tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post5362267772407744060..comments2024-03-15T03:20:38.106-05:00Comments on Brains and Eggs: A day after filibuster on TPP, Senate Dems fold like a cheap card table *Updated*PDiddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05851660342241127485noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901123.post-518402899466268172015-05-13T21:08:11.151-05:002015-05-13T21:08:11.151-05:00This is why I stopped calling myself a Democrat ye...This is why I stopped calling myself a Democrat years ago: It seems like the parties will argue over abortion and guns, but when it counts - when it's something that involves corporate power - they are guaranteed to wind up siding with the transnationals every single time. <br /><br />It's something Chomsky has noted time and time again: There can be lively debate along a fairly narrow spectrum in our system. <br /><br />But you start talking about corporate personhood or about how these trade deals create an unelected and unaccountable private world government (and if you look at the trade courts, they DO) and you will be labeled a fringe nut. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323871207793126503noreply@blogger.com