After Kerry wins, we should declare a massive war on Corporate control

[captainjack]

of America.

I think it's WAY WAY WAY more damaging than the RW conspiracy is. I saw the NOW with Bill Moyers episode on the lame debate format we have now, and was stunned by how much corporations control America and how easily I ignored it. It's so pervasive that we have pushed it into the background - come November 3, we need to push it back into the sights of ever american and go after Coporation domination of every aspect of American life.

I suggest that we reduce consumption of unnecessary goods, demand transparency in corporation donations to politicians, demand total separation of corporate interests and policy makers, and use boycotts to tame the corporate beast.

Who's with me on this?

[Howardx]

1. im with you brother!

anytime anywhere.

[mckara]

2. Especially, Corporate Control of the Media

Today, too few people control what is broadcast to the public.

[donheld]

3. Count me in

this is desparately needed

[MichiganVote]

4. Screw Walmart

Choose even one place to boycott. One corp. that you are particularly opposed to or a group that you especially want to support and put your money where your mouth is. Politicians are entrenched in a political election system that supports corporate raketeering.

Walmart. Bad for the business of freedom in America.

[Lefty48197]

5. Here's how I feel about corporations/Bush donors

Since the right wingers in the Chamber of Commerce are always trying to claim that unions take money and give it to Democrats, why don't we require corporations to disclose their political contributions?

[captainjack]

6. YES! then we can see the real backbone that makes this country tick

[Gyre]

7. Read Ted Rall's "Gangs of America".

Among other things it'll give you an idea of just how little the American revolutionaries trusted corporations and how protection from corporate control was built into the Constitution, and sadly, how the courts have gradually allowed those safeguards to be stripped away. It'll give you a whole new set of reasons to hate lawyers (and I am one). But, it'll also give you a whole new set of weapons you can use to argue that the current system is violative of the Constitution.

Gyre

[MisterP]

8. is there really a difference; only a few of the fundamentalists

in their coalition would object: the rest are cashevanelists and the like, perfectly meshing with robber-baronage

[donco6]

9. Can we drop the "war" metaphors, though?

It's as overused as "-Gate".