Comments on: US Supreme Court Solidifies Corporate Political Takeover

By: Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:01:29 +0000

Devastating blow to our democracy– if we still have one!

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uberVU - social comments — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:54:42 +0000

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By: Ole Ole Olson

Ole Ole Olson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:59:38 +0000

You’re just being an apologist for the corporations, who will now be able to buy elections at will. Corporations are NOT people, they are entities, and they have no free speech rights.

This decision is one of the final nails in the coffin of our democracy.

By: Rodney Barbati

Rodney Barbati — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:49:03 +0000

Personally, I think we should specifically exclude corporations from the entire political scene.

We should (and desperately need to) stop the entire lobbying process and make it illegal. A corporation is not a person, and so they should not have any ability to influence the government that operates on behalf of the people. When corporations participate in politics (as in lobbying), it is almost always a detriment to society.

Oh, well, at least there are two solutions to the problems in any government. One solution is the citizens rise up and overthrow it, and another solution is to do nothing and let it continue – it will eventually kill itself.

Rodney Barbati

By: Stephen Dufrechou

Stephen Dufrechou — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:24:52 +0000

“The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power.” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Fascism is capitalism in decay.” – Vladimir Lenin

“Fascism is nothing but capitalist reaction. ” – Leon Trotsky

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.” – Benito Mussolini

…

And to those who disagree that this new legislation does not usher fascism into US governmentality, I’d say:

“disavow” – DEFINITION:

(verb)

1 : to deny responsibility for: repudiate
2 : to refuse to acknowledge or accept a truth

By: Win

Win — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:21:21 +0000

Considering the danger of the law standing, the decision was right. The FEC should not be able to investigate, much less ban dissenting views under election law.

wsj online
“In last year’s oral argument for Citizen’s United, the Court got a preview of how far a ban on corporate-funded speech could reach. Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart explained that, under McCain-Feingold, the government had the authority to “prohibit the publication” of corporate-funded books that called for the election or defeat of a candidate.

That was a shock and awe moment at the Court, as it also should have been to a Washington press corps that has too often been a cheerleader for campaign-spending limits. Mr. Stewart was telling a truth already familiar to campaign-finance lawyers and the speech police at the Federal Election Commission. Former FEC Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky recalled yesterday that in 2004 the agency investigated whether a book written by George Soros critical of George W. Bush violated campaign laws. Liberals as much as conservatives should worry about laws that allow such investigations. “