Corporations demand same-sex mergers!

Even before the decision corporations could act through their political action committees or outside specified time windows.

It would make sense, to me, if they were able to present case after case after case of there inability to participate in our/their democracy. On the same level of the everyday citizen. We blurred the line horribly when we let corps become individuals…who happen to have the ability of 10 million individuals, who would all have to donate 1 dollar each, to have as MUCH influence and impact as ONE Corp. And I’m being very sarcastic by saying 10 million dollars would even begin to play ball against corp and special interest money.

Unions can balance out against corp money? Let’s be real here, shall we? Lewis Friedland, a professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and Mass Communication did some “factual” digging…in a nut shell, ALL COMBINED, the top 38 unions barely float above 7 billion in assests. Goldman Sachs compensation pool in 2009, handed out friggin 16.2 BILLION dollars. A single entity, a single corp, DOUBLED (and then some) the assets of all top 38 unions. So let’s leave the Union argument out of it…it’s bullshit.

This film was the watershed moment of denied freedoms? Seriously? Our Gov. finally and totally becoming a body governed by corps and special interests is all because of this film? This decision went WAY beyond the correction of a wrong…the court used this film to decimate ANY participation, on any meaningful level, of the average citizen in the political process of our/their country.

Anyone’s a fucking fool if they believe *Mr. Smith Goes to Washington* will be the balancing act to keep corp. bought politicans flying right.

wait, they can’t be activists can they..

they’re conservatives.. and the conservatives will bend,twist,and roll themselves into any shape or form they can to not associate that “Liberal” term to their Judges..

Just like they (as Lil mike just proved) will wrap themselves around the false idea that corporations and spec. interests had their ’speech’ held before the activist Judges on the SC changed the law.. when in fact, these corporations and spec. interest could always say whatever they wanted to… lies,falsehoods,propaganda… they could say what they wanted, no one was stopping them..no law was stopping them either..

I think the GOP and lil mike see an open purse as free-speech..

boy, did they miss that one.. too bad the rest of us will pay for their mistake 1st… but they will eventually get theirs I’m sure..

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/22/AR2010012203897.html

This is particularly interesting…

“Fourth, the majority bizarrely invoked the “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” defense. Under the Austin ruling, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy argued, lawmakers unhappy with being lampooned in the movie “could have done more than discourage its distribution — they could have banned the film.” Beyond untrue. There is no scenario under which works of art about fictional lawmakers could be limited by campaign finance laws.”

it’s a load of crap that you’re hiding behind the 1st amendment on this.. a corporation is not a person, spec interest are not people.. and the fact that they have billions to bribe with guarantees corruption in the Gov’t..

I know you like that thought because the GOP will be the 1st to receive their payoffs… but mark my words, you will come to hate and then fear that which you champion today..

The biggest problem with our political system now is the influence (peddling) of corporations, either through lobbyists or flat-out buying politicians to achieve their goal.

What we need is comprehensive election reform. Something that will allow that little guy out there the opportunity to exercise his 1st Amendment rights in our election process.

That can be accomplished with the passage of the BIPARTISAN Fair Elections Now Act.

Here’s the petition:

https://secure3.convio.net/change/site/Advocacy?id=545&pagename=homepage