What did the Supreme Court just do to our democracy?

[BrklynLiberal]

http://www.freespeechforpeople.org/

On January 21, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that corporations are entitled to spend unlimited funds in our elections.

The First Amendment was never intended to protect corporations.

This cannot stand. Sign up to protest this decision and protect our democracy! Free speech is for people — not corporations.

What's at stake

"American citizens have repeatedly amended the Constitution to defend democracy when the Supreme Court acts in collusion with democracy's enemies, whether they are slavemasters, states imposing poll taxes on voters, or the opponents of woman suffrage. Today, the Court has enthroned corporations, permitting them not only all kinds of special economic rights but now, amazingly, moving to grant them the same political rights as the people. This is a moment of high danger for democracy so we must act quickly to spell out in the Constitution what the people have always understood: that corporations do not enjoy the political and free speech rights that belong to the people of the United States."

- Professor Jamin Raskin, constitutional law expert at American University's Washington College of Law and Maryland state senator

The Plan

This campaign seeks to restore the First Amendment to its original purpose: to protect people, not corporations. To achieve this goal, we do the following:

1. Raise public awareness of corporate misuse of the First Amendment
2. Mobilize grassroots support to reclaim the First Amendment for the people
3. Create a legal environment for getting courts to return to the First Amendment's intended purpose
4. Work to amend the Constitution to make clear that corporations are not people entitled to free speech rights under the First Amendment

[villager]

1. I'd say they took the blinders off for anyone who still thought it *was* a democracy...

n/t

[Fumesucker]

9. Frank Zappa had it right thirty years ago..

Nov. 1979 - quoted in Relix Magazine

The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way, and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theatre.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. Wow! He was brilliant!!!

[Fumesucker]

24. Yes, FZ was definitely a visionary.. n/t

[Echo In Light]

30. Exactly - the 'rep democracy' bit was always smoke n mirrors

[peace frog]

2. Gut it.

Render it null and void.

[ChrisMCV]

4. It is scary

The corporations are so secure in their stranglehold on our goverment they don't even care if the people know the politicians and issues are owned by them.

[librechik]

3. Sold it to the highest bidder

the days of ordinary people owning the government are officially over.

[insanity]

5. yep

[Tailormyst]

6. They pushed it over the edge.

[willing dwarf]

7. I'm so depressed

We're just sheep, in the shoot, heading along to be fleeced again and again....

:cry::cry::cry:

[SPedigrees]

8. that's chute. nt

[Kablooie]

10. We are a capitalist society so why not just buy and sell our representatives like everything else?

[Tansy_Gold]

11. Go into any restaurant, any bowling alley, any high school

gymnasium during a basketball game and ask the people around you if they care.

Most won't and don't.

the long-term goal of the Reagan-led coalition against the working people included dumbing them down to the point that -- like the Romans' panem et circenses -- they don't know enough to care about anything beyond a constant, uninterrupted supply of a cheap 12-pack and the latest mindless entertainment.

Too many of us were too complacent and this is the result.

I honestly do not think there are enough of us left to make a difference now.


Tansy Gold

[BrklynLiberal]

17. I have this horrible, sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach that you are 100% correct.

[dixiegrrrrl]

41. Awwww jeez, Tansy.

I wish I could disagree with you on this.
I really want to.
But...every day I open the Mobile newspaper to the Sound Off column and read some of the most idiotic,
illogical, ignorant remarks by perfectly "normal" people.
What the world needs is more of us and less of them, but the ratio is the opposite.
20 years..one generation...of dumbing down is all it took.
:banghead: :banghead:

[JoeyT]

58. The Sound Off is

hazardous to your health.
It takes me half a day to get rid of the rage induced headache every time I try to read it.
Best I can tell most of those people would embrace fascism with open arms as long as they were guaranteed at least one group would be under them in the hierarchy.

[TokenQueer]

44. Spot on...

...and infuriating.

[redqueen]

48. *sigh*

[DKRC]

55. "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,

committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead

Don't despair Tansy. The populace is slow to rouse, but when roused we are indomitable.

[KansDem]

13. They did what they were suppose to do...

...or hadn't you heard? "Government is too important to be left to the regular folk"

[BrklynLiberal]

16. EXACTLY!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x7530852

[Tansy_Gold]

20. The Dems allowed Roberts especially to lie his way in

They were stupid, or they were bought, one of the two.

Fuck 'em all.



Tansy Gold, no mercy (not even on her own typos)

[BrklynLiberal]

23. And Schumer...who stopped a filibuster on Alito, is out there shedding crocodile tears

now ..about how horrible this decision is...What a fuckin hypocrite he is.

Can't wait for him to lose his seat!!!

