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tsubaki_ny

developing a receding hairline and a twitch in my left eye...

Jan 22, 2010 15:59

Supreme Court Justices Reject Corporate Spending Limit because it supposedly ATTACKS FREE SPEECH. Of corporations. Which are corporations and not citizens ( Read more... )

politics, absurdity

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andelku January 22 2010, 21:05:13 UTC

Done.

tsubaki_ny January 22 2010, 23:02:34 UTC

Thank you.

It's like an outright demonstration of contempt for the populace. I'm still half convinced I must have misunderstood something.

andelku January 22 2010, 23:23:06 UTC

These are the same fools that gave us Bush v Gore. Okay, no, not quite. But more or less.

luckykitty January 22 2010, 21:15:44 UTC

Yeah, it's kind of insane. Will do this when I am home. (Not allowed to from work!)

tsubaki_ny January 22 2010, 23:03:02 UTC

*takes shameless advantage in the workplace...* :-)

akiko January 23 2010, 02:14:44 UTC

When you work for the government, though...

tsubaki_ny January 23 2010, 05:36:02 UTC

(I know. I was gloating. Shame on me! ^_______^)

shotgun9 January 23 2010, 00:03:05 UTC

For what it's worth, corporation = person for certain legal purposes (aka ability to enter into contracts, commercial exchanges, etc). This whole business about whether or not they're entitled to political rights is part of a larger argument that's been ebbing and flowing over the last 200 years. The Roberts court is more pro-economic freedom, so I can't say it's surprising. Give it ten years and I'm sure they'll decide differently :)

tsubaki_ny January 23 2010, 05:42:17 UTC

Constant vigilance and all. WAY TOO BLOODY MUCH can happen in ten years. :-(

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Re: Supreme court's decision tsubaki_ny January 23 2010, 05:41:35 UTC

Oh I'm sure the COURT guys were partisan. I am just baffled by the existence of ordinary citizens who consider themselves conservatives
who could possibly IMAGINE that this would lead to "small government," as opposed to huge fucking government of another type, and not even the pretence of giving a shit about the populace. (I posted this on Facebook; I've got Republicans on there, I sorta needed to point that out... and I'm simply not ready to accept that they could actually be identifying with the corporations, and WHY isn't the news all over this???)

Re: Supreme court's decision ladyegreen January 23 2010, 10:11:32 UTC

I'm simply not ready to accept that they could actually be identifying with the corporations, and WHY isn't the news all over this???

*THIS*

cos January 26 2010, 03:28:22 UTC

http://www.freespeechforpeople.org/