Comments for Battleground Blog http://www.battlegroundblog.com Uncompromising. Progressive. Opinions. Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Darcy Richardson: ‘Why I’m Running for President’ by LeAnn Michelle http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2011/10/26/darcy-richardson-why-im-running-for-president/#comment-4966 LeAnn Michelle Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:27:04 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5252#comment-4966 Um.. come to ohio please!! Um.. come to ohio please!!

]]> Comment on Comparison of Proposed Corporate Personhood Amendments by TL http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2012/01/17/comparison-of-proposed-corporate-personhood-amendments/#comment-4964 TL Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:57:15 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5492#comment-4964 Previously, Alabama state laws against corporate power were used to attack the civil rights organization the NAACP in the 1950's. I want to allow non-profits, such as civil rights type organizations to function. People do have assembly, or associative rights to project their voice, and lobby. How do you separate out, and protect the voices of the underdog while combating the abuses taking place today? Previously, Alabama state laws against corporate power were used to attack the civil rights organization the NAACP in the 1950′s. I want to allow non-profits, such as civil rights type organizations to function. People do have assembly, or associative rights to project their voice, and lobby. How do you separate out, and protect the voices of the underdog while combating the abuses taking place today?

]]> Comment on Comparison of Proposed Corporate Personhood Amendments by TL http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2012/01/17/comparison-of-proposed-corporate-personhood-amendments/#comment-4881 TL Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:17:06 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5492#comment-4881 As well intentioned as the proposal with some good features it potentially guts the right of assembly (and "association" that is derived from it). That would jeopardize, for example, the inherent right of the NAACP to represent African-Americans within the social and political arena. The same would be true for the NRA, Christian Coalition, Citizens United, Public Citizen. All of these organizations get people to join voluntarily to gain the power to campaign for their interests. They are all "artificial entities" aka created by voluntarily assembled humans to represent them. Now you propose to have them licensed by the state? Labor unions: they must exist in certain organizations to address workers rights. Therefore, let's stick to the issue as you and others have stated it: "It's rampant business-corporate power corrupting the political system" that must be addressed without destroying assembly rights, and even the ability of business to function in a balanced way. As well intentioned as the proposal with some good features it potentially guts the right of assembly (and “association” that is derived from it). That would jeopardize, for example, the inherent right of the NAACP to represent African-Americans within the social and political arena. The same would be true for the NRA, Christian Coalition, Citizens United, Public Citizen. All of these organizations get people to join voluntarily to gain the power to campaign for their interests. They are all “artificial entities” aka created by voluntarily assembled humans to represent them. Now you propose to have them licensed by the state? Labor unions: they must exist in certain organizations to address workers rights. Therefore, let’s stick to the issue as you and others have stated it: “It’s rampant business-corporate power corrupting the political system” that must be addressed without destroying assembly rights, and even the ability of business to function in a balanced way.

]]> Comment on Comparison of Proposed Corporate Personhood Amendments by Richardson: ‘Reclaim Democracy’ « Darcy Richardson 2012 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2012/01/17/comparison-of-proposed-corporate-personhood-amendments/#comment-4760 Richardson: ‘Reclaim Democracy’ « Darcy Richardson 2012 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:26:51 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5492#comment-4760 [...] To learn more about Dr. Staggenborg’s plan, click here. [...] [...] To learn more about Dr. Staggenborg’s plan, click here. [...]

]]> Comment on Middle Class Aided Its Own Decline by Francis Sparagna http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2012/01/02/middle-class-aided-its-own-decline/#comment-4757 Francis Sparagna Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:30:58 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5436#comment-4757 She makes an important point. I live in high flying LA where many of my friends treated their homes like ATMs and kept borrowing on equity and continued spending money like drunken sailors on a Saturday night. Even with their jobs they have no money since they are servicing high debt payments. Even people with jobs have no money. She makes an important point. I live in high flying LA where many of my friends treated their homes like ATMs and kept borrowing on equity and continued spending money like drunken sailors on a Saturday night. Even with their jobs they have no money since they are servicing high debt payments. Even people with jobs have no money.

