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Could Today's Crises Help America Reject Corporate Personhood?
 Economic crises represent social and political transition points, times of great difficulty but also times of great opportunity - We now stand at the edge of one those rare windows in time. America is in the midst of an economic crisis and Russia and China seem hell-bent on pushing us to what may become a world war. We've been here three times before in the history of our country, and each one has heralded major changes in the nature and structure of our government. As we watch corporations pour increasingly large amounts of money into politics, it's a good time to reevaluate their role in governance and society. At the top of that list is the doctrine created out of whole cloth by the US Supreme Court in the late 19th century called "Corporate Personhood." It has become one of the most destructive forces in American politics. In 1776, Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was published and the U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed. This was no coincidence: both were broadly embraced reactions, in part, to a widespread economic depression that had begun in the previous decade.Read more at HartmannReport.com. -Thom |
Thursday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: Could Today's Crises Help America Reject Corporate Personhood?
Here's why the GOP can't help with inflation
Quote: " As a matter of fact, in interviews in 1999 with respected journalist, and long time Bush family friend, David Herskowitz, then Governor George Bush stated: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief. My father had all this political capital built up when he drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait and he wasted it. If I have a chance to invade... if I had that much capital, I'm not going to waste it. I'm going to get everything passed that I want to get passed and I'm going to have a successful presidency." - My Testimony for the Downing Street Memo Hearings" by Cindy Sheehan, June 16 2005.
Researchers have proved GOP policies are killing Americans
Article: " Constitution of the United States", article 3 section 2. "... In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be Party, the supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the supreme Court shall have appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Congress shall make...."
Mike Pence is saying that American have no right to "freedom from religion." Say what?!
Quote: " The settled opinion here is that religion is essentially distinct from Civil Govt. and exempt from its cognizance; that a connexion between them is injurious to both; that there are causes in the human breast, which ensure the perpetuity of religion without the aid of the law; that rival sects with equal rights, exercise mutual censorships in favor of good morals; that if new sects arise with absurd opinions or overheated imaginations, the proper remedies lie in time, for-bearance, and example: that a legal establishment of Religion without a toleration, could not be thought of, and with a toleration, is no security for public quiet & harmony, but rather a source itself of discord & animosity..." - James Madison.
Father sues school for it's support of "homosexual lifestyles," as he calls it
Quote: " No one's being jailed for practicing her religion. Someone's being jailed for using the government to force others to practice her religion." - Rachel Held Evans. Tweet: " When I signed in to vote yesterday in FL, they rejected my first signature because it wasn't close enough to my driver's license signature. I signed again and they accepted it. Had that been a mail-in ballot, my vote would have been rejected." by Ron Filipkowski.
Hour Three: The deal goes down- Larry Beinhart, Author of numerous books including, Wag the Dog (adapted for film in (1997), directed by Barry Levinson, w/an all start cast including Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, & the late Anne Heche among others... / Also, the recently released novel, The Deal Goes Down / Larry's work in progress is a yet to be published economics book, "The Rich Can't Be Trusted With Money" 
Study shows healthy human future still possible if we do this one thing....
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Researchers Proved GOP Policies Kill Americans!
Corporations Aren't People! Breaking SCOTUS Lie
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