[GPSCC-chat] I Now Have 2 Community Pages On Facebook

[Spencer Graves]

Hi, John, et al.:


        It is in the best short term interest of the venal 1% to claim 
that repealing corporate personhood would hurt small business.  I don't 
know if that is what is happening, but I would expect that Citizens 
United and similar organizations would be paying people to write 
messages on Facebook with claims like, ""SOPA would deprive small 
businesses (ie web sites) of their property (their domain names and 
access to their sites) without due process".  Big money in politics 
today is often spent (a) doing focus groups to find out what kinds of 
arguments against it resonate with people, (b) following that with 
sample surveys to pick the strongest of several likely candidates, then 
(c) circulating that message in a variety of ways, often concealing the 
source.


       The concerns about SOPA and NDAA are real, but I the primary 
impact on small business I see from repeal of corporate personhood is 
that it would deprive the 1% of certain tools they now use to increase 
their wealth and power at the expense of small businesses.


       (more on your Facebook page citing research that social mobility 
is lower in the US, where the power of corporations has grown 
substantially over the past 125 years, than in much of Europe, which 
reportedly does not have corporate personhood.)


       Spencer Graves


On 1/3/2012 8:44 AM, John Thielking wrote:
>
>
>             Folks,
>             I now have two community pages on Facebook which may be of
>             interest to you.  Check them out if you like/if you have time.
>             Thanks.
>             Sincerely,
>             John Thielking
>             Small Businesses Are People Too
>             <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Small-Businesses-Are-People-Too/169333889834098>
>
>
>             A prime example of the contradictions within the movement
>             and the need to think over carefully the MTA Section 1 is
>             the case of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). SOPA would
>             deprive small businesses (ie web sites) of their property
>             (their domain names and access to their sites) without due
>             process (big businesses could merely petition a judge
>             claiming violations of copyright and the sites would be
>             shut down for a minimum of 5 days before a hearing could
>             be held to present evidence). Some in the Occupy movement
>             are busy protesting this unconstitutional move by
>             Congress, while at the same time pushing for passage of
>             MTA Section 1 which would make their claims of
>             unconstitutionality of SOPA moot. So which is it? Do you
>             support rights for small businesses or don't you?
>
> And
>
>
>             Peacemovies.com
>             <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Peacemoviescom/253761754669963>
>
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>             The final post for 2011: Go to
>             www.peacemovies.com/offhollywood.html
>             <http://www.peacemovies.com/offhollywood.html> for a quick
>             peek at the possibilities of legally streaming content for
>             "free" that is often of higher quality, more original and
>             almost always less violent than the typical Hollywood
>             fare. If you like what you just streamed, please donate
>             generously to the site that provided the content. Thanks.
>
> Peacemovies.com: The Off-Hollywood Page 
> <http://www.peacemovies.com/offhollywood.html>
> www.peacemovies.com <http://www.peacemovies.com/>
> non-violent movies, family entertainment
>
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