Behold the boasted world has come to nothing

Thursday, January 21, 2010

putting on my cassandra hat 


history will call today the last nail in the coffin of american democracy.

the most laughable quotes:

"We find no basis for the proposition that, in the context of political speech, the government may impose restrictions on certain disfavoured speakers," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote.


[rebuttal] corporations are "speakers?" it's not censorship to stifle the speech of a business. the government limits and otherwise controls liquor and tobacco ads all the time. so, according to kennedy, pitching booze to kids is a clear danger to society, but buying the votes of politicians is so far from being a danger, it's actually to be enshrined as one of our most precious rights. Too bad most of us don't have the bankroll to exercise this right effectively.

anthony kennedy = bought and paid for.

His view was mirrored by that of Chief Justice John Roberts who said that upholding the limits on corporate campaign spending would have restrained "the vibrant public discourse that is the foundation of our democracy."


[rebuttal] corporate campaign contributions are "vibrant public discourse?"

john roberts = bought and paid for.


[conclusion] time to find a new country - for, and I take no joy in saying it, this one has unequivocally, irreparably, indisputably broke the fuck down.
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