[Tansy_Gold]

36. Oh, yeah, I forgot about that slimy POS

But he's a corporation man anyway.

FU, chuckie.



TG

[arcadian]

46. Nice progression on that.

Fascist fucks

[earth mom]

14. Has anyone successfully fought a Supreme Court ruling?

Not trying to be a downer here, but it's not looking good.

[Lance_Boyle]

21. Well, yeah - Dred Scott, Plessy v Ferguson

Congress has to make law (including amending the Constitution) to change what the SC fucks up.

[earth mom]

50. I should know that but I'm getting old, lol! Thanks for the memory jolt!

:hide:

[JoeyT]

57. In the same court that issued the ruling?

You'd have to challenge it before the exact same judges, since there's no one higher to turn to.
I suppose it's possible, but so improbable that we're better off waiting for a meteor to hit them or some of them to retire and be replaced. (Which wouldn't work either. After this decision they'll be replaced by worse.)
I don't mean it to sound rude or be a downer, I'm just not really sure how to explain it. Of the five that voted for it, there isn't a single new argument that might sway them in any way. Fascism was pretty much their goal. :/

[Botany]

15. The same thing they did in Florida 2000

here is to hoping enough of the gang of shits that control the SCOTUS
have to step down that the rule of Constitutional Law returns to the
Supreme Court.

It also allows the minority party w/ their corporate backing to have the
heavy club in the 2010 election.

Allito, Roberts, Tony the Fixer, C. Thomas, and Anthony Kennedy are republicans first
and judges second.

[Blasphemer]

56. Yes, the assault started then and continues until someone dies... nt

[TokenQueer]

18. 2016 Presidential candidates brought to you courtesy of Coca-Cola and Viacom.

Maybe by then we'll all be voting via text message.

:scared:

[villager]

19. So are we still gonna be patronizing Coca-cola and Viacom?

While complaining about their candidates?

[TokenQueer]

27. Not only will we still consume their products...

We'll be tuning in every week to watch 'America's Got Leaders' hosted by Ryan Seacrest. I only plan to watch once they narrow it down to the top 10.

[readmoreoften]

33. Do you even have any idea how much these two companies alone own?

Make sure you boycott THESE BRANDS (all owned by Coke)

AdeS - drinking water available in Indonesia. <1>
Alhambra - drinking water available in the USA. <2>
Ali <3>
Ambasa - Soft drink sold in Japan and Korea. <4>
American <5>
Ameyal - Fruit sodas available only in the cities of Cuernavaca and Toluca in Mexico
Andina Calcio - Fruit juice available in Chile. <6>
Andina Frut/Andifrut - Fruit juice available in Chile. <6>
Andina Hi C - Fruit juice available in Chile. <6>
Andina Nectar - Fruit juice available in Chile. <6>
Appletiser - Sparkling apple drink
Aquabona (previously Bonaqua) - Mineral water available in Spain.<7> See BonAqua.
Aquactive - Sports drink formerly sold in Spain. <8>
Aquana - A sports drink available in Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands. <9>
Aquapure <5>
Aquarius - Sports drink
Aquarius Spring - bottled water available in the USA. <10>
Aqvaris <5>
Aqua Shot - flavoured water available in New Zealand.
Arwa - mineral water sold in the West Bank & the Gaza Strip
Avra - bottled water available in Greece<11>
Aybal-Kin <3>
B

Bacardi Mixers - A co-branded product with the Bacardi rum manufacturer. Tropical drinks available in the United States, Australia and Spain. <9>
Bacardi Premium Mixers
Bankia - mineral water available in Bulgaria.
Barq's - root beer
Barq's Floatz
Barq's Red Crème Soda
Beat - Citrus flavoured soft drink available in Mexico. <9>
Belté <3>
Beverly - Non-alcoholic bitter apéritif available in Italy.
Bibo - Fruit punch available in Turkey, South Africa, Mozambique and Canada. <12>
Big Crush <3>
Big Tai <3>
Bimbo <3>
Bimbo Break <3>
Bird's Nest <3>
Bistra <3>
Bistrone - Corn soup available in Japan. <9>
Bjäre<3> - Coca-Cola's own julmust, available in Sweden.
Black Cherry Vanilla Coca-Cola
BlackFire <3>
Boco <3>
Bom Bit Maesil <3>
BonAqua BonActive - Grapefruit flavored sports drink available in Hong-Kong and Macao. <9>
BonAqua/BonAqa/Bonaqua - Bottled water, carbonated and noncarbonated, fruit-flavoured or unflavoured. Available in parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. <9>. Renamed "Aquabona" in Spain. <7>
BPM Energy - Energy drink available in Ireland <12>
Bright And Early <3>
Bubbly <3>
Burn - Energy drink available in Europe. <9> Known as "Buzz" in Japan <13>
C

