Regarding 'The Vote Heard Around The World' I am glad that someone stud up in my place representing me and 'We The People' to vote against corporate monopolization of representation. Thank you.
Now how about amending that to only LIVING, corporeal beings, so that dolphins and other similar beings can be considered? That, too, is important. If an alien were to arrive in a spaceship, wouldn't he be deserving of Constitutional rights as well?
@SpectreWriter Very glad you brought up that important consideration, SpectreWriter so that we can spend energy addressing your fanciful, theoretical problem instead of spending energy addressing the real, existing problem of corporate control of our government that is currently robbing us and our children of our inalienable liberties. Please do write the screenplay, though. I'd like to make a film about a world in which dolphins voted.
@georgemerkert Last week, a case for orcas (which are very much deserving of liberty) was turned down by a judge for EXACTLY this reason -- because the writers of the Constitution didn't think ahead to realize that there are other "persons" besides humans. To make that change would be minor. To leave it out is beyond tragic, and invites all sorts of abuses of animals (other than humans.) SO .. thanks for sharing your sad myopic opinion. Try THINKING before typing ego-rants, will ya?
@SpectreWriter Best of luck to you, SpectreWriter and I was actually serious about the screenplay. If you're actually a writer and you actually have a screenplay that deals with the sentience of non-human beings, I'd be interested in reading it.
Why stop at just L.A.? Why not make it a Constitutional Amendment to the United States that only Constitutional Rights belong to 'Human Beings", regardless of their color, ethnicity, gender, gender orientation, country of birth, political affiliation, and social class. This also applies to all churches, and religious affiliations.
@pinay56 The LA City Council passed a non binding resolution to support the idea of the 28th Amendment. The 28th Amendment, when passed, by 3/4 of the state legislatures of the states of the US, will hold that Constitutional rights apply only to human beings (citizens of the US) and that money is not free speech. Hope this answers your question. Let me know if it doesn't.
You obviously don't know what an American Citizen is. There is a difference between being a human -being and being an American Citizen. A human-being is a living aspect of the natural world. An American Citizen is a legal aspect of the United States Government.
@unclecom1 amen to that man. . . we already represent the corporate entity that exists in our name soooo now that they are taking away the rights of the corporation what does that mean for those CEO's of the corporate entity? Less rights me thinks. . . booooo.. . but the general population will just eat it up.
Only human beings have rights - only the rights of American citizens are protected by the Constitution of the United States of America. An American Citizen is not a human being. It is a corporate entity of the United States of America. To deny the protections of individual rights to Corporations denies the protections written into the Constitution to American human beings via their Corporate identity as Citizens of the United States Government.
@unclecom1 Don't know if you're being ironic and, you hope, facetious. If so, please forgive me for saying I'm not getting it. If you're being serious please explain your ideas in a different way because I don't understand.
@unclecom1 (If you are being serious), The denial of real human rights via their legal identity is not what is being suggested. The amendment they seem to be proposing would simply make the distinction between legal entities who are *also* biological beings with physical needs (real humans) and legal entities who have no biological needs (corporations). Making this distinction, this amendment, as I understand it, would deny human rights to legal entities who are not also real humans.
@unclecom1 Are you literally rolling up your own crap and smoking it? I can't believe a non-crap high brain could produce the words "An American Citizen is not a human being." If you are just trying to get a rise out of people you aren't helping anyone and if you really believe that is the way our world should work then you are basically a traitor to your own species. Is it worth it?
It is interesting to consider that many of those who will protect corporate citizenship are the same ones who oppose same sex marriage. They can give life to a non-living entity but can not expand their concept of love.
@Bob06460 Don't think that those who oppose the 28th Amendment also oppose same sex marriage. Getting our government back in the hands of We, the People, isn't that kind of issue. It's good for you whether or not you support or oppose same sex marriage.
Congratulations, L.A. I'm so glad that there is one bastion of reason on the corporate debate. Don't waver. Don't backpedal. We'll try to get there with you. From a Canuck who's very impressed.
I'm not sure I want another fundamentalist Christian president. We are not a Christian nation, and for Ron Paul to say as much misrepresents that 1 in 4 Americans is NOT Christian. Do they not count? Roughly 3 out of 4 Americans are white, but you would never say this is a white country.
@georgemerkert "let the butthurt flow through you" is a meme, a crony is someone who supports Cronyism. Ron Paul outlines a true dichotomy between those who are for competition in the market and those who believe corporations are people. He calls those who are in bed with business cronies. Lack of personhood means lack of influence in the House and Senate.
@georgemerkert Referring to the people who support Crony Capitalism -- Government favoring of corporations. LearnLiberty has a nice video explaining it.
@abadeizer It's a very important milestone. LA is the first big US city to endorse the 28th Amendment but not the first city. Boulder, Colorado and Missoula, Montana have also passed similar resolutions. Polls say that 80% of the US electorate supports the idea of getting corporations and their money out of our government. See Move To Amend LA web site for more information.
