HALLELUJAH CORPORATIONS (revised edition).mov

[kel2580]

Handel knew how to compoes them. What a hit this was.

[uuschk99]

excellent good creative energy

[ColdChicago]

he drives as hard a bargain as do the wind and rain

which blow thru cities hes destroyed: they did not heed his name

in that free market system called heaven

there is only one chairman of the board

his door is always open and

his salesmen call him "the lord"

[sweetstrongwoman]

the message is the scary part

[2212kolibri]

Even though they have a message to the 1 percent, I do not agree to the use of a well loved and special piece of music like the Handel Hallelujah chorous.

[rtpstephen]

EXCELLENT!

[sweetstrongwoman]

this would be funny if it weren't so scary

[MwalshBaritone]

@sweetstrongwoman the message or the rendition? 

[margosacco]

Totally brilliant. Keep up the good work education the suckers. We need to change how our country is governed. The Citizens United decision needs to be overturned and the politicians, bankers, and CEOs need to be jailed for 30 years.

[Marymeet27]

(standing & clapping con brio) Bravo! I am so sorry I haven't met you before now! Bravo!

ratrat222 seriously? Me thinks I smell a rat

[SWLRVolunteer]

It is the disparity of income between the CEOs and most employees. Who needs to make millions a year when the people who make the corporations succeed make less than a living wage.

[shamusoz]

Fantastic - especially the ladies'facial expressions :)

[ratrat222]

We need laissez-faire Capitalism to destroy these Coercive monopolies that were created by regulation.

[ekurie]

what a complete and utter waste of perfectly good musical talent. Were do they think subsidies that enable them to perform come from?? Idiots.

[sentientmeatdotnet]

@ekurie Serious error. We want to limit the power of corporations to rule our society, not destroy them.

[cathiefredrickson]

Amazing, so true, Loved it!!!

[ImagineMagic]

This is beyond wonderful! I love the singing and the message! Brilliant!



[TheMatreiya]

Just loved the expressions on the two ladies face especially!!!!

[Im4Peace4all]

WOW! This was awesome. Really could not have said or sung it any better myself. I think this should be played outside every corporate execs office and through the halls of Congress and the White House, however, since trying to hold corporations to a more modest profit could be considered the "T" word, you might be squirreled to a "private" prison in some other country for a few years...

[MrsFredJohnson]

Not to mention the excellent singing!

[modernsenica]

Very expressive and all inclusive! A direct democracy in a country this big would certainly be interesting.

[frankpatton]

Now this is a church song that is truly reasonable. Faith in free markets, something to believe in, the true faith of so many who believe in the greatest god of them all. Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah.

[modernsenica]

Big and small companies (corporations, LLPs, sole proprietors, etc) have contributed to the comforts and conveniences we enjoy today; whether they make or finance their development. But these structures can be a detriment to society as well. My point is that the structures are not at fault; its the people within these business structures that are at fault; intentionally or not. If corporations aren't people lets not treat them as people. I agree with BETTYBARCODE. Limit their charters.

[burbeck1]

@modernsenica Limit their charters, I'm down with that...it muddies the waters to lump corporations together with "sole proprietors"...Corporations own private prisons and it doesn't get more evil than that.Wells Fargo has huge holdings in private prisons and so does Calpers and many other corps and "investors" - if you bank with the likes of Wells Fargo then you facilitate the evil that they do..move your money and be careful where you invest and for whom you work or facilitate.

[modernsenica]

@burbeck1 If a private prison corporation did not obey the rule to maximize profits, fill every cell, instead, used the profits to create programs to rehabilitate and educate for a better life. If it didn't employ lobbyists to criminalize more people and didn't mind not having some empty cells, but considered empty cells to be an indication of progress. Would that corporation be evil? You suggest that we should be responsible as to where we bank; is it the structure or the activity that is evil?

[burbeck1]

@modernsenica It is my view after 71 yrs, that Capitalism is an economic evil that cannot be fixed and the corporation is it's hand maiden - Capitalism is an economic system without a soul, it cares not about people except insofar as they can be used and used up... it only "cares" about the bottom line and as such has no business even having a function in a civilized society ...we are fools to think that corporations can be better or worse given the system they serve...

