Alan Grayson's Supreme Court Petition: Link

[EarlG]

Apparently Rep. Grayson mentioned DU on Countdown tonight when discussing places to find links to his petition, so if you're looking for it, here it is...

LINK TO PETITION: http://salsa.mydccc.org/o/30019/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=4

Some explanatory text from Alan Grayson's website:

The Supreme Court stabbed Democracy this morning. I was there; I saw it happen. ... We have filed six bills to reverse this assault, the "Save Our Democracy" package. Sign this petition today, and show your support for saving our democracy. Together, we will move these bills forward and prevent the sale of our government to the highest bidder.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Done, and thanks.

I signed it earlier, but this should be tacked to the top of the forums!

:kick:

[TexasObserver]

2. Recommend

[gateley]

3. I got an e-mail from him with the subject line: OMG

God I love that guy! :rofl:

[Lorien]

4. I got that one too

:thumbsup:

[Luciferous]

5. Done. I knew it wouldn't be long before we heard something from

Grayson on this

[ebayfool]

6. up!

Signed & passed on to address book!

[MikeH]

7. Done, and K & R

[verges]

8. Already done! knr

I got the OMG email as well. I forwarded to as many people as I could. I hope some of them sign also.

I may be more pissed at this than I was at Bush v. Gore!

[BeHereNow]

9. Thank You EarlG! Tis done!

BHN with a rec!

[Salviati]

10. Done and done...

[flamingdem]

11. THE CAPCHA IS TOO HARD SOMEONE TELL THEM... I gave up nt

[defendandprotect]

12. k

[defendandprotect]

13. Thank you!

[Hekate]

14. Done. 35,924 sigs.

[GiveMeFreedom]

15. DONE AND KICK! n/t

[Wilms]

16. .

[FrenchieCat]

17. Signed.

[Douglas Carpenter]

18. kick and recommend

[tango-tee]

19. Passing this link on to family and friends as well.

Thank you.

[tavalon]

20. I woke up this afternoon to get ready for work

and found my Democracy was hemorrhaging. I am stunned and horrified.

[Rhiannon12866]

21. K&R! Done and passed on... Thanks!

:patriot:

[dmr]

22. k&r

I signed this earlier today, and sent the link off to others I know.

Thanks Earl.

[Vidar]

23. Recommended & signed.

[Saphire]

24. done

[liberaltrucker]

25. Done. K&R.

nt

[blondeatlast]

26. Done, thenks! nt

[HughMoran]

27. I signed

Let's hope something is done to reverse this horrible decision.

[nc4bo]

28. Done and thanks for the link. nt

[bread_and_roses]

29. K & R (n/t)

[DisgustedInMN]

30. K&R and signed on.

Grayson for President 2012

[fascisthunter]

31. done! (nt)

[peacetalksforall]

32. Picture yourself on a future voting day having a choice between a Sarah Palin beauty/gotcha/wink

or Jim DeMint or even the Pat Robertson law school graduate who was in charge of firing the U.S. Attorney or Yoo or the chief military guy in charge of torture .......i.e., no choice. We know for sure that we won't have a Grayson type candidate. .... please sign.

The United States of America or -
The United States of Corporate Associations or =
The United States of Privatization

[harun]

33. Signed.

[G_j]

34. K&R

[Mari333]

35. knr its now or never

[NJmaverick]

36. Done! K&R

[supernova]

37. Done! KnR!

[Soylent Brice]

38. done.

[kentuck]

39. Done.

One of the few good guys left.

[me b zola]

40. done

It is getting more than 10 signatures/minute!

:kick:

[rhett o rick]

41. Signed, rec and kick and hi! nt

[Lebam in LA]

42. K&R and done

[yurbud]

43. Done yesterday!

[Greyhound]

44. Done. K&R.

[Hubert Flottz]

45. K&R

:thumbsup:

[euphoria12leo]

46. Done n/t

[alfredo]

47. done

[xynthee]

48. For those wondering specifically what the "Save Our Democracy" platform is:

There was no info about it on the link provided in the OP (or even any links to info about it). There's a conservative group called "Save Our Democracy" too, by the way.

http://grayson.house.gov/2010/01/grayson-save-our-democracy.shtml

GRAYSON: "SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY"
January 21, 2010 10:59 AM

(Washington, DC) – Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-8) has introduced legislation to prevent a corporate takeover of government in America. His “Save Our Democracy” Reform Package (H.R. 4431-4435) aims to stave off the threat of "corpocracy" arising from today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision.

“The Supreme Court in essence has ruled that corporations can buy elections. If that happens, democracy in America is over. We cannot put the law up for sale, and award government to the highest bidder.” Congressman Grayson said.

