Dennis Kucinich - corporate personhood - 10 questions

[allgoo19]

There has to be someone beat Obama in the primary.

It can be Kucinich high on the list.

[RockinReminiscence]

@mollkatless No one cares what he thinks? As long as you are subscribing to the notion that *If I say it, it must be true*, have a dose of my own personal self manufactured facts: The sun is made out of lemon sherbet and your brain has leaked out of your head.

[angelbe88]

geez, I though he was going to talk about our birth certficate creating a corporate identity. That would have been bold for kucinich to discuss that topic. On another note, at this point, I hope you have moved your money from the large banks to a credit union. It's a small step, but at least it's in the right direction.

[robertk1968]

The Santa Clara case over 100 years ago never voted in favour of corporate personhood, although the head note written by the clerk said the opposite, therefore all cases after Santa Clare were using a flawed precident, judges only reading head notes, not the full case maybe? To use the expression being Railroaded would be very ironic here, this lynch pin topic needs to be debated more as if reversed or repealled could bring substiantial peace and prosperity to natural man throughout the world !

[meadbert]

@robertk1968

The Santa Clara case was about whether Santa Clara could discriminate against minority owned businesses. The Supreme Court correctly ruled that discriminating against minority owned businesses discriminated against minorities and is banned under the 14th amendment.

If the Bill of Rights does not apply to the corporations then media companies, universities and churches have no free speech and churches have no freedom of religion.

[robertk1968]

@meadbert This case is often incorrectly cited as holding that corporations, as juristic persons, are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the question of whether corporations were persons within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment had been argued in the lower courts and briefed for the Supreme Court, the Court did not base its decision on this issue.

[metalreign81]

A really fascinating documentary about corportations, called "The Corporation" is available on YOUTUBE, I would suggest checking it out----

Corporations have obtained a tremendous amount of power--especially in the last 30 years of this country's history----people have to organize and resist this power structure--

[Fireinthedawn]

corporate personship VIOLATES the 14th, that's the cruel irony. Corporations are OWNED by their Shareholders-in effect making them slaves. END CORPORATE SLAVERY!!!

[rgiuliani2]

That was a brilliant observation!

[neptunisregis11]

Only Humans have God-given rights.

The corporate entity is created by a court when it conveys a right to exist by corporate charter. Corporations should only have privileges, not rights.

[lmjacobs]

We did NOT mean women when "we" wrote the constitution. We didn't even mean ALL men.

[CosmosPrivateer]

@lmjacobs

Most people don't know that.

[Bignastyman]

14th amendment

each natural citizen has a second person which is a US corporate citizen...which is a 14th amendment citizen..ARTIFICIAL citizen... which is owned by one of the 12 federal reserve banks ..look on the back of your SS# card...theres a claim number starting with a letter..A-L...each letter represents a fed reserve bank..the letter is the one that holds your exemption..that is your road to freedom...and becoming a natural citizen..artificial citizens DO NOT have inalienable rights..

[bestinhouse]

Remove corporate "personhood" and limit their charters - no corporation should have "Rights" other those granted by Statute, not by constitution - nor should they have unlimited life-spans. Corps should be created for specific (not unlimited) purposes and forced to dissolve every 25 years and return all assets to the shareholders. Lastly, corp. officers should be forced to disclose all facts about the corporation (no right of secrecy), first protect the protect the public good, and profits 2nd.

[phonotron]

YES! Right on! You've got my vote, no question.

[linguy22]

Dennis Kucinich is agreat man. Wake up America.

[dilbertgeg]

What do you get if you completely eliminated (govt-protected, sanctioned, created) corporations -- which ironically want no govt regulation?

Companies. Businesses. Which are not equal to or GREATER than Human Beings (created by God, if you will). This should be a no-brainer --- to both liberals and conservative Christians, unless they think God created Corporate Law and Charters.

[Mickalada]

Keep raising this issue, Dennis! It will take a while for the general public to "get it," and there are plenty of forces trying to make sure that we don't.

Thank you for your clear vision.

[nickvanzetti]

Liar and a Capitalist PIG!!! he didn't even stand up for Mike Gravel! spineless dog!

[BuelahMan]

nick obviously knows nothing about the subject.

[mathguy112358]

If you turn eighteen after your state's primary/caucus but before the general election you can still register to vote for Dennis in the primaries/caucuses.

[noxidereus]

I completely agree with Dennis Kucinich here. Corporations have way too much power and way too little accountability. I am jaded from working for a huge corporation, and I am trying to rethink my career. I am disgusted by how rich corporations in America conduct business behind the scenes and how much corruption they introduce into our government and media. It's time someone stood up to them!

[WesternWatersheds]

dennis kucinich gives me hope. you are a good man kucinich ~ a damn good man !

[crazycatfguy]

He should probably have left Lincoln out of this. Half of the people wanted to exercise their constitutional right to succeed from the Union and Lincoln did not care what half the people wanted. They got war instead of constitutional rights.

[ruediix]

There was no escape clause in the constitution.

This had been established in an earlier succession attempt by another state.

However what Kucinich is seemingly referring to was that Lincoln implemented the first enforcement procedures for Government contracts. He did not give the companies right to privacy, but gave individuals within the company all guaranteed rights outside of their actions as employees of the company. (Where their right to privacy is waved under their terms of employment.)

[demurish]

Come on everyone. Take your comments offline as well. Go out and tell the world about Dennis Kucinich. Call up all your long distance friends (don't just email them). If we can get everyone we know to vote for Dennis in their upcoming primary/caucus, he can win the Democratic nomination. The fact is that only a small fraction of people actually vote in the primaries as compared to the general election. So we really can make a difference! You must start today!

[Methadone4Life]

Dennis,quite simply is...THE MAN!! A man of the people..the common mans only hope!

[cityview1989]

Viva Dennis Kucinich!!!!

[SalemXIII]

I can only hope more people see these!

[ellenloveseverything]

dennis rules. period.

[mollkatless]

@ellenloveseverything - why doesn't this imbecile just go away? how many times has he failed in his attempt to get elected President?

Go away little man - no one is cares what you think

[SCODgreenhood]

Vote for Kucinich as a write-in candidate, because no matter who wins you will have voted for a good person. Voting for a corporate candidate even if they are "less evil" than another front-runner, is still not as good as being able to honestly say we voted for someone we believed in.

[Lucidtomr]

Super video. Kucinich represents the people... we the public, my party the democrats, should support Kucinich and not the Corporations who enslave people. +5

[13thDimension]

why did you cut off the last part?

[13thDimension]

YES YES

[DonJohnMWBD]

Awesome! You got my vote!