I'll Believe Corporations Are People When Texas

America's Corporate And Political Elites Now Form A Regime Of Their Own And They're Privatizing Democracy. All The Benefits - The Tax Cuts, Policies And Rewards Flow In One Direction: Up.

Theology Asserts Propositions That Cannot Be Proven True; Ideologues Hold Stoutly To A Worldview Despite Being Contradicted By What Is Generally Accepted As Reality. When Ideology And Theology Couple, Their Offspring Are Not Always Bad But They Are Always Blind. And There Is The Danger: Voters And Politicians Alike, Oblivious To The Facts.

Sure Enough, As Merger Has Followed Merger, Journalism Has Been Driven Further Down The Hierarchy Of Values In The Huge Conglomerates That Dominate What We See, Read And Hear. And To Feed The Profit Margins Journalism Has Been Directed To Other Priorities Than "the News We Need To Know To Keep Our Freedoms"

They're Counting On Your Patriotism To Distract You From Their Plunder. They're Counting On You To Be Standing At Attention With Your Hand Over Your Heart, Pledging Allegiance To The Flag, While They Pick Your Pocket!

Charity Is Commendable; Everyone Should Be Charitable. But Justice Aims To Create A Social Order In Which, If Individuals Choose Not To Be Charitable, People Still Don't Go Hungry, Unschooled Or Sick Without Care. Charity Depends On The Vicissitudes Of Whim And Personal Wealth; Justice Depends On Commitment Instead Of Circumstance.