OK, so let's review ...

[Scuba]

[Nye Bevan]

1. Corporations are immune from prosecution?

I wasn't aware of that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Andersen

[tclambert]

13. Maybe they meant you can't put them in jail.

Or they may be referring to the Attorney General's opinion that some corporations are too large to prosecute.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/03/06/holder-banks-may-be-too-large-to-prosecute/

[freebrew]

21. They don't get jail time for killing people.

or stealing.

[Scootaloo]

24. Dodge, dip, duck, dive, and... dodge!

Great evasion of the topic brought up, Nye.

[rock]

27. I believe the implication is they do have to pay enough in graft

to ensure that condition. Never bite the hand that you're feeding money to.

[indepat]

2. Surely those who still don't see that our government (formerly of, by, and for the people) is now a

a corporatist government catering almost exclusively to large corporations to the detriment of all else, surely that number is dwindling in great numbers by the day. The proof of this assertion is in the combined body of works of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of government, a matter mostly of public record except for what is increasingly being done in secrecy.

[riqster]

3. Kicking, 'cuz this is important shit.

[NightWatcher]

4. A dozen donuts are sitting on a table in front of a CEO, a nonunion worker, and a union member.

The CEO takes 11 donuts and puts them in his briefcase.

Then he whispers to the nonunion worker, “That union guy is trying to steal your donut.”

[Cosmocat]

17. That's about it

in a nutshell

[rickyhall]

5. The BFEE

[Octafish]

11. It's a handy summation...

Like the family motto: "Money trumps peace."

They've lusted for Iraq's oil since they stole Iran's.

At home, they looted the New Deal and dismantled the Great Society. And the BFEE murdered the New Frontier.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Kicking for the whole, 6th sense, Gary Lockwood, 70's turtleneck thing.

[Thor_MN]

20. The 70's were hell for those of us with no necks.

Damn turtleneck shirts... Felt like I was wearing a neck brace.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. Couldn't resist....

Inside joke.

[SoapBox]

7. Excellent.

And that donut steal'n CEO, does that bullshit to our company. He tells all the lemmings that the union will steal that last donut, so don't bring in a union because he's so generous letting the workforce have that donut. Oh...and if the union comes in, they will all end up like Jimmy Hoffa (?!?)

It's SO depressing.

[blkmusclmachine]

8. It all makes perfect sense, in a new world order kind of way.

Welcome to 1984

[cantbeserious]

9. The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us

eom

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

26. And it's all done for our national interest, cough, cough

[Takket]

10. one more thing: They launder money for drug cartels.

[2naSalit]

12. Kickin' cuz

I know this is the truth.

[riseabove]

14. Seems like lawmakers are the problem, this only happens because lawmakers who were voted in

to serve their constituents get bought out by lobbyist.

Pretty much everything you listed is allowed. Too bad our politicians won't reign in the nonsense.

[Enthusiast]

15. Kicked and recommended!

Good work, Scuba!

[raouldukelives]

16. Tell me again how investors in those corporations aren't.

For every person legitimately trying to GOTV for liberal candidates and liberal ideals, trying to address climate change, trying to make the world a better place. There are hundreds of corporate supporters pumping cash into them every paycheck to assure they not only stay in charge, but that it gets a lot worse and at this point, probably never better.

[L0oniX]

18. K & R

[marions ghost]

19. K & R

one day people will wake up.

[lark]

23. Unions are the answer.

They are not the problem except for the 1% that wants to have slave labor.

[MissDeeds]

25. Excellent post, Scuba

K&R

[Laffy Kat]

28. K & R. Why don't people see this? nt