Cafe Zu - Canned coffee with ginseng available in Thailand. <9>
Caffeine Free Barq's
Caffeine Free Coca-Cola
Caffeine Free Coke II
Caffeine Free Diet Coke/Coca-Cola light
Caffeine free diet Inca Kola
Cal King - Yogurt drink available in Japan. <12>
Calypso <3>
Canning's - Fruit-flavoured soft drink available in Trinidad & Tobago. <9>
Cappy - A juice drink available in some parts of Europe. <9>
Caprice <3>
Capri Sun <3>
Carioca <3>
Carver's <3>
Cepita - A juice druink available in Argentina. <9>
Chaho <5>
Chañi - Fruit-flavoured soft drink available in some parts of Argentina.
Charrua <3>
Chaudfontaine - Bottled water available in The Netherlands and in Belgium. <12>
Cheers - Fruit-flavoured soft drink available in Philippines. <9>
Cherry Coke
Chinotto - Soft drink made of chinotto fruit. <3>
Chinotto light <3>
Chippewa <5>
Chivalry - Fruit soda available in China. <14>
Ciel - Purified, noncarbonated bottled water available in Angola, Mexico and Morocco. <9>
Ciel+ - Flavoured water available in Mexico. <9>
Citra - later Fanta Citrus. Grapefruit-flavored soft drink.
Club <3>
Coca-Cola(R) - Namesake cola product.
Coca-Cola BlāK - Coca-Cola with coffee flavor added.
Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla
Coca-Cola C2 - discontinued lo-carb version.
Coca-Cola Citra
Coca-Cola Light
Coca-Cola with Lemon
Coca-Cola with Lime
Coca-Cola Raspberry
Coca-Cola Orange - limited edition, available only in the UK.
Coca-Cola Zero - Diet version of Coca-Cola, sister product of Diet Coke.
Cocoteen <3>
Coke II
Cresta <3>
Cristal - mineral water
Cumberland Gap <5>
Crystal <3>
D

Daizu no Susume Jai Law - Grapefruit flavored soy soft drink available in Japan <15>
Damla - Drink water in Turkey.
DANNON<3> (under license)
Dasani - Bottled water. <3>
Dasani Active<3>
Dasani Balance<3>
Dasani Flavors - Flavored and lightly sweetened water.<9>
Dasani Nutriwater<3>
Dasani Plus - Vitamin-enhanced flavored water.<9>
Dasani Sensations <9>
Deep River Rock - Bottled water available in Ireland.
Delaware Punch - Fruit-flavored, non-carbonated soft drink.<9>
Del Valle - Mexican nectars and juices, acquired by The Coca-Cola Company and bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA in 2007.
DESCA <5>
Diet A&W<3> (Under license)
Diet Andina Frut/Andina Frut light<3>
Diet Andina Nectar/Andina Nectar light<3>
Diet Barq's<3>
Diet Canada Dry<3>
Diet Cherry Coke - Diet version of Cherry Coke.<3>
Diet Coke/Coke light - Low-calorie version of Coca-Cola (formally known as Diet Coca-Cola or Coca-Cola Light), sister product of Coca-Cola Zero.<3>
Diet Coke Black Cherry Vanilla<3>
Diet Coke Citra/Coca-Cola light Citra<3>
Diet Coke Plus - Diet Coke fortified with vitamins.<3>
Diet Coke Sweetened with Splenda<3>
Diet Coke with Lemon/Coca-Cola light with Lemon<3>
Diet Coke with Lime/Coca-Cola light with Lime<3>
Diet Coke with Raspberry<3>
Diet Crush - Diet version of Crush.<3>
Diet Dr Pepper/Dr Pepper Zero (Under license) <3>
Diet Fanta/Fanta light/Fanta Zero/Fanta Free - Diet versions of Fanta.<3>
Diet Freskyta - Diet version of Freskyta.<3>
Diet Inca Kola - Diet version of Inca Kola.<3>
Diet Kia Ora - Diet version of Kia Ora.<3>
Diet Krest - Diet version of Krest.<3>
Diet Lift/Lift light - Diet version of Lift.<3>
Diet Lilt/Lilt Zero - Diet versions of Lilt.<3>
Diet Master Pour - Diet version of Master Pour.<3>
Diet Mello Yello - Diet version of Mello Yello.<3>
Diet Nestea/Nestea light/Nestea Sin Azúcar - Diet versions of Nestea.<3>
Diet Oasis - Diet version of Oasis.<3>
Diet Quatro/Quatro light - Diet version of Quatro.<3>
Diet Sarsi - Root beer flavored soft drink.<9>
Diet Schweppes<3> (Under license)
Diet Seagrams - Diet version of Seagrams.
Diet Sport <3>
Diet Sprite/Sprite light - Diet version of Sprite.<3>
Diet Squirt - Diet version of Squirt.<3>
Diet Tai/Tai light - Diet version of Tai.<3>
Diet Vanilla Coke - Diet version of Vanilla Coke.<3>
Disney Hundred Acre Wood <5>
Disney Mickey's Adventure <5>
Disney Winnie the Pooh <5>
Disney Xtreme Coolers <5>
Diva <3>
Dobriy <3>
Doğazen - drinking spring water in Turkey. <16>
Dorna - Sparkling mineral water available in Romania and Moldova. <3><17>
Drim <5>
E

