Comments on: A Victory for Free Speech

By: Honest Reviews on Products,Programs & Guru's

Honest Reviews on Products,Programs & Guru's — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:02:18 +0000

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By: Rifleman

Rifleman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:30:43 +0000

I've seen the real results of socialism (not some hollywood fantasy of corprateworld) over and over, and I'll take my chances with just about anything else. Now, if you want to join together to roll the federal government back to where it belongs, so NOBODY can abuse it, I'm right there with you. I'll know you're as worried as you say when you do.

BTW, what does advertising matter if our schools are graduating adults educated to think for themselves, rather than government drones that need someone to think for them?

By: Rifleman

Rifleman — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:52:18 +0000

Thirty percent of savings annually is a great burden where I come from, and it did stop us from expanding when we needed to or saving a reserve for this economic downturn. We couldn't add machines we needed because we couldn't get the juice, so had to pass on a good chunk of business. We manufacture, the juice and additional high voltage circuits we require may make that more expensive than for many, but we still needed it. I've worked for a small business with open books since it was three people, its' been a real education.

By: Rifleman

Rifleman — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:49:40 +0000

If concentrated economic power scares you, economic power concentrated in central government must terrify you. It doesn't get any more concentrated than that.

By: Rifleman

Rifleman — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:47:40 +0000

The cultural revolution was the central committee of the politburo replacing one bunch of totalitarian thug underlings with another. I'm sure it was great theater, especially the public executions. "The people," have no more say in red china than I do.

You can keep your whole class warfare thing and I'll keep my freedom and opportunity to advance.

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Target Rich Environment » Week In Review — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:19:23 +0000

[...] US Supreme Court handed down a huge decision on free speech. (link) My view is “spend all the money you want exercising political speech but I want full [...]

By: Rifleman

Rifleman — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:08:36 +0000

Try google.

Supporters of hussein and the dp have no room to talk of class.

By: Jack Hampton

Jack Hampton — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:08:03 +0000

Mr. Carens is correct a corperation is a group of people that uses there means to voice there opinion and if it is money that gives them that means it is still free speech. But good bye card check the union mob bosses lose and the American people win.

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:03:29 +0000

Hey, Bubba (can’t get over the appropriate handle – conjures up one of those fellas from the “dueling banjos” movie), does that SCOTUS decision also include your right to rant and go nutz on this site? If so, maybe I’ll have to rethink the Court’s decision (NOT!).

Some of those tactics your ascribed to, e.g., Monsanto (i.e., some big evil corporation) are already in place today, thanks to moveon.org and Soros and his gang.

But I’m willing to risk the power of the corporations vs. the power of the unions and the hard left if only to dispatch a little tit-for-tat and leave a little blood on the floor…

By: Jack Hampton

Jack Hampton — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:26:02 +0000

Bubba
Then seek out help for your perversion and if you are really repentant turn your self into the authorities. I truly hope you have not harmed any children or anyone else. I find this a startling admission. I hope they find you.

By: Jack Hampton

Jack Hampton — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:05:55 +0000

Bubba it will say brought to you by Moveon.org or the SEIU head busters or the AARP then we know who and why. That is the idea. Then we know who supports the canidate.

By: bubba4

bubba4 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:58:46 +0000

Huh? That's too many assertions for one paragraph…and wtf is an "acorn circus"? Who was forced to take bailout money? There is no health care bill yet….you mean I can't send everyone on my mailing list warning them of the Marxist threat of health care reform? Outrageous.

How much money did Obama get from "overseas"…

You ever think about providing a link or something? I can't argue against your belief that something happened. And I guess you're callng the President "Hussein"…classy.

By: Rifleman

Rifleman — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:35:48 +0000

or as howard dean would say, "Yaaaarrrgggghhh!"

By: bubba4

bubba4 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:44:02 +0000

Really….Obama loves lobbyist?

"Corps and unions spend the same money on lobbyists today."

The same as what? What's the difference in spending of the two? And I guess the point isn't how many lobbyist there are but who they are lobbying….a responsible public servant or a corporate stooge. You're right though….once you have a good stooge…you don't even have to lobby him.

By: kenneth gareau

kenneth gareau — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:07:20 +0000

I agree that any taxes imposed and figured into the price of the product sold puts the product at a disadvantage in global competition. I disagree that it puts a great burden on the corporation for the saving for capital, a downturn in the economy, or a rainy day for this very same reason; these needs are embedded in the cost of a product unless competition makes it an issue where for specific products or industries they cannot be recovered. Thus we get protectionist tarrifs being asked for to level the field. So I agree in part here.

The group we have in government now and for the past 110 years is not, and I repeat, NOT: "Smarter than s fifth grader". Power is their goal, they can skin us in so many ways they did not need to be concerned, UNTIL NOW!

By: bubba4

bubba4 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:21:33 +0000

Well if you did try to do such a thing, I know a few corporations will millions of dollars that will now be able to make you regret it.

Besides…you guys would just scream and yell that Marxist are trying to change the constitution and hurt business….

By: bubba4

bubba4 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:15:17 +0000

Did you travel into the future and see the results of this new law. Oh…maybe you were looking up non-profits or PACs and such that run ads…oh sure it's easy to find out about them…they have to disclose everything.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:09:36 +0000

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By: bubba4

bubba4 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:42:07 +0000

That's nonsense….but boy, justifications make it around the bizarro world fast.

Let's say you were running for local office. You get a small staff together and you try to get out, shake hands, and distribute flyers. You save up some cash so you can run a single TV ad which is warmly accepted. You are polling high.

Now Monsanto decides that you aren't good for their business. Afraid you don't like black tar maybe…who knows…but Monsanto's "opinion" of you is that you are dirty scum sucking communist…and their week long media blitz leading up to the campaign has you scrammbling to explain away crazy accusations. Instead of people asking about your ten-point plan, you now have to explain that no…you don't belong to the Communist party and no you don't love Stalin and no of course you aren't going to pass a law outlawing puppies. You might have stood a chance, but how can voters (especially after the slick hour-long documentary about you) vote for you now with all these "questions" floating there.

You would like to point out that Monsanto is the one making these accusations, but apparently the ads were paid for by "Freedom, Inc" a research/analysis company that is paid by Monsanto for contract work. By the time you are able to find anyone responsible, the election is over and you lost. And let's say the entire campaign against you was hearsay and full of lies. What are you going to do….sue?

Sure Monsanto doesn't even have a headquarters in your state and yeah maybe it's board members don't live there either, but Monsanto has an opinion and the right to express it.

For some reason the board members of Monsanto get to have two sets of free speech rights…one for themselves personally and then one for the company. The "free speech" afforded to companies is a whole other level of power that no citizen can reach. So we are creating classes of free speech. The ones people can afford (protesting blocks away in a protest zone) and the ones they can't (millions of dollars of TV ads, radio and newspaper coordination.

You never worked in marketing have you? So naive…but hey, at first glance it looks like you are defending "free speech" so this argument of yours is a winner.

By: Rifleman

Rifleman — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:09:17 +0000

Hussein and the dp are pitching a hilarious fit. They've been steadily beating businesses and industries to get support for their takeovers. When hussein was making that lame election pitch in Mass. the other day, he managed to attack just about every industry we have left and demean a good chunk of the population. The Supreme Court just broke the chain on the ones they've been steadily beating on, and now they're sh*tting their pants.

I guess they'd better start showing those diplomatic skills, consideration, and understanding they've been reserving for our mortal enemies, to their fellow Americans.