Comments on: Do We Need a 28th Amendment? http://www.demablogue.com/law/do-we-need-a-28th-amendment/ Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:04:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Max http://www.demablogue.com/law/do-we-need-a-28th-amendment/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 Max Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:08:35 +0000 http://www.demablogue.com/?p=909#comment-2019 As disgusting as the influence of special-interest lobbies (both corporate and union) is, it is superior by far to what occurred in 2008 - a massive flow of anonymous, untrackable $200 credit-card donations to a certain Democratic candidate. When it comes to the Congress of the USA, I'll take even insurance and oil companies over George Soros' shills anyday.<br><br>Now, regarding the proposed amendment. While Mr. Lessig (who earned my profound respect with his "Free Culture" book) is a well established law authority, he appears to ignore an obvious fact: in the world of privately owned media, election process cannot possibly remain free. Everyone has a right to free speech but whoever owns or controls the newspapers and the airwaves has an advantage so powerful that it practically negates that right for others. The abundance of election money, all but guaranteed by the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday, will partly alleviate that advantage. As disgusting as the influence of special-interest lobbies (both corporate and union) is, it is superior by far to what occurred in 2008 – a massive flow of anonymous, untrackable $200 credit-card donations to a certain Democratic candidate. When it comes to the Congress of the USA, I'll take even insurance and oil companies over George Soros' shills anyday.

Now, regarding the proposed amendment. While Mr. Lessig (who earned my profound respect with his “Free Culture” book) is a well established law authority, he appears to ignore an obvious fact: in the world of privately owned media, election process cannot possibly remain free. Everyone has a right to free speech but whoever owns or controls the newspapers and the airwaves has an advantage so powerful that it practically negates that right for others. The abundance of election money, all but guaranteed by the Supreme Court's decision on Thursday, will partly alleviate that advantage.

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