The Radical Progressive Left has their panties in a knot because THEIR corporate media (msnbc, cnbc, Fox, NBC, CBS, PBS) just LOST its monopoly on political speech.
Speech was NOT free before, but it is now!
As long as the advertising is correct and not a lie, then we can NEVER have too much information!
BTW, there are all kinds of laws on the books to prevent Defamation which is any wrongful injury to the reputation of a person or entity.
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous." -Terence McKenna
"The drug war has arguably been the single most devastating, dysfunctional, harmful social policy since slavery."
We all know this has been happening for a long time, but this is an especially important decision. You can tell the important issues in that they dont get a lot of news coverage.
Don't be FOOLED by these ads they are all coming from the Liberals communism is no stranger to state instituted monopolies. Where the Government chooses who in what industry succeeds or fails. This has nothing to do with free trade or free market economics. For instance you start a business and all of a sudden you are slammed by all kinds of Government regulation while your competition gets a FREE RIDE ON THE GOVERNMENTS (TAX PAYERS DIME) Propagandist LIES.
So... you actually agree with this ad then. The reason why companies get a free ride is becouse of their campaign contributions. Small business has no politcal power, therefore less freedom.
If the Supreme Court allows more corruption (corporate money) into our already bought and paid for government, then we might as well pledge allegience to the corprotocracy. Let's hope there is still some sanity in the court. Clearly the people do not have as much influence over the political process as they once did. It will render the people of this country litteraly speechless to their government officials. Of the corporation....by the corporation...for the corporation.
S Ct (esp Roberts) thinks that "money is speech." Therefore, restrictions on spending money in campaigns is a violation of the 1st Amd. The Ct will probably allow more money in.
NAÏVE NAÏVE Obama raised over $740,000,000 Most of it from his favorite corporate bundlers. Why do you want to PROTECT this situation? You are not contributing to Democracy. However, Internet Voting can be used to Super-Democratize US elections.
We're not trying to "protect" the system. In fact, we are troubled by the amount of money that bundlers raised for Obama AND McCain. True public financing of elections is the answer. But what the Supreme Court might do in Citizens United v FEC would blow open the floodgates to corporate cash in our elections. If you think it's bad now, you haven't seen anything yet.
As Ed McMahon might have said "You are correct, sir!" In fact its a crime that Health Care Insurers are currently using our insurance payments to run ads and lobby against health care reform. Democracy can't survive this kind of cash influence.
First, the worst that can happen is more of the same. Corporations already own Congress and the pres (eg, Obama follows Bush's rule of no negotiations for drug prices). Can't get much worse than this. Second, you guys are misleading your viewers into thinking they can influence the S Ct with piddling protests. That's not how our system works.
Ernest is right on--very few people have heard of Sta.Clara Co. v. Southern Pacific Railroad (was it 1898?), and that CANNOT be a coincidence, because it's easily one of the five most important SOTUS decisions ever. Until that is overturned, all really fundamental challenges to the system will be futile--campaign financing, to name only the most obvious
What this country needs a new Constitutional amendment striping corporations of 14th Amendment rights granted by the SOTUS in St Clara Co. v Southern Pacific Railroad. Corporations are not persons!
Absolutely! Corporations are not living persons and should not be given the rights given to individual citizens. When we have corporations regarded as if they were human and given MORE rights than humans, when we have a situation where one dollar equals one person's free speech as far as the law is concerned, there is no way we can have a government of the people, by the people, or for the people.
I pledge Allegiance to the Dollar of the United States of America and to the Plutocracy for which it stands, one nation under the Dollar almighty, with Liberty and Justice for sale.
We need less money in politics, not more. Politicians don't listen to their constituents, they listen to the donors that bankroll them. Let's hope that the high court will think with their hearts and not their ideology!
I've heard it said that out of the 545 members of congress only about 40 work for us, the people. The rest work for their corporate masters. So what we have is a corporate judicial, corporate legislative, and corporate executive government.
The Radical Progressive Left has their panties in a knot because THEIR corporate media (msnbc, cnbc, Fox, NBC, CBS, PBS) just LOST its monopoly on political speech.
Speech was NOT free before, but it is now!
As long as the advertising is correct and not a lie, then we can NEVER have too much information!
BTW, there are all kinds of laws on the books to prevent Defamation which is any wrongful injury to the reputation of a person or entity.
yakyakyak69 2 years ago
Corpocracy sucks !
I signed your petition and several others......
dullsvillain 2 years ago
END SO-CALLED WAR ON DRUGS NOW!
"Let us declare nature to be legitimate. All plants should be declared legal, and all animals for that matter. The notion of illegal plants and animals is obnoxious and ridiculous." -Terence McKenna
"The drug war has arguably been the single most devastating, dysfunctional, harmful social policy since slavery."