@patthespark We're having a semantic argument. "Body Politic" is not the same as "corporation" in the sense that we're concerned with in this amendment. Don't think it's useful to argue about the meaning of words.
@patthespark I appreciate your heartfelt thoughts. We're not going to be able to replace the entire US Constitution in this lifetime because we object to the way the founders used one word in that document. "We, the People" has come to include women and children along with slaves. Let's be glad for that and not set impossible tasks for ourselves.
@supermex2109 All you need to trust is your good sense. Getting corporate money out of politics puts you in charge whether you're conservative or liberal. That idea makes good sense to people of all political ideologies.
At last! something positive and progressive in politics! Normally the clips I see are are about corrupt laws being passed, which benefit corporations at the expense of the individual. This vote, however, is the way forward. I hope other cities will follow L.A's lead on this point.
@Tekelt I hope other cities will follow suit too. You can help that happen by providing the link to this video to your friends and relatives in other cities.
I actually love more that they say "constitutional rights are only for human beings" not only human beings that live in the United States. All people deserve human rights, not just Americans.
@teamcoltra Interesting thought, teamcoltra. Right now, though, we've got a way to influence the world by influencing the United States to do what's right. In traveling throughout the world over the last 15 years, I've noticed that other countries emulate what the US does. Thus, if we get the US onto the right track other countries will follow.
“The singular role of any government is to secure the rights of the people, any law that does not hold this basic tenant is unconstitutional.” – kdtroxel (corporations are not people, people are not corporations)
@IndigoWarrior12 Yours is a semantic argument, IndigoWarrior. This is not the place for arguments about what words mean. If you want to have that discussion go to the Alpha Dictionary web site. They have a terrific discussion about words.
Get money out of politics. This is a step in the right direction. Money should not equal speech. If corporations decide to move over sees than let them, it just shows how un-American they are also I always thought in a capitalistic society if a corporation fails another will take its place with bigger and bolder ideas and ambition. Globalization and technology has out paced labor we need to find solutions to solve this and I believe we as Americans can find the answers when we are at the edge.
@TruthSavant You make a terrific point. Multinational corporations have so indoctrinated the public that many in the public believe that corporations are patriotic to the USA. They're not. Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News and an Australian, corrupted the gov't of the UK and kowtowed to China even to the point of compromising the interests of the US.
this is all fine and dandy but its only gonna provoke a mass exodus of corperations out of the city and state...
laws are passed every year and it dont change the fact that corperations always find a way out
we want more jobs here? then we need to call china out on its currency manipulations.. if our government dont have the balls to do that then we will just continue to put pressure on companies here in america thus forcing them to go elsewhere..
@flybri74 I don't agree. Where is there a better climate for corporations than the US? Not China where the gov't has the power to control every aspect of everyone's life. Not Singapore where the market for goods and services is tiny. Not India which is one of the most corrupt places on earth. The EU is a pretty good climate for corporations What is the EU doing that has created an environment out of which have come so many powerful corporations? BTW, there's no corporate personhood in the EU.
@georgemerkert yeah most corperation headquarters are based in america BUT the manufacturing jobs that fuel them are in countries that manipulate their currency and thats what im trying to get accross.. the goods are made in other countries and shipped here for sale here... and those monies are sent overseas and never brought back to USA for taxation..
if those practices continue then we as a nation are in trouble
@georgemerkert yeah most corperation headquarters are based in america BUT the manufacturing jobs that fuel them are in countries that manipulate their currency and thats what im trying to get accross.. the goods are made in other countries and shipped here for sale here... and those monies are sent overseas and never brought back to USA for taxation..
if those practices continue then we as a nation are in trouble
@flybri74 We should call China out on it's currency manipulation for sure. However, this amendment is more than a law. It's an amendment to the document that controls every other law. Re exodus: We have created a business climate that favors large corporations to the extent that it's hard for other companies to compete. We've known that the oil was running out since 1973, yet Detroit kept making gas hog cars. It's only in the last few years that starting up a car company has become viable.
Being anti-corporate personhood does not mean you are anti-coporation. It means you think the US Constitution only grants rights to real people. Historically, corps were granted priviledges by The People via temporary charters based on a corporation's contribution to society, etc. THAT is the role of a coporation. If we used that system today, we could remove the charter of any corporation that, for example, makes a record profit on the same year it laid off record numbers of employees.
@georgemerkert You're welcome George, thanks for the video. Sorry I'm just getting back to you now, I've been writing on here under the account name mindplow1 and didn't see your comment to this account until today. I've already shared your video on FB and I'd like to ask you if I can set parts of it to an original song on my youtube channel mindplow1. You can hear the song there, or here at nicoritexx, it's called "Make A Little Noise". Thanks, - Nicc
This is great news, everyone! As more political bodies around the country start taking on our issues, we will win! This is the beginning of a constitutional WIN for occupy, revoking corporate personhood. Please talk to your representatives about doing this on a local and state level. This is how we can actually bypass the U.S. Senate and House and amend the constitution through state action via the PEOPLE!
