all the kings men
January 22, 2010Okay. This is going to sound political, but I swear it’s not. Well I’m at least not advocating for a one party over another. Recently the supreme court made it legal for national campaigns to be funded by corporations as well as labor unions. I could ramble on about the various motivations for this action for hours. In the interest of time I’ll distill my rantings down to this.
We the people… are fucked.
If a politician has been purchased by a corporation or a union or any special interest for that matter it makes no difference whether they ride to washington on a donkey or an elephant. They will not be concerned with the needs or desires of the people of this nation or even the concerns of their party. Their only concern will be pleasing the pocket they live in. This is not a victory for freedom of speech. No matter what the law says Starbucks is not a person. Wal-Mart is not a citizen. Blackwater doesn’t have a social security number. They DO NOT deserve the same rights as a human being. The founding fathers of this nation never intended for gigantic corporations to run this country.
What the hell should we do? Can we protest? Can we revolt? Can we convince everyone in America to vote against the most well-funded candidates? I hope and pray. I am calling on all of you, conservative, liberal, whatever, we have to fight this together.
“The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many, and that by the time this war was over even a god-king could bleed.”- Leonidas
Knox, I’m apprehensive about this too. One positive thing I see coming of this is that it might get things more out in the open-less back door deals and blackmailing. Maybe. If this also eases the restrictions on interest organizations, like the NRA, and the Owner Operator and Independent Drivers Association, both of which I belong to, I’m all for that. We already have corporations that get to do all the advertising they want, with no restrictions-media corporations. I wish there was a good way to make our political system not so easily influenced by money.
I feel the same way. We may just be to far gone to expect a politician to care about the little guy.
Too far gone? I don’t think such a thing exists. Sorry. Although the ruling sure sucks.