[Spridgets] (no subject)

[Jim Johnson]

Constitution?  What's a constitution?

Sincerely,
Your Government

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Heard <heard at datatrontech.net> wrote:

> I agree with the Supreme Court on this.  According to the copy of the
> constitution that I keep close at hand, the first amendment says:
>
> 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
> prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech,
> or of the press,...'
>
> I don't know about anyone else, but I interpret that to mean that Congress
> has to stay the hell out of it.  I like to think the Constitution is a
> document pertaining more to PREVENTING what government can do.  Yeah, I
> know, the government tells us what to do all the time.  But I still say,
> the
> Supreme Court was right.  The 1st amendment does not say anything about
> 'only people have the right' or anything of that sort.  It simply says
> Congress cannot restrict free speech.
>
> Heard
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net
> [mailto:spridgets-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Norm 2Bs
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: Spridgets Digest
> Subject: [Spridgets] (no subject)
>
> "Where you ARE loosing your rights is in the recent Supreme Court decision
> allowing that corporations have a right to free speech. It is only a matter
> of time until we have a government of the corporations, by the
> corporations,
> and for the corporations. Then my friends, you got troubles. Hal"
>
> Seems that we are already there.  I've been grousing to my elected reps
> that
> they are SUPPOSED to be working for "We the People" not the special
> interest
> lobbies.  But, almost all of them seem to be working for "Me the
> Legislator"
> & "They the Corporations and Lobbies."
>
> The Supreme Court decision referred to is merely an interpretation of the
> existing laws.  If Congress wasn't so busy with representing their special
> interests, they might be able to get around to changing the law.  But, what
> are the chances of that?
>
> Norm
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Cheers!!
Jim
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a
shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress."
       John Adams
       US diplomat & politician (1735 - 1826)