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Thu Jan-21-10 07:20 PM
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What sex are corporations? |
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Since the United States Supreme Court has now declared corporations to be individuals, I was just wondering, what sex do they tend to be? How can you tell? What are their mating practices? Social Security numbers? Can an American citizen really be legal without a SSN? If corporations can exist as individuals, why can't dogs and cats have the same rights since they breath and eat? And if breathing and eating isn't a qualifier, why do we lose rights once we die?
I'm so confused.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:21 PM
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1. Can I marry a corporation? I choose Hershey's. n/t |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:23 PM
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There's already a thread on this subject.
Hmmm...I think I want to marry Goldman Sachs without a prenup.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:24 PM
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Or Nestle's. I love chocolate, too. n/t |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:26 PM
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Aren't they kinda French? :*
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:31 PM
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21. Can two corporations of the same sex get married? |
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Fri Jan-22-10 12:56 PM
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31. As someone pointed out on another thread, |
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this depends on what state they "live" in.
If one "lives" in a post office box in the Caymans, and the other "lives" in a post office box in Argentina, and both are gay, and they want to have their wedding and reception at one of our big round stone barns in Iowa (website info provided upon request) . . .
I wonder just what sort of paperwork they have to complete before the ceremony.
The mind boggles.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:22 PM
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2. I was thinking the same thing. Isn't my cat a person? |
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Isn't my telephone. If AT&T is a person, then my telephone should be one too shouldn't it? It's really very, very odd.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:24 PM
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4. They are asexual, and they do get married and divorced. |
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They even spawn new corporations.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:25 PM
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7. Is a hostile takeover a legally approved rape? |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:24 PM
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5. the courts should all be immediately flooded |
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with challenges exactly like yours. thousands of them in every appeals court.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:25 PM
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If you can't beat them...
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:24 PM
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6. Right now I'd like to put a corporation in the hospital. |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:26 PM
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11. That would be one big hole. |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:25 PM
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I've thought that same thing too. Dogs ,cats, my mortgage are individuals. But we all know that this is just to give the rich and powerful more rights and votes than the average real person.
Doug
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:27 PM
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14. It kind of puts to rest that whole thing about robots or cyborgs or |
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clones. Just incorporate them and they become legal individuals.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:25 PM
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9. I think primarily they're male because by far most CEO's are male. |
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They actually do have a kin to SS #'s... Fed ID's. Mating practices....anyone or anything that will benefit you. Sprry, dogs & cats can't press that button on the Diebold machine, nor do they usually get the chance to sniff the behinds of the politicians. If they did, the dogs & cats would probably make much better decisions that the humans or the corporations!
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:25 PM
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10. Santa Clara v. Southern Pacific Railroad declared them people in the 1800s |
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Sort of. It was actually a clerk's error in the notes.
What happeed today was that election reforms were overruled. Not unlike the Missouri Compromise in Dred Scott.
I think this is actually a good thing. The SCOTUS determines law based on the Constitution. When they are obviously off the charts (or the case they are hearing shows that the law is not clear), congress can then amend.
Corporate personhood is at the ROOT of all that is wrong with this country. Perhaps it took this move by SCOTUS to make Congress act on it.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:29 PM
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17. Maybe it wasn't an error... |
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said clerk was a former railroad executive.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:47 PM
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:29 PM
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18. I think everybody knows that funny business occurred in the 1800s. |
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The question was, did this Supreme Court have the intelligence to think through the flaws, and the answer is no. We are in the age of Idiocracy.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:30 PM
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20. "congress can then amend" -- but they won't since they are the property of these new persons |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:50 PM
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28. ...and it is certainly easier to listen to a bevy of lobbyists than to thousands of We The People |
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Yanno, the ones they are elected to represent and all.
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:28 PM
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15. I do not know which but they will screw you anytime they can. |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:30 PM
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And you know what that means -- the right now thinks they're EE-VULLL!!!
:rofl:
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:32 PM
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22. If two corporations are the same gender, can they legally "merge"? |
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Edited on Thu Jan-21-10 07:32 PM by rucky
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:51 PM
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:36 PM
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24. If They're Citizens ... |
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do they pledge allegiance to their country of origin? Do their citizenship responsibilities include employing other citizens of their country of origin over those offshore? What about hiding wealth in offshore accounts?
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:38 PM
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25. They make lousy patriots, that's for sure. |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:38 PM
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26. Isn't bankruptcy like euthanasia? |
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Thu Jan-21-10 07:51 PM
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30. Euthanasia Freddie Kruger style. |
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