<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Mike,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the links to the George Carlin VD's where he criticizes the Corporations in his particularly distinctive manner. Generally, I especially like the use of humour for both complimenting and criticizing. In fact -- as my wife best knows -- I create ad lib humour all the time (perhaps my "uncle" Spike's influence).</div><div><br></div><div>I am especially glad, though, that you have heard the message from myself, Prof. John McMurtry, <b>Michael Moore</b> and countless others that the corporations are the -- invisible to those swimming in denial [de nile?] or blinded by fear -- monster in the room.</div><div><br></div><div>But just to compliment corporations, the current trends indicate that corporations appear to be increasingly successful at Complex-Life-Destruction Generation! One hopes that these -- mostly corporate anomie caused -- trends are reversible!</div><div><br></div><div>Now I look forward to seeing what more you & Donna are going to do after we finish laughing about/at it/them! (We leave out or include corporations in our multi-causal analyses of problems, both with some risk!)</div><div><br></div><div>My life-role is partly to advance the survival need for higher 'values and purposes' -- as Obama did during his election campaign. But also I am tentatively suggesting what our Higher-Global -Universal Values/Purposes might be. And far-reaching discussions about them should be an <b>Open Collaborative Innovation</b> process --an essential part of an effective democracy (as <b>Michael Moore, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5850F320090906">http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5850F320090906</a>, and others might suggest).</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,</div><div>Robert</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 25-Jan-10, at 2:11 PM, Mike Nickerson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi Robert:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br>You've likely heard about eh US Suprime Court decision that it is okay for corporations to fund elections to whatever extent thy want.<br><br>A great opportunity to bring this to popular attention.<br><br>I've circulated the below to numerous individuals and institutions that have been doing public education using the corporate elections hook.<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">a) Corporations are people;<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">b) Corporations are owned by people;<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">c) It is against to law for people to own people.<br></blockquote></blockquote><br>Run with the opportunities, this is a clear opportunity.<br><br>On the topic, you will get a laugh from:<br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYIC0eZYEtI&feature=related</a><br><br>Best wishes.<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Yours, Mike N.<br><br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"Our ignorance is not so vast as<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>our failure to use what we know."<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>M.K. Hubbert<br><br>http://www.hubbertpeak.com/index.asp<br>-----------------------------------------<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://www.SustainWellBeing.net<br><br>Sustainability Project - 7th Generation Initiative<br>2799 McDonalds Corners Rd.<br>RR #3<br>Lanark, Ontario<br>K0G 1K0<br><br>phone: (613) 259-9988<br>e-mail: sustain5@web.ca<br><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>