Corporations ARE People

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Wednesday January 11, 2012 · 8:59 AM PST

2012/01/11 · 08:59

The current push by Democrats, Independents and left thinking Americans to over-turn the Supreme Court’s “Citizens United” decision is doomed to failure for one glaring reason: corporations are in fact people.

Once again, the left has allowed the right to frame the debate and walked right into a trap. Using a familiar method that has been used again and again, they have twisted the language of the debate to benefit their point-of-view and we have let them. This is because there is no doubt that corporations are created by, run by, employ, and indeed benefit (or harm) people. Anyone who has had a serious debate with a proponent of that idea understands this argument. But it is the WRONG argument. Just as they use “Voter Fraud” to deflect attention from “Election Fraud”, for one of hundreds of possible examples (list your example below), they have changed the language to frame this debate.

The REAL problem is that Corporations Are Not PERSONS.

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A Couple of Questions for Harry Reid

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Tuesday January 20, 2009 · 9:21 PM PST

2009/01/20 · 21:21

Senator Reid is part of the Old School. He does not understand anything about what President Obama is about to try and do, and he will end up being an obstructionist, whether he intends to or not.

I present the following quote as evidence of that fact.

People should understand that lobbyists, per se, are someone's father, mother, son, daughter," said Reid. "They work for a living." The Democratic leader's sons and a son-in-law have worked as lobbyists.

Harry, why do we have to explain this to you?

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 7:57 AM PST

2008/11/06 · 07:57

In the mid 1980s, best selling author and television producer James Burke produced a history series for PBS entitled "The Day The Universe Changed". His premise was that history was a series of linked events, each of which pushed the history of the world in a new direction than the one for which it seemed to be destined. These sometimes-subtle events formed the foundation of the next iteration of society. Then that society produced another universe changing event that led to the next, and so on. And each of these events, at the time, was usually not fully appreciated (at least immediately) even when it was deemed "important".

As important as the election of Barack Obama was, its importance has already been misunderstood and underestimated because Tuesday was a day the universe changed, but not for the reason that you think.

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Wednesday March 19, 2008 · 5:47 PM PDT

2008/03/19 · 17:47

If you are against the war, and want to make that point clear, please don’t do it by demonstrating in front of a recruiting office. By doing so you are playing right into the hands of the Wing Nuts who have tried in vain for 5 years to paint you as "against the troops".

It is VERY difficult to propose that you support the troops, but not the war, when you are standing in front of a Marine recruiting office bad mouthing Marines. And, if you in fact DO believe that those Marines are evil, nasty people, then I have some pointed questions for you to answer.

TekBoss

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Wednesday January 30, 2008 · 11:06 AM PST

2008/01/30 · 11:06

Today, I cry. My candidate was forced to drop out by the rigged game he fought so hard to remove. I was not even allowed to vote for him. You and I did not determine his fate, unless you happen to live in NH, IA, or SC. Big money and big media determined his fate and it makes me cry.

I do not cry out of frustration, or anger. I cry out of concern for my country. Because for all the promises of change, only John Edwards told us what that change would look like. Only John Edwards had a detailed plan to get us from here to there. Only John Edwards cared more about us than about himself.

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Tuesday January 29, 2008 · 5:47 PM PST

2008/01/29 · 17:47

This diary is so short it is bound to draw the ire of the Diary Police.

Screw 'em.

We just spent, what, $2 Trillion on an unnecessary war. And one of our next door neighbors is eating dirt to survive!!!

(If this has been diaried I apologize. 3 searches by me turned up nothing).

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Wednesday January 16, 2008 · 7:03 AM PST

2008/01/16 · 07:03

This election has become completely dominated not by candidates or issues, but by media whims controlled by a few nameless editors and producers working for even fewer people who happen to have more money than God.

Up until now only Keith Olbermann at MSNBC stood out. But now, even MSNBC has totally forsaken, not just us, but all of America. They have turned their backs on democracy, fair play and everything that is decent in this country. MSNBC has decided that they, and they alone, shall decide who will be allowed to run for president. In fact, if they had their way, John Edwards would also have been eliminated as well and Clinton and Obama would have appeared in shorts and tank tops in the "cage match of the century" complete with chicken wire and canvas floors.