Here are the bills that Congressman Grayson has introduced, and what they aim to accomplish:

1) The Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act (H.R. 4431): Implements a 500% excise tax on corporate contributions to political committees, and on corporate expenditures on political advocacy campaigns.
2) The Public Company Responsibility Act (H.R. 4435): Prevents companies making political contributions and expenditures from trading their stock on national exchanges.
3) The End Political Kickbacks Act (H.R. 4434): Prevents for-profit corporations that receive money from the government from making political contributions, and limits the amount that employees of those companies can contribute.
4) The Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act (H.R. 4432): Requires publicly-traded companies to disclose in SEC filings money used for the purpose of influencing public opinion, rather than to promoting their products and services.
5) The Ending Corporate Collusion Act (H.R. 4433): Applies antitrust law to industry PACs.

The Supreme Court decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission legalizes the use of corporate funds in political campaigns, striking down campaign finance laws that date back more than a century. Congressman Grayson introduced the bills on January 13th, in anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling. Each of the five Grayson bills is clear and concise; none is longer than four pages.

“By gutting the 100-year-old Tillman Act ban on corporate contributions, the U.S. Supreme Court has opened the door to political bribery and corruption on the largest scale imaginable. As Teddy Roosevelt said at the time, 'property belongs to man, and not man to property.' That's why we have federal election laws, and that's why we need them, both then and now,” Congressman Grayson said.

[Bette Noir]

58. We need one more:

No legislator may vote on any bill if he, or any member of his family, has received cash or gifts from any individual or corporation that will be affected by the results of the bill.

You could call it the Caesar's Wife Act: legislators must avoid even the appearance of impropriety. It's the same standard to which small-town judges are held. If it's good enough for them, it's good enough for Senators.

[OnyxCollie]

49. Done, Kicked & Recommended. nt

[slay]

50. Done! Keith was right in his special comment last night - this is THE WORST court

decision made by the supreme court, probably ever. Fuck those assholes Alito and Roberts - and fuck the Dems for not fillibustering one of them at least! Argh!

[RedCappedBandit]

51. doneski

[Jumping John]

52. Here is some news, people - Online or probably any other petitions have never produced any desired

changes for the signers of the petition. If I am wrong please show me. It is time we started sending messages to the people that are so arrogant and removed from those that they serve saying that their actions suck and for them to get fucked. It will probably produce the same results as the petition but be more satisfying.
Oh and I signed the petition also.

Peace
John

[CrownPrinceBandar]

53. Done........n/t

[myrna minx]

54. Thanks for the link. K&R n/t

[JTFrog]

55. done.

:kick:

[Bette Noir]

56. Thanks for the link.

I've wanted to sign this thing since he mentioned it on Keith.

All is not lost. If we, the leftward 52% of the American population, vote only for people whose hands are clean, and boycott businesses seen to be buying legislators, the corporations cannot take the country from us. We'll have to pay attention, though.

[HillbillyBob]

95. hands are clean, and boycott businesses seen to be buying legislators

I already try to do this as much as possible. Course it is easy to boycott what you can't afford.

[katty]

57. done

[HillWilliam]

59. K, R, signed and passed on n/t

[geardaddy]

60. Done and rec'd

Thanks

[eagertolearn]

61. He needs a facebook connection. Signed but want to get more to sign!

[bejamin wood]

62. * Done & Recommended

[tpsbmam]

63. Done. K&R nt

[Bobbie Jo]

64. Signed.

:kick:

[dragonlady]

65. The signatures are being added at the rate of 20 per minute!

:patriot:

[sandyj999]

66. Done!

[theangrystoner]

67. Even if it doesn't go anywhere

I'm glad to sign it.

[chimpymustgo]

68. Done. K&R.

[mulsh]

69. done

and my wife and 2 of my friends signed it also.

[hisownpetard]

70. Done and forwarded. Thanks!

[kimmerspixelated]

71. Excellent!

I've sent it to at least 3 people so far!

[AllyCat]

72. Had signed this before the ruling, but will pass onto friends to sign

Conyers is now cosponsoring.

[spanone]

73. done & recommeded

[louis-t]

74. 55,000 sigs at 5:30 EST

[ezmerelda39]

75. petition

Thanks so much for the petition address...

[RamboLiberal]

76. Done Thanks K&R

[hay rick]

77. K&R.

[skorpo]

78. Done plus passed on to everyone in my address book

[bigwillq]

79. Done

:bounce:

[defendandprotect]

80. kick

[ihavenobias]

81. Done. n/t

[TheKentuckian]

82. Done

[nini]

83. can any of these pass without 60 votes?

I'm not convinced we'll ever get anything done again ;-(

[proteus_lives]

84. Done.

:thumbsup:

[susu369]

85. Thanks

Signed and forwarded to friends.

[DUlover2909]

86. Done. Thanks.

:) :kick: and Rec.

[Saphire]

87. kick

[Daphne08]

88. Done! K & R

[Beaverhausen]

89. K & R

[donheld]

90. Done K & R

[kentuck]

91. kick

:kick:

[HillbillyBob]

92. I signed and sent on to many people, abt 34 i think

I ran out of appendages to count on...
Now let's primary out the ones who don't back up and support real people over fictitious.

[Jefferson23]

93. Done

[midnight]

94. Thank you...

[Beaverhausen]

96. kick