I'm absolutely disgusted by this ruling, but somehow not surprised in the least either. |
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Last edited by acatalephobic; 01-23-2010 at 10:46 PM.
"you will not transform this house of prayer into a house of thieves"
The beast shows His true face. Why so mad guerrilla, did you forget the american government is a power cult? Now people will have to admit that our elections are just a ruse, as they have been for as long as I've been alive. |
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157 is a prime number. The next prime is 163 and the previous prime is 151, which with 157 form a sexy prime triplet. Taking the arithmetic mean of those primes yields 157, thus it is a balanced prime.
Women and rhythm section first - Jaco Pastorious
Last night I had asked a friend of mine when he expected we'd see the world's |
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Oh Capitalism, what have you done. |
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So I've been thinking about this a lot, and I remembered that I thought there was one possible benefit to all this. At the very very least, hopefully a greater portion of the population will be aware of how much corporations are contributing financially to the political process. Sure, there were ways to find this out before, but no one really seemed all that interested in knowing. |
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"you will not transform this house of prayer into a house of thieves"
its not capitalism that caused the crisis, its greedy corporatism that got us here, and idiotic central banks that kept inflating the money supply...capitalism is the solution not the problem, the federal reserve has limited the scope of real capitalism so for the past 97 years under their policies we have been under a quasi capitalism merged with greedy corrupt corporatism and the military industrial complex is one good example of the corporatocracy. |
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Last edited by guerilla; 01-25-2010 at 07:15 PM.
I would rather die on my feet then to live on my knees.
Why would wealthy corporations care about Republican principles? I thought you said Republicans are all a bunch of backward ass hillbillies. Are you saying rich corporate people with power are Republicans too? |
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Last edited by Universal Mind; 01-25-2010 at 08:16 PM.
How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
In the case of multinational corporations, they don't really answer to anyone. I mean, other then their stockholders; but they're not constricted by one countries policies. The world economy and free market has become a tool to manipulate governments, so multinationals can steal their resources and cheap labour so that we over here in the Americas can pig out at the mall. |
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Last edited by SpecialInterests; 01-27-2010 at 01:50 AM.
I can't stop worrying about the environmental implications of this. |
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"you will not transform this house of prayer into a house of thieves"
I think the OP is a little bit off in his assumptions of what the supreme courts ruiling means for the political process. The ruiling didn't say that corporations can donate infinite amounts of money through campaign contributions, it just made it legal for corporations to spend as much as they want on political advertisements (like tv commercials) or movies. While this will obviously help certian political canidates, it is far from being the end-of-freedom bill that the OP was implying. Not to mention, This was actually a big win for freedom of speech advocates. |
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Last edited by Lucid_boy; 01-28-2010 at 08:05 PM.
Infinitly greater than you are... Damn that missing E.
It's not the end-of-freedom, you're right. |
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"you will not transform this house of prayer into a house of thieves"
I have to disagree with Olbermann's lack of faith in the internet. There are some pretty tricky bastards out in Cyberspace who will find ways to circumvent any censorship the government can impose. |
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Can you see me now?
corporations survive by making a profit, and by definition operate at the expense of the environment. they have been making so many decisions on our behalf for so long it's confusing as to why so little is done about it. |
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Last edited by cygnus; 01-30-2010 at 09:46 PM.
Fuck, you're all fucked. |
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The government does not do this already? |
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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended. - Frédéric Bastiat
I try to deny myself any illusions or delusions, and I think that this perhaps entitles me to try and deny the same to others, at least as long as they refuse to keep their fantasies to themselves. - Christopher Hitchens
Formerly known as BLUELINE976
Yes, the government does those things in socialized healthcare countries. They pay the bills, so they make the rules. If a life saving medicine is too expensive for the government to feel like paying for it, BANNED! If too many people abuse the system of free goodies, WAIT IN LINE, BITCHES!! WE'LL GET TO YOU WHEN WE GET TO YOU!!! |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
There's always going to be lines if there's heaps of people needing treatment. Got nothing to do with who runs health care. Insurance companies aren't gonna set up hospitals and train doctors and nurses. |
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When stuff is free, people abuse it. Big time. Got a headache, why not go to the doctor? Your son has a toe ache, why not go to the doctor? You want pain pills because they're fun? Go to the doctor! You want to miss work, go to the doctor! You're feeling a little less than euphoric today? Go to the doctor! Why not abuse the system? What's in it for me? |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
Um, when subjected to fear mongering ad campaigns a la America style people are likely to spend money no matter how much it costs. |
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If "not free" is your definition of "sucks", then sure. But we have the best quality heathcare in the world. That is why celebrities and leaders from all over the world come here for surgery. We also lead the world in medical technological advancement. Capitalism is effective when it comes to quality and advancement. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
Last I heard that waiting in lines applies everywhere. Especially in America due to lack of gun laws etc. |
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