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Wednesday January 02, 2008 · 10:20 AM PST

2008/01/02 · 10:20

For months I have been leaving this comment on diaries all over Kos (and other places as well). Sometimes I’ll add something like "and you can’t stop me" or other equally bumper-sticker-like phrase. I’m sure I have probably irritated some, and I appear to have tickled others. But, believe it or not, there are actual reasons I have been doing this.

While I have been stating my support for John Edwards, I have also not been berating the other Democratic candidates. The reason for that is simple. I like the other candidates.

BUT ... there is something different about John Edward’s campaign. So, I have decided it is time for me to have MY say on exactly why I support Edwards.

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Friday December 21, 2007 · 1:05 PM PST

2007/12/21 · 13:05

Nataline Sarkisyan is dead because her life wasn't worth saving (according to CIGNA HealthCare **). She died at about 6 p.m. Thursday at University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center.

After about 150 teenagers and nurses protested outside their offices on Thursday, CIGNA HealthCare had the following to say.

" ... CIGNA HealthCare has decided to make an exception in this rare and unusual case and we will provide coverage should she proceed with the requested liver transplant."

Unfortunately, there was no time to save her. The initial request was delivered by letter on December 11, 10 days earlier.

Read the whole story here: Teen dies after insurance nixes transplant

** Despite the reversal, CIGNA said in an e-mail statement before she died that there was a lack of medical evidence showing the procedure would work in Nataline's case.

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Saturday September 29, 2007 · 2:48 PM PDT

2007/09/29 · 14:48

I love America. I love the very IDEA that IS America. I enlisted, during a war, at an age that required my mother’s signature, to defend and support that dream. But I have become frustrated beyond measure with the status quo political bullshit that is slowly but surely driving us toward the very end of everything we cherish. And I have had enough! What I am looking for is a few LEADERS! Actual, honest-to-God leaders who can pull this country back from the brink which the Bush Regime has pushed us.

This is a plea to everyone that thinks that anything like the status quo is going to help us get past the total disaster that has been the Bush error. If you for a moment think that another Republican (any Republican at this point) or any of the "established" Washington players (yes I am talking about the Clinton’s and the well financed Obama crew) are going to be able to bring real change, please read on.

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Friday May 25, 2007 · 12:54 PM PDT

2007/05/25 · 12:54

I just read Steve Clemons latest entry over at Huffington Post and this scares the crap out of me.

The thinking on Cheney's team is to collude with Israel, nudging Israel at some key moment in the ongoing standoff between Iran's nuclear activities and international frustration over this to mount a small-scale conventional strike against Natanz using cruise missiles (i.e., not ballistic missiles).

This strategy would sidestep controversies over bomber aircraft and overflight rights over other Middle East nations and could be expected to trigger a sufficient Iranian counter-strike against US forces in the Gulf -- which just became significantly larger -- as to compel Bush to forgo the diplomatic track that the administration realists are advocating and engage in another war.

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Saturday February 03, 2007 · 9:55 PM PST

2007/02/03 · 21:55

The other day I was riding my motorcycle home from another soldiers funeral wondering why there were so few there to say "thank you" when I remembered a story I had heard. Forgive me for not quoting the source, as I can’t remember who told this.

It was a soldier/sailor and he was standing in a hotel lobby waiting for someone. An older lady approached him and began talking; apparently thinking he was a bellhop (because of the uniform). When informed that he was, in fact, a military officer, the lady responded that she was happy to meet him and that she was "so glad that there were people like him to take care of those things" (I think the quote is reasonably accurate).

So why am I (sort of) quoting a story I heard once (probably NPR) and can’t remember accurately? Because, what I do remember was the point and tone of the story. That today, I don’t have to do __________ because there are "people like you" to take care of those things! There is NO sacrifice for those who can’t be bothered with such things required by this war.

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I Cry

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Why I am Boycotting MSNBC

I am voting for Edwards

Nataline Sarkisyan is Dead

Storming The Capital Steps

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