Jan 21, 2010 is the Official Date for the End of Democracy in America

Good remarks, walkinstorms, I personally am running for city council in Lexington, KY just to bring up those issues as well as some local corruption that I happened to be effected by. We all need to turn of the TVs and start making some noise or we'll get past the point of no return.

definitely an infamous moment. This is absolutely the last nail in the coffin we needed for full on oppression and fascism to really take hold. Speaking of taking hold... grab on to whatever you can... it's gonna be a bumpy ride.

sad :(

My sincere apologies to our founding fathers for letting the corporations take over till they finally bought out the supreme court and made them a bunch of losers. I know you warned us and warned us and warned us. Goodbye democracy, I know you were on your last legs for a really really long time, but now you are gone. We failed you miserably from all sides, and let ourselves be pawns in the corporate game of chess.

Thank you for keeping it real in my abscence, WeAreChangeKY. Good post.

Well what in God's name do we do?
Who could we possibly write? Where could we petition? Who can we fight?
The hope I still clung onto through these years of crumbling government walls is now diminished.
Who's going to dedicate their life to fix this-to start fresh and demand fairness like the forefathers?
Are we really as screwed as I feel like we are?

what does this mean? for a douche like me that doesn't read the newspaper.
lay it on me REAL SIMPLE. Please. i really want to understand what-this-means

I'm trying 02, I'm trying.

Monte your just not getting it. Do you want foreign billionaires telling us what is true?

Get a brain before its too late.

a lot of you are mad. Dont Be -- this is better than letting the media choose what facts are covered and which are not and going unchallenged while all others sit in silence.
This is the very reason why many of you are ignorant about current and past events and people, because you have been fed a bunch of bullshit.
Everyone should be able to come out and air pro's and con's on anyone running for public service. I kind of suspect that many of you who are against this ruling in favor of free speech have no problem when the main media uses it's broadcast to DESTROY OR PROP someone whether they deserve it or not. a la joe plumber, sarah palin, geo bush barak obama etc

the premise of this post is ridiculous, comparing free speech to the dredd scott case is for retards.
Being able to spend ones own money to express opinion of some crook running for office IS free speech -- earlier cases have ruled that money=speech, hence the court is right on with this one.

Personally the end of Democracy was in December of 2000 when the Supreme Court "elected" George W. Bush despite the fact that he lost the popular vote and they essentially said then--your vote does not count and can't be counted--because you poor lonely American citizen are not a member of the electoral college and your brother was not governor of Florida and the majority of justices that voted were appointed by previous Republican Presidents with direct ties to your father.

But then of course the Supreme Court is really a late comer to this whole game anyway because insurance company lobbyists have already bought off the entire Congress and got them so bogged down trying to pass health care reform they completely lost their focus on the reality that nobody has a job and is most likely therefore collecting some type of medicaid benefits or saying oh well they already re-possessed my car and foreclosed on my house who cares if they collect on me for unpaid medical bills? or just saying screw it and letting whatever is wrong go unchecked and kill them--and thus health care reform is just pointless.

I say we should just say we should just do away with ALL campaign financing. If you want to get elected--go out and meet the people you want to represent--tell them your name--let them see what you stand for and put a face with a name--find some high school or Jr high school kids to stuff envelopes and help you send out email or post your issue position on their facebook page--it will give them something to do after school besides play world of warcraft or grand theft auto or beat up their fellow students after school. Each state should get a set amount of money to pay for the cost of holding the elections--and the media should donate one night a week to each candidate to present their point of view--hell they could all post a video a day on youtube for free and people could vote that way.

Because as I read the constitution it never said that corporations are people and that there is a requirement that every candidate for federal office be a millionaire and/or kiss the ass of big corporations to get elected.

Seriously after you get elected you get paid a salary--you have a job--you usually get a place to live for free or very cheap compared to everybody else in the DC area . So damn it live on their own income--or quit expecting everybody else to.

This was done by the Conservatives in the Supreme Court. The president, like him or not, did not do this. This is a Republican joy. Fascism at last.

John Roberts, is the "banality of evil."

Now that corporations have "Free Speech" rights, (they now have the right to trample on the rights of the individual worker's views), the individuals rights of Free Speech and Expression of personal views have been trumped by MONEY!!!
The courts have obviously decided that MONEY RULES!!!

One of our members and article submitters is running for Lexington, KY city council. I suggest more do the same, we need to start from the ground up and remove these corruption 'representatives' and take our country back.

This isn't freedom of speech! This is bribery and extortion.

The very basic principle of democracy has been violated. One Corporation, One Vote.

I don't understand. You guys seem to be under the impression that The Government and The People are exclusive of one another...The Government is made of The People. Don't like what's going on? Vote on it. Even if candidates are "bought" by corporations, we as the people can act AGAINST it.

Why are we acting as if the sky's falling? As if it's all out of own hands? We can still vote for the independent candidate, spread the message of corruption. Boycott banks, corporations, etc. But heaven forbid we actually sacrifice something. It's so much easier to bitch and moan.

America lost her Democracy in 2000, along with her spine.