[modernsenica]

@burbeck1 Ok, maximizing profits without any other consideration is action without a soul, corporations being artificial persons are without a soul. So, I guess, if corporations can't be altered to be responsible corporate entities then, as you say, some other form needs to be formulated. Interestingly it was the small business american tea companies who were protesting the actions of the British East India Corporation that brought about our independence. Are we experiencing something similar.

[CorneliusCorporation]

I am the ~0% of the 1%. Yeeaaahhh!!! Great song!!!

[PoliticalRalph]

awesome!

[drizzy1]

@PinkoRed

I don't know where to begin. You seem stuck in the idea that some political party is our savior, when in fact our political system is what's killing us -- corruption, undue influence, revolving door lobbying... The Republican / Democrat divide is a ruse, and it's working well to keep gullible saps fighting over the wrong agenda.

And, by the way, while our higher educational institutions may be expensive, they are still, on balance, the best in the world. My claims stand, in context.

[jakefarsh]

Is this an anti Democrat/Obama video since the corporations/the rich contributed more to Obama than to the Republicans? Or is it anti American since corporations, unions, politicians, lawyers, etc,etc are the people of the USA?

[ChucksterJax]

Hallelujah! Thine the Glory!!!!

[dharma6529]

Bravo!!! Bravo!!!!  ;)

[PinkoRedWhiteAndBlue]

I will play this over and over and over again, my friends. Which Democrat said to the Republicans: "if you stop lying about us, we'll stop telling the truth about you"?

We all need some smiles because our nation is being crushed under Bad Boy Boner and his Gang Of Prevaricators and their bullying. The Grand Old Party sickened after Eisenhower and is now in the final throes of being the Gluttons Of Privilege - too many Fat Cat Corporate Fanciers mired in their sandbox of wasteful strategies.

[drizzy1]

@Raksaht "I was fortunate enough to move to a better country 20 years ago."

What country is that? And why is it better? What are the average and median standards of living compared with the USA? What is its HDI (human dvlpmt index)? Personally, I can only think of a handful of "other countries" I would consider living in. And none of them offer the level of diversity, grandeur, higher educational system, or personal liberty of the USA. There's a reason why USA is the #1 immigrant destination.

[PinkoRedWhiteAndBlue]

@drizzy1

Ah yes, I do remember the days of my youth when the GI Bill hugely expanded the ranks of college graduates who were unburdened by any college loans, working-class became middle class and had their choice of jobs, could afford homes, cars, and America was in truth the land of opportunity.

Wake up, that's all gone. We need FDR-style grand vision to combat the same selfish greed that led to both the Great Depression and our Great Recession. Republicans don't have it.

[wolfladysue]

Great video. It's so true...........those law making politicians are paid, behind closed doors, by the corporations. Money and power are the root of this corruption.

[lafingpossum414]

SO true

[kcdrew69]

magnificent job. Thank you for this. So true. I put it on my blog: Mo Rage

[Meg104]

Gosh... they really are quite talented... the vocalists that is...

[ydecelis18]

Great video - love it. And for all of those who are saying this is an overgeralization by the left "pinkos" or whatever else you want to call us - YOU sound idiotic, NOT us.

[soulfulpsy1]

They have an excellent Handel on the issue!

[hoofalong]

This is a fun piece especially this time of year, but it overstates the case as the Left is prone to do. 

[aresponse2dotcom]

As usual a severe case of gross overgeneralization by lemming progressives has occurred once again. Not all corporations are bad,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,the top one percent of our capitalist society pays over 40% of our nations bills. If you want to get angry at someone blame those law making politicians that spend our country into bankruptcy.

[Raksaht]

@aresponse2dotcom - Wake up and actually listen to these lyrics. They DO blame to surpreme court. Furthermore, many corporations not only pay 0% in taxes, they get subsides, so they cost the real tax payers. Furthermore, 60% of the taxes are paid by the rest of us... well, you... as I was fortunate enough to move to a better country 20 years ago.

