Here is someone who makes a good point whether you agree with her, or not.  She is willing to stand up.  She wants to "talk"! She wants others to stand up for what they believe in.  As Alice Hoffman said:  "Once you know something, you can't unknow it.  It's an amazing burden that we all share."  We are all activists.  Some of us are activists to keep thing the same, to ignore what is going on around us, by doing nothing.  Others are activists for change they would like to see by actively participating.  It's not the most important thing that active activists have time, or not, but almost all have the "heart". 

http://www.upworthy.com/she-was-going-to-introduce-president-obama-instead-she-got-a-standing-ovation?c=ufb1

This is how Mega-Corporations are abusing our democracy. Corporations, as people, can use their money to buy elections. They pretend to be social welfare groups to avoid paying taxes. They charge each member of their social welfare group a minimum of $100,000 to be a member of their group and get tax deductions to do so! This is outrageous! We must Move To Amend our Constitution! We must take back our democracy and get back to a ! U.S. Constitution that was written by and for "The People"...starting with "We the People...."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us/politics/tax-filings-hint-at-extent-of-koch-brothers-reach.html?_r=0

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/us/politics/tax-filings-hint-at-extent-of-koch-brothers-reach.html?_r=0

 We must Move To Amend Our U.S. Constitution.
https://movetoamend.org/

We the People, Not We the Corporations | Move to Amend

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We, the People of the United States of America, reject the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling and other related cases, and move to amend our Constitution to firmly establish that money is not speech, and that human beings, not corporations, are persons entitled to constitutional rights.

I love Alice Hoffman's quote about the burden of knowledge: "Once you know something, you can not unknow it. It's a tremendous burden that each of us shares."

We know that corporate personhood has been bad for our country, giving Mega-corporations the same protection with their money that we have for our speech.

We know that Citizens United is not what our founding fathers had in mind when they started the words to our U.S. Constitution with "We the people….". In recent decades it has been deliberately changed to: "We the Mega-corporations…….".

We know that A corporation is not a person when the very things that a person needs to survive (clean air, clean water, and healthy food) are too often contaminated by our Mega -corporation in order for them to survive. Some Mega-corporations survive by harming, and killing, people.

We know that a corporation should not be able to use its money for free speech. If money is the same as free speech than their voices, are much stronger than a person's voice.
Thinking Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and even Green Party candidates want Citizens United overturned. President Obama says that: Citizens United is the worst Supreme Court decision in decades and Republican John McCain says that it was the worst decision ever!
If we do know those things above than are things we can do. Alice Hoffman would say there are things we must do! If we don't act we are being just as much of an activist to keep things the same as those marching on the White House steps to get things changed. Here are some things we can do, we can:

1. We can sign the petition to join your local Move To Amend
https://www.facebook.com/groups/DuluthAreaMTA/?ref=notif&notif_t=group_r2j effort and your National Move To Amend:https://movetoamend.org/
2. We can become informed and, once you become informed, inform others via Facebook, editorials, talk shows, and/or just talk to people about Move To Amend and Citizens United. Minnesota can become the28th state to pass legislation in support of Move To Amend
3. We can donate some of our time and money to work on the cause of your choice. Environmentally, 350.org is one of the most important environmental web sites.
4. We can: Buy local, BUy local, BUY Local, BUY LOCAL!!https://movetoamend.org/

This is a message from Robert Reich. He has served in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He knows what he is talking about. He always keeps it short and to the point. Here is what he had to say related to our Labor Day celebrations: When I served in President Clinton's cabinet, we had some good years when—for many Americans—doing good work meant earning good pay.

But these days, with persistently high unemployment and with inequality on the uptick, many working families just don't have the opportunities they used to.

As we celebrate this holiday weekend, let's honor the spirit of Labor Day by committing ourselves to turn that around. I've put together a short video explaining how we can help working families get a fair shake. I hope you'll check it out.http://front.moveon.org/how-workers-can-get-a-fair-shake-a-labor-day-message-from-robert-reich/#.UiWWYjamiSo

"Voting is easy and marginally useful, but it is a poor substitute for democracy, which requires direct action by concerned citizens"- Ben Franklin

https://movetoamend.org/

The Real IRS Scandal
Only about 12 percent of S&P 500 companies voluntarily disclose at least some of the so-called "dark money" contributions they make to 501c(4)s. There's no excuse for congressional Republicans or Democrats failing to plug this loophole by requiring full disclosure by all corporations and individuals of all their political spending.
Robert Reich

What's Going On?

Our Duluth Area Move To Amend has made a survey that we are providing to area groups, and individuals, in our effort to help everyone focus their attention on the problem of Citizens United. Please contact me if you would like to have one of those surveys for your group. We are trying our best to work together with as many issue focused groups as possible. The 2010 Supreme Court decision entitled "Citizens United" reinforced attempts by some Mega-corporations to take over our economy, and our democracy. Those corporations are focused on the single purpose of "profits", to the detriment of "people". Below is a list of interest areas that are being dramatically affected by corporations being able to use their money as people use their "Freedom of Speech' and by corporations being legally defined as a person. These interest areas include:
Corporate Personhood
Student Debt
Health Care Acess
Democracy
Wal-mart
Corporate Media
ALEC
TPP
The Military/Industrial Complex
People wanting background checks for individual wanting to purchase their guns online and at gun shows.
Tar Sands
Monsanto
Fracking
Austerity
Public Banks
Goldman Sachs
Popular Resistence

Let me know if you would like me to go into more detail about any one of the topics above or on any other topic that is not listed. Also, let me know if you would like to know where, besides Move To Amend, you could go to get more information on any of these concerns.https://movetoamend.org/