E2 - Energy drink available in New Zealand. <12>
Earth & Sky <3>
Eight O'Clock - Juice drink available in Philippines.<9>
Eight O'Clock Funchum<3>
El Rayek <3>
Escuis <3>
Escuis light <5>
Eva Water <3>
Enviga - Fruit-flavored green tea available in Austria, Belgium Czech Republic, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain and the United States.<9>
F

Fanta - several fruit flavored soft drinks (different for each region)
Fanta J-Lemon - Available in Thailand.<9>
Fanta J-Melon - Available in Thailand.<9>
Fanta Lactic - Milk drink available in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and United States.<9>
Finley <3>
Fioravanti - Fruit flavored soft drink available in Ecuador (1878)<9> and Spain (2006).
Five Alive - Five-fruit juice blends available in Great Britain, Kenya, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Tanzania and Uganda.<9>
Five Alive (US) - Blend of five citrus juices available in Canada and United States <9>.
Flavor Rage <3>
Floatz <5>
Fontana <3>
Fraser & Neave <5>
Freezits <5>
Fresca - Flavored caffeine-free, calorie-free soft drink.<9>
Fresca 1 - Grapefruit flavored soft drink available in Costa Rica, Mexico and Panama.<9>
Frescolita <3>
Freskyta <3>
Fresquinha <3>
Fress - First introduced in Japan 2004 <12>
Frestea (under license) <3>
Frisco - Fruit flavored carbonated soft drink available in Finland and Lithuania. Discontinued. <9>
Frucci <5>
Frugos <3>
Frugos Fresh <3>
Fruita - (South Australia) <18>
Fruitia <3>
Fruitlabo <5>
Fruitopia - non-carbonated soft drinks
Fruitopia Freeze<5>
Fruitopia Tea
Fruktime <3>
Frutina <3>
Frutonic - Lightly carbonated soft drink available in Belgium, Luxembourg and New Zealand. <9>
Full Throttle - Citrus-flavored energy drink available in the United States and Canada.<9>
Full Throttle Blue Demon - Agave Lime Tangerine energy drink available in United States.<9>
Full Throttle Sugar Free<9>
Full Throttle Coffee <19>
Fuze Healthy Infusions - Juice drinks available in the United States.<9>
G

Genki No Moto<5>
Georgia - Coffee drink available in Bahrain, India, Japan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates.<9> It is also available in the United States through Japanese Supermarkets.
Georgia Cafe au Lait<9>
Georgia Club - Coffee beverage available in Singapore, Japan and India.<12>
Georgia Gold<3>
Gini<3>
Gladiator- an energy drink available in Mexico
Godiva Belgian Blends - Co-branded coffee/chocolate drink with Godiva, available in the United States<9>
Gold Peak Tea - iced tea drink, lemon-flavored, green, diet, unflavored, and diet unflavored, available in the United States. <9>
Gold Spot<3>
Golden Crush<3>
Goulburn Valley<3>
Grapette<3>
Groovy<3>
Guaraná Kuat light<3>
Guaraná Kuat Zero<3>
H

Hajime - Green tea available in Japan. <9>
H2OK<5>
Happy Valley<5>
Haru no Mint Shukan<5>
Haru Green Tea - Tea drink available in South Korea.<9>
Hawai - Tropical fruit juice available in Morocco and Spain (2006). <20>
Healthworks<3>
Hero<3>
Hi-C - Juice drink available in the United States.<9>
Hi-C Tea - Tea drinks available in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Mariana Islands, Nicaragua and Philippines.<9>
Hires<3>
Hi Spot<3>
Hit - Fruit flavoured carbonated soft drink available in Venezuela. <9>
Honest Tea
Hot Point<3>
Horizon<5>
Huang - Tea available in Japan. <12>
I

Ice Cold Mix
Ice Dew - Bottled water available in China. <9>
Ice Mountain - Bottled water available in Singapore. <12>
Ikon<5>
Inca Kola - Soft drink available in Peru, Ecuador, Chile and the United States.<9> It's also available in Spain through Latin American food stores.
Innocent - Coca-Cola is a 20% shareholder as of April 2009
Ipsei<3>
Izvorul Alb<3>
J