[philcovers]

This video is saying what I have been saying for the past 2 or 3 years...... BRILLIANT :)

[haleypearc]

You guys are my heroes. 

[lafingpossum414]

Very good!!!!!!

[rmcdavid49]

Absolutely wonderful!! Thanks!!

[MauiReple2007]

When talent show reality, this is ART!!! I hope this will inspire corporations to fund Art! hehehe

[drdanj]

Bravo! Encore!

[bettybarcode]

The late GrannyD said it best: "I don't want to do away with corporations. I want them to make our cars, however, not our laws." -- Doris Haddock (Granny D)

[kommoncentz]

Great singing !!!

[laserenissima]

Lovely, lovely--a worthy effort! As several comments have pointed out, corporations are not evil--because to be evil, you have to be a person, and CORPORATIONS ARE NOT PERSONS, no matter what the Supreme Court says.

[PinkoRedWhiteAndBlue]

@laserenissima

Ah, no, "evil" is an example of personification when used for non-humans, a well-known literary device, but we do need more accurate pronouns.

Other languages have pronouns to differentiate between living things and non-living, some between human and everything else, and others with all sorts of narrower distinctions.

I toss into the suggestion box our 'they' for humans, and 'unthey' for all the others. I'm sure there are better ideas out there. Let's do it.

[redwhiteandblues]

Would your rather have corporatons provides food, shelter, etc or the gov? Obama and Dems would rather have gov provide goods services, food, shelter in stead of you.

[nickatnoon611]

@redwhiteandblues NEITHER, b/c BOTH are one and the SAME! Now go vote in more of these SATANIC POS!

[MsRenushka]

@redwhiteandblues

That's what your republican leaders keep telling you. Keep believing it and voting in the people who will crush you under their heel to make and extra buck. 

[redwhiteandblues]

Corporate law 101 - corporations are legal entities of groups of PEOPLE, board of directors and stockholders, not somekind of evil alien entity. If you do not like the goods or services

or how a company corporation is run then do not buy their goods or service, It is not the choice of gov people to revoke any corporation that is against our freedoms - that is up to the shareholders and board of directors not GOV, that is core to the problem with the OBAMA administration. Control over YOU

[redwhiteandblues]

This should be changed to "Governments are not people"- instead of "corporations are not people". - A song should be written like this but it should be Government Excess which is

what is going on as can be seen through the Obama Administration.

I agree about getting rid of the Progressive Tax code - we need a flat consumption tax no deductions tax code, progressive tax pits us against each other and no bail outs and no

getting involved in busines.

[smolsen]

@redwhiteandblues both and. governments have issues, and overly huge corporations have issues. both need to be fixed, it is not either or and I believe those politicians and talking heads who claim so have their own self-interested agendas which are not the same as we the people.

[redwhiteandblues]

The problem is not corporation - it is the people who run the corporation with so to speak evil intentions - I have a corporation so I gather I am an evil person. The problem is that the current administration along with other administrations are directly linked to say like GE and major companies with special benefits and deals. These are the individuals who work as say board of directors and are linked with the OBAMA administration that is the problem - not corporations.

[redwhiteandblues]

Progressive tax fails and never works- what is needed is NO DEDUCTIONS of any sort, the so called rich will no matter what always avoid taxes - you will never be able to tax the rich.. If you set up a consumption tax with no deductions this does not punish the poor and middle class. The more money you have trust me the more you will spend - that is fact. There should also be no bailouts and of gov financing businesses. Your tax model is a old paradim and it is time to get rid of it.

[grejambri]

Brilliant!!!

[wudunion]

Wonderful! Great job! So true, don't know whether to laugh or cry or both.

[KidScrat]

Awesomely funny! 

[frharry]

Excellent. As the sign at Occupy Wall Street said, "I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes the first one."

[lewitten]

Everyone of the 99% must see this!

[amdewster]

Wonderful! Thank you!

[modernsenica]

This is just wonderful. It's not that corporations are so evil; they produce many wonderful product and services. It's that they have , on average become too powerful, and have opted for even more power and greed. Corporate charters need to be revokable to ensure they act as good corporate citizens.