That is taking out only one evil player in the politics game. You have to take out unions, corporations, and their pawn's the lobbyists. With out leveling the political field you will never get enough support. Most of the country thinks LA and California are a lost cause looney bin anyway you may want to play that down..
I'm completely confounded. How did the Communist Republic of California pass such a Constitutional Republic bill? What the hell is going on there? Best news I've heard all year, and it's from California? My mind is blown.
@jsmccarty82 Ron Paul has as many bad ideas as he has good ones... why would anyone settle for someone because they have some good ideas while ignoring the terrible ones?
@steveaustin71 Ron Paul just adheres to his Oath of Office. All his votes and ideas are all aligned under the Constitution. So in this regard, if you criticise Ron Paul's ideas as being "bad" for America, then you are simply unhappy with the structure of the Constitution itself. Its about that simple. Dr. Ron Paul does not and has not deviated from his oath of office. But if you can dig something up Ron Paul voted on that bifarcates from the Constitution, we're all ears. Ron Paul 2012
@steveaustin71@steveaustin71 Ron Paul just adheres to his Oath of Office. All his votes and ideas are all aligned under the Constitution. So in this regard, if you criticise Ron Paul's ideas as being "bad" for America, then you are simply unhappy with the structure of the Constitution itself. Its about that simple. Dr. Ron Paul does not and has not deviated from his oath of office. But if you can dig something up Ron Paul voted on that bifarcates from the Constitution, we're all ears.
@jsmccarty82 As soon as we get corporate and union money out of politics, we'll be able to discuss among ourselves what kind of country we want to have.
@jsmccarty82 Is Ron Paul wanting to completely take away any posisbility of a corporation having Constitutional protections? I haven't done the research on him. Do you have a link about this?
@Michael12evans Yes, Ron Paul wants corporate personhood abolished. Dr. Paul just adheres to his Oath of Office.All his votes & ideas are all aligned under the Constitution.So in this regard,if one criticises Ron Paul's ideas as being"bad" for America,then they are simply unhappy with the structure of the Constitution itself.Its about that simple.Dr.Ron Paul does not& has not deviated from his oath of office.But if you can dig something up Ron Paul voted on that bifarcates from the Constitution.
@IndigoWarrior12 We all get that we're in a Constitutional Republic. "Representative democracy" is another way of saying it. "Democracy" is a short form way of saying it. Whether we fill our mouths with "Constitutional Republic" when we refer to our gov't or simply say "Democracy" has no bearing on whether we need the 28th Amendment. We need it. Period.
@4thstuning Check out a movie called The Corporation for more information re the power of modern marketing. It's an introduction only but a very clear one.
@georgemerkert I prefer marketing to govt dictates. I prefer freedom to slavery. With that bias established I know that once the power is handed over to govt to control certain groups, it will quickly grow to control other groups. Furthermore it's wrong to tell anyone they can't say or do something simply because they're doing it for economic reasons. Where does this stop? Again, read some economic texts. "Road to Serfdom" would be a good starting point for the uninitiated.
Just look at the facts about what far left loons ask for and get? You can see it in your 15 trillion dollar debt. Look at the collaps of Europe all run by the left wing loons. Here is a question. Every single inner city is run by far left loons. It has been that way since 1960.To this day they are still inner cities. If left wing ideas worked then these areas would have prospered by now. They use words like slavery, racisim to goat the followers to continue to vote for them. What a shame...
@bigrock403 This isn't a partisan issue, bigrock403. Conservative people don't like being pushed around by corporations any more than liberal people do. Once we get the corporations out of our political process, conservatives and liberals will be able to talk with each other and decide what kind of country they want to have.
@bigrock403 It's the right that built this debt, it was already there when the left took over. Not to mention, it's the 'friendship' and priviledge awarded to the corporations by the right that created the recession.
We have seen what these far left loons have done to California. They have destroyed it. It is bankrupt and ruined by the far left ideas. They have destroyed a beautiful state and now what to destroy america. shame on you. Look at what you have done. Look at the facts and look around. Its amazing what far left polititions will do to line their pockets with cash on the backs of the working poor. sick
please don't ever group Slavery and womans rights with this far left communist movment. I noticed the following, iphones made by corporations, cloths made by corporations, a councel chamber made by a corporation and computers made by corporations. If these far left loons where able to get what they want then they would be standing in the forest naked. Think about what you say and do before you cheapen the word Slavery for your cheap political gain. shame on you.
Regarding 'The Vote Heard Around The World' I am glad that someone stud up in my place representing me and 'We The People' to vote against corporate monopolization of representation. Thank you.
donalcole 2 weeks ago
Now how about amending that to only LIVING, corporeal beings, so that dolphins and other similar beings can be considered? That, too, is important. If an alien were to arrive in a spaceship, wouldn't he be deserving of Constitutional rights as well?
