Dems in disarray (well, okay that's just their normal state).

Yeah, I probably wouldn't like this NSFW video half as much if it wasn't so appropriate this week. [link]

treating corporations as if they had individual rights.

You know, I'm not a lawyer, but it seems SO CLEAR that corporations don't get the same rights that individual citizens get. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE.

GOP senator elected in MA. Essentially all limits on corporate spending in elections lifted.

Well, the silver lining to those 2 things are that now Dems don't have to kiss Lieberman's ass (though god knows they'll probably continue to do so), and -- because of the campaign funding clusterfuck -- I never have to donate to a political campaign again. Ever. Because what's the fucking point?

This galls me. I had an image of gleeful hogs squealing as they ran to the trough.

I'm hoping Grover Norquist gets so excited that whatever organ of his simulates a heart explodes into tiny fragments.

I'd like to make (or clarify) a business rule: No Bellies. I shouldn't have to see a co-worker's stomach. Your outfit shouldn't show it, and you shouldn't raise your shirt to scratch your skin. It ain't right.

I was definitely clinically depressed at 10, though I don't think I really had a grasp on the concept of suicide at that point, or how one might practically do it.

Dear therapist: the metaphor about the shit sandwich and did I want mustard was NOT REALLY HELPFUL, thx.

You know, I'm not a lawyer, but it seems SO CLEAR that corporations don't get the same rights that individual citizens get. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE.

And didn't the movie "The Corporation" teach us that if they were people they'd be sociopaths?

Exactly, DJ.

You know, I'm not a lawyer, but it seems SO CLEAR that corporations don't get the same rights that individual citizens get. BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PEOPLE.

Right? In Not!Crazy land Judge Hecubot bangs the gavel and says, "Okay, let's clear up two things. Corporations are not people, so they shouldn't be treated as individuals with individual rights. That one's pretty obvious, I think. Second, when you equate the ability to pay for something with free expression, you basically limit expression to the people who can pay the most for it. That's stupid and obviously inimical to the public good. Sheesh, who thought up that one? Both of those stupid ideas are retired."

Yeah, it's a nightmare. And I can't believe it's real. My brain refuses to acknowledge it, too, and has put in The Onion land even though I tell it otherwise.

Knowing the interest in the Supremes' decision on corporate political contributions, and the adoration of Alan Grayson among certain sectors of the Buffistas:

Rep. Grayson has introduced a bill that would require a majority shareholder vote before a corporation may make political contributions unrelated to the goods or services that the corporation provides.

I haven't read the bill, but info about it (and anything else Congress is doing) can be found through here.