Justice Roberts testified in front of Congress and stated what he would and would not do. I think he lied to Congress. I think he should be charged with perjury. He definitely lied. Last year I read an article about how many times, he had ruled, the opposite of how he stated he would. He said he was not out to rule against long set precedences.

"the power of corporations to bankroll American politics" - This is the exact phrase. This is what needs to be ended for any hope of the resurrection of our country.
This is a full spectrum, left to right, commie to tea-bag, concern. All have the same voice, all hear the same call. All have the same song.

This is a unique time. Will anyone seize the moment?

Obviously this is the fucking reverse of change. Barrack Hussein Obama is part of the Negative Occult.

Why is it that liberals think us all too inanely stupid to filter out bullshit, whether it emanates from a corporation or.....a President?? Conservatives have been filtering out corporate bullshit for years, from CNN, NBC, MSNBC, NEA, AARP, UAW, ACORN, etc., etc.

So, let's see, if the corporation now has citizen rights and assuming republicans can have their way, that means that businesses can't abort so any person who has a business idea has to follow through with it. Corporations can't merge with any other corporation in the same industry (it would threaten the institution of mergers and acquisitions).

What's next? Corporations are allowed to vote or send their own representatives to congress? Corporations have the right to practice religion of their choosing?

at the end of the day, this makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, and I wonder if this would be a good time to get some new blood in the court.

Where are all of the snipers when you need them?

Thomas Jefferson figured there would and SHOULD be a revolution every few generations...he thought that by that time the people in power would have been corrupted, and hoped that the democratic system would allow the public to clean house and oust the 'good old boys'. Trouble is, that only works when you have a public who cares enough to do so. Instead we listen to sound bites and elect idiots because they say all the right things and look good doing it, paying more attention to slick advertising than the real facts of the situation. We like our MTV and our CNN, and we've been bought and sold in our food choices, our media choices, and now our politics

This decision is a sad cap to a long journey the American public has been willingly marching along with for decades.

Perhaps this is the wake up call that America needs, as it will be easier to see how bought and sold our government already is. Just watch the commercials, know that they're paid for by special interest money, and vote for a third-party candidate.

Oh those activists judges the Republican Party hates. When will Senators sport corporation logos on there jackets?

Read Jennifer Government by Max Barry. This is really sad.

Next time I buy gasoline and it's $5.00 a gallon I will know what my money is financing.

Has anyone ever attempted to start a "vote against the money" movement with a website? I know that the contributions are already available somewhere. They could be summarized in a user-friendly format.

Everyone should memorize the face of Justice Roberts because it's the face of an American traitor.

Wow, I thought I was cynical.

I fear America is headed to become a totalitarian state, and I have had this fear ever since Bush II was appointed to the Presidency by this corrupt Supreme Court. With every new development in the U.S. government since then it has become more and more apparent this fear is far from unfounded.

so basically nothing has changed since 40 years ago. just now everybody knows and its not illegal.

USA all the way! lol

I really hesitate to make light to what is obviously a corner subject of outrage for so many people but if you think for a minute how it is this money to be utilized then at least it isn't being used for building prisons and such...I guess what I mean to say is that someone's money is lavishly being thrown in all directions and there is somewhat of a voyeuristic cannibal side to things I find quite soothing.....ahh, but when the dust settles..as it will. This isn't a juiced up movie on in front of a green screen anymore. I'm delighted to have a seat as audience or an acting role..either way just an adventurous time to be alive.

what part of freedom don't you understand?

Its been widely proven that using such tactics as bombs only helps to discredit any effort of reform... Were were given the right and tha ability to abolish our government, but without every citizen at DC exclaiming this we must focus on becoming a representative ourselves.... folks, grassroots works. it is the american way.... real change will not come in the form of a presidential election, but moreso many local ones.....

I pledge allegiance, to the flag, of the united states of corporate america!

Time to start bombing shit. taking our institutions back. it's our right no matter how hard they've made it to exercise it. When a government stops serving us, we must abolish it.

NO, the real date (if we ever truly had "democracy" in this country to begin with) was December 13, 2000. But then since you hate Al Gore you won't even admit that. Everything that has happened since that USSC unconstitutional illegal decision is a result of Americans not standing up for the integrity of their votes when it mattered and allowing them to be corporatized as well. Could you overlook your own political hatred for Al Gore to admit that?

This year, when you vote, either vote out the incumbent or at the very least change your party affiliation.
If enough people in this country change their party affiliation, and vote out te incumbents, perhaps it will send a message to Washington.

This is just legalizing a practice already in place.... Its time for America to wake up to the fact that the people we elect are passing laws based on the financial and political benefits to themselves..... Become aware and active in your politics!!!!

It almost seems futal to complain...What's a person to do...mass exodus?? Subordinate or leave...before it's too late to leave. Can anyone say "closing society"? Read Naomi Wolf's The End of America.

...people are dumb. what can we do when almost all of this country just agrees with what their told? . . .sigh.

the original americans were WAY more upset about way less.

does this mark the beginning of the Fascist States of America?