I found this interview to be so very 'telling'. Apparently Sen Grothmann has been chosen by his Republican collages to be their spokes person. I say that because I have seen him on numerous interviews regarding the Wisconsin Protests. So what does This slip of the lip by Grothman tell me? It tells be exactly how the Wisconsin Republican really feel about the Public Workers. Sen Grothman's comment here tells be just how much the Wisconsin Republican disrespect Wisconsin's. Age old tactic here. Blaming The Victims. Debase, degrade, and dehumanize a whole group of people to try to justify your injustice towards them.
I read about this tactic in a book many years ago titled: Nazi Doctors, Medical Killing and The Psychology of Genocide. (I am not comparing Republicans to Nazis, but I am comparing the tactic)
***A Free America? You Decide***Corporations are attempting to take over America. With the help of our corrupt Supreme Court's Citizen's United Ruling, Corporate Owned Politicians, Corporate owned Media and the apathy of The American People they just might succeed.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC: Why Democracy Only Works When People Are in Charge
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2011/03/01
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC is being released to support the growing movement for a constitutional amendment. The Story of Stuff Project will hold over 500 house parties around the country for participants to learn more about the Supreme Court’s decision and to organize in support of a constitutional amendment.
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC companion website (www.storyofcitizensunited.org) will serve as an interactive launch pad for information and activism. The site offers viewers additional educational resources, including an annotated script and FAQs, as well as ways to get involved in the constitutional amendment campaigns of Public Citizen, Free Speech for People and People for the American Way.
The Justices who voted in favor of Big Corporations against The American People:
Roberts
Alito
Scalia
Thomas
Kennedy
From an opinion concurring with the majority:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.:
"The Government urges us in this case to uphold a direct prohibition on political speech. It asks us to embrace a theory of the First Amendment that would allow censorship not only of television and radio broadcasts, but of pamphlets, posters, the Internet, and virtually any other medium that corporations and unions might find useful in expressing their views on matters of public concern. . . . The First Amendment protects more than just the individual on a soapbox and the lonely pamphleteer."
For the dissenters:
Justice John Paul Stevens:
"At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self-government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. It is a strange time to repudiate that common sense. While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics."
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC is being released to support the growing movement for a constitutional amendment. The Story of Stuff Project will hold over 500 house parties around the country for participants to learn more about the Supreme Court’s decision and to organize in support of a constitutional amendment.
The Story of Citizens United v. FEC companion website (www.storyofcitizensunited.org) will serve as an interactive launch pad for information and activism. The site offers viewers additional educational resources, including an annotated script and FAQs, as well as ways to get involved in the constitutional amendment campaigns of Public Citizen, Free Speech for People and People for the American Way.
The Justices who voted in favor of Big Corporations against The American People:
Roberts
Alito
Scalia
Thomas
Kennedy
From an opinion concurring with the majority:
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.:
"The Government urges us in this case to uphold a direct prohibition on political speech. It asks us to embrace a theory of the First Amendment that would allow censorship not only of television and radio broadcasts, but of pamphlets, posters, the Internet, and virtually any other medium that corporations and unions might find useful in expressing their views on matters of public concern. . . . The First Amendment protects more than just the individual on a soapbox and the lonely pamphleteer."
For the dissenters:
Justice John Paul Stevens:
"At bottom, the Court's opinion is thus a rejection of the common sense of the American people, who have recognized a need to prevent corporations from undermining self-government since the founding, and who have fought against the distinctive corrupting potential of corporate electioneering since the days of Theodore Roosevelt. It is a strange time to repudiate that common sense. While American democracy is imperfect, few outside the majority of this Court would have thought its flaws included a dearth of corporate money in politics."
FOX News Propaganda
Listen to these people; nothing but lies & sheer stupidity falls from their lips. These women have discredited themselves. After listening to their nonsense who could possibly take them seriously?Obviously the The FOX Propaganda Station was able to meet their price because these so-called journalist have traded money for their reputations. I'd really like to hear what they have to say about the 100's of Police Officers and Firefighters who have joined this violent protests.
Links to reports of WI ProUnion Rallies
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-26-wisconsin-saturday-rally_N.htm
http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2011/02/wisconsin-succeeds-peaceful-protest
Links to reports of WI ProUnion Rallies
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-26-wisconsin-saturday-rally_N.htm
http://www.thomhartmann.com/forum/2011/02/wisconsin-succeeds-peaceful-protest
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