|
|
We appreciate your help
in keeping this site going.
|
|
09-27-2010, 02:50 PM
|
Abby Normal
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 11,245
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by d-ray657
If it supports the bottom line, the only question the corporations ask is "Can we get away with it?" I will continue to do all I can to say "No you can't!"
Regards,
D-Ray
|
and how many Americans suffer and die because of this approach from big pharma?
Untold numbers. and the numbers are untold because of exactly this
|
09-28-2010, 07:54 AM
|
|
Resident octogenarian
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
|
|
Now we are cooking!
__________________
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
11-17-2010, 06:30 AM
|
|
Junior Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: The South
Posts: 14
|
|
What has large business ever done that was truly useful?
Buying power and efficiency are not mutually inclusive.
__________________
Huakit hi mirammiti lili zimen nibni
Mectatilix mihallimin me chitali tafal morchi
|
11-17-2010, 07:49 AM
|
|
Resident octogenarian
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
|
|
It all goes back to when the Supreme Court in its infinite wisdom declared that bribery is legal. K Street = Lobbyists = Bribery.
__________________
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
11-18-2010, 12:56 AM
|
|
Loyal Opposition
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Johnson County, Kansas
Posts: 14,401
|
|
I'm afraid it goes back much earlier than that. Corporations stole the fourteenth amendment from the people it was supposed to protect. In the fifty years following the passage of the amendment, and its equal protection clause, nearly half of the equal protection cases heard by the supreme court were brought on behalf of corporations. The corps and their high priced lawyers, who belonged to the same social class as the judges, prevailed again and again on arguments that their "personhood" entitled them to special protections under the law. Meanwhile. the Supreme Court took equal protection cases from those who were the intended beneficiaries of the Amendment - African Americans - less than one percent of the time. Yep, the odds were around fifty to one that corporations would obtain better protection under the Fourteenth amendment than the folks is was supposed to protect.
One will definitely not learn this bit of history from Beck University.
Regards,
D-Ray
__________________
Then I'll get on my knees and pray,
We won't get fooled again; Don't get fooled again
Last edited by d-ray657; 11-18-2010 at 08:01 AM.
|
11-18-2010, 06:53 AM
|
|
Resident octogenarian
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
|
|
Anyone (with a reasonable command of the English language) reading the Constitution AND Madison's Notes can only reach the conclusion that "We the people" refers to human beings NOT corporations. This of course pre-supposes that our justices are familiar with the English language, unfortunately most of them speak American.
__________________
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
11-19-2010, 12:50 AM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 273
|
|
Well D-ray I can tell you and I are probably going to have a lot in common on this site. Your story simply doesn't surprise me in the least.
For four years I've been working for a company that's corporate owned. Since I was in management I got a good look at corporate culture, and I now despise it. These people are like robots, they care about nothing but money, and they'll step on anyone to get more, and more, and more. This became such an issue for me, and this particular company's policies so ridiculous and unfair to it's managers, I actually resigned this past summer. Considering the way the job market is right now, I'm sure you'll all understand it was a difficult decision to make. But in the end, I realized the people I was working for are the antithesis of everything I am, and everything I believe in, and I should never have been involved in it in the first place.
|
11-19-2010, 01:28 AM
|
|
Loyal Opposition
|
|
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Johnson County, Kansas
Posts: 14,401
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Lin
Well D-ray I can tell you and I are probably going to have a lot in common on this site. Your story simply doesn't surprise me in the least.
For four years I've been working for a company that's corporate owned. Since I was in management I got a good look at corporate culture, and I now despise it. These people are like robots, they care about nothing but money, and they'll step on anyone to get more, and more, and more. This became such an issue for me, and this particular company's policies so ridiculous and unfair to it's managers, I actually resigned this past summer. Considering the way the job market is right now, I'm sure you'll all understand it was a difficult decision to make. But in the end, I realized the people I was working for are the antithesis of everything I am, and everything I believe in, and I should never have been involved in it in the first place.
|
Kudos. Sometimes living by our principles is not financially rewarding. I know that the companies are paying opposing counsel at twice our rate to get their butt kicked. In the long run, however, the peace of mind is priceless.
Regards,
D-Ray
__________________
Then I'll get on my knees and pray,
We won't get fooled again; Don't get fooled again
|
11-19-2010, 07:03 AM
|
|
Resident octogenarian
|
|
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 20,860
|
|
When I was with Bell I always figured that my job as a Section Manager was to develop my staff to their fullest potential. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that here no manager ever clued his/her staff in about anything. The argument that I was given was that if you taught them everything you knew they would take your job.
Then the monthly video feed pep talks from HQ where we were exhorted to "Destroy our competitors". Compete yes, but destroy? Retirement has its bennies.
__________________
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.
Eleanor Roosevelt
|
11-19-2010, 11:42 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 273
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by merrylander
Then the monthly video feed pep talks from HQ where we were exhorted to "Destroy our competitors". Compete yes, but destroy? Retirement has its bennies.
|
Lol! That's hilarious.
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:36 PM.
|