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I took my mother-in-law to the emergency room yesterday. While we waited for her to be "checked in" I noticed that the TV for the entire area was tuned to Fox News. The idea that the Repug. propaganda channel should be airing its lies (especially in the light of the current healthcare legislation debacle) in a HOSPITAL really infuriated me. I asked one of the staff people to either change the channel or turn off the TV. She changed the channel. I told her the channel was CRAP!
I guess I will no longer settle. I am my OWN "teabag" event! (No double-entendres, please! LOL!)
I WILL NO LONGER PUT UP WITH CRAP!
Along with the ability to spend unlimited $$ on advertising goes control of the Media! Corporations get a two-fer with Supreme Court Ruling!
Thom,
what can I do to reppeal the court's decision and stop the corparate conquest?
Well perhaps now we'll be able to buy stock options on our favorite Senators. Sink your 401K into Lieberman or O'Connell futures.
Thom,
I think that you would agree that most citizens are uneducated on what's happening in this country and complacent even though they're increasingly uneasy. Do you think it's possible for us to salvage our America, especially after today's ruling? Does it sound crazy for us to seriously consider moving out of the country? Some of the best and brightest moved to America over the centuries for a better life. Is it time "we" move out?
I hope the big union heads burn Obama's butt over caving on Southers. They should threaten his re-election support. Time to get tough.
"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman." T. Paine
"Does the gentleman from Montana......I'm sorry, from United Health Care yeild his time?"
Welcome to the United Corporations of America! The land of the free-market and the home of the brave new world!
I wonder if the corporations will even bother with the religious right any more. Think about it, why do they need them now? Corporate Republicans are far easier to control then Religious Zealots.
It'll be Mit Romney not Cara bu Barbie, that'll be the forerunner in the next Presidental campaign now.
So this is what Prez. Bush, Sr. meant by "The New World Order."
About corporate influence on elections - y'all should read John Gresham's "The Verdict" --- a very excellent novel about the role of money in state judicial elections even BEFORE "Citizens United".
Now that corporations can spend millions on state supreme court races, Gresham's novel is actually a very moderate look at the danger to us all.
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@DDay - re: Since when is favoring unions un-American?
Apparently, since this morning.
Welcome white progressives to the world of minorities where representation of We the People was thrown out the Supreme Court rooms for Citizens United!
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A petition to let YOUR senators and congressmen know what you think about the SCOTUS decision:
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Thom - about Indian tariffs: in 7 years of selling books online, I have sold to UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa ... but NOT ONE BOOK into India. India as more English speaking people than any of those (except maybe the UK) and some of them have plenty of money and Internet access, but NOT ONE BOOK have I exported there, in 7 years.
Could the tariff be the reason?
This is just a tiny anecdote but I think I am not alone.
Well thanks to the Supreme Court, we can expect more Ben Nelson's and less Ted Kennedy's in the Democratic Party. Appreciate Obama now, in 10 years we'll miss his extreme liberal agenda that just looks right-of-center to us now.
What a crock o' crap we've been handed. :-(
About the Southers nomination: if Harry Reid and Barack Obama had any balls, the Senate would have adjourned for a weekend so Obama could put Suthers in as a recess appointment. Let the haters rage! they will anyway ...
... about "Citizens United" ... we are reduced to hoping that the Saudi Royal Family and the Red Army buy competing ads and cancel each other out!
Tough time finding this page today! :)
Corporate Personhood vs. the Estate Tax -
The right's primary arguement against the Estate Tax has always been that it amounts to double taxation. The rationale goes that since the deceased already paid taxes on that money when it was earned, paying further taxes on it when passed on to the heirs is a secondary tax on the same money - thus their pet name, the "Death Tax."
But if a corporation has a right to free speech, then the owner(s) of said corporation have what amounts to a second voice - each can "speak" with his or her OWN voice, AND with the voice of the corporation!
So it seem to me that one could conclude that this "doubled" right absolutely justifies doubled taxation - no?
Tuesday's Election was PROOF of Truman's statement that Phoney Democrats would loose to real Republicans. The Huffington Post had an interesting article about a poll of voters from the election. One main reoccuring theme was that Independents who voted for Obama a year a go and Brown Tuesday were not voting against Progressive Ideals at all. Actually based on the poll these people were upset that the Democrats were not tough enough in fighting against the CONservatives. They are upset that there is no public option. They are upset that the banks get huge bailouts and bankers are taking huge bonuses. They hoped for change and didn't get it and were unhappy. Here is the article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/obama-backers-more-commit_n_429...
If we can't get tariffs I say we demand that all shipping containers get 100% inspected. Its a win-win for Democrats, they can claim toughness on terrorism and raise shipping costs enough to make manufacturing in America a bit more feasible.
Back door tariffs.
Grubowski - please find a more corporate friendly term than "Union"
Our president came out this morning with statements to rein in the banksters. I applaud this late but good first step.
On the other hand, It was announced yesterday that Erroll Southers nomination for head of the T.S.A. has been withdrawn. Senator Dimwit of "health care will be his Waterloo" fame had put a hold on Mr. Southers because he feared that Mr. Southers might favor unions. Never mind that he is widely credited with being more than qualified to run T.S.A. ! The White House folding on this is reprehensible and cowardly. Bowing to the bullies only emboldens them. Since when is favoring unions un-American? NOW.
Does this mean we change the Preamble to the Constitution to read: "We the People, and Transnational Corporations, in Order to form a more perfect Union...."
oh! and.. Dave likes to play video games..
Wal-mart's hand eye coordination isn't that good...
What do I think about democracy in the "United" States?
I'll use the same answer as Gandhi when asked about what he thought of Western civilization:
"I think it would be a very good idea."