]]> Comment on He Signed It on the Dotted Line by Bill Anderson http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2012/01/10/he-signed-it-on-the-dotted-line/#comment-4749 Bill Anderson Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:07:42 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5471#comment-4749 The government had already ended our constitutional rights with media approval. You can read that with a search for "New police weapon against homeless" on homeless forums and "Historic coverup of FBI and police crimes currently taking place" on Urban 75 message board. Bill Anderson The government had already ended our constitutional rights with media approval. You can read that with a search for “New police weapon against homeless” on homeless forums and “Historic coverup of FBI and police crimes currently taking place” on Urban 75 message board. Bill Anderson

]]> Comment on Darcy Richardson: ‘Why I’m Running for President’ by - bill http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2011/10/26/darcy-richardson-why-im-running-for-president/#comment-4744 - bill Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:19:54 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5252#comment-4744 My incompetence is your gain, Darcy. I was SURE that I remembered changing parties on voting day in some primary here long ago, but when I attempted to this evening I was told that I could not. Boy, was I glad that I had encountered you a few days ago - otherwise I would have had to write in someone like Howard Dean (and that vote might well not have been counted). I'm not sure how I would have felt voting for Paul, important though I believe his candidacy is. I do know that voting for you felt good (for Eugene Debs' classic reason). I told my wife about you (I'm sure she would not have considered Paul at all), and she seemed to react positively (commenting that stances like yours should be encouraged). Hope you do well here tonight. My incompetence is your gain, Darcy. I was SURE that I remembered changing parties on voting day in some primary here long ago, but when I attempted to this evening I was told that I could not. Boy, was I glad that I had encountered you a few days ago – otherwise I would have had to write in someone like Howard Dean (and that vote might well not have been counted).

I’m not sure how I would have felt voting for Paul, important though I believe his candidacy is. I do know that voting for you felt good (for Eugene Debs’ classic reason).

I told my wife about you (I’m sure she would not have considered Paul at all), and she seemed to react positively (commenting that stances like yours should be encouraged). Hope you do well here tonight.

]]> Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Obama Campaign Fails to File Delegate Slate for New Hampshire Primary by Frank Henry http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2012/01/05/exclusive-obama-campaign-fails-to-file-delegate-slate-for-new-hampshire-primary/#comment-4743 Frank Henry Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:24:30 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5458#comment-4743 "...this was merely an oversight by President Obama..." Obama is use to practicing oversights....look at his appearent oversight of the constitutional requirement to be a "natural born citizen" (which seems to mean that the president was born of two US citizens)...( this is the same test he and a Senate body applied to McCain...etc. “…this was merely an oversight by President Obama…”

Obama is use to practicing oversights….look at his appearent oversight of the
constitutional requirement to be a “natural born citizen” (which seems to mean
that the president was born of two US citizens)…( this is the same test he and
a Senate body applied to McCain…etc.

]]> Comment on Darcy Richardson: ‘Why I’m Running for President’ by The BRAD BLOG : Darcy Richardson Running Against Obama in NH's Democratic Primary, May Win ALL State Delegates http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2011/10/26/darcy-richardson-why-im-running-for-president/#comment-4740 The BRAD BLOG : Darcy Richardson Running Against Obama in NH's Democratic Primary, May Win ALL State Delegates Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:56:35 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5252#comment-4740 [...] a blog item at his site last year, Richardson openly acknowledged that he was not his own first choice to take on Obama in a primary [...] [...] a blog item at his site last year, Richardson openly acknowledged that he was not his own first choice to take on Obama in a primary [...]

]]> Comment on EXCLUSIVE: Obama Campaign Fails to File Delegate Slate for New Hampshire Primary by The BRAD BLOG : Darcy Richardson Running Against Obama in NH's Democratic Primary, May Win ALL State Delegates http://www.battlegroundblog.com/2012/01/05/exclusive-obama-campaign-fails-to-file-delegate-slate-for-new-hampshire-primary/#comment-4739 The BRAD BLOG : Darcy Richardson Running Against Obama in NH's Democratic Primary, May Win ALL State Delegates Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:34:02 +0000 http://www.battlegroundblog.com/?p=5458#comment-4739 [...] what impact, if any, will there be for the fact that President Obama reportedly failed to timely submit a slate of national convention delegates to the NH Secretary of State as mandated by the NH Elections [...] [...] what impact, if any, will there be for the fact that President Obama reportedly failed to timely submit a slate of national convention delegates to the NH Secretary of State as mandated by the NH Elections [...]

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