Cookie Monster marks Citizens United anniversary ('Sesame Street' Wednesday)

With the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Nazi-like ruling in the Citizens United v. FEC case coming Friday, Cookie Monster is in the spirit! (The Shitizens United ruling is what led us to up our Fascism Advisory System from yellow to orange.)

I profiled this segment once last year, but it's so important that it's gotta be covered again! In this skit, the Cookster teaches children of all ages about what's living and what isn't. Cookie Monster alive. Rocks not alive:



That giant rock can actually represent a corporation. Unlike Cookie Monster, corporations not alive. But the Supreme Court gives them rights anyway.

It good to be alive.