Post #287,853
6/26/07 12:42:23 PM
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The problem as I see it is this:
Freedom of speech should apply to everybody. Everybody being individual humans. Corporations, PACs, unions, and other organizations should not have free speech. They are not people. They are legal constructs. Congress should be regulating them. That's their job. Congress should not be regulating people. In theory, Congress serves the people, not regulates (rules, really, these days) them.
my 0.02
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Post #287,858
6/26/07 1:48:56 PM
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Nice theory :-)
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #287,918
6/27/07 10:16:02 AM
6/27/07 10:16:34 AM
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What part?
The part that corporations, PAC, unions, etc are not people, or that Congress serves the people?
jb4 "It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment." — George W. Bush, when asked if he believed Iraq was in a state of civil war (Newsweek, 26 Feb 07)

Edited by jb4
June 27, 2007, 10:16:34 AM EDT
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Post #287,923
6/27/07 11:10:23 AM
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Re: What part?
"In theory, Congress serves the people, not regulates (rules, really, these days) them."
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #287,974
6/27/07 8:56:25 PM
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Not sure it was really ever a theory...
More like a goal...
jb4 "It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment." — George W. Bush, when asked if he believed Iraq was in a state of civil war (Newsweek, 26 Feb 07)
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Post #287,983
6/27/07 11:29:14 PM
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Lofty ideal perhaps?
Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry.Adrian Belew
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Post #287,992
6/28/07 6:55:10 AM
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Ok, so it's a joke these days.
Civil servant is semantically equivalent to civil master. That's not likely to change in my lifetime. I just wish they'd knock off the bullshit about "land of the free and home of the brave" before games and such. That's also gone forever.
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Post #288,002
6/28/07 9:09:34 AM
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land of the safe home of the whiners?
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Post #288,006
6/28/07 9:20:00 AM
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Better, but I'd likely be more caustic.
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Post #288,049
6/28/07 10:00:24 PM
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Land of the somnolent shopping sheep?
Or if that's too polite -
Land of the assholes who have made Waste their Bizness God's command, and pissed away in 50 years, resources which might have left the species enough time to grow up.
Except - that's too many words for the reduced attention span already accomplished.
Fewer - Die You Motherfuckers. You tossed all the emergency rations into the Marianas Trench, just to amuse yourselves.
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Post #288,149
7/2/07 12:32:51 AM
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Money tilt
If corporations can buy the airwaves, then the political messages will be tilted toward pro-business ideas because they have the most access.
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