tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post1696124558960244172..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: 'I Decline to Accept the End of Man'Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-24844479105842911612010-08-31T12:36:56.631-07:002010-08-31T12:36:56.631-07:00Amerikagulag said...
You are one hell of a HARD w...Amerikagulag said...<br /><br /><em>You are one hell of a HARD worker!</em><br /><br />Thanks! We can't let the liars win.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-84024038612509480572010-08-31T12:26:32.117-07:002010-08-31T12:26:32.117-07:00You are one hell of a HARD worker!
Thanks for th...You are one hell of a HARD worker!<br /><br /><br />Thanks for these great treats of information and wisdom. <br /><br />Keep up the 'good' work. <br /><br />AmerikagulagAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-71258269087633910432010-08-29T05:26:18.765-07:002010-08-29T05:26:18.765-07:00Stephen Kriz said...
I sometimes wish the whole A...Stephen Kriz said...<br /><br /><em>I sometimes wish the whole American economic system would have collapsed in 2008, as it probably should have. Then, people would have finally seen how badly Reagan and the two Bush presidents had fucked things up!</em><br /><br />You may get another chance. The CRIMINALS and IDIOTS of the right wing commit ever greater outrages by the minute, it seems. Most recently the BIGOTS Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. Again --I am convinced the GOP chose NOT to steal the election, the strategy being let OBAMA take the rap for the VERY WORST ECONOMIC FUCK UP since the Great Depression. <br /><br />A REAL REVOLUTION will consist of a REAL government of the people REVOKING the BROADCAST LICENSES of FOX, CNN et al and starting from scratch with a RESTORATION of the FAIRNESS DOCTRINE. The big MEDIA MONOPOLIES will be broken up! <br /><br />Secondly, the PRIMARY SYSTEMS will be scrapped in favor of the direct election by BORDA COUNTS. Get the crooked state party machines OUT of the loop where they cannot steel the election. <br /><br />That's a start. The KEY is the utter destruction of CORRUPT party machines.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-14364662492327020702010-08-29T04:17:42.517-07:002010-08-29T04:17:42.517-07:00Another great post, Len. It provides an up-liftin...Another great post, Len. It provides an up-lifting message at a time when things are looking very grim.<br /><br />I sometimes wish the whole American economic system would have collapsed in 2008, as it probably should have. Then, people would have finally seen how badly Reagan and the two Bush presidents had fucked things up! By propping up the economy with the stimulus programs, Obama may have just prolonged the agony we may all eventually have to endure!Stephen Krizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17577988184226223487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-64990628331637271782010-08-28T10:23:37.946-07:002010-08-28T10:23:37.946-07:00Brion Emde said...
There is something even more ...Brion Emde said...<br /><br /><em> There is something even more basic about corporate "personhood": people have a lifespan, and they always, always die, at some point.</em><br /><br />Excellent point. It is my understanding that the corporate charter that granted 'personhood' to the East India Tea Company is still in effect and the beast still lives! I am reminded of Frankenstein shouting "It's ALIVE; IT'S ALIVE!" <br /><br /><em>I'd rather they have all all "personhood" rights stripped from them, but I'm an idealist and that probably is not going to happen, especially considering current events.</em><br /><br />I like your idea of a 'death lottery' AND the ability to prosecute corporations for crimes just a 'real' people are prosecuted. Again --we are told that our nation is 'of the people, by the people and for the people' but that was probably NEVER true.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-33535221675211409182010-08-28T08:02:08.648-07:002010-08-28T08:02:08.648-07:00There is something even more basic about corporate...There is something even more basic about corporate "personhood": people have a lifespan, and they always, always die, at some point.<br /><br />The same is not true for corporations.<br /><br />I'd propose that a corporation could, perhaps, choose to be treated like a person only if they would agree to a death lottery, with increasing probability of death every day. It would be set up so that they would always die, at some unknown point in time, just like a person.<br /><br /> When their number comes up, shareholders would inherit the remnants, subject to inheritance and transfer taxes, just like a person. They could even hold a funeral!<br /><br />I'd rather they have all all "personhood" rights stripped from them, but I'm an idealist and that probably is not going to happen, especially considering current events.Brion Emdehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187593557568321382noreply@blogger.com