Well, Supreme Court, you screwed up with the Citizens United ruling. Not like this decision should be considered binding, as it is a rogue court packed with appointees of unelected dictators like Bush.
Even Cookie Monster agrees with us: Corporations are not alive. They do not grow. They do not breathe. They do not eat - unless you count the bailout money that they wolf down.
So - unlike living things such as people and Muppets - corporations are not entitled to soft, cuddly things such as constitutional rights. Our rights club is supposed to be only for living beings.
In this 'Sesame Street' segment, ol' Cooks draws the distinction between the living and the unliving:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giWqEPNLtBo
Maybe the Supreme Court needs to watch that sketch. Corporation not grow, it not breathe, it not eat. Cookie Monster alive. Corporation not alive.
Also notice that right before Cookie Monster starts speaking in that sketch, a very faint rumble of flatulence can be heard.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Cookie Monster takes on corporate personhood ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)
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"unelected dictators like Bush"
ReplyDeleteExcept for the fact that he was an elected president.
You are a poor student of history. The Supreme Court (thanks to Justices appointed by other right-wingers) illegally installed him.
ReplyDeleteDominic, we go by the official Tim Brown version of history here on the Online Lunchpail (rough. raw. populist). It is somewhat different from other versions of history, including actual events you may have lived through and witnessed. That history doesn't exist here. Once you begin to understand the workings of the Bandit's fascinating mind, you can understand and enjoy the Pail.
ReplyDeleteScheffbd, we go by reality here on The Online Lunchpail. It is somewhat different from the Rush Limbot version of history.
ReplyDeleteThe Bandit Universe is far more fun than reality. The People love it. Don't change it one bit, Tim.
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