SpectreWriter 2 weeks ago
@SpectreWriter Very glad you brought up that important consideration, SpectreWriter so that we can spend energy addressing your fanciful, theoretical problem instead of spending energy addressing the real, existing problem of corporate control of our government that is currently robbing us and our children of our inalienable liberties. Please do write the screenplay, though. I'd like to make a film about a world in which dolphins voted.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
@georgemerkert Last week, a case for orcas (which are very much deserving of liberty) was turned down by a judge for EXACTLY this reason -- because the writers of the Constitution didn't think ahead to realize that there are other "persons" besides humans. To make that change would be minor. To leave it out is beyond tragic, and invites all sorts of abuses of animals (other than humans.) SO .. thanks for sharing your sad myopic opinion. Try THINKING before typing ego-rants, will ya?
SpectreWriter 2 weeks ago
@SpectreWriter Best of luck to you, SpectreWriter and I was actually serious about the screenplay. If you're actually a writer and you actually have a screenplay that deals with the sentience of non-human beings, I'd be interested in reading it.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
Since it no longer applies to citizens, it's only fair.
beggarz 1 month ago
Woohoo! Move to Amend rocks!
HostileNegotiator 2 months ago
@HostileNegotiator : > ))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Why stop at just L.A.? Why not make it a Constitutional Amendment to the United States that only Constitutional Rights belong to 'Human Beings", regardless of their color, ethnicity, gender, gender orientation, country of birth, political affiliation, and social class. This also applies to all churches, and religious affiliations.
pinay56 2 months ago
@pinay56 The LA City Council passed a non binding resolution to support the idea of the 28th Amendment. The 28th Amendment, when passed, by 3/4 of the state legislatures of the states of the US, will hold that Constitutional rights apply only to human beings (citizens of the US) and that money is not free speech. Hope this answers your question. Let me know if it doesn't.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
You obviously don't know what an American Citizen is. There is a difference between being a human -being and being an American Citizen. A human-being is a living aspect of the natural world. An American Citizen is a legal aspect of the United States Government.
unclecom1 2 months ago
@unclecom1 amen to that man. . . we already represent the corporate entity that exists in our name soooo now that they are taking away the rights of the corporation what does that mean for those CEO's of the corporate entity? Less rights me thinks. . . booooo.. . but the general population will just eat it up.
superwackywabbit 2 months ago
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@unclecom1 Quote: An American Citizen is a legal aspect of the United States Government.
I agree and nicholasaurus's comment just goes to show how brainwashed people can be.
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What rights might those be?
unclecom1 2 months ago
California demonstrates its un-American side.
Only human beings have rights - only the rights of American citizens are protected by the Constitution of the United States of America. An American Citizen is not a human being. It is a corporate entity of the United States of America. To deny the protections of individual rights to Corporations denies the protections written into the Constitution to American human beings via their Corporate identity as Citizens of the United States Government.
unclecom1 2 months ago
@unclecom1 Don't know if you're being ironic and, you hope, facetious. If so, please forgive me for saying I'm not getting it. If you're being serious please explain your ideas in a different way because I don't understand.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert search the internet for "legal personality"
unclecom1 2 months ago
@unclecom1 (If you are being serious), The denial of real human rights via their legal identity is not what is being suggested. The amendment they seem to be proposing would simply make the distinction between legal entities who are *also* biological beings with physical needs (real humans) and legal entities who have no biological needs (corporations). Making this distinction, this amendment, as I understand it, would deny human rights to legal entities who are not also real humans.
Kokuei0013 2 months ago
@Kokuei0013 Good explanation.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@unclecom1 Are you literally rolling up your own crap and smoking it? I can't believe a non-crap high brain could produce the words "An American Citizen is not a human being." If you are just trying to get a rise out of people you aren't helping anyone and if you really believe that is the way our world should work then you are basically a traitor to your own species. Is it worth it?
nicholasaurus 2 months ago
@nicholasaurus
do research on the secretary of state and citizenship statute.
myzteron 1 month ago
It is interesting to consider that many of those who will protect corporate citizenship are the same ones who oppose same sex marriage. They can give life to a non-living entity but can not expand their concept of love.
Bob06460 2 months ago
@Bob06460 Don't think that those who oppose the 28th Amendment also oppose same sex marriage. Getting our government back in the hands of We, the People, isn't that kind of issue. It's good for you whether or not you support or oppose same sex marriage.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
YOU GUYS ARE BEYOND AWESOME IM SPREADING THIS VIDEO AROUND NOW!
PrinceVegaOnline 2 months ago
@PrinceVegaOnline Thanks for spreading it around!
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Congratulations, L.A. I'm so glad that there is one bastion of reason on the corporate debate. Don't waver. Don't backpedal. We'll try to get there with you. From a Canuck who's very impressed.
