tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post7268602467615940407..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: SCOTUS decides to SCREWUScolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-31369684076263138492010-01-23T09:49:19.710-07:002010-01-23T09:49:19.710-07:00"Ratcheting up the shelling of people with TV..."Ratcheting up the shelling of people with TV ads will have diminishing results as TV loses viewers."<br /><br />Good point. And I've been thinking of the fact that the freedom of information the internet provides is something of an equalizer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-43875202705376540592010-01-23T00:40:56.203-07:002010-01-23T00:40:56.203-07:00Let's stop hyperventilating, even though I hav...Let's stop hyperventilating, even though I have the same sadness over this ruling as everyone else here.<br /><br />Wasn't corporate control of Congress already par for the course? This is only a formality.<br /><br />Ratcheting up the shelling of people with TV ads will have diminishing results as TV loses viewers.<br /><br />What's needed is to realize that TV was always a tool of propaganda. What's needed to is go out to our neighbors and especially those ignored by what TV presents as America and organize them. What's needed is a mass movement of people who are ignored by the interests of corporations and the media outlets owned by corporations. Take heart, the solution is right in front of us, it just takes time to develop.Captain Picardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07675995256310168056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-85732372726249520852010-01-22T17:43:19.415-07:002010-01-22T17:43:19.415-07:00I've never felt so let down by my government.I've never felt so let down by my government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-82613157024171845682010-01-22T16:00:04.619-07:002010-01-22T16:00:04.619-07:00I think the problem will be much more acute and th...I think the problem will be much more acute and the state and local levels than nationally. It is so easy (and cheap) to affect local/county elections with a bit of money. States, too, although not as cheap as it used to be. The governor's race in California has turned out to be a MAJOR dollar slugfest -- maybe as much as $100 million by the time it is over.<br /><br />Jim McCreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-12017056845883885572010-01-22T13:42:01.496-07:002010-01-22T13:42:01.496-07:00TheraP what a brilliant statement. I haven't ...TheraP what a brilliant statement. I haven't actually lost hope yet. At least the light is on and the problems are exposed. It's now time to make a choice or two. That's a good thing.<br /><br />One of our choices could be to start and support a third party, and I personally would like to see certain Supreme Court Justices impeached.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-87109633726479504172010-01-22T12:58:11.615-07:002010-01-22T12:58:11.615-07:00I too was outraged by this decision in which there...I too was outraged by this decision in which there was no warning of such discussion going on. It is terrible news.<br /><br />Corporations, according to this new law, are now defined as "the People" and this is a LIE. This is unconstitutional. This must be defeated, destroyed, taken away from them.<br /><br />I am wondering who in the Supreme Court voted for this and why it was kept so QUIET that they were voting on this?<br /><br />WE, THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW. <br /><br />This is awful news. Corporatism is the same type of system used in Germany under Hitler. <br /><br />It is just awful.butterflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09684946870144030594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-9371709390848545732010-01-22T12:19:44.914-07:002010-01-22T12:19:44.914-07:00Someone just sent me this quote from Granny D:
&q...Someone just sent me this quote from Granny D:<br /><br />"<i>You know, there are two kinds of politics in the world: the politics of love and the politics of fear. Love is about cooperation, sharing and inclusion. It is about the elevation of each individual to a life neither suppressed nor exploited, but instead nourished to rise to its full potential -- a life for its own sake and so that we may all benefit by the gift of that life. Fear, and the politics of fear, is about narrow ideologies that separate us, militarize us, imprison us, exploit us, control us, overcharge us, demean us, bury us alive in debt and anxiety and then bury us dead in cancers and wars. The politics of love and the politics of fear are now pitted against each other in a naked struggle that will define not only the 21st Century but centuries to come. We are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty in that struggle, indeed we are. Let us not shirk from the mission that fate has bestowed upon us, for it has done so as a blessing.</i>"<br /><br />This explains it all! This is the problem. I am with you in feeling outraged. But it's more tinged with a sense of losing hope, of seeing our Republic at its decline and fall. It will be very difficult, if not impossible, to claw back from this! <br /><br />We are society where the greed and entitlement of some will bleed the populace until the point where the greedy and entitled too become victims of their own short-sighted aims.<br /><br />I feel I can do little more than pray. But pray I will!TheraPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684120043427738135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-89547805524036042032010-01-22T11:02:03.476-07:002010-01-22T11:02:03.476-07:00I too am angry about this, but with the court stac...I too am angry about this, but with the court stacked the way it is, I would have been surprised if the decision had turned out differently. In addition, the decision ensures our political system continues to rot.khughes1963https://www.blogger.com/profile/16118365554189078448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-54671828677636879782010-01-22T10:07:01.095-07:002010-01-22T10:07:01.095-07:00Here's my worst case scenario. Typical politi...Here's my worst case scenario. Typical politician takes unspecified amount of corporate money to lie like a rug to get elected, claiming to be a populist. Once elected said politician earns his corporate pay--especially on the local level.<br /><br />When was the last time any politician was removed for renegging on campaign promises? We can forget an activist press, because we no longer have much of one and most of those are owned by five big corporations.<br /><br />We are in trouble and headed for a lot more.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-38185838292157149382010-01-22T09:35:52.277-07:002010-01-22T09:35:52.277-07:00It is disturbing, no doubt.
I'm not so sure t...It is disturbing, no doubt.<br /><br />I'm not so sure that controlling election outcomes in the US really matters that much to big business. It seems that it doesn't matter too much who gets elected, the outcome will always be favourable to corporations.PrickliestPearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606660660913560540noreply@blogger.com