Jaz Cola - Cola specifically developed for consumers who live in the Visayan Islands in Philippines. <9>
Jericho<3>
Jet Tonic<3>
Jinmeile<5>
Jolly Juice<3>
Joy<3>
Joya - Flavor sodas<3> Available in some cities of Mexico.
Jozuni Yasai<5>
Jurassic Well<5>
Just Juice<3>
Juta<5>
K

Kapo - Available in Chile <6> and Brazil.
Kapo Axion<5>
Kapo Super Power<5>
Keri<3>
Kia-Ora<3>
Kidsfruitz<5>
Kilimanjaro<3>
Kin - Bottled water available in Argentina. <12>
Kin Light<5>
Kinley - This brand is used by two types of drinks:
Bottled still water available in Bangladesh, Bulgaria, India, Maldives and Nigeria.<9>
A carbonated water with a wide array of variants: tonic, bitter lemon, club soda and fruit flavored. Available in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Maldives, Moldova, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, West Bank-Gaza and Zambia.<9>
Kiwi Blue - Bottled water available in New Zealand. <9>
KMX - A multidimensional energy drink available in Puerto Rico and the United States. <9>
Kochakaden - Flavoured tea available in Japan. <9>
Kola Inglesa<3>
Koumi Soukai<3>
Krest<3>
Kropla Beskidu<3>
Kuat - Guarana soft drink available in Brazil and the United States.<9>
Kuat Light<3>
Kuli<3>
Kvas - Russian soft drink acquired by Coca-Cola on 2007.<21>
Kyun<3>
L

Leed<5>
Lift - Fruit juice soft drink Albania, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Colombia, Czech Republic, Fiji, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Macedonia, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Slovakia, United States and Vanuatu.<9>
Lift plus<3>
Lift Plus light<3>
Lilia - Natural mineral water available in Italy
Lilt<3>
Limca - Lemon-lime soft drink available in India, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Zambia.<9>
Limelite<3>
Limonade<3>
Linnuse<3>
Lion<3>
Love Body - Red oolong tea diet drink with dietary fiber available in Japan. <9>
Lemon & Paeroa (L&P) - Distributed in New Zealand and recently in Australia
M

Maaza - Mango juice drink with added calcium available in Bangladesh, India, Netherlands and Maldives. <9>
Mad River<3>
Magnolia<5>
Magnolia Funch<5>
Magnolia Zip<5>
Malvern Water - Bottled spring water available worldwide under the Schweppes brand. <3>
Manzana Lift
Manzana Mia<5>
Mare Rosso - Non-alcoholic bitter soft drink available in Spain. <9>
Marocha Chaba no Ko - Unflavored green tea drink available in Japan. <9>
Master Chill<3>
Master Pour<3>
Matusov Pramen<3>
Mazoe<3>
Meijin<5>
Mello<3>
Mello Yello - Citrus soft-drink available in American Samoa, Canada, Guam, Japan, Mariana Islands and the United States.<9>
Mer<3> - Juice drink available in Sweden.
Mezzo Mix<3>
Miami<3>
Mickey's Adventures - Vitamin-enriched juice drink available in Austria, Belgium, Dominican Republic, France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.<9>
Mickey & Friends - Fruit juice available in Japan. <12>
Mickey Mouse<3>
Migoro-Nomigoro<3>
Minaqua<3>
Minute Maid - Brand of juice drinks, with a sub-brand of fruit-flavored soda which contains some fruit juice.
Minute Maid Active - Orange juice drink enriched with Glucosamine HCI available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid AntiOx - Combination of fruit juices with antioxidizing properties available in Spain.<22>
Minute Maid Clásicos - Unsweetened fruit juices available in Spain.<22>
Minute Maid Coolers - Fruit beverages available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Deli<3>
Minute Maid Duofrutas - Mix of fruit juice, skimmed milk and vitamins available in Spain.<9>
Minute Maid Fresh<3>
Minute Maid Fruit Plus - Juice drink available in Japan.<9>
Minute Maid Heart Wise - Orange juice drink naturally sourced with plant sterols available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Hi-C - Available in Costa Rica
Minute Maid Juice Box - 100% juice drink available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Juice To Go - Juice drink marketed in plastic bottles to drink on the go available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Just 10 - Fruit puch flavored juice drink available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Lemonades and Fruit Drinks - Fruit drink available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Light - Low calorie fruit drinks available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Limón&Nada - Lemonade drink available in Spain.<7>
Minute Maid Mais - Ready-to-drink juice drink available in Brazil.<9>
Minute Maid Multi-Vitamin - Orange juice enriched with vitamins and minerals available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Nutri+ - Flavored milk drink available in Mexico.<9>
Minute Maid Premium - 100% fruit juices available in Spain. <22>
Minute Maid Premium Lemonades and Punches - Juice drinks available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Premium Orange Juice and Premium Blends (Frozen & Refrigerated) - Fruit drinks available in the United States.<9>
Minute Maid Pulpy Orange - Drink with orange pulp and flavours available in India.
Minute Maid Selección - Fruit juices and nectars available in Spain.<22>
Minute Maid SojaPlus - Drink with fruit juice and soy available in Spain.<22>
Minute Maid Soft Drink<3>
Minute Maid Splash<3>
Mireille<3>
Mone<3>
Monsoon<5>
Montefiore<3>
Monster Energy
Mori No Mizudayori - Bottled water available in Japan. <12>
Morning Deli - Fruit drink available in Japan. <12>
Mother (100% Natural Energy)<3> - Canned energy drink available in Australia since late 2006.<23>
Mount Franklin - Bottled water available in Australia.
Moyase
Mr Pibb<3>
Multiva - Bottled water available in Poland. <12>
Multivita<3>
N

