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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:07 PM
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The new litmus test for Supreme Court Nominees must be "Are Corporations people, yes or no?"
We need to overturn this idea and this court.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:09 PM
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1. Constitutional Amendment
Only way to fix it forever.
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FSogol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:13 PM
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3. In today's climate the Constitution is impossible to amend. Imagine the
number of ads the US Chamber of Commerce will air to stop the Amendment?
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:19 PM
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6. They can try
But we must not give up without a fight. I'm not saying it's easy, but it is the only way.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:14 PM
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4. They have unlimited funds now to convince people
to vote against any Amendment.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:20 PM
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7. And how can they convince you?
You are going to have to accept that while everyone has a price, the Corporations cannot/will not pay it. Not for every voter. And it's still voters who pick Congress.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:37 PM
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8. It's not that everyone has a price. Money talks most Americans
can be easily manipulated to believe anything. I tell you what you go out and ask ten people on the street how they feel about the SCOTUS decision and I doubt even 2 of them would know what the hell you are talking about. The average Joe Sixpack can tell you who won every Super Bowl or who is on American Idol but couldn't tell you who Joe Biden is. For chrissake probably over 50% of them still think the HCR Bill has death panels. Probably at least 25% of them think there is an amendment in the HCR Bill that takes their guns away.
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Demeter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:39 PM
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9. Educate, Educate, Educate!
People are going to be a lot more receptive than they've been in ages. Because they aren't going to be all right any more.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:12 PM
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2. How about If a corporation can be a citizen of the USA. The
Republicans worry that illegals will be able to vote but a foreign owned corporation can literally buy the government of the USA.
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iceman66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:15 PM
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5. Won't work.
They'll just lie to Congress and get away with it, just like Alito and Roberts did.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:55 PM
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10. Won't work
Edited on Fri Jan-22-10 01:56 PM by Doctor_J
Alito and Roberts (and Thomas) have shown themselves to be liars (perjurers).

Edit: oops. I just discovered I copied another lucid poster verbatim.
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