[nickatnoon611]

@modernsenica They don't come any more EVIL FFS!!! What kind of drugs are you on, or what evil agenda are you trying to protect?

[modernsenica]

@nickatnoon611 Corporations aren't evil. Like LLP's, sole proprietorships, corporations are simply a means of doing business. How they have evolved is the problem. Originally they were chartered defining their authority and responsibilities. Ignoring either, the charter could be revoked. Then in the 1800's the courts began redefining corporations.1819,1886,1905,19­16,1925,1947,1976,1978,1996. Now they are giants with free speech (money) and irrevocable charters. Potentially undisciplined adults.

[smolsen]

@modernsenica as i understand it, the original C corp was supposed to be liability protection in exchange for enhancing th public good. alas, that has fallen out of the interpretation. A new corporate form is being created to restore it- the "Benefit corporation" has passed so far in 7 states. also i certainly am a supporter of a constitutional amendment to differentiate between people and corporations, which optimistically I suspect SCOTUS wants us to get off our asses and create.

[modernsenica]

@smolsen Benefit Corporation? Thanks. I'd better learn more about it. On the constitution, its use can be a problem as well as a benefit. Consider the consequences of prohibition. So, one should not go running to the constitution to solve every issue. But if congress won't overturn all those court decisions and redefine corporations and make then good corporate citizens then perhaps you may be correct.Then again that requires congressional action as well. The 99% movement could be the beginning?

[burbeck1]

@modernsenica Corporations apologist !!!!

[modernsenica]

@burbeck1 Not all. this song very nicely comments on the dangerous power that corporations have acquired over time. This power is not healthy for the country. It provides far to much influence to the owners of those corporations. Some of those owners use this power unwisely, some predatorily, some responsibly.

What would you suggest be done to improve on this issue?

[burbeck1]

@modernsenica Corporations only came into being so that business owners could limit liability. The court has ruled that corps are "persons" with all the perks of personhood but none of the responsibilities. Ban corporations plain and simple..create a new business entity..the responsible ones should not hide behind the corporate veil and shield, they should become collectives owned and operated by employees "responsible corporations" - no such thing exists unless they are non profit

[modernsenica]

@burbeck1 Corporations as people is now considered a legal fiction which somehow has legal credibility. Collectives? How would you bring that about? Don't most companies begin through the effort of one individual or a small group? Why would a collective structure be chosen? Couldn't that structure be abused?

[wiscokiddd]

@modernsenica BS on the wonderful products made in China. Corporations don't make products or services, people do and certain people are using corporations to profit off of workers while serving no purpose other than domination, extortion and final judgment of extintion mentality. Collective worker ownership must be written into corporate charters.

[burbeck1]

@wiscokiddd Hear hear !!!...."responsible corporations" sounds a lot like "army intelligence"

[modernsenica]

@wiscokiddd OK, Products made in China; Ross Perot, a wealthy guy, tried to warn us on that. Corporations provide the structure and the workers provide the labor. Abe. Lincoln once said that those against labor are guilty of treason; or something like that. I agree. Collective ownership might an answer. That would suggest placing labor unions on a level with ownership?

[wiscokiddd]

@modernsenica Thoughtful response Sen', I like that. Well one of my ideas is to distribute about 16.1 trillion to the American people after we call the international bankster war profiteer's moral default & tell the unconstitutional federal reserve of the Synagogue of Satan that there is now no national debt owed to them. SInce the bail out the bankers gave themselves 16.1 trillion to buy the world with fait $ google Direct Participatory Democracy and a site or two of mine will come up. PL&H K

[hugabill]

Creative, beautiful and relevant. A hit on all counts!

Pay no attention to the screaming, suicidal zombies. Their minds are desiccated, what faith they claim is profaned, their politics corrupted, by the narcissism and arrogance inherent in their social cesspool and eviscerated education.

Well Done!

[BlessedONE333returnz]

THIS IS STUPID AND MORE PROPAGANDA FROM THE LIBERAL LEFT!

