Posted on 05/23/2010 1:29:10 PM PDT by Libloather
Two brothers sign up for very long walk against corporate personhood
The Times-Standard
Posted: 05/16/2010 01:21:11 AM PDT
Brothers George “Laird” Monahan, 69, and Robin Monahan, 67, have a long walk ahead of them.
After a visit in Humboldt County last week, the pair is setting off from San Francisco's Golden Gate Park today to walk across the country, expecting to arrive at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. sometime before Election Day.
But this is far from a casual stroll, as the brothers are walking across the country to bring attention to the recent controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Citizens United v. the FEC. The court's decision overturned sections of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, and ruled that corporations are entitled to some of the same rights as people.
”'We, the people' are hallowed words in this country, but corporate personhood strips us of our sacred right to self-government,” Robin Monahan said in a press release. “That is unacceptable.”
The brothers learned of Move to Amend, a joint project of more than 50 organizations -- including the local group Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County -- working to promote a constitutional amendment to abolish corporate personhood.
”We felt we had to do something beyond letter-writing,” Robin Monahan said in the release. “Our anger over this gutting of our political system called out to us for a physical sacrifice to stop it.”
George Monahan called on others to join the movement.
”You may not want to walk across the country with us, but you can add your name to the cause at www.movetoamend.org,” he said. “WE need to join our voices until it is a chorus that politicians of all parties can't ignore.”
For more information on the Monahans' walk, visit www.lairdandrobin.org.
Get a job - and a life.
Well—keep in mind where they started from-—LOL!
Where does the majority sign to oppose them?
I envision the scene from Forrest Gump.
It’s the summertime. These libtards have too much time on their hands. Is there a walk against walkers with idiotic liberal causes?
Where do these guys get the time?
I am unemployed and spend nearly all my time trying to find work. It is not easy at my age.
I was just pointing out that they started in Humbolt County—which has to be one of the biggest drug centers in the country-——I’m thinking they may get busted along the way..............
Commies
Run
In
Packs
They don’t need a job...they live off the gov tit for a while.
Tis nothin’ but a union stunt, and what a waste it is; this issue isn’t on anyone’s radar. Go ahead, boys, knock yourselves out!
Won’t their little libs heart just be broken being in DC while Congress completely changes?
You would think that they amount of time they put in walking they could find a job
The great irony is that most (if not all) of these 50 organizations are also corporate persons. Somehow the liberal mind is unable to comprehend that their bleeding heart nonprofit organizations are corporate entities too.
Aging hippies no likie free speech? Go back to Woodstock.
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