The real "wave" this midterm election was not Republican or tea party but corporate. A tsunami of secret cash flooded our elections and swept the party responsible for the lost decade of the middle class into a position of power.
In the SCOTUS opinion, the Supreme Court legalized corporate bribes by affirming "corporate personhood", giving transational corporations first amendment rights not only to use their vast resources to overwhelm the American political process but to do it in privacy.
This cannot stand.
A Constitutional amendment is required to state clearly that the Founding Fathers meant the Bill of Right protections for living, breathing human beings who had the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and not corporations who only pursue lies, liberty to pollute and obscene profits.
The website Free Speech for the People has background information and a petition to sign.
Use this link for an exhaustive background on corporate personhood.
This article has been cross posted from newsvine.
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Cranky Cuss
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This may be our only way to stem this tide.
Thanks, my friend.
Trilogy,
Thanks as well.
^R^
Great post and rated with hugs
What is it about the northernmost countries which breeds such sanity?
Linda,
I love the shades, doll!
Justice Stevens was scathing in his dissent:
""In the context of election to public office, the distinction between corporate and human speakers is significant. Although they make enormous contributions to our society, corporations are not actually members of it. They cannot vote or run for office. Because they may be managed and controlled by nonresidents, their interests may conflict in fundamental respects with the interests of eligible voters. The financial resources, legal structure, and instrumental orientation of corporations raise legitimate concerns about their role in the electoral process. Our lawmakers have a compelling constitutional basis, if not also a democratic duty, to take measures designed to guard against the potentially deleterious effects of corporate spending in local and national races.
The majority's approach to corporate electioneering marks a dramatic break from our past."
power to the people.
Thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment.
I have little faith in this measure, but I will support it.
Optimism is a little hard to come by these days but it is there. This effort simply has to be begun. At the very least, it will educate more americans and lure the Corporatists to show themselves from behind the curtain.
What gives me hope is Justice Stevens dissent and the many legal folks who are committed to this effort.
Thanks for the bump.
Thanks for posting this!
It makes me feel better to post about this. At least it will get some attention, I hope, and alert those who are unaware of the danger to our democracy.
Fay,
I generally poo-poo conspiracy theories but this one is real. This has been on the corporate agenda for a century. It has been just the past couple decades though that they have be3gun pressing for more of their corporate personhood "rights".
Chicago,
Man, so glad always to see you here. you have given me some of my favorite reading experiences. Love your voice.
Thanks!
time to get yer class war pants on
I am hoping that things such as this petition will raise folks consciousness of what is happening.
Thanks!
I will look up your article. Sounds as if you have a wealth of knowledge about it.
I do believe you are correct about the 14th amendment. However, the corporatons, as you undoubtedly know, used the 5th first!