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Post #287,918 by jb4 6/27/07 10:16:02 AM 6/27/07 10:16:34 AM Reply	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 What part? The part that corporations, PAC, unions, etc are not people, or that Congress should not be regulating 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) Collapse All History
Post #287,923 by bepatient 6/27/07 11:10:23 AM Reply	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}
Post #287,974 by jb4 6/27/07 8:56:25 PM Reply	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)
Post #287,983 by bepatient 6/27/07 11:29:14 PM Reply	Lofty ideal perhaps? Too much of today's music is fashionable crap dressed as artistry._{Adrian Belew}
Post #287,992 by hnick 6/28/07 6:55:10 AM Reply	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.
Post #288,002 by boxley 6/28/07 9:09:34 AM Reply	land of the safe home of the whiners? Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si marmota monax materiam possit materiari? Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 51 years. meep reach me at [link\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net\|mailto:bill.oxley@cox.net]
Post #288,006 by hnick 6/28/07 9:20:00 AM Reply	Better, but I'd likely be more caustic.
Post #288,049 by Ashton 6/28/07 10:00:24 PM Reply	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.

I hate it when they're right - (andread) - (56) - June 25, 2007, 12:44:03 PM EDT

"Money talks!" -NT - (a6l6e6x) - June 25, 2007, 01:21:44 PM EDT

What makes them right? - (Seamus) - (45) - June 25, 2007, 10:07:11 PM EDT

mass speech is free, commercial is not -NT - (boxley) - June 26, 2007, 07:23:10 AM EDT

Re: What makes them right? - (andread) - (40) - June 26, 2007, 08:47:55 AM EDT

In the real world, it doesn't really work that way - (jake123) - (14) - June 26, 2007, 08:53:11 AM EDT

Re: In the real world, it doesn't really work that way - (andread) - (13) - June 26, 2007, 12:12:57 PM EDT

The problem as I see it is this: - (hnick) - (10) - June 26, 2007, 12:42:23 PM EDT

Nice theory :-) -NT - (bepatient) - (8) - June 26, 2007, 01:48:56 PM EDT

What part? - (jb4) - (7) - June 27, 2007, 10:16:34 AM EDT

Re: What part? - (bepatient) - (6) - June 27, 2007, 11:10:23 AM EDT

Not sure it was really ever a theory... - (jb4) - (5) - June 27, 2007, 08:56:25 PM EDT

Lofty ideal perhaps? -NT - (bepatient) - June 27, 2007, 11:29:14 PM EDT

Ok, so it's a joke these days. - (hnick) - (3) - June 28, 2007, 06:55:10 AM EDT

land of the safe home of the whiners? -NT - (boxley) - (2) - June 28, 2007, 09:09:34 AM EDT

Better, but I'd likely be more caustic. -NT - (hnick) - (1) - June 28, 2007, 09:20:00 AM EDT

Land of the somnolent shopping sheep? - (Ashton) - June 28, 2007, 10:00:24 PM EDT

Money tilt - (tablizer) - July 2, 2007, 12:32:51 AM EDT

So the well heeled should be alowed to drown out . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - June 26, 2007, 01:50:30 PM EDT

you are either a mass movement that can collectively - (boxley) - June 26, 2007, 03:50:24 PM EDT

Anyone can be heard - (Seamus) - (24) - June 26, 2007, 07:08:47 PM EDT

wrong conclusion - (boxley) - (23) - June 26, 2007, 08:04:44 PM EDT

I disagree - (Seamus) - (22) - June 26, 2007, 08:31:31 PM EDT

School property is not the issue - (crazy) - (16) - June 26, 2007, 08:47:10 PM EDT

No it is not the issue - (Seamus) - (13) - June 26, 2007, 08:50:29 PM EDT

its the CENTRAL ISSUE to the ruling sheesh -NT - (boxley) - (12) - June 26, 2007, 08:51:47 PM EDT

It was the intent to promote drug use - (Seamus) - (11) - June 26, 2007, 09:16:41 PM EDT

splutter! - (boxley) - (10) - June 26, 2007, 09:31:35 PM EDT

Are you really this dense? - (Seamus) - (9) - June 27, 2007, 05:28:16 AM EDT

Re: Are you really this dense? - (bepatient) - (7) - June 27, 2007, 07:03:48 AM EDT

What was that about "it's a free country", again? -NT - (CRConrad) - (6) - June 27, 2007, 08:06:35 AM EDT

Couple of issues with this - (bepatient) - (5) - June 27, 2007, 11:14:29 AM EDT

Dude, not only is 18 over the "age of consent" - (jb4) - (4) - June 27, 2007, 08:58:13 PM EDT

Ask it another way - (bepatient) - (3) - June 27, 2007, 11:41:43 PM EDT

Begs the question of his Majority - (Ashton) - (2) - June 28, 2007, 05:23:27 AM EDT

This is a litmus decision? - (bepatient) - (1) - June 28, 2007, 08:25:13 AM EDT

Litmus only in the sense that - - (Ashton) - June 28, 2007, 09:45:57 PM EDT

Im not the one who cant understand the basis of the case - (boxley) - June 27, 2007, 09:09:08 AM EDT

Re: School property is not the issue - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - June 27, 2007, 10:14:47 AM EDT

Prec\ufffdsamente - that would be a 100% Murican cop-out. -NT - (Ashton) - June 27, 2007, 05:01:56 PM EDT

so all for censorship I see, no free speech allowed - (boxley) - (4) - June 26, 2007, 08:51:02 PM EDT

It is all about intent - (Seamus) - (3) - June 26, 2007, 09:33:36 PM EDT

speech from non commercial groups CANNOT be regulated - (boxley) - (2) - June 26, 2007, 09:43:01 PM EDT

Let me be clearer - (Seamus) - (1) - June 27, 2007, 05:35:02 AM EDT

I have not seen the ad, what in detail was the content -NT - (boxley) - June 27, 2007, 09:10:25 AM EDT

I'm ambivalent. - (Another Scott) - (1) - June 26, 2007, 09:50:18 AM EDT

Between Washington and Franklin, - (Ashton) - June 26, 2007, 06:20:45 PM EDT

Remember, according to a previous ruling, money == speech -NT - (jb4) - June 27, 2007, 09:29:50 AM EDT

What the week's rulings taught us. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - June 27, 2007, 01:04:41 PM EDT

Yes, just that Simple. 5-to-4s ... til the 'revolution'. -NT - (Ashton) - June 27, 2007, 05:05:08 PM EDT

Re: What the week's rulings taught us. - (andread) - (3) - June 27, 2007, 05:05:35 PM EDT

Depends on exactly what is meant by "corporate" - (jake123) - June 28, 2007, 08:54:12 AM EDT

Heh. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - June 28, 2007, 10:04:49 AM EDT

It's a fine line between naive wishfulness and gullibility. - (Ashton) - June 28, 2007, 10:13:57 PM EDT

There's still a bit of hope... - (scoenye) - (1) - June 29, 2007, 01:41:11 PM EDT

:-) .. a few truffles amidst the turds, anyway -NT - (Ashton) - June 29, 2007, 03:59:56 PM EDT

Re: I hate it when they're right-eously dissembling - (Ashton) - June 29, 2007, 09:06:07 PM EDT

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