tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post6424400694782682786..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: Corporations Really Are People, My Friend...And Voters Too.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-13950160032859695502013-02-25T21:43:27.655-08:002013-02-25T21:43:27.655-08:00Well, they kind of are working on a variation of a...Well, they kind of are working on a variation of actually voting...check out page 27 here...with the Zamboni bribe<br /><br />http://www.scrd.ca/files/File/Administration/Minutes/2012/2012-JAN-26%20BRD%20MINUTES(1).pdf<br /><br />motorcycleguynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-44093060963936504742013-02-24T10:10:31.599-08:002013-02-24T10:10:31.599-08:00Subsidiaries make such handy ballot-box stuffers,...Subsidiaries make such handy ballot-box stuffers, too.<br />Derivativocracy Now!scotty on Denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-68133137003281868332013-02-23T22:16:27.228-08:002013-02-23T22:16:27.228-08:00Hmmmm.... if corporations get to vote would that m...Hmmmm.... if corporations get to vote would that mean that they would have to STOP lobbying?<br /><br />Have you ever heard of an Individual, a single voter, approaching government officials to sway their views on the creation of new legislation, tweaking of existing legislation, just to gain a foothold on a lucrative contract... like say Excel Logistics snapping up the BC Liquor Distribution Branch in Vancouver.... one Voter could go for the whole shooting match and by just one bottle of liquor.<br /><br />A voter, not a corporation, has an MLA to represent their concerns with the BC Government, his/her MLA is there to speed up the process of lost applications and other sundry items....<br /><br />Would that then mean that if Corporations had access to both their MLA AND Government via lobbying then the door would be wide open for OUR names to be added to the Lobbyist Registry.... <br /><br /><a href="http://www.lobbyistsregistrar.bc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=231:whos-lobbying-who-december-2012&catid=33:2012-monthly-snapshots&Itemid=159" rel="nofollow">Who's Lobbying Who: December 2012</a>North Van's Grumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571810726275726952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-50822967627911821732013-02-23T21:46:42.455-08:002013-02-23T21:46:42.455-08:00Thanks Eleanor.
Individual people I can understan...Thanks Eleanor.<br /><br />Individual people I can understand.<br /><br />But representatives of corporations?<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-32495413566911428372013-02-23T21:36:44.491-08:002013-02-23T21:36:44.491-08:00Non-resident property owners have had voting right...Non-resident property owners have had voting rights in municipal elections in Canada off and on in the past. Can't give you exactly when and where and when it stopped. Something requiring further research (recollection) on my part. I'll get back to you.Eleanor Gregorynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-80376300492107664392013-02-23T21:28:50.461-08:002013-02-23T21:28:50.461-08:00Excellent point Anon-At-The-Top.
And 'Jumbo&#...Excellent point Anon-At-The-Top.<br /><br />And 'Jumbo' has a <a href="https://twitter.com/JumboBC" rel="nofollow">great faux Twittmachine feed</a> also.<br /><br />____<br /><br />Kim--<br /><br />It's both!<br /><br />(I have the same problem with the captcha thing)<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-42238671049465121042013-02-23T21:15:41.035-08:002013-02-23T21:15:41.035-08:00I'm getting to that age where those captcha co...I'm getting to that age where those captcha codes are hard to read. I have to put on my glasses and squint and I sometimes can't crack the code. Just sayin' that's why my comment appears twice. Either that or Ross K. thinks I'm awesome!Kimhttp://www.sistersagesmusings.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-19117444642317109722013-02-23T21:08:58.429-08:002013-02-23T21:08:58.429-08:00This is getting out of hand.
Corporate personhood...This is getting out of hand.<br /><br />Corporate personhood is out of hand. The Corporation has more rights than the human (person).<br /><br />We actually live in a time of such enlightenment that we allow basic living needs to be commodified. And traded. Genes to be owned.<br /><br />Enough already. <br /><br />Be Idle No More.Kimhttp://www.sistersagesmusings.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-15803265302031162392013-02-23T21:08:23.937-08:002013-02-23T21:08:23.937-08:00This is getting out of hand.
Corporate personhood...This is getting out of hand.<br /><br />Corporate personhood is out of hand. The Corporation has more rights than the human (person).<br /><br />We actually live in a time of such enlightenment that we allow basic living needs to be commodified. And traded. Genes to be owned.<br /><br />Enough already. <br /><br />Be Idle No More. Kimhttp://www.sistersagesmusings.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-51357535089581866912013-02-23T20:32:41.101-08:002013-02-23T20:32:41.101-08:00BC's Resort Municipality (Whistler & Jumbo...BC's Resort Municipality (Whistler & Jumbo Glacier) voting rules are 'interesting' too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com