I heard the moment it was breaking news that corporations have been granted unlimited financing of Presidential and Congressional candidates. This is the most frightening, disturbing, shocking, destructive ruling of my lifetime. The silver lining may be that it wakes more of us up. Please act now and spread the word! Thanks! Peace ~ Molly
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National coordinated campaigns unite to revoke
corporate personhood, corporate "free speech,"
and secure citizens' rights.
Breaking News, Jan 21: Rep. Donna Edwards announces bill to amend the Constitution and overrule the Court. Rep. Leonard Boswell also announces plan. See our home page for Edwards' video announcement.
BOZEMAN, MT - The Supreme Court dropped the pretense of impartially interpreting the Constitution today in favor of unabashed activism on behalf of corporate power, overruling century-old legislative precedent and decades-old precedent of its own.
The Court enshrined corporations -- an entity unmentioned in the U.S. Constitution -- with the political rights of human beings, overturning settled law that distinguishes between corporate and individual expenditures in elections.
In response, two citizen coalitions have emerged with the explicit mission of overruling the Supreme Court via amending the Constitution. ReclaimDemocracy.org is among more than one dozen citizen groups that have joined forces to advance Move to Amend, a call to amend the Constitution to revoke the Court's illegitimate creation of “corporate personhood,” as well as establishing a constitutional Right to Vote and safeguarding local democracy.
More: http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate_speech/amendment_campaigns_launch.php
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... the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.
~ Alex Carey, Australian social scientist,
quoted by Noam Chomsky in World Orders Old and New
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government.
~ Thomas Jefferson
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Are corporations really persons?
Do corporations think?
Do corporations grieve when a loved one dies as a result of a lack of adequate health care?
If a corporation ever committed an unspeakable crime against the American people, could IT be sent to federal prison? (Note the operative word here: "It")
Has a corporation ever given its life for its country?
Has a corporation ever been killed in an accident as the result of a design flaw in the automobile it was driving?
Has a corporation ever written a novel that inspired millions?
Has a corporation ever risked its life by climbing a ladder to save a child from a burning house?
Has a corporation ever won an Oscar? Or an Emmy? Or the Nobel Peace Prize? Or the Pulitzer Prize in Biography?
Has a corporation ever been shot and killed by someone who was using an illegal and unregistered gun?
Has a corporation ever paused to reflect upon the simple beauty of an autumn sunset or a brilliant winter moon rising on the horizon?
If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a noise if there are no corporations there to hear it?
Should corporations kiss on the first date?
Our lives - yours and mine - have more worth than any corporation. To say that the Supreme Court made a awful decision on Thursday is an understatement. Not only is it an obscene ruling - it's an insult to our humanity.
http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com
Nice site, Molly!
Tom Degan
Goshen, NY
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