Piecar 2 months ago 3
@Piecar :>))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
well done i am glad there are americans what know how to read and know how to think.
us citizens are awakening, how long will it take for the usa to become a normal country?
ron paul will win next year and we will see, but the people on the ground should be ready for his coming, and support him
valekm 2 months ago
@valekm
I'm not sure I want another fundamentalist Christian president. We are not a Christian nation, and for Ron Paul to say as much misrepresents that 1 in 4 Americans is NOT Christian. Do they not count? Roughly 3 out of 4 Americans are white, but you would never say this is a white country.
SplinterInYourEye 2 months ago
The "City of Los Angeles" IS a CORPORATION. This vid IS AWESOME!
allmiles1 2 months ago
@allmiles1 :>))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Anyone have the minutes of the meeting?
allmiles1 2 months ago
@allmiles1 Think you can get minutes from LA City Clerk.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
L.A. doin' it right!! BRAVO!!!!!
Kilia40 2 months ago
@Kilia40 : > ))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
I cherish this.
kayxstarr24 2 months ago
@kayxstarr24 Thank you so much. Your support means a great deal to us.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Of course, that means that trees and animals would be considered people either.
hepzebahsu 2 months ago
@hepzebahsu Please clarify.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
"For the same reason the wolf dresses up as a sheep" - Is that Kevin's father in Home Alone?
Loops99to1 2 months ago
@Loops99to1 Yes, it is. That's John Heard the actor.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
is it true?
Hungaroalien 2 months ago
@Hungaroalien Please elaborate. Is what true?
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Sounds like bad news for the Zombie party!
Zaphod99 2 months ago
@Zaphod99 The Voting Dead.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Right on! This is a great beginning to the struggle...
PoliticalMuscle09 2 months ago
@PoliticalMuscle09 : > )
georgemerkert 2 months ago
To the cronies, let the butthurt flow through you.
xxxxAXIxxxx 2 months ago
@xxxxAXIxxxx What does that mean exactly?
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert "let the butthurt flow through you" is a meme, a crony is someone who supports Cronyism. Ron Paul outlines a true dichotomy between those who are for competition in the market and those who believe corporations are people. He calls those who are in bed with business cronies. Lack of personhood means lack of influence in the House and Senate.
xxxxAXIxxxx 2 months ago
@georgemerkert Referring to the people who support Crony Capitalism -- Government favoring of corporations. LearnLiberty has a nice video explaining it.
TenzoGames 2 months ago
@TenzoGames Thanks. I'll check it out.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@TenzoGames Interesting video.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert Just spreadin' the word.
TenzoGames 2 months ago
Wonderful gesture. Excellent progress in raising awareness.
Occupy1Government 2 months ago
@Occupy1Government :>))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Thanks for sharing! But what does this mean exactly?
What kind of progress are we making?
abadeizer 2 months ago 2
@abadeizer It's a very important milestone. LA is the first big US city to endorse the 28th Amendment but not the first city. Boulder, Colorado and Missoula, Montana have also passed similar resolutions. Polls say that 80% of the US electorate supports the idea of getting corporations and their money out of our government. See Move To Amend LA web site for more information.
georgemerkert 2 months ago 7
@abadeizer
My question exactly!
limespider8 2 months ago
@abadeizer We are making good progress. Since LA City Council passed this resolution the New York City City Council passed a similar resolution.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
Good job, an inspiration to many!
koolmexican 2 months ago
@koolmexican Thanks, koolmexican!
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@koolmexican Thanks, koolmexican!
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
People working TOGETHER......CAN take this country back. Let's do it! Ron Paul 2012! :)
Goobyusa 2 months ago
@Goobyusa Thanks for your support. People who love their country want people – not corporations – to rule it.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@patthespark We're having a semantic argument. "Body Politic" is not the same as "corporation" in the sense that we're concerned with in this amendment. Don't think it's useful to argue about the meaning of words.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
I appreciate those who stud up for their 'human rights' as apposed to corporation's selfish financial interests. You have my vote also.
donalcole 2 months ago
@donalcole You're right! And thanks for your support.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@donalcole Thanks, donalcole! We're studding up for conservatives, liberals and anyone who values the rights of human beings over corporations.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
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donalcole 2 months ago
@patthespark I appreciate your heartfelt thoughts. We're not going to be able to replace the entire US Constitution in this lifetime because we object to the way the founders used one word in that document. "We, the People" has come to include women and children along with slaves. Let's be glad for that and not set impossible tasks for ourselves.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
NEVER TRUST A LIBERAL. These are the same people who would take your rights away!
supermex2109 2 months ago
@supermex2109 All you need to trust is your good sense. Getting corporate money out of politics puts you in charge whether you're conservative or liberal. That idea makes good sense to people of all political ideologies.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@supermex2109 Your comment makes no sense, Supermex2109.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
At last! something positive and progressive in politics! Normally the clips I see are are about corrupt laws being passed, which benefit corporations at the expense of the individual. This vote, however, is the way forward. I hope other cities will follow L.A's lead on this point.
