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"The Supreme Court ruled [last week] against restrictions on corporations' spending to influence election outcomes."

The basis of this ruling? Corporations should be afforded the same rights as individuals! Great, well when they break the law we should throw the corporation in prison rather than the individuals within the corporation! This is insanity!

This has got to be the most under reported story of the year so far. The supreme court just handed over US Democracy to the highest bidder. This could be the straw that broke the camel's back. This is such an important moment that unless reversed (and I don't know how) future generations will look back and say this was the moment America resigned to fascism (a corporatist political and economic system) and the American Dream died.

This is a few days old (Jan 21st), but I have literary been so upset about this that I could not bring myself to write this up.

Here is Keith Olberman's Special Comment on this. Unfortunately his assessment is accurate -


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkbMM7bki88&feature=player_embedded

More articles on this that are worth reading -

Free Speech for People! - What did the Supreme Court just do to our democracy?

NYT: The Court’s Blow to Democracy

Feingold Fears "Lawless" Court Ruling on Corporate Campaigning