Caveat: I’m a dirty fucking hippy conservative. Let that twist your mind for a second.
Archive for the ‘civil rights’ Category
On the street finding its uses
Monday, February 15th, 2010
This was kinda ancillary to the article but man, what a great idea. Not one I’ve ever really heard before, either, but I can think of so many uses for these things now. Muwahahaha.
Wikileaks in danger of closing
Monday, February 1st, 2010
Like wikipedia, they are a nonprofit. Only, instead of collecting the mass knowledge of humans, wikileaks seeks to expose corrupt businesses and governments.
I, unfortunately, am broke. However, I will do what I can, and spread the word around.
I’m sure there are many in goverments and businesses around the world that would love to see this website shuttered because they expose ugly truths that otherwise would not see the light of day. They’ve been involved in some pretty heavy-duty shit.
So, they exposed a lie the US goverment told. They have faced legal challenge after legal challenge, and one of their spokepeople’s houses was raided in Germany. They are considered very dangerous. Knowledge, after all, is power. And power is dangerous to those who jealously hoard their own power over others.
SCOTUS and corporate campaign finance.
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
It occurs to me that this current ruling does pave the way for, say, a group of companies to band together and fund/start a whole new political party. “Change” was a very successful message in the last election and what’s a bigger change than a third party with a monetary base that actually gives it a chance of success? “Join the Technocratic Party! Broadband and iPhones for everyone!” or “Join the Plutocratic Party! Don’t you want to be rich like us? We’ll tax the poor and trickle it down!” A pretty far-fetched idea but within the realm of possibility – and what corporations spend on propaganda public relations makes Barack Obama’s out-of-the-ballpark presidential campaign look like peanuts.
Lets hope no one gets this bright idea.
If Corporations are People
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Then they cannot be bought nor sold.
They must attend jury duty.
They can go to jail.
If you live with them for a certain amount of time, you may become common law married to them depending on your state’s laws.
If they give you a black eye, we should see them on Cops.
They can go insane.
They need to eat, drink, and shit.
They should be subject to an inheritance tax when they die.
If they cheat on you, divorce them and sue for alimony and custody.
They should mate, settle down, have kids, and watch them grow up while they retire gracefully.
Do you really believe corporations are people? Well, it’s the law, and the first amendment protects them.
The company CEO dictates policy for how political contributions are disbursed from the company. Tens, hundreds, or hundreds of thousands of people may be earning money for that CEO. But now he decides how their productivity shapes American politics. These corporations are multi-national. If wealthy foreigners, foreign companies or even foreign sovereignty want to get involved, they just have to “buy X amount of whatever” from an American company in exchange for X-10% donations to American political figures. Don’t think it will happen?
Betcha didn’t even think the Great Recession (which I highly doubt it truly over) was gonna happen, didja?
