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Citizens United v. FEC: A Country for Old Men
--Chief Justice Anton Chigurh
Some background information: Nike v Kasky, 2003
"...is commercial speech entitled to reduced First Amendment protection or noncommercial speech entitled to traditional free-speech protection." (California... "free speech" vs.… Continue
Added by waldopaper on January 22, 2010 at 8:50am — 5 Comments
Snowballs
thinking of doing a disappearing act
like the girl who fell through the floor.
There is no-one here on the road.
In the houses the lonely dogs bark.
For a moment outside there were silent men
shovelling snow.
I went out my gate and smiled,
there was barely a note of recognition
in my neighbours of ten years, more, twenty some of them,
twenty years side by side and not one hello or anything but a blank… Continue
Added by Mouse on January 10, 2010 at 8:01pm — 2 Comments
Joe Klein's Fatuous Fantasy
Michael CollinsTime Magazine's Joe Klein is having an allergic reaction to free speech and public debate. The title of his latest column says it all: The Left's Idiocy on Health Reform. It's an ex cathedra pronouncement from a made man at one of the nation's oldest media… Continue
Added by Michael Collins on January 1, 2010 at 9:22am — 4 Comments
The Stars are Out.
They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. –Judges 5:20
Ton-dog snapped them off and trotted through the portal with a Porpoise. The Holly Spirit sounded in a sea of change and leaped in the lightless firmament. “Spirit two too-oh,” growled Ton-dog, sitting at the foot of Waldo’s bed. Mammals seemed a good idea.
“Look, honey,” purported Waldo, shaking a sleeping Ms.… Continue
Added by waldopaper on December 27, 2009 at 11:54am — 5 Comments
Triumph of the Money Party
Added by Michael Collins on December 17, 2009 at 9:56pm — No Comments
Ass kissing liberal apologists' for failed health reform
The myth that the Democratic plans for health reform will produce anything by the target date of 2014 is only exceeded in absurdity by the myth that the world will end on December 21, 2012.
"New media" pundit Eric Alterman is down on his knees, genuflecting… Continue
Added by Michael Collins on December 11, 2009 at 11:08pm — 3 Comments
The Celebration Went Unnoticed - Big Leftist Win in Uruguay
Uruguay's left wing political coalition, the Broad Front party (Frente Amplio), retained control of the presidency in the November elections. This wasn't just any election. The winner, flower farmer Jose "Pepe" Mujica, was the victim of imprisonment and torture during… Continue
Added by Michael Collins on December 7, 2009 at 4:13am — 5 Comments
Have they all given way
it does so cause an obtuse twisting in my gut when I see Mandelson having such a good time.
And I think "you slimy little toad" and know he doesn't care at all. So many psychopaths, so many weasels weaseling away. When I think of the pride I felt for the people I grew out of and see what has been done. The meaning stripped away even from the dawn fresh dawn with depleted uranium poison increasing day by… Continue
Failure by Design -- The "Public" Option
Triumph of the Money Party
Do you know what the "public option" does or who it covers? If you've had trouble finding out, it's not your fault. Reading the corporate media coverage provides little or no clue.…
ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on November 2, 2009 at 3:33am — 2 Comments
A Censored Headline and why it Matters
German High Court Outlaws Electronic Voting
Justices of the German Federal Constitutional Court. Image
(… ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on October 20, 2009 at 12:00pm — 12 Comments
The G-20 Announces a "New World Order"
Citizens Respond
PITTSBURGH -- A new world order is emerging at the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh with a decision by the group to become the premier coordinating body on economic issues.…
ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on September 29, 2009 at 5:03am — 5 Comments
What Obama Actually Said About Health Reform
1965 - President Lyndon Johnson signs Medicare bill while President Harry Truman looks on. Truman signed up for Medicare right away. Image
Address to Congress…
ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on September 10, 2009 at 7:16am — 3 Comments
From a friend who knows (must read)
My own personal opinion is that since before WWI, during 1913 when the "FED" was established by the Bankers (Mellon, Rothschild, Warburg, etc) which effectively placed the US Monetary system under the Bank of England, that this country, the USA, has departed on what ever was left of Democracy and plunged down the slippery slope of Fascism and Empire building. All Empires have been known to fail, dramatically.
The US entered WWI "reluctantly" as a direct result of… Continue
Do you deserve to die?
The Forgotten Question in the Health Care Debate
Rationed care. Image
Do you deserve to die?
Do your friends and family?…
ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on July 29, 2009 at 3:00am — 4 Comments
COTO- DeSoto- po-yay-to po-tah-toe
Know what I've noticed just today? On your bicycle, you can ...coast for MILES on smooth pavement! Up til now, me long-distance rides have been on Amish-country gravel roads... because I thought riding around me suburban "neighborhood" was rather boring... and it is... BUT... ye coast to-the-a stop rather… Continue
Added by waldopaper on July 24, 2009 at 12:04am — 2 Comments
The ten points of the Nuremberg Code
1. The voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential. This means that the person involved should have legal capacity to give consent; should be so situated as to be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, over-reaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension… Continue
Added by curt on July 23, 2009 at 1:10pm — 5 Comments
GIVE IT BACK GOLDMAN!
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 10:55 pm
Opinion: Michael Collins
Wall Street Welfare Queen Average Bonuses $1.0 Million Per Employee
Hacking its way through the financial jungle, Goldman always comes out on top. Cheers!…
ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on July 16, 2009 at 10:30pm — 9 Comments
Fixing Education...
...as the Market marches toward the Future.
Is the “education system” in the USA “broken,” and if so, how does one “fix” it? By the standards usually applied in the USA to "efficiency, predictability. calculability and control," yes, it’s broken. The cost-per-student is going up; the “test scores” are going down. What to do? Simple: apply the tried-and-proven contemporary American method that is now applied to all… Continue
Added by waldopaper on July 14, 2009 at 9:42am — 13 Comments
A Nation on the Brink: Mexico's July 5 Legislative Elections
A Nation on the Brink Mexico's July 5 Legislative Elections
Part 2 of a three part series
Michael Collins and Kenneth Thomas Also posted at The…
ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on July 5, 2009 at 3:35am — 2 Comments
A Matter of Trust - Mexico's July 5 Elections
A Three Part Series Part 1
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In the wake of Felipe Calderon’s surprising electoral win over Andrés Manual Lopez-Obrador in 2006 Presidential Elections, demonstrators protesting alleged election fraud occupied the center of Mexico City from July through December. On three occasions, crowds of over one million were…
ContinueAdded by Michael Collins on June 30, 2009 at 4:54am — No Comments
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