Comments on: Toward a 28th Amendment: Corporations are not human persons http://www.henkimaa.com/2010/01/22/toward-a-28th-amendment-corporations-are-not-human-persons/ Mel's home on the web Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anne NC http://www.henkimaa.com/2010/01/22/toward-a-28th-amendment-corporations-are-not-human-persons/#comment-690 Anne NC Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:58:51 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=5843#comment-690 Great post, Tom. I was trying to wrap my mind around the idea that corporations are now considered to be individuals worthy of free speech and the right to vote. I was also trying to imagine why any corporation should ever need the right to influence elections and the only reason I come up with is pure greed. My major concern is what about those U.S. corporations who also have great interests in foreign countries. Now they will have influence over who is running our country. How in the hell did these idiots, that's the only word I can think of to describe the SCJ's who voted in favor of this ruling, think that this could possibly be beneficial to our country? For the very same reasons you put in your post, Tom, they are NOT entitled to freedom of speech and the right to vote by their influx of obscene spending in national and state campaigns. Great post, Tom. I was trying to wrap my mind around the idea that corporations are now considered to be individuals worthy of free speech and the right to vote. I was also trying to imagine why any corporation should ever need the right to influence elections and the only reason I come up with is pure greed. My major concern is what about those U.S. corporations who also have great interests in foreign countries. Now they will have influence over who is running our country. How in the hell did these idiots, that’s the only word I can think of to describe the SCJ’s who voted in favor of this ruling, think that this could possibly be beneficial to our country? For the very same reasons you put in your post, Tom, they are NOT entitled to freedom of speech and the right to vote by their influx of obscene spending in national and state campaigns.

]]> By: Tom Degan http://www.henkimaa.com/2010/01/22/toward-a-28th-amendment-corporations-are-not-human-persons/#comment-689 Tom Degan Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:12:52 +0000 http://www.henkimaa.com/?p=5843#comment-689 Are corporations really persons? Do corporations think? Do corporations grieve when a loved one dies as a result of a lack of adequate health care? If a corporation ever committed an unspeakable crime against the American people, could IT be sent to federal prison? (Note the operative word here: "It") Has a corporation ever given its life for its country? Has a corporation ever been killed in an accident as the result of a design flaw in the automobile it was driving? Has a corporation ever written a novel that inspired millions? Has a corporation ever risked its life by climbing a ladder to save a child from a burning house? Has a corporation ever won an Oscar? Or an Emmy? Or the Nobel Peace Prize? Or the Pulitzer Prize in Biography? Has a corporation ever been shot and killed by someone who was using an illegal and unregistered gun? Has a corporation ever paused to reflect upon the simple beauty of an autumn sunset or a brilliant winter moon rising on the horizon? If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a noise if there are no corporations there to hear it? Should corporations kiss on the first date? Our lives - yours and mine - have more worth than any corporation. To say that the Supreme Court made a awful decision on Thursday is an understatement. Not only is it an obscene ruling - it's an insult to our humanity. http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com Tom Degan Goshen, NY Are corporations really persons?

Do corporations think?

Do corporations grieve when a loved one dies as a result of a lack of adequate health care?

If a corporation ever committed an unspeakable crime against the American people, could IT be sent to federal prison? (Note the operative word here: “It”)

Has a corporation ever given its life for its country?

Has a corporation ever been killed in an accident as the result of a design flaw in the automobile it was driving?

Has a corporation ever written a novel that inspired millions?

Has a corporation ever risked its life by climbing a ladder to save a child from a burning house?

Has a corporation ever won an Oscar? Or an Emmy? Or the Nobel Peace Prize? Or the Pulitzer Prize in Biography?

Has a corporation ever been shot and killed by someone who was using an illegal and unregistered gun?

Has a corporation ever paused to reflect upon the simple beauty of an autumn sunset or a brilliant winter moon rising on the horizon?

If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a noise if there are no corporations there to hear it?

Should corporations kiss on the first date?

Our lives – yours and mine – have more worth than any corporation. To say that the Supreme Court made a awful decision on Thursday is an understatement. Not only is it an obscene ruling – it’s an insult to our humanity.

http://www.tomdegan.blogspot.com

Tom Degan
Goshen, NY

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