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Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company, 118 U.S. 394 (1886) was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with taxation of railroad properties. The decision was instrumental in laying the foundation for modern laws regarding corporate personhood, ruling that the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause granted constitutional protections to corporations as well as to natural persons.
By corporations going global goverments have lost all control just look how Obama made it so corporations can fund politcal elections, that is like saying whoever has the most money can rule now!
Also it would have been unconstitutional for them not to give corporations the same rights guaranteed to everyone else under the Constitution.
Originally posted by Blackmarketeer
By corporations going global goverments have lost all control just look how Obama made it so corporations can fund politcal elections, that is like saying whoever has the most money can rule now!
OP you have failed recent US history and civics 101. Obama had nothing to do with the recent Supreme Court ruling (Citizens United) that allows corporations (and unions) to donate unlimited funds to campaigns. It was John Roberts that pushed the SCOTUS to pass this ruling and he is a conservative. Or should I say "conservative" (wink wink). Obama in fact came out against this decision.
You can read more about this at Wikipedia;
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission- the "conservative" (wink wink) voted for it, and the liberals dissented.
Other than your fundamental flaw of your OP in blaming Obama for this, I would agree with the rest of the sentiment in your post - that this is proof the corporations are the NWO and have used legislation like this to put themselves in an even greater position of power. Screw the little people, and all that.edit on 10-8-2011 by Blackmarketeer because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Blackmarketeer
By corporations going global goverments have lost all control just look how Obama made it so corporations can fund politcal elections, that is like saying whoever has the most money can rule now!
OP you have failed recent US history and civics 101. Obama had nothing to do with the recent Supreme Court ruling (Citizens United) that allows corporations (and unions) to donate unlimited funds to campaigns. It was John Roberts that pushed the SCOTUS to pass this ruling and he is a conservative. Or should I say "conservative" (wink wink). Obama in fact came out against this decision.
Originally posted by Illumin Not I
I like the Ideology here. I recently have been toying with the idea of the Illuminati being a massive parent company that controls different aspects of society. I.E. Entertainment, Agriculture and resources, Mass Media, and Religion. Also the fabled Anti-Christ being a CEO of sorts which would control a small portion of these or CEO of the Illuminati Corporation/Illuminati Group.
“The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up
with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming,
water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these
dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through
changed attitudes and behavior that they can be overcome.
The real enemy then, is humanity itself."
- Club of Rome
I am not a conspiratorial person by nature and was faced with a dilemma when I first read their reports. But it's all there - in black and white. The CoR claims that "we are facing an imminent catastrophic ecological collapse" and "our only hope is to transform humanity into a global interdependent sustainable society, based on respect and reverence for the Earth." In the end I came to the conclusion that there are two possibilities – either the CoR wrote all these reports and setup a vast network of supporting organisations just for fun or they actually believe what they have written and are working hard to fulfill their role as the self-appointed saviours of Gaia
Dutch East India Company
The Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC, "United East India Company") was a chartered company established in 1602, when the States-General of the Netherlands granted it a 21-year monopoly to carry out colonial activities in Asia. It was the second multinational corporation in the world (the British East India Company was founded two years earlier) and the second company to issue stock.[2] It was also arguably the world's second megacorporation, possessing quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts,[3] negotiate treaties, coin money, and establish colonies.[4]
Statistically, the VOC eclipsed all of its rivals in the Asia trade. Between 1602 and 1796 the VOC sent almost a million Europeans to work in the Asia trade on 4,785 ships, and netted for their efforts more than 2.5 million tons of Asian trade goods. By contrast, the rest of Europe combined sent only 882,412 people from 1500 to 1795, and the fleet of the English (later British) East India Company, the VOC’s nearest competitor, was a distant second to its total traffic with 2,690 ships and a mere one-fifth the tonnage of goods carried by the VOC. The VOC enjoyed huge profits from its spice monopoly through most of the 17th century.
British East India Company
The Company long held a privileged position in relation to the British Government. As a result, it was frequently granted special rights and privileges, including trade monopolies and exemptions. These caused resentment among its competitors, who saw unfair advantage in the Company's position. Despite this resentment, the Company remained a powerful force for over 250 years.
By corporations going global goverments have lost all control...
...the very incarnation of an international organization of integration in which Member States have agreed to relinquish sovereignty in order to strengthen the coherence and effectiveness of their actions.
...If there is one place on earth where new forms of global governance have been tested since the Second World War, it is in Europe. European integration is the most ambitious supranational governance experience ever undertaken. It is the story of interdependence desired, defined, and organized by the Member States. In no respect is the work complete—neither geographically nor in terms of depth (i.e., the powers conferred by the Member States to the E.U.), nor, obviously, in terms of identity....
Our challenge today is to establish a system of global governance that provides a better balance between leadership, effectiveness, and legitimacy on the one hand, and coherence on the other...
well thanks for the lesson I was just using him as a figure head
...Before the negotiations were finalized, Bill Clinton came into office in the U.S....
In the U.S., Bush, who had worked to "fast track" the signing prior to the end of his term, ran out of time and had to pass the required ratification and signing into law to incoming president Bill Clinton. Prior to sending it to the United States Senate, Clinton introduced clauses to protect American workers and allay the concerns of many House members. It also required U.S. partners to adhere to environmental practices and regulations similar to its own. The ability to enforce these clauses, especially with Mexico, and with much consideration and emotional discussion, the House of Representatives approved NAFTA on November 17, 1993, by a vote of 234 to 200. The agreement's supporters included 132 Republicans and 102 Democrats. NAFTA passed the Senate 61-38. Senate supporters were 34 Republicans and 27 Democrats. Clinton signed it into law on December 8, 1993; it went into effect on January 1, 1994.[1][2] Clinton while signing the NAFTA bill stated:"...NAFTA means jobs. American jobs, and good-paying American jobs. If I didn't believe that, I wouldn't support this agreement."
en.wikipedia.org...
“....Then, in spring 2008, prices just as mysteriously fell back to their previous level. Jean Ziegler, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, calls it “a silent mass murder”, entirely due to “man-made actions.” Through the 1990s, Goldman Sachs and others lobbied hard and the regulations [controlling agricultural futures contracts] were abolished. Suddenly, these contracts were turned into “derivatives” that could be bought and sold among traders who had nothing to do with agriculture. A market in “food speculation” was born. The speculators drove the price through the roof....” www.independent.co.uk...
“...Today three companies, Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, and Bunge control the world’s grain trade. Chemical giant Monsanto controls three-fifths of seed production. Unsurprisingly, in the last quarter of 2007, even as the world food crisis was breaking, Archer Daniels Midland’s profits jumped 20%, Monsanto 45%, and Cargill 60%. Recent speculation with food commodities has created another dangerous “boom.” After buying up grains and grain futures, traders are hoarding, withholding stocks and further inflating prices....” www.globalissues.org...
“...President Bill Clinton, now the UN Special Envoy to Haiti, publicly apologized last month for forcing Haiti to drop tariffs on imported, subsidized US rice during his time in office. The policy wiped out Haitian rice farming and seriously damaged Haiti’s ability to be self-sufficient....” www.democracynow.org...