- Norm Stamper, former Seattle Police Chief
NatureLegalized 2 years ago
We all know this has been happening for a long time, but this is an especially important decision. You can tell the important issues in that they dont get a lot of news coverage.
psychocycledad 2 years ago
I got an idea: fuck over those corporate scum
Song476 2 years ago
global warming doesn't exist. it's global dimming.
whynotflip 2 years ago 2
Don't be FOOLED by these ads they are all coming from the Liberals communism is no stranger to state instituted monopolies. Where the Government chooses who in what industry succeeds or fails. This has nothing to do with free trade or free market economics. For instance you start a business and all of a sudden you are slammed by all kinds of Government regulation while your competition gets a FREE RIDE ON THE GOVERNMENTS (TAX PAYERS DIME) Propagandist LIES.
Search: Yuri Bezmenov
cerberusxp7 2 years ago
I tried to break out my Lyndon Larouche decoder ring on this one, but I'm still not understanding this one.
fluxkit 2 years ago
So... you actually agree with this ad then. The reason why companies get a free ride is becouse of their campaign contributions. Small business has no politcal power, therefore less freedom.
psychocycledad 2 years ago
doesn't nader say that the corporate government is already the problem? guess pubcit is angling a bit, which is fine, i suppose, still a bit weird.
benjini1 2 years ago
If the Supreme Court allows more corruption (corporate money) into our already bought and paid for government, then we might as well pledge allegience to the corprotocracy. Let's hope there is still some sanity in the court. Clearly the people do not have as much influence over the political process as they once did. It will render the people of this country litteraly speechless to their government officials. Of the corporation....by the corporation...for the corporation.
gemingastar 2 years ago 4
S Ct (esp Roberts) thinks that "money is speech." Therefore, restrictions on spending money in campaigns is a violation of the 1st Amd. The Ct will probably allow more money in.
WJKPhD
WJKPhD 2 years ago
NAÏVE NAÏVE Obama raised over $740,000,000 Most of it from his favorite corporate bundlers. Why do you want to PROTECT this situation? You are not contributing to Democracy. However, Internet Voting can be used to Super-Democratize US elections.
William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
WJKPhD 2 years ago
We're not trying to "protect" the system. In fact, we are troubled by the amount of money that bundlers raised for Obama AND McCain. True public financing of elections is the answer. But what the Supreme Court might do in Citizens United v FEC would blow open the floodgates to corporate cash in our elections. If you think it's bad now, you haven't seen anything yet.
PublicCitizenInc 2 years ago
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robelicit 2 years ago
As Ed McMahon might have said "You are correct, sir!" In fact its a crime that Health Care Insurers are currently using our insurance payments to run ads and lobby against health care reform. Democracy can't survive this kind of cash influence.
Chocochoco3838 2 years ago
First, the worst that can happen is more of the same. Corporations already own Congress and the pres (eg, Obama follows Bush's rule of no negotiations for drug prices). Can't get much worse than this. Second, you guys are misleading your viewers into thinking they can influence the S Ct with piddling protests. That's not how our system works.
WJKPhD 2 years ago
So you have a Ph.D., huh?
fluxkit 2 years ago
Bing me
William J. Kelleher, Ph.D.
I'm the Internet voting guy.
WJKPhD 2 years ago
Ernest is right on--very few people have heard of Sta.Clara Co. v. Southern Pacific Railroad (was it 1898?), and that CANNOT be a coincidence, because it's easily one of the five most important SOTUS decisions ever. Until that is overturned, all really fundamental challenges to the system will be futile--campaign financing, to name only the most obvious
schoolofarts 2 years ago 3
What this country needs a new Constitutional amendment striping corporations of 14th Amendment rights granted by the SOTUS in St Clara Co. v Southern Pacific Railroad. Corporations are not persons!
ErnestTSpoon 2 years ago 9
Absolutely! Corporations are not living persons and should not be given the rights given to individual citizens. When we have corporations regarded as if they were human and given MORE rights than humans, when we have a situation where one dollar equals one person's free speech as far as the law is concerned, there is no way we can have a government of the people, by the people, or for the people.
rivercs 2 years ago 3
The Pledge to the Dollar
I pledge Allegiance to the Dollar of the United States of America and to the Plutocracy for which it stands, one nation under the Dollar almighty, with Liberty and Justice for sale.
FERENCEFF 2 years ago 4
We need less money in politics, not more. Politicians don't listen to their constituents, they listen to the donors that bankroll them. Let's hope that the high court will think with their hearts and not their ideology!
mj1956 2 years ago 2
I think they are already bought and paid for for the most part except for a couple like Dennis K and a few others.
Barb
SpiritLadyArtist 2 years ago 5
I've heard it said that out of the 545 members of congress only about 40 work for us, the people. The rest work for their corporate masters. So what we have is a corporate judicial, corporate legislative, and corporate executive government.
jordaj111 2 years ago 2