N-Juice
Nada<3>
Nagomi<3>
Nalu - Mango flavored, low in calories soft drink available in Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands. <9>
Namthip<3> - Bottled water available in Thailand.
Nanairo Acha<3>
Nativa<5>
Naturaqua<3>
Nature's Own - Flavored mineral water available in Papuva Nueva Guinea.<9>
Nectar Andina<5>
Nectarin<3>
Nestea - Flavored tea drink. Available in Aruba, Australia, Austria. Belgium, Bostnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, French Fuiana, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malta, Mariana Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turks & Caicos Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, the United States and Vietnam.<9> Only ready to drink products are a joint venture between Nestlé and Coca Cola.
Nestea COOL - Flavored green tea drink available in American Samoa, British & U.S. Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Indonesia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, United States, Venezuela and Vietnam.<9>
Nestle Choglit<3>
Nevada<3>
Neverfail - Bottled water available in Australia. <12>
New Coke
Next<3>
Nico's Brassness<3>
Nordic Mist - Line of adult mixers soft drink available in Chile, Finland, Portugal and Spain.<9>
Northern Neck<3>
NOS
Nusta<5>
O

Oasis - Non-carbonated juice drink available in Great Britain, Ireland, Malta and Netherlands. <9>
Odwalla - Juice drinks and natural health beverages available in the United States and Canada. <9>
Old Colony<5>
Olimpija<3>
OK Soda
Orchy<3>
Oyu<5>
P

Paani
Pacific Orchard
Pampa
Pams
Pearona
Peats Ridge Springs
Pepe Rico
Pibb Xtra - soft drink (is a Coca-Cola product in the US)<3>
Pibb Xtra Zero - no-calorie soft drink
Piko
Pilskalna
Planet Java
Play
Pocarrot
Pocket Dr.
Poiana Negri - Sparkling water available in Romania. <17>
Poms - sour apple flavored soft drink available in the Magreb region of North Africa.
Ponkana - Juice drink available in Philippines. <9>
Pop Cola
Portello
Powerade - sports drink.
Powerade alive
Powerade light
Powerade Option
Powerplay
Pulp Ananas
Pump - Bottled water available in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. <12>
Q

Qoo - non-carbonated drink
Quatro - Grapefruit and lemon flavoured soft drink available in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay. <9>
Quwat Jabal - Citrus flavoured soft drink available in the Middle East.<24><25>
R

Ramblin' Root Beer
Raspberry Coke
Ready to Brew
Real Gold - Energy drink available in Japan. <12>
Red Flash
Red Lion
Refresh Tea
Relentless
Rich
Richy
Rimzim
Rio Gold
Ripe N Ready
Risco
Riwa
Robinson Brothers
Rockstar - energy drink (distribution only)
Rosa (still and sparkling mineral water available in Serbia)
Rosalta
Roses
Royal Club Shandy
Royal Tru - An Orange Soft Drink In the Philippines
Royal Tru light - Light version of Royal Tru Orange
S

