gender. They are just members of the “It” gender.
Thom, you said to wake up the youth… unfortunately they did get a wake up call over the past year and again today… your voice will only change who hurts you not whether on not you will be hurt…
WE the corporations need to change what the wake up call is – Damn, it’s started already – I meant we the people…
It is going to be tough to change what the message is – and as we have seen Democrats are only slightly better for the people than republicans are BUT we know how bad republicans are going to be so we can prepare for it…
So really, who at this point is better for us??
the vote is not the problem, we need to wake up the youth and get them into the party at the ground level because by the time the vote occurs it is too late to make the change. How do we get THAT to be the wake up call???