tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post3414331642661397802..comments2023-05-20T06:45:28.421-07:00Comments on ALABAMA CONFIDENTIAL: AlterNet--"Banning Corporate Personhood: How Communities Are Taking the Law Back from Big Companies"Max Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13462265300417588171noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-41407062340549153082011-07-26T16:23:41.404-07:002011-07-26T16:23:41.404-07:00Until they fix the local governmental processes to...Until they fix the local governmental processes to be more in tune with their citizens I say NO to Home Rule!5Pointsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-1037275020340025222011-07-26T11:27:31.420-07:002011-07-26T11:27:31.420-07:00The arrogance of the rubber stamp from the corpora...The arrogance of the rubber stamp from the corporation(s) to the government and vice versa makes me sick. By now, most of us are aware the corrupt manner in which this works.<br /><br />The mechanics of the scheme is set in this state. The powers that be allow it, all in the name of revenue, no matter what the cost to the people.<br /><br />Thanks Max, another great post.Annette in Alabamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-22513152915939807222011-07-26T11:24:57.391-07:002011-07-26T11:24:57.391-07:00(10) Interference by corporations in the democrati...(10) Interference by corporations in the democratic process usurps the rights of citizens to participate in the democratic process in the City/Town and enjoy a republican form of government;<br /><br />(11) The ability of citizens of this City/Town to establish rules to protect the health, safety, and welfare of City/Town residents has been diminished by the exercise of constitutional privileges Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-58271723378145581622011-07-26T11:24:12.540-07:002011-07-26T11:24:12.540-07:00thomhartmann.com
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY/TOWN O...<b>thomhartmann.com</b><br /><br /><br />AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY/TOWN OF __________, __________ COUNTY, ALABAMA ELIMINATING CONSTITUTIONAL PRIVILEGES FROM CORPORATIONS DOING BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY/TOWN<br /><br /><i>Section 1. Name.</i> The name of this Ordinance shall be the "Corporate Privilege Elimination and Democracy Protection Ordinance."<br /><br /><i>Section 2. Authority.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-87965112129747557832011-07-26T10:52:22.767-07:002011-07-26T10:52:22.767-07:00I like this riddle, or rather truth, from one of y...I like this riddle, or rather truth, from one of your links on Corporate Personhood:<br /><br /><b>Who are the monsters?<br /><br />We start with a riddle:<br /><br /> It's a person, but it does not know compassion, beauty, or love, and cannot feel pain or loss<br /> It can live forever<br /> It can exist in multiple places at once<br /> It can cut off its own parts and add new Baxternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-48144726636645212922011-07-26T10:44:06.676-07:002011-07-26T10:44:06.676-07:00Amen to that.
Shelby County is a great place to li...Amen to that.<br />Shelby County is a great place to live if you don't mind living under a Gestapo government or are blissfully unaware of how things really work in the county.<br />They have EPA violations out the whazoo but do they care?<br />Um No. Profits bring us more profits.Truthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7997020485497012022.post-51211894372465857122011-07-26T09:54:24.008-07:002011-07-26T09:54:24.008-07:00Home Rule is an excuse to control everything in a ...Home Rule is an excuse to control everything in a county by the centralized power in the county seat. I can think of one prime example of where it has not worked to the advantage of communities: Shelby County, Alabama and the Ayatollahs known as the County Commission.<br />They've ruined Alabaster and Calera with all the noxious industry and mining. Who's next?<br />VINCENT and Vincent7noreply@blogger.com