Safaa
Safety First
Safia
Samantha
Samurai - A energy drink available in Vietnam and Philippines. <9>
San Luis - Bottled water available in Peru.
San Sao
Santiba - Soda and ginger ale available in the USA in the 1970s. <12>
Santolin
Sarsi
Saryusaisai - Tea drink available in Japan <26>
Schweppes (Under license)
Scorpion - Energy drink available in Japan <12>
Seagrams - Clear soft drink available in Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Trinidad & Tobago, U.S. Virgin Islands and the United States. <9>
Seasons
Seltz
Sensation
Sensun
Senzao - Guaraná flavoured carbonated soft drink available in Mexico. <9>
Shichifukuzen
Shizen Plus - Green tea blended with complementary natural herb extracts. Available in Thailand. <9>
Shock
Signature
Sim
Simba
Simply Apple
Simply Lemonade
Simply Limeade
Simply Orange - Pasteurized orange juice available in the United States. <9>
Sintonia
Slap
Smart - Carbonated soft drink available in China and the United States. <9>
Sobo
Sodafruit Caprice Oranges
Sokenbicha - Blended tea drink available in Japan. <9>
Solo
Sonfil
Soonsoo 100
Southern Sun
Sparkle
Sparkletts
Sparkling Yogurt- Carbonated yogurt manufactured by Global Beverage Ent. Inc.
Sparletta - Creme soda available in South Africa. <12>
Sparletta Iron Brew - Available in South Africa. <12>
Splash - A clear soft drink available since 1995 in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. <7>
Splice
Sport Cola
Sport Plus
Spring! by Dannon - Bottled spring water available in the United States. <9>
Spring! by Dannon Fluoride to Go - Fluoridated spring water available in the United States. <9>
Sprite - lemon-lime flavored soft drink
Sprite 3G
Sprite Ice
Sprite Remix
Sprite Light
Sprite Zero
Spur
Squirtc
Stoney Ginger Beer
Stella Artois
Sugar Free Full Throttle
Sun Valley
Sundrop
Sunfill - Juice drink available in parts of Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States. <9>
Sunfilled & Fruit Tree
Supa
Superkools
Superpac
Surge - citrus soda (discontinued)
Sweecha
Swerve - Chocolate milk drink.
T

TaB - Coke's original diet soda, sweetened with saccharin
Tab Energy
Tab x-tra
TADAS
Tahitian Treat
Tai
Tanora
Tarumi
Tavern
The Tea for Dining
Tea World Collection
Ten Ren - Tea beverage available in Taiwan. <12>
The Spirit of Georgia - competitive product to Bionade available in Germany
The Wellness
Thextons
Thums Up - Carbonated soft drink in India
Tian Tey - Tea available in Belgium. <12>
Tian Yu Di/Heaven and Earth - Tea drinks and bottled water available in Hong Kong, Mariana Islands and Singapore. <9>
Tiky - Pineapple-flavored soft drink available in Guatemala. <9>
Top
Toppur - Flavoured and unflavoured sparkling water available in Iceland. <9>
Top's
Tropical
Tuborg Squash - orange soda in Denmark.<5><27>
Turkuaz - drinking water in Turkey.
U

Urge
Urge Intense (Energy Drink avaivable in Norway)
Urun
V

Valpre - Bottled water available in South Africa. <12>
Valser - Flavoured and unflavoured bottled water available in Germany, Russia and Switzerland. <9>
Vanilla Coke
Vault - hybrid energy citrus soda
Vault Zero
VegitaBeta
Vica
Victoria - Fruit sodas available only in the state of Querétaro in Mexico
Vita - Orange flavoured juice drink available in Zambia. <9>
Vital - Bottled water available in Chile. <6>
Vital O
Vitamin Water
Vitingo
Viva! - Natural mineral water available in Philippines. <9>
Von Dutch - energy drink (distribution only)
W

Water Salad <28>
Wilkin's - Distilled drinking water available in Philippines. <9>
Wink <3>
Winnie the Pooh Junior Juice <3>
Y

Ya Face
Ya Booty
Yang Guang <5> - Tea varieties (China)
Yang Guang Juicy T <5>
Yo Momma <5>
Youki <3>
Yumi <5>
Yoli - lemon-lime soda (Only in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico.)
Z

Zico - coconut water



And while you're at it, don't support Viacom either:

Film production and distribution
Paramount Pictures Corporation:
Paramount Motion Pictures Group Inc.
Paramount Vantage
Paramount Pictures International
MTV Films
Nickelodeon Movies
Paramount Home Entertainment
United International Pictures (UIP), formerly Cinema International Corporation (CIC). It is a joint venture with NBC Universal's Universal Studios.
Republic Pictures (or Republic Entertainment, Inc.)
Mandalay Entertainment
Media Networks

Television Networks
MTV
MTV2
MTV Tr3́s
MTV Desi
MTV Hits
MTV Jams
mtvU
Palladia
Nickelodeon
Nick 2
Nick Jr.
TeenNick
Nicktoons Network
Nick GAS(March 1, 1999-April 23, 2009)
TV Land
TV Land Canada
CMT
CMT Pure Country
CMT (Canada)
Spike
VH1
VH1 Classic
VH1 Soul
BET
BET Hip-Hop
BET Gospel
BET UK
Centric
Comedy Central
Logo
TMF
VIVA
Internet
MTVi Group
Nickelodeon Online
BET.com
Contentville.com (35%)
Neopets
GameTrailers
iFilm
Xfire
GoCityKids
Atom Entertainment, which consists of AddictingGames, Atom Uploads, and Shockwave.com
Nick GAS
Quizilla
Miscellaneous assets

Viacom Consumer Products
Bubba Gump Shrimp Company
MTVN Direct (a division of MTV Networks Company)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Viacom International, Inc.

