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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Hello, people! And I use the term “people” loosely, because that’s the way the Supreme Court wants it. Today the Supreme Court issued a ruling that’s a major milestone on their journey to bestow all the rights of individuals onto corporations. Premium Link Upgrade Today’s ruling essentially says that corporations can spend whatever they want to influence elections. Well, at a certain point, they don’t really just “influence” elections. Corporations can now pretty much dictate the outcome of elections. Great. The day after the voters of Massachusetts hand a pivotal Senate seat to the Republicans, the Supreme Court hands the government over to corporations. OK, this decision doesn’t mean that corporations are people like you. Many of them have virtually unlimited spending power, and they never die… so that means they’re nothing like you at all.
The Supreme Court’s decision was 5-4. Premium Link Upgrade The delicate balance on the Supreme Court highlights the fact that it’s more important than ever to elect quality people to office... while we still can. In his dissent Justice John Paul Stevens wrote “The court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation.” Yup. You can pretty much wave goodbye to elected institutions. From now on we’re just going to have selected institutions—selected by corporations. The logic of the majority opinion was hardly worthy of the name logic. Chief Justice Roberts said the limits on corporate money restrained “the vibrant public discourse that is at the foundation of our democracy.” Public discourse? With all the corporate money that’s now going to flow into elections, the public will be shut out of the discourse! Justice Anthony Kennedy had the gall to say “The censorship we now confront is vast in its reach.” We, Justice Kennedy? OK, if by “we” you mean Goldman Sachs. And really—vast censorship of corporations? Last time I checked, corporations weren’t having any problem getting their messages out. If you don’t believe me, Justice Kennedy, just check out the ads during the Super Bowl.
Really at this point, why don’t they just let corporations vote? But then I guess that’s not necessary when they can now buy as many votes as they want. Think politicians are reluctant to rein in Wall Street now? From here it’s just a short step to saying that corporations have the right to keep and bear arms. That’ll tend to make their lobbying even more persuasive.
Corporate Control
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Hello, people! And I use the term “people” loosely, because that’s the way the Supreme Court wants it. Today the Supreme Court issued a ruling that’s a major milestone on their journey to bestow all the rights of individuals onto corporations. Premium Link Upgrade Today’s ruling essentially says that corporations can spend whatever they want to influence elections. Well, at a certain point, they don’t really just “influence” elections. Corporations can now pretty much dictate the outcome of elections. Great. The day after the voters of Massachusetts hand a pivotal Senate seat to the Republicans, the Supreme Court hands the government over to corporations. OK, this decision doesn’t mean that corporations are people like you. Many of them have virtually unlimited spending power, and they never die… so that means they’re nothing like you at all.
The Supreme Court’s decision was 5-4. Premium Link Upgrade The delicate balance on the Supreme Court highlights the fact that it’s more important than ever to elect quality people to office... while we still can. In his dissent Justice John Paul Stevens wrote “The court’s ruling threatens to undermine the integrity of elected institutions around the nation.” Yup. You can pretty much wave goodbye to elected institutions. From now on we’re just going to have selected institutions—selected by corporations. The logic of the majority opinion was hardly worthy of the name logic. Chief Justice Roberts said the limits on corporate money restrained “the vibrant public discourse that is at the foundation of our democracy.” Public discourse? With all the corporate money that’s now going to flow into elections, the public will be shut out of the discourse! Justice Anthony Kennedy had the gall to say “The censorship we now confront is vast in its reach.” We, Justice Kennedy? OK, if by “we” you mean Goldman Sachs. And really—vast censorship of corporations? Last time I checked, corporations weren’t having any problem getting their messages out. If you don’t believe me, Justice Kennedy, just check out the ads during the Super Bowl.
Really at this point, why don’t they just let corporations vote? But then I guess that’s not necessary when they can now buy as many votes as they want. Think politicians are reluctant to rein in Wall Street now? From here it’s just a short step to saying that corporations have the right to keep and bear arms. That’ll tend to make their lobbying even more persuasive.
