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tapu · 10-09-2011, 03:37 AM

So I talked to individuals today who were part of the 99%, or however they identified themselves, protest. The signs the group held were mainly directed at stripping the corporation of the legal fiction "personhood."

I got a pointer to this documentary:

I haven't watched this yet, but I remember from Linguistics classes that the metaphor "The corporation is a person" is what allows, for example, a corp to make certain contributions to a political candidate or issue, same as a person. Interesting stuff.

AtLast · 10-09-2011, 12:02 PM

this Supreme Court ruling may very well be the most salient ruling undermining the civil and human rights of our time. Large, public corporations won the keys to control every election in the US with this ruling. Which eventually will lead directly to the take over of this very Court by ultra right wing conservatism in the US.

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Originally Posted by tapu

So I talked to individuals today who were part of the 99%, or however they identified themselves, protest. The signs the group held were mainly directed at stripping the corporation of the legal fiction "personhood."

I got a pointer to this documentary:

I haven't watched this yet, but I remember from Linguistics classes that the metaphor "The corporation is a person" is what allows, for example, a corp to make certain contributions to a political candidate or issue, same as a person. Interesting stuff.

SoNotHer · 10-09-2011, 12:58 PM

Leave it to RT to put up the best coverage I've seen of the NY protest, the President's take on it, and the very clear message of it:

persiphone · 10-10-2011, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by SoNotHer

Leave it to RT to put up the best coverage I've seen of the NY protest, the President's take on it, and the very clear message of it:

clearly i'm going to have to just stop here for my Occupy news fix

thanks everyone!

theoddz · 10-10-2011, 09:39 AM

I love me some Dennis Kucinich. We need a few more good Progressive Independents like this guy and Bernie Sanders in office.

~Theo~

Novelafemme · 10-10-2011, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by theoddz

I love me some Dennis Kucinich. We need a few more good Progressive Independents like this guy and Bernie Sanders in office.

~Theo~

If I could triple like this I would!!! The man is amazing. And his wife isn't hard on the eyes either.

Ebon · 10-10-2011, 12:38 PM

AtLast · 10-10-2011, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by theoddz

I love me some Dennis Kucinich. We need a few more good Progressive Independents like this guy and Bernie Sanders in office.

~Theo~

And Whew!= the district redraws in OH did not take him out of office.

persiphone · 10-10-2011, 01:20 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/anonymous-hack...150513737.html

so realistically, what would happen if hackers wiped out the stock exchange?

10-09-2011, 03:37 AM	#1
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,115 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	So I talked to individuals today who were part of the 99%, or however they identified themselves, protest. The signs the group held were mainly directed at stripping the corporation of the legal fiction "personhood." I got a pointer to this documentary: I haven't watched this yet, but I remember from Linguistics classes that the metaphor "The corporation is a person" is what allows, for example, a corp to make certain contributions to a political candidate or issue, same as a person. Interesting stuff. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you? Last edited by tapu; 10-09-2011 at 03:39 AM.

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SoNotHer Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Professional Sandbagger and Jenga Zumba Instructor Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: In the master control room of my world domination dreams Posts: 2,811 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,587 Thanked 4,735 Times in 1,409 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Ferreting out the real news Leave it to RT to put up the best coverage I've seen of the NY protest, the President's take on it, and the very clear message of it: __________________ "In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer." ~ Albert Camus

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theoddz Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Cranky Old Poop Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. Beast Relationship Status: Married to a beautiful babe whom I don't deserve. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,541 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,143 Thanked 9,935 Times in 2,513 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I love me some Dennis Kucinich. We need a few more good Progressive Independents like this guy and Bernie Sanders in office. *~Theo~* __________________ *"All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost."* -- J. R. R. Tolkien

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Ebon Senior Member How Do You Identify?: With my souls eyes. Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: lol Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Here Posts: 3,476 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,524 Thanked 11,142 Times in 2,757 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	__________________ In Lak'ech Ala K'in I'm a Soul Rebel http://wannabereverend.wordpress.com/ Spirituality is not a belief system or ideology, it is the surrender of one's ego to the infinite wisdom and knowledge that is the universe.

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persiphone Timed Out How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: on a hedonistic hiatus Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Permanently Banned 12/28/2011 Posts: 462 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,574 Thanked 1,562 Times in 380 Posts Rep Power: 0	http://news.yahoo.com/anonymous-hack...150513737.html so realistically, what would happen if hackers wiped out the stock exchange?