[TokenQueer]

39. Exactly.

Make sure you put your right hand on your iPhone before saying the pledge of allegiance.

[ima_sinnic]

28. so we really WILL be voting for coke versus pepsi

and the people are too stupid and timid to revolt.

[TokenQueer]

38. You have to admit...

It puts a new, edgy spin on the Pepsi Challenge. Stupid and timid is correct... of course... who wouldn't rather tune in to a cage match (sponsored by Axe body spray) between Franken and Coleman to determine the winner? Recounts and run-offs are sooooooo 20th century.

[ima_sinnic]

40. I'd laugh if I weren't so pissed off and depressed

:( :grr: :scared: :nuke: :cry:

[TokenQueer]

42. Indeed.

Tansy_Gold nailed it upthread (post #11).

[BP2]

22. Exxon Corporation is proud to announce its support for Sarah Palin in 2012.

:puke:

[BrklynLiberal]

26. I guess the candidate can wear logos..like Nascar drivers...

and for Sarah the Barracuda...

[dixiegrrrrl]

49. It would look like this:

[BrklynLiberal]

52. COOL!!! Love it It would make a great poster.

[DKRC]

54. Damn straight!

Sew their asses into them.

:mad:

[Canuckistanian]

25. Here's another site. "Move to Amend"

"We the corporations"

On January 21, 2010, with its ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are persons, entitled by the U.S. Constitution to buy elections and run our government.

Human beings are people; corporations are legal fictions. The Supreme Court is misguided in principle, and wrong on the law. In a democracy, the people rule.

We Move to Amend.

We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United, and move to amend our Constitution to:

* Firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.
* Guarantee the right to vote and to participate, and to have our votes and participation count.
* Protect local communities, their economies, and democracies against illegitimate "preemption" actions by global, national, and state governments.

http://movetoamend.org/

[Goldstein1984]

29. My Letter to Barack Obama (Slightly edited for anonymity)

Submitted to www.whitehouse.org at 09:05 AST on 21JAN10:

Dear Mr. President;

The 5-4 ruling today by the Supreme Court of the United States, in my opinion, is yet another example of a government that is a captive of special interests in America making decisions that harm the many by giving inequitable representation to the few.

I pledge to do everything in my power to fight this trend. I have already stopped all discretionary spending--no vacations, no durable goods, no purchases of new cars, no dining out or entertainment, et cetera. Instead, I'll be directing those financial resources to assisting in targeting any Democrat in nationwide primaries that I view as a non-progressive. If faced with yet another lesser-of-two-evils general election, I'll just sit it out, rather than give my vote to the less malignant of two tumors threatening to consume democracy. You and other Democrats have it completely within your power to keep or regain support from a growing number of disappointed Progressives like me. It's up to you.

In the interim, I've had my fill. You go fight your War on Terror, I'm stepping up my involvement in the War on Oligarchy. I will seek and use every opportunity to fight this war. I urge you and other Democrats to choose the correct side.

It goes without saying that much of my energy in this effort will be used to influence others to join this battle.

Regards

P.S.: That Massachusetts thing?--I hope you're paying attention. It isn't just Progressives giving up on the party.

[glitch]

31. So how does one go about impeaching supreme court justices, exactly?

Be specific.

[Romulox]

37. It's simple. Justices of the Supreme Court may be impeached like any other Article III (Federal)

Judge:

US Constitution, Article III, Sec. 1:

The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time
ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office.

The process is the normal one; the articles of impeachment are passed in the House (Article I Sec. 2) and the actual impeachment is tried in the Senate (Article I Sec. 3).

Hope this is specific enough for you. :hi:

[glitch]

51. I think we can work with that :) thanks! nt

[Ignis]

32. "Imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever."

--George Orwell, 1984

[Blue_Tires]

34. ttt

[newtothegame]

35. Was this a result of our lawsuit or theirs? n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

43. Recognized it for what it really is. An Oligarchy.

[Zoeisright]

45. Put the final nail in the coffin of this republic.

That's what they did. Made the 'fascist state' official.

[branders seine]

47. they finally put the tombstone on the grave.

[spanone]

53. how is it only democratic appointees are 'activist judges' ????