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In reply to the discussion: I'd rather have my hair on fire than my head in the sand, when it comes to Corporate Power [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)35. My hair is on fire too, along with my heart.
Has been since the "Centrist" revolution (funded by Koch Money) inside the Democratic party in the early 90s.
I MISS the Democratic party I joined 47 years ago:
In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be[font size=3] established for allregardless of station, race, or creed.[/font]
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
[font size=3]America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.[/font]
Among these are:
*The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;
*The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;
*The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;
*The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;
*The right of every family to a decent home;
*The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;
*The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;
*The right to a good education.
All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.
[font size=3]America's own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for all our citizens.[/font]
Please note that the above are stipulated as Basic Human RIGHTS to be protected by our government,
and NOT as COMMODITIES to be SOLD to Americans by For Profit Corporations.
I am not about to go gentle into that "Centrist" Good Night!
DURec!
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I'd rather have my hair on fire than my head in the sand, when it comes to Corporate Power [View all]
Armstead
May 2014
OP
It's a symptom of Hair-on-Fire-ness to think those are the only two options
alcibiades_mystery
May 2014
#1
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us
cantbeserious
May 2014
#3
From a letter written by Theodore Roosevelt to President Wilson about the Progressive party
Bonhomme Richard
May 2014
#7
We seem deternmined to go into the past to the time just before Roosevelt wrote that
Armstead
May 2014
#27
I have absolutey no problem with people who have differences of opinion if....
Armstead
May 2014
#17
No, but if you're tired of reading my posts, it would be a good idea to stop. LOL! n/t
ProSense
May 2014
#26
"US was founded by a bunch of True Rebels" <-after killing perhaps tens of millions of people who
jtuck004
May 2014
#12
We are owned. Pure and simple. The hynotized see otherwise. We need to free ourselves.
Lint Head
May 2014
#11
If you try to close the barn door before the horses get out you will run into trouble.
rhett o rick
May 2014
#14
It's not a binary situation. It's not black and white. The entire issue is various shades of gray.
MohRokTah
May 2014
#16
And I cannot disagree with anything you've said there, either. The money is the differentiating...
MohRokTah
May 2014
#28
and the weirdest thing they act like they're constantly right (or have ever been)
MisterP
May 2014
#22
I boycott most every big corporate thing I can, at some cost to my convenience, but not much.
hunter
May 2014
#29
If our hyperbolie drives you to ignore issues that are important simply because....
Armstead
May 2014
#80
When you put your head in the oven you aren't supposed to LITE it. HTH.
Spitfire of ATJ
May 2014
#32
I've been watching the WalMartization of the Democratic Party for a while now. Sickening, IMHO.
blkmusclmachine
May 2014
#49