FIRST IT'S BLASPHAMY! THE TERM HALLELUJAH ACTUALLY MEANS PRAISE YAH - OR PRAISE THE GOD OF ALL CREATION

AND TO USE THAT TERM NOW ---- TO RANT ABOUT CORPORATIONS... WELL THAT JUST SHOWS HOW PAGAN TAMWORTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REALLY IS! REPENT IDIOTS - YOU ARE ACTUALLY HELPING THE NWO WITH YOUR HATE ON CORPORATIONS! MORONS!

SECONDLY YOU SING OUT OF KEY

[somegalfromcan]

Brilliant!

[redwhiteandblues]

I do not really agree with this - corporations are not bad, it is that some people who run

corporations are the so called evil ones. Corporations are made of group of people or

individuals, some guide their corporations correctly some do not. Corporations are also

cities, states, hospitals, universities and even the US is a corporation. The problem is not

corporations but the tax code we need a FLAT CONSUMPTION TAX with NO DEDUCTIONS. That will cure the problem NOW.

[RHoffmnn]

@redwhiteandblues You miss the point, and your cure has nothing to do with the problem. The issue is that corporations (and those at the top of them) have seized enormous powers, and the rights of individual persons with fewer limits. Worse, they have largely captured government and policy for their own aims, through the power of concentrated capital, in both elections and policy creation, and a court that equates money with "speech".

[grejambri]

@redwhiteandblues The so-called Flat Tax hits the lower and middle classes more proportionally than the upper classes. Your idea fails.

[WoodsGarmin]

At least pause to reconsider that archaic line of thinking. In a government captured by monied interests, how does a 70,000 page tax code escape their influence? It doesn't. Within that complex behemoth are 1000s of purchased provisions that reduce the tax burden on the wealthy. Who makes up the difference? The very lower and middle classes that you believe are protected by this tax system. The so-called Progressive Tax model is old, it is failing us, and it is time to get rid of it.

[catemuse]

@WoodsGarmin, though a troll, you're right: Government has been bought and we desperately need election finance reform through publicly funded campaigns, free for all candidates, to attract someone other than the very rich to office. The Progressive Tax model has slowly but surely been eroded from under our nose and replaced with what you describe, only you erroneously call that a Progressive Tax model.

[MEMERRIMAN21]

This is so funny

And so right

On the money!

[ronn2533]

Brilliantly Done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Truth like this is unknow by modern man. It should be run on TV as a long commercial so every on can see

[shaynab21]

Brilliant!!!



[gln44]

Beautiful! Thank you! 

[Jimserac]

Well done !!

The time has come to STOP the corporations. 99% of the people know this.

One voice....from MANY.

[corland7]

I love you. Thank you.

[AGBelles]

Needs universal distribution! Powerful.

[katzpjayzsf]

SPOT ON!!!!

[greenburry]

Outstanding, I love it!

[google1492]

Absolutely wow!

[voigtsc]

Hallelujah to the 99%.

[dutchtequila]

Totally wonderful

[dyskover]

too cute...too much soprano...too long...we get it...pace it up faster...I have a short.........

attention span

[jtubebx1]

Bravo!

[ISeeItThisWay]

Finally, a Hallelujah for the massess (that's the 99%) and a sing-along par excellance! Thanks to you all for providing some musical light in a dim time! (And what fun!!!)

[vancachz18]

oh, i forgot...brilliantly awesome...grant....

[vancachz18]

corrected by....exactly...

[foxnewsisacurse]

Brilliant. Thank you. Would that art had more power among the powerful.

[rkarraker2]

Truly brilliant, both in conception and execution. This link is going out to all on my list.

[MrTopman12]

200% correct....and we are ignored...

[tomallen314]

Wonderful and truly inspired. Though I won't say by whom :-P

[janeolson10]

Absolutely brilliant! Merry Christmas to you all.



[meantoad1]

Awesome! True! Frightening!! You guys Rock!!

[DechenPalmo]

Hallelujah! Well done! This would wake up some to a brighter morning!

[wmlbrown]

Fantastic voices! How many takes did you do, I wonder?

