Huh, if I were pressed I could name at least 30 Beatles songs I like and would listen to now. I agree with you that there is not a lot of good music on commercial radio but we have some local listener supported stations, one that plays an eclectic mix from rock & roll to blues to hip-hop to folk to country to bluegrass (KBOO) and another that is 24/7 classical music (KQAC), both of which I listen to regularly. I go to 1 or 2 concerts a month. We've got a lot of good local artists to see with the occasional national/world artist. I couldn't imagine my life without music.
I can't think of any of my rights (as a citizen of the USA) that are taken away by my association with a corporation. It's possible I could exercise my rights in a way that forces the corporation to dismiss me but that's the corporation forcing me to conform to certain standards of conduct including limiting my free speech if I want to remain associated with them, not the government limiting my rights. I just don't see that the company I work for has a right to exercise any rights on my behalf without my explicit permission.
What rights of biological humans associated with corporations are taken away? I am employed by a rather large corporation and I can't think of any rights I have that come through that association.
I make a distinction between a biological human* the legal fiction that is a corporate person. I think most of the writers of the Constitution would too.
*I can see a future where sentient artificial intelligences could have personhood.
That's why the Deepwater Horizon spill cleanup was so effective.
There's a big difference between the cold water North Pacific waters and the warm Gulf of Mexico waters. Bioremediation works much better in warm waters. Nevertheless I'd bet you that 25 years from now we will still be able to find remnants of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf.
So what individual rights to those people associated with the corporation lose because of their association with it that have to made up by granting additional rights to the corporation. The fact is that corporations are an artificial creation of law and as such they should have nothing other than what is granted them in law. To grant them rights not explicitly outlined in law is a travesty.
The interesting thing about the Hanford reach of the Columbia River is that it is one of the few free flowing sections of the river above Bonneville Dam. Because of the Hanford Reservation it is also undeveloped and as wild as any section of the river in the US. It is home to one of the healthiest runs of Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River system.
The long term trend for the cost of fossil fuels is up. Even with all the "new" found oil and gas in the Continental US the price will go up. Why? Demand outstrips supply.
Not only that but the new sources of gas and oil are generally more expensive to produce and so require higher market prices to be viable investments. For example I've heard that the Canadian tar sands oil production requires a minimum price of around $85/barrel to be viable. If we start digging up oil shale it's got to be a lot more than that.
Wait (weight?), I thought the number of votes a stockholder gets is generally equal to the number of shares they own so in effect it's already weighed.
And the money you spend at Walmart and on Georgia-Pacific products (Koch bros.) gets converted into campaign contributions for right-wing politicians which leads to - wait for it - more corruption. To me campaign contributions should be limited to individual (human not corporate) people only and in most cases limited to constituents of said politician.
We used to have civics classes back when I was in school. We learned about the Federal, State, County and City governments, their structure, how you can interact with government, etc. Too many people are so clueless about how it all works they shouldn't even be allowed to vote (although most of them probably don't).
Maybe so but scientists estimate that more than half of the sea level rise in the past century+ was due to thermal expansion of the oceans although melting of ice has become more dominant lately.
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Huh, if I were pressed I could name at least 30 Beatles songs I like and would listen to now. I agree with you that there is not a lot of good music on commercial radio but we have some local listener supported stations, one that plays an eclectic mix from rock & roll to blues to hip-hop to folk to country to bluegrass (KBOO) and another that is 24/7 classical music (KQAC), both of which I listen to regularly. I go to 1 or 2 concerts a month. We've got a lot of good local artists to see with the occasional national/world artist. I couldn't imagine my life without music.
I'm sick of you young kids no longer listening to Bach and Vivaldi.
Better to just capture them in a container that can maintain the pressure as you bring them to the surface.
I can't think of any of my rights (as a citizen of the USA) that are taken away by my association with a corporation. It's possible I could exercise my rights in a way that forces the corporation to dismiss me but that's the corporation forcing me to conform to certain standards of conduct including limiting my free speech if I want to remain associated with them, not the government limiting my rights. I just don't see that the company I work for has a right to exercise any rights on my behalf without my explicit permission.
What rights of biological humans associated with corporations are taken away? I am employed by a rather large corporation and I can't think of any rights I have that come through that association.
... they're taking out of gasoline for them.
You're right but electrically powered propeller airplanes already exist. They just need better batteries to have enough range to be practical.
I make a distinction between a biological human* the legal fiction that is a corporate person. I think most of the writers of the Constitution would too.
*I can see a future where sentient artificial intelligences could have personhood.
No, there is no oil in Prince William Sound. The oil that was spilled was piped down from the Arctic Ocean to Valdez, AK to be loaded on the tanker.
That's why the Deepwater Horizon spill cleanup was so effective.
There's a big difference between the cold water North Pacific waters and the warm Gulf of Mexico waters. Bioremediation works much better in warm waters. Nevertheless I'd bet you that 25 years from now we will still be able to find remnants of the Deepwater Horizon spill in the Gulf.
So what individual rights to those people associated with the corporation lose because of their association with it that have to made up by granting additional rights to the corporation. The fact is that corporations are an artificial creation of law and as such they should have nothing other than what is granted them in law. To grant them rights not explicitly outlined in law is a travesty.
The interesting thing about the Hanford reach of the Columbia River is that it is one of the few free flowing sections of the river above Bonneville Dam. Because of the Hanford Reservation it is also undeveloped and as wild as any section of the river in the US. It is home to one of the healthiest runs of Chinook Salmon in the Columbia River system.
The long term trend for the cost of fossil fuels is up. Even with all the "new" found oil and gas in the Continental US the price will go up. Why? Demand outstrips supply.
Not only that but the new sources of gas and oil are generally more expensive to produce and so require higher market prices to be viable investments. For example I've heard that the Canadian tar sands oil production requires a minimum price of around $85/barrel to be viable. If we start digging up oil shale it's got to be a lot more than that.
Wait (weight?), I thought the number of votes a stockholder gets is generally equal to the number of shares they own so in effect it's already weighed.
Nothing lasts forever and sooner or later it needs to be cleaned up.
That's true but the amount of leaded gas burned by piston powered aircraft it pretty minimal. Old lead paint on walls is a far bigger problem.
It will be interesting to see if once those new reactors are completed and on-line they can compete with renewable solar and wind energy.
Yeah but if it's green you'd better wear a condom.
The best way to keep a species around is to eat it.
Tell that to the dodo.
I think EVERYONE of adult age should be armed.
Then you get idiots like Curtis Reeves and Michael Dunn walking around armed.
He doesn't want the water tower and noisy trucks near his land but he's ok with putting them near someone elses land. NIMBY comes to mind.
And the money you spend at Walmart and on Georgia-Pacific products (Koch bros.) gets converted into campaign contributions for right-wing politicians which leads to - wait for it - more corruption. To me campaign contributions should be limited to individual (human not corporate) people only and in most cases limited to constituents of said politician.
We used to have civics classes back when I was in school. We learned about the Federal, State, County and City governments, their structure, how you can interact with government, etc. Too many people are so clueless about how it all works they shouldn't even be allowed to vote (although most of them probably don't).
Maybe so but scientists estimate that more than half of the sea level rise in the past century+ was due to thermal expansion of the oceans although melting of ice has become more dominant lately.
Woosh on me I mean.