Tekelt 2 months ago
@Tekelt I hope other cities will follow suit too. You can help that happen by providing the link to this video to your friends and relatives in other cities.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert Sadly, I live in the UK, and don't know anyone in US.
Tekelt 2 months ago
@Tekelt Glad to have your support, Tekelt. See movetoamendladotorg for ways that you can help.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
Two good things come from this:
1. Good bye 'Corporations are people' problem.
2. Peta's animals have rights too rhetoric will be wounded.
TheMchap123 2 months ago
@TheMchap123 We've got lot of work to do before we say goodbye to the "Corps are people" problem. Help us. See Move To Amend LA web site.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
I actually love more that they say "constitutional rights are only for human beings" not only human beings that live in the United States. All people deserve human rights, not just Americans.
teamcoltra 2 months ago 31
@teamcoltra That is a very good point!
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@teamcoltra
Most of all just, not only jews deserve human rights and are humans..
Gentiles also.
johannes3v16 2 months ago
@johannes3v16 We are working to reserve rights for all human beings regardless of ethnic, religious or political affiliation.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
@teamcoltra Interesting thought, teamcoltra. Right now, though, we've got a way to influence the world by influencing the United States to do what's right. In traveling throughout the world over the last 15 years, I've noticed that other countries emulate what the US does. Thus, if we get the US onto the right track other countries will follow.
georgemerkert 2 weeks ago
“The singular role of any government is to secure the rights of the people, any law that does not hold this basic tenant is unconstitutional.” – kdtroxel (corporations are not people, people are not corporations)
troxel02 2 months ago
@troxel02 Good thought!
georgemerkert 2 months ago
And now what ?? The world is all better now?? Wtf people please all just theaTRIX!!!!
Jerbear112266 2 months ago
@Jerbear112266 We've got a lot of work to do to pass this amendment. Check Move To Amend LA web site for how you can help.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Good News travels fast! Power to the people!! `support from Ireland
AshmanStashman 2 months ago
@AshmanStashman Rock on, AshmanStashman. Thank you for your interest in what happens in our country. And good luck to you Irish people too.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@pimpdarlin Thanks! Now we're acting like human beings. It feels good.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert
Yeah Bro & it's contagious!
Keep going OK!?
pimpdarlin 2 months ago
@IndigoWarrior12 Yours is a semantic argument, IndigoWarrior. This is not the place for arguments about what words mean. If you want to have that discussion go to the Alpha Dictionary web site. They have a terrific discussion about words.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
I (REP)RESENT (REP)RESENTATIVE DOCTOR (R)ONALD (E)RNEST (P)AUL 2012!!! REVOLUTION!!!
GreatJAHsDreadlocks 2 months ago
@GreatJAHsDreadlocks The amendment to reserve Constitutional rights for living beings is important to people of all political leanings.
Great that Ron Paul supports Move To Amend's goals.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Thanks to JaiJai Hudson from OCCUPY LONG BEACH for sharing this!
ThePrimeSpotcom 2 months ago
@ThePrimeSpotcom Thank you JaiJai!!!
georgemerkert 2 months ago
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la1rose 2 months ago
Get money out of politics. This is a step in the right direction. Money should not equal speech. If corporations decide to move over sees than let them, it just shows how un-American they are also I always thought in a capitalistic society if a corporation fails another will take its place with bigger and bolder ideas and ambition. Globalization and technology has out paced labor we need to find solutions to solve this and I believe we as Americans can find the answers when we are at the edge.
TruthSavant 2 months ago 2
@TruthSavant You make a terrific point. Multinational corporations have so indoctrinated the public that many in the public believe that corporations are patriotic to the USA. They're not. Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News and an Australian, corrupted the gov't of the UK and kowtowed to China even to the point of compromising the interests of the US.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
this is all fine and dandy but its only gonna provoke a mass exodus of corperations out of the city and state...
laws are passed every year and it dont change the fact that corperations always find a way out
we want more jobs here? then we need to call china out on its currency manipulations.. if our government dont have the balls to do that then we will just continue to put pressure on companies here in america thus forcing them to go elsewhere..
nothing will change from this
flybri74 2 months ago
@flybri74 I don't agree. Where is there a better climate for corporations than the US? Not China where the gov't has the power to control every aspect of everyone's life. Not Singapore where the market for goods and services is tiny. Not India which is one of the most corrupt places on earth. The EU is a pretty good climate for corporations What is the EU doing that has created an environment out of which have come so many powerful corporations? BTW, there's no corporate personhood in the EU.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert yeah most corperation headquarters are based in america BUT the manufacturing jobs that fuel them are in countries that manipulate their currency and thats what im trying to get accross.. the goods are made in other countries and shipped here for sale here... and those monies are sent overseas and never brought back to USA for taxation..
