Posted on 10/16/2010 5:08:06 PM PDT by Libloather
KRISTINE KAISER: We must stop the corporate takeover of America
High Point Enterprise
18 hrs ago
Corporations are making their move and will soon rule American politics. They are giving big money to the GOP, with the hopes of grabbing American electoral power.
You see, they operate with one disadvantage; they are not people and cannot vote.
So, they need front groups, regular people to carry their banners. Some people want to rub elbows with power. Others delight in the contrariness of being for the other fellow and negating their own interests. Some people are against aiding neighbors. But all, I assume, honestly think that they are involved in a higher and nobler cause.
The Tea Party is the front group in the mid-term elections. In the past, in the Bush administration, the religious right, the evangelicals were the facades for corporate interests. George W. Bush was holy at the beginning of his first term in office, and he had followers.
These were the people who staged big victories, when all the while CEOs were at the helm. When the religious right was no longer needed, the corporate GOP set it free. Jesus did not have a permanent place in Republican politics and neither do the Tea Partiers.
The Tea Partiers serve the same dastardly purpose; they are warm bodies that can punch ballots. You say, “Oh they’re more than that. Look at their movement, their triumphs!” The GOP operates on top-down leadership; it cannot accommodate grass roots organizations. Its back and forth with Tea Party activists is theater, little more than a hoax. Karl Rove and his handful of billionaires do not intend to share power with a few George Washington wannabes or people who dress up to rap on drums.
When Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, apologized to BP for the president securing funds for ordinary people’s losses over the Gulf oil spill, the public was given a glimpse of just how cozy the GOP is with corporate powers. It was shocking to see an elected representative act so cowering and lowly. Yet, that is the true balance of power in the United States today; the people are considered secondary to corporate interests.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission” ruled that meddling corporations can now give secret and unlimited contributions to political campaigns. The high court’s decision now gives free speech rights to parasitic and bloodless entities. Their spirits are far from human, and greed is their primary end.
America is in a daunting battle, not against government, not against Obama, but with large corporations that threaten the lifeblood of the nation. Their considerations are the bottom lines, and they are always looking for new ways to steal from the middle class.
If they can elect enough Republicans, they will surely attempt to privatize Social Security. They will certainly attempt to reduce or do away with the minimum wage. They are out to take from the American people, who work so hard to make a living. Corporations are collectively heartless and must be stopped with the ballot on Nov. 2.
Founding Fathers’ wisdom gave only people the power of the vote. Even the poor and disconnected have a say in America. Use the benevolent legacy of suffrage and stop the thievery.
Kristine Kaiser lives in Kernersville. Contact for comments at: mmcclane4@yahoo.com.
Neither are unions, dear. But I'll bet if one of those corporations offered you a good paying job, you would take it. (Wouldn't cha?)
“They are giving big money to the GOP, with the hopes of grabbing American electoral power.”
Big Business forked out a lot of moolah for Obama and the Democrats in 2008. They will give money to whoever is, or is anticipated to soon be, in power — for as a business entity they’re truly amoral.
This year it is the Republican’s turn. Legislation is the key to the behavior of business and its relations with the population at large.
A boogie man behind the Bushes.
The projections of a Statist.
Unions are making their move and will soon rule American politics. They are giving big money to the Democrats, with the hopes of grabbing American electoral power. You see, they operate with one disadvantage; they are not people and cannot vote. So, they need front groups, regular people to carry their banners.
Plaintiffs' law firms are making their move and will soon rule American politics. They are giving big money to the Democrats, with the hopes of grabbing American electoral power. You see, they operate with one disadvantage; they are not people and cannot vote. So, they need front groups, regular people to carry their banners.
International Communist organizations are making their move and will soon rule American politics. They are giving big money to the Democrats, with the hopes of grabbing American electoral power. You see, they operate with one disadvantage; they are not people and cannot vote. So, they need front groups, regular people to carry their banners.
Saudi kings and princes are making their move and will soon rule American politics. They are giving big money to the Democrats, with the hopes of grabbing American electoral power. You see, they operate with one disadvantage; they are not people and cannot vote. So, they need front groups, regular people to carry their banners.
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army are making their move and will soon rule American politics. They are giving big money to the Democrats, with the hopes of grabbing American electoral power. You see, they operate with one disadvantage; they are not people and cannot vote. So, they need front groups, regular people to carry their banners.
And so on and so forth...
Let’s assume that the takeover rumor is correct:
Option 1: Takeover by talented individuals who have made millions on their own creativity and talent (e.g., not Kennedys, Boxer and Pelosi whores, etc.)
Option 2: Takeover by idiots who have absolutely no talent except lying and can only earn a living by lying and cheating (e.g., public “service”.
Which would you choose?
The High Point Enterprise is a very very small town paper.
Almost everyone in High Point, NC, takes an out of town paper so its influence is little to nothing.
But many years ago, it was a very good small town taper.
No longer.
Ka-POW.
ONly difference is that the interests supporting Dems are parasites in our economy and the interests supporting Republicans are the actual engines of our prosperity, and are involved only because they want to continue to prosper - for their benefit and for ours.
Unions, trial lawyers, socialists, govt workers, and other liberal special interests are all about how much they can extract out of the hides of taxpayers and ... corporations.
They know where the money is.
If big government is the solution to the problem of corporate takeover, I’ll take the corporations every time. Corporations don’t tell me what kind of light bulbs I can burn or what kind of ammunition I can use, or whether or not I can use any ammo, or own a gun. Corporations don’t tax me. They don’t have the power to take my property, or tell me how to raise my children, or tell me who I can hire, if I can smoke, or where I can smoke, or drink, or what I can eat. In fact, every encroachment upon my liberty has come from government, not corporations. Corporations make real jobs that don’t require my tax dollars to pay the salaries of their employees, with a few exceptions. Our regulatory government is bloated with leaches on the dole.
I enjoyed your rant.
The have been going after corporations since the Civil War. Find a new rap lady.
Exactly. This 'lady' is so smart, she has somehow neglected a study of history, or is unable to perceive what is obvious to even school children.
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