[sharaykel]

Quite clever. Disturbingly true.

[marshallgetto]

Great stuff! I love Capital Steps and always try to catch it when they come through Santa Barbara. Occupy Everywhere!

[worldskitchen]

love it

[mymediamadness]

There they are . . .Americans waking up and using their skills to sing what's true!

[ElizabethMcNally13]

Brilliant! 

[blackriverfarm1]

Magnificent!! May I use your soundtrack for upcoming civil disobedience action? blackriverfarm@comcast.net

[burlykat]

And we shall reign for ever and ever! Wonderful!!

May we rise as elegantly as you all have to the challenges that face us as a nation!

Thank you so much!

[BRUCESCHOLTEN1]

Your Corporation Chorus brought us to our feet! Hope you repeat it when we join you in Tamworth on Xmas Eve.

- Bruce & Martha Scholten (Durham, UK)

[possumpistol]

The Bill of Rights does not contain a list of rights that are given to the American people by the government. Instead it provides a list of the rights that are inherently ours, and they can’t be taken away by the government. M Connelly

The American Revolutionaries did the impossible. So can we. Ron Paul, The Revolution: a Manifesto

[moatphoto]

Hallelujah was conceived, rehearsed and filmed in Tamworth, NH, a small town with a population of 2556 that has as its backdrop Mt Chocorua, the most photographed mountain in America. Tamworth is part of Occupy The Mt Washington Valley. Tamworth was the summer home of President Grover Cleveland.

[peggyforpeace]

Absolutely spot on. I would love to see this performed in small town America. They wouldn't know what hit'em!

[kenh92]

What a hoot! But don't let this inventive adaptation of Handel's Messiah diminish the problems that our Supreme Court has imposed upon this country. In January 2010 the Supreme Court affirmed that Corporations have First Amendment rights to free speech. However, corporations do not speak with vocal cords and a tongue. They speak with their money! This egregious judicial activism at its finest. This decision ended the Republic as we know it. The people must regain power.

[eesabi]

Occupy classical music! :) This just shows that whatever your job or interest, there is something each person can do to be a part of positive change. We must be the ones to make the changes we're dreaming of...

[aSoloTraveler]

simply MAGNIFICENT commentary - so appropo

[jtcadtp7]

Its funny how Occupy will using media that was create and built by a corporation to get their word out. Look how many people they have put to work by having this media available for everyone's use. 

[arkbg1]

@jtcadtp7 google isnt evil, stop trollling

[MsNHHiker]

Your elegant presence and top notch singing illuminates the crucial point that we ALL are fed up with corporate lack of morality and compassion! Beautifully done!!

[mar1anarch]

Way to go, Ellen and Peggy and gang! Thank you Joel for sending the link :<))) It's good to laugh rather than just cry - many thanks!

[WilliamCerf]

This is well worth watching. Forward far and wide. Celebrate Corporate Power!!!!

[muzebl]

MAGNIFICENT!

OCCUPY THE ARTS!!!!!!!!



[baffinnh]

Fabulous! THANK YOU!

[clightdc]

Breathtaking...

[Kritiker313]

Woo Hoo! BEAUTIFUL! Great performance and with those lyrics, you nailed it perfectly!

[mwolfset]

I'm extremely impressed with this unique & enjoyable performance. So creative! Someone should forward this on to MSNBC (Rachel Maddow, Ed, Lawrence).

[lanwanfan]

Bless you!  That is SO wonderful.

[dmph3]

Corporations have always been 'persons' in the US legal system. What's new is that they have now been made super-citizens....foreign owned, and with putatively eternal 'life' nothwithstanding. And what of America's former citizens? They have happily accepted their new lower serf-like status as 'consumers,' and unless we the people turn off our iphones, and rise up to do something about it, there we will stay.

[msdaughter2]

Hallelujah!

[bbuc1]

DEEELightful!!!



[nativebear45]

Absolute Fantastic, This is going to be a big hit. Very Big!

[TheRyansturgis]

This is SO FANTASTIC!!

[TribeOfGaea]

Bravo!

[NHKate10]

Awesome. Well done!