ddeclue quoted at The Nation by Vanden Heuvel!!!

[FourScore]

At the top spot followed by quotes from Stephen Colbert and John Oiver!!!

Congratulations ddeclue!!!:party: :beer: :hug: :pals: :fistbump: :yourock: :applause: :patriot:




Corporations Ain't People: Top 10
posted by Katrina vanden Heuvel on 01/26/2010 @ 4:32pm


Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people, free to flood campaigns with cash contributions so that the voices of, well--real people--are drowned out, the stakes and emotions around this issue are high. Rightly so. Here are 10 creative replies to this monstrous decision (in no particular order). I welcome your own suggestions below.

1) "If corporations are 'people' then HEY it's time to re-institute the draft..." --ddeclue, Democratic Underground

2) "Corporations are legally people. And it makes sense, folks. They do everything people do except breath, die, and go to jail for dumping 1.3 million pounds of PCBs into the Hudson River." --Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report

3) "A corporation has no soul to be damned, no body to be kicked, and that is why corporations essentially get away with murder in matters like compensation." --Nell Minow, Editor and Founder, The Corporate Library

4) "Will SCOTUS give gay corporations the right to marry?" --@mattyglesias

5) "If corporations get the same privileges as people, then people should have the same privileges as corporations. BAIL US OUT!!" --munklanis, reddit.com

6) "Corporations are an oppressed minority forced to move headquarters from state to state in search of friendlier tax codes--sometimes being forced to live just off our shores in tiny mailboxes." --John Oliver, The Daily Show

7) "Restrict Personhood 2 those who bleed...Goldman doesn't bleed. Do Glenn Beck, Cheney, Blankfein?" --@hughsansom

8) "If corporations have the same rights as people, we need to shut down Wall St., as we shouldn't be buying & selling them." --@Geofutures

9) "So the next time you're walking down the street and you see ExxonMobile, or ChevronTexaco take them by the hand and say, 'Hello.' Take Diebold out for dinner but please don't let Diebold figure out the tip. Isn't Blackwater entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of billions in Iraq War contracts? You know what? Citigroup has two i's too." --A Message About Corporate Personhood from Nero Fiddled

10) "Corporations have free speech. But they can't speak like you and me. They don't have mouths or hands. (Just A Giant Middle Finger.) Instead, they must speak the only way they can--through billions and billions of dollars." --Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/521982

[Hissyspit]

1. She quoted a DUzy! LOL

Well, if ddeclue's post hasn't won a DUzy yet, it should.

:thumbsup:

[LakeSamish706]

2. Congratulations ddeclue! n/t

[David Zephyr]

3. I like that and congrats to ddeclue!

:toast:

[pleah]

4. K&R That is awesome!

:yourock:

[omega minimo]

5. cool

[Canuckistanian]

6. Congrats. ddeclue!

May this go viral.

[abelenkpe]

7. sweet!

And number one too. Way to go!

[gateley]

8. Good one! You make DU proud!! nt

[Fumesucker]

9. One of our better posters..

Kudos to you ddeclue..

[Ilsa]

10. ddeclue is my hero! nt

[asdjrocky]

11. Nice. And a good quote indeed.

[FourScore]

12. kick

[Major Hogwash]

13. Get an agent, ddeclue. This is how NBC fucked Conan!!

Intellectual property, dude.
I'd take you on, but I'm booked solid for the next 3 years.

The brewing Branjolina divorce is gonna kill me!

[ddeclue]

17. Ha ha.. I'm an engineer in my day job.. politics is more of a vocation

than a job for me and I work on a lot of campaigns (most notably Alan Grayson's) but I don't see myself as a writer for the Tonight Show or anything.

[FourScore]

14. kick

[Individualist]

15. K&R

[ddeclue]

16. Woo HOO!!! That is SO cool!

Thanks Katrina! I needed that!

Doug De Clue
Orlando, FL

[nyc 4 Biden]

22. the ultimate DUzy!

[90-percent]

27. I have DU envy

Not only is he being quoted by Katrina, but he also lives in Alan Grayson's district!

Some guys have all the luck!

-90% jimmy

[ddeclue]

28. Grayson is a friend of mine actually and I worked on his campaign..

just upping the envy quotient a notch..

:rofl:

[90-percent]

30. Ahhhh, envy maybe not so much

But I am really happy for you on both Katrina and Grayson.

Thanks for being on DU and bringing DU some recognition.

Now back to slaving away on my post creations in the hopes that some day I, too, can hit one out of the park around here.

Keep Alan grounded. We don't want him going Hollywood. And we also don't want him patronizing call girls or having an affair or something equally scandalous. Our country really needs Alan and we don't want him to get Spitzered.

Remind him it's only Republicans that get to keep their seats after they've been caught cheating. (Dems still have enough honor to resign.)

-jim

Ps - tell him no small planes unless there's lot's of Republicans on it too. And they have to be considered non-expendable by their party.

[Doctor_J]

18. Nice, ddeclue

My favorite is John Oliver's #6

[CBR]

19. Congrats. Very Cool! nt

[inna]

20. cool! KR

[immoderate]

21. FAME!!

Good goin' :)

--imm

[Skinner]

23. Nice.

:thumbsup:

[Kadie]

24. Awesome!

K&R

[Overseas]

25. Congratulations, K&R! //nt

[SaveOurDemocracy]

26. Cool Beans!!

[BrklynLiberal]

29. How cool is this!!!!

:thumbsup:

[mzmolly]

31. WTG ddeclue!

:toast:

[ddeclue]

32. thanks!