Prepare to obey your new corporate masters

[Sean88gt]

Perhaps not, but with a constitutionally bound government, it doesn't matter. Congress has defined power and authority as does the president. Want to fix this? Push for a constitutionally limited government

What does that have to do with selling power to the highest bidder?

[talisman]

Jesus Fucking Christ. Frost, it would be spectacular if you pulled your head out of your ass for ten minutes.

[Sean88gt]

Jesus Fucking Christ. Frost, it would be spectacular if you pulled your head out of your ass for ten minutes.

In similar holding with his logic, he fought for this country, his behavior enabled the hostile take over. He is directly responsible for the idolatry of money and power.

[talisman]

In similar holding with his logic, he fought for this country, his behavior enabled the hostile take over. He is directly responsible for the idolatry of money and power.

The older I get and the more history I read the more I'm glad I stayed away from the Armed Forces.

[Forever_frost]

What does that have to do with selling power to the highest bidder?

They would only be able to do what the constitution grants, which isn't much therefore anyone could spend any amount and the power still wouldn't be there to effect everyday America by much.

[Forever_frost]

In similar holding with his logic, he fought for this country, his behavior enabled the hostile take over. He is directly responsible for the idolatry of money and power.

So... I'm a high priest?

[Sean88gt]

They would only be able to do what the constitution grants, which isn't much therefore anyone could spend any amount and the power still wouldn't be there to effect everyday America by much.

That doesn't apply anymore. This country hasn't been living within constitutional means for decades, like 15 of them.

[Sean88gt]

So... I'm a high priest?

Do high priests miss the point often?

[Forever_frost]

That doesn't apply anymore. This country hasn't been living within constitutional means for decades, like 15 of them.

Always applies until the constitution is either A) repealed by amendment or B) the country dissolves and another takes it's place. Until then, it is the Supreme Law of the Land.


And this High Priest prefers to be called "His Highness of Bullet-ude."

[Nash B.]

Always applies until the constitution is either A) repealed by amendment or B) the country dissolves and another takes it's place. Until then, it is the Supreme Law of the Land.

That's the difference between theory and reality.

[talisman]

Just checked the Constitution. Nothing about reality in it.

[scootro]

walmart is America and America is walmart

[racrguy]

Do high priests miss the point often?

Yes, but they never fail to land a shot in the mouth.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

This country needs to stop treating companies as individuals. Individuals already have no power when it comes to the government, and it is only getting worse. Welcome to the United Corporation of America.

+1

[Lajntx]

That's the difference between theory and reality.

Being wealthy exempts you from everything. It has been proven they have no idea of the consequences are of their actions because they have to live their lives seperatrly from the rest of society. I fully expect he ( along with Afluenza kid ) to "Find Jesus" and run for office in the next 10 years running on a platform of " Tax Cuts & Moral Values ".

It is better to be guilty & rich in this country, that it is to be poor & innocent.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/30/robert-richards-rape_n_5060386.html

One Percenter Convicted Of Raping Child Dodges Jail Because He 'Will Not Fare Well'

A Delaware man convicted of raping his three-year-old daughter only faced probation after a state Superior Court judge ruled he "will not fare well" in prison.

In her decision, Judge Jan Jurden suggested Robert H. Richards IV would benefit more from treatment. Richards, who was charged with fourth-degree rape in 2009, is an unemployed heir living off his trust fund. The light sentence has only became public as the result of a subsequent lawsuit filed by his ex-wife, which charges that he penetrated his daughter with his fingers while masturbating, and subsequently assaulted his son as well.

Richards is the great grandson of du Pont family patriarch Irenee du Pont, a chemical baron.

According to the lawsuit filed by Richards' ex-wife, he admitted to assaulting his infant son in addition to his daughter between 2005 and 2007. Richards was initially indicted on two counts of second-degree child rape, felonies that translate to a 10-year mandatory jail sentence per count. He was released on $60,000 bail while awaiting his charges.

Richards hired one of the state's top law firms and was offered a plea deal of one count of fourth-degree rape charges -- which carries no mandatory minimum prison sentencing. He accepted, and admitted to the assault.

In her sentence, Jurden said he would benefit from participating in a sex offenders rehabilitation program rather than serving prison time.

Delaware Public Defender Brendan J. O'Neill told The News Journal that it was "extremely rare" for an individual to fare well in prison. "Prison is to punish, to segregate the offender from society, and the notion that prison serves people well hasn't proven to be true in most circumstances," he said, adding that the light sentence for the member of the one percent raised questions about “how a person with great wealth may be treated by the system.” (Though perhaps it provides more answers than questions.)

According to the The News Journal, several attorneys claimed treatment over jail time was a deal more typically granted to drug addicts, not sex offenders.

Kendall Marlowe, executive director of the National Association for Counsel for Children, told The News Journal that sex offenders are jailed for the safety of the children they threaten.

"Child protection laws are there to safeguard children, and adults who knowingly harm children should be punished," she said. "Our prisons should be more rehabilitative environments, but the prison system's inadequacies are not a justification for letting a child molester off the hook."

News of the lenient sentence for the confessed rapist comes as a new book, Thomas Piketty's Capitalism In The 21st Century, has put new focus on the distorting role of inheritance in the free market economy.