if those practices continue then we as a nation are in trouble
flybri74 2 months ago
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@georgemerkert yeah most corperation headquarters are based in america BUT the manufacturing jobs that fuel them are in countries that manipulate their currency and thats what im trying to get accross.. the goods are made in other countries and shipped here for sale here... and those monies are sent overseas and never brought back to USA for taxation..
if those practices continue then we as a nation are in trouble
flybri74 2 months ago
@flybri74 We should call China out on it's currency manipulation for sure. However, this amendment is more than a law. It's an amendment to the document that controls every other law. Re exodus: We have created a business climate that favors large corporations to the extent that it's hard for other companies to compete. We've known that the oil was running out since 1973, yet Detroit kept making gas hog cars. It's only in the last few years that starting up a car company has become viable.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Being anti-corporate personhood does not mean you are anti-coporation. It means you think the US Constitution only grants rights to real people. Historically, corps were granted priviledges by The People via temporary charters based on a corporation's contribution to society, etc. THAT is the role of a coporation. If we used that system today, we could remove the charter of any corporation that, for example, makes a record profit on the same year it laid off record numbers of employees.
Michael12evans 2 months ago 2
@Michael12evans Good comment. Employment is as important a goal for our economy as profit.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
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la1rose 2 months ago
@TheUnhivedTRUTH See my reply to your comment above.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@TheUnhivedTRUTH Uhhhh, get back on your meds and write in again.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Corporations are not people!
SOYLENT GREEN IS PEOPLE!
la1rose 2 months ago
@la1rose : > ))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
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@georgemerkert You're welcome George, thanks for the video. Sorry I'm just getting back to you now, I've been writing on here under the account name mindplow1 and didn't see your comment to this account until today. I've already shared your video on FB and I'd like to ask you if I can set parts of it to an original song on my youtube channel mindplow1. You can hear the song there, or here at nicoritexx, it's called "Make A Little Noise". Thanks, - Nicc
nicoritexx 2 months ago
Ron Paul 2012!
kgoldric 2 months ago
@kgoldric Liberty is impossible with corporate rule.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
This is great news, everyone! As more political bodies around the country start taking on our issues, we will win! This is the beginning of a constitutional WIN for occupy, revoking corporate personhood. Please talk to your representatives about doing this on a local and state level. This is how we can actually bypass the U.S. Senate and House and amend the constitution through state action via the PEOPLE!
blueshinai 2 months ago
@blueshinai Good comments! See Move To Amend and Move To Amend LA web sites to learn how you can start Move To Amend in your town.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
That is taking out only one evil player in the politics game. You have to take out unions, corporations, and their pawn's the lobbyists. With out leveling the political field you will never get enough support. Most of the country thinks LA and California are a lost cause looney bin anyway you may want to play that down..
TheCyclemanmoter 2 months ago
@TheCyclemanmoter Without corporations or unions funding them lobbyists don't exist.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Corporations are my father
Mosartk 2 months ago
@Mosartk And your mother is?
georgemerkert 2 months ago
BRAVO!
sophielago 2 months ago
@sophielago : > ))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
I'm completely confounded. How did the Communist Republic of California pass such a Constitutional Republic bill? What the hell is going on there? Best news I've heard all year, and it's from California? My mind is blown.
66752063686172 2 months ago
@66752063686172 Wow you must not know anything about California
joshloki 2 months ago
@joshloki California is the home to liberty. We value personal rights very highly.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@66752063686172 Glad you like it. We strike a blow for liberty every chance we get.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
This is why it is crucial in this election to vote for Ron Paul.
jsmccarty82 2 months ago
@jsmccarty82 Ron Paul has as many bad ideas as he has good ones... why would anyone settle for someone because they have some good ideas while ignoring the terrible ones?
steveaustin71 2 months ago 4
@steveaustin71 Libertarians, conservatives and liberals are all natural allies on this amendment.
georgemerkert 2 months ago 4
@steveaustin71 Ron Paul just adheres to his Oath of Office. All his votes and ideas are all aligned under the Constitution. So in this regard, if you criticise Ron Paul's ideas as being "bad" for America, then you are simply unhappy with the structure of the Constitution itself. Its about that simple. Dr. Ron Paul does not and has not deviated from his oath of office. But if you can dig something up Ron Paul voted on that bifarcates from the Constitution, we're all ears. Ron Paul 2012
eamonearly 2 months ago 3
@steveaustin71 @steveaustin71 Ron Paul just adheres to his Oath of Office. All his votes and ideas are all aligned under the Constitution. So in this regard, if you criticise Ron Paul's ideas as being "bad" for America, then you are simply unhappy with the structure of the Constitution itself. Its about that simple. Dr. Ron Paul does not and has not deviated from his oath of office. But if you can dig something up Ron Paul voted on that bifarcates from the Constitution, we're all ears.
eamonearly 2 months ago
@steveaustin71 Another person holding no scrutiny in one's words. Name one of his bad ideas then hold more scrutiny by explaining.
GreatJAHsDreadlocks 2 months ago
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georgemerkert 2 months ago
@jsmccarty82 As soon as we get corporate and union money out of politics, we'll be able to discuss among ourselves what kind of country we want to have.
georgemerkert 2 months ago 8
@jsmccarty82 Is Ron Paul wanting to completely take away any posisbility of a corporation having Constitutional protections? I haven't done the research on him. Do you have a link about this?
Michael12evans 2 months ago
@Michael12evans Yes, Ron Paul wants corporate personhood abolished. Dr. Paul just adheres to his Oath of Office.All his votes & ideas are all aligned under the Constitution.So in this regard,if one criticises Ron Paul's ideas as being"bad" for America,then they are simply unhappy with the structure of the Constitution itself.Its about that simple.Dr.Ron Paul does not& has not deviated from his oath of office.But if you can dig something up Ron Paul voted on that bifarcates from the Constitution.
eamonearly 2 months ago
@IndigoWarrior12 We all get that we're in a Constitutional Republic. "Representative democracy" is another way of saying it. "Democracy" is a short form way of saying it. Whether we fill our mouths with "Constitutional Republic" when we refer to our gov't or simply say "Democracy" has no bearing on whether we need the 28th Amendment. We need it. Period.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
sign Bernie Sander's petition to overturn Citizen's United v FEC
sanders.senate.gov/petition/?uid=f1c2660f-54b9-4193-86a4-ec2c39342c6c
spacefox71 2 months ago
@spacefox71 Bernie is a good man for sure.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Fuckiin' unanimous!
MisterEvil1 2 months ago
@MisterEvil1 : > ))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
10 trolls. 423 real human beings.
Bob48Bob 2 months ago 9
@Bob48Bob Government by, for and of the people isn't for everybody. Some people like to be told what to do.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert You are right.
Bob48Bob 2 months ago
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jsmccarty82 2 months ago
@Bob48Bob I guess your one of em?
jsmccarty82 2 months ago
@4thstuning Check out a movie called The Corporation for more information re the power of modern marketing. It's an introduction only but a very clear one.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@georgemerkert I prefer marketing to govt dictates. I prefer freedom to slavery. With that bias established I know that once the power is handed over to govt to control certain groups, it will quickly grow to control other groups. Furthermore it's wrong to tell anyone they can't say or do something simply because they're doing it for economic reasons. Where does this stop? Again, read some economic texts. "Road to Serfdom" would be a good starting point for the uninitiated.
4thstuning 2 months ago 2
WE ARE THE 99%!!!!!!
tommytowne 2 months ago
@tommytowne : > ))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
AWESOME!!!!!!
tommytowne 2 months ago
@tommytowne thanks!
georgemerkert 2 months ago
So I guess the government is non-human
floydsgarage 2 months ago
@floydsgarage Gov't should be accountable to people. Now it's accountable to the corporations that fund it.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Beautiful!
electroluxia 2 months ago
@electroluxia : > ))
georgemerkert 2 months ago
Finally! It has begun...
cyxgun 2 months ago 8
@cyxgun Yes!
georgemerkert 2 months ago
10 corporations think they are people...
richd506 2 months ago
Just look at the facts about what far left loons ask for and get? You can see it in your 15 trillion dollar debt. Look at the collaps of Europe all run by the left wing loons. Here is a question. Every single inner city is run by far left loons. It has been that way since 1960.To this day they are still inner cities. If left wing ideas worked then these areas would have prospered by now. They use words like slavery, racisim to goat the followers to continue to vote for them. What a shame...
bigrock403 2 months ago
@bigrock403 This isn't a partisan issue, bigrock403. Conservative people don't like being pushed around by corporations any more than liberal people do. Once we get the corporations out of our political process, conservatives and liberals will be able to talk with each other and decide what kind of country they want to have.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
@bigrock403 It's the right that built this debt, it was already there when the left took over. Not to mention, it's the 'friendship' and priviledge awarded to the corporations by the right that created the recession.
Dispiacere 2 months ago
We have seen what these far left loons have done to California. They have destroyed it. It is bankrupt and ruined by the far left ideas. They have destroyed a beautiful state and now what to destroy america. shame on you. Look at what you have done. Look at the facts and look around. Its amazing what far left polititions will do to line their pockets with cash on the backs of the working poor. sick
bigrock403 2 months ago
@bigrock403 This comment doesn't have anything to do with the issue, bigrock403. Keep your comments on topic.
georgemerkert 2 months ago
please don't ever group Slavery and womans rights with this far left communist movment. I noticed the following, iphones made by corporations, cloths made by corporations, a councel chamber made by a corporation and computers made by corporations. If these far left loons where able to get what they want then they would be standing in the forest naked. Think about what you say and do before you cheapen the word Slavery for your cheap political gain. shame on you.
bigrock403 2 months ago