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djean111

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16. It is news to me that any corporation can sue to overturn local or federal rules and
Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:54 PM
Dec 2014

regulations if those rules and regulations keep them from maximizing profits.

So you are saying that it is cute a and precious that we have laws and rules and regulations that we have to follow - but any corporation can ignore them, overturn them, sue for calculated lost profits due to them? In a private tribunal with corporate lawyers as judges?

And that things like this can be negotiated in secret, while the evidently witless citizens are enacting rules and regulations that they feel they should have? Should we just run every rule and regulation and law by Monsanto now, just to see if they approve?

Again, Manny...who are the Third Wayers on DU who are MineralMan Dec 2014 #1
Um... MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #4
Well, then, that was informative as Hell. MineralMan Dec 2014 #7
Sorry. Content added. nt. MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #8
What does that link have to do with DU and adult conversations, Manny? MineralMan Dec 2014 #12
He is satirizing Obama and his peeps and doing it effectively. Vattel Dec 2014 #38
No...he's not effective. The people who were tortured deserve better OPs....not schtick that comes msanthrope Dec 2014 #40
And do these people deserve better speeches than Obama's speech about "real patriots" Vattel Dec 2014 #41
If the President says it, it's different. MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #42
Manny, all they want is for you to just STFU about all these little Zorra Dec 2014 #49
That woman was thinking bad thoughts MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #50
My guess is that she was illustrating those bad thoughts with sarcasm. nt Zorra Dec 2014 #103
President Obama presented us with hard truths that quite a few Americans seem unwilling msanthrope Dec 2014 #46
Hard truths like the one about torturers being real patriots Vattel Dec 2014 #47
Hard truths....like we'd all like to pretend that there wasn't a time in America when msanthrope Dec 2014 #52
Obama individually lauds the torturers. At least Manny doesn't do that. Vattel Dec 2014 #53
He lauded no one...he just reminded those who like to pretend they were always msanthrope Dec 2014 #54
Torturers are patriots? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #58
Well, Manny...did not Bush and our media portray them as such? Did not Bush's msanthrope Dec 2014 #59
President Obama said the torturers were patriots. MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #61
Cite? YoungDemCA Dec 2014 #69
No...he didn't. But you keep up your search for adult conversation. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #71
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2014 #66
Yes ...they are willing to break international and moral laws for our country. L0oniX Dec 2014 #79
You keep spinning Obama's words. Obama praised the torturers by calling them "real patriots." Vattel Dec 2014 #63
Obama praised no one...he just reminded us that not everyone was so pure in retrospect. msanthrope Dec 2014 #74
Toture ain't like smoking pot MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #81
I have no idea what you mean. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #84
Great, you can join the rest of us Union Scribe Dec 2014 #108
I defend no torturer. But damn...America bears the responsibility for torture, don't we? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #111
No. Torturers and the people who guide them do. Union Scribe Dec 2014 #117
You know....that's kind of like saying that only the Nazis killed Jews. Lots of good Germans, and msanthrope Dec 2014 #126
As much as the Germans or Japanese did. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #130
You get my point..which is why I'm happy tax dollars paid for Japanese internment msanthrope Dec 2014 #131
We owe them Nuremberg trials. nt MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #135
Why not a Truth and Reconciliation Tribunal? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #190
" We let Bush and Cheney decide the moral compass....to our shame." R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #113
2004....elected. 2003....Iraq War. Do we all not owe something to the victims msanthrope Dec 2014 #115
Shit yes, but as a 15 percenter we didn't know what was happening R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #119
Our system of justice would never bring a just criminal verdict. And I msanthrope Dec 2014 #133
The point is to bring it and not sit down. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #137
As if Bush did any different when his approval ratings were in the 30s. merrily Dec 2014 #183
Bullshit. nilesobek Dec 2014 #207
The op was an exercise in male privilege? Doctor_J Dec 2014 #55
And my racism. MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #62
nope, that was the watermelon debacle. still playing the martyr over that huge gaffe, eh? bettyellen Dec 2014 #64
The one that never existed? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #65
Perhaps you could saunter over to the African American group and explain how "low" they all are bettyellen Dec 2014 #68
As I suspected, no such post exists MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #78
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #85
Can't supply a link? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #87
context: after many threads about POC offended @ fried chicken and watermelon issue- your response: bettyellen Dec 2014 #92
Seriously? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #94
Very fucking seriously Manny. You KNOW you offended people and apologized, but the apology bettyellen Dec 2014 #100
Do you have the link that has ben asked for? R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #116
there are three in this thread- here is the "apology" and it contains a link to the original... bettyellen Dec 2014 #120
I believe that you need to grow a more robust covering to satire. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2014 #125
satire doesn't use reverse racism to argue with POC that their feelings are wrong, LOL... bettyellen Dec 2014 #154
Funny ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #192
Thank you bettyellen. I was just looking for that. sheshe2 Dec 2014 #168
got three alerts so far- no hides. one imagines that I alerted for calling someone else stupid..... bettyellen Dec 2014 #171
No, just hundreds of links complaining about the imaginary post MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #121
It was not imaginary and you know it! sheshe2 Dec 2014 #169
gaslighting bullshit! bettyellen Dec 2014 #173
Manny not for nothing - I write this with respect JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #177
hundreds of posts exist on DU calling attention to your racial gaffes, watermelon, Mike Brown..... bettyellen Dec 2014 #112
Am I reading this correctly? ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #189
Okay...where is he joking about chicken and watermelon? NaturalHigh Apr 2015 #210
Okay. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2015 #211
So why didn't you particpate in the discussion in the AA group? nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #76
What discussion? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #80
The discussion in the AA group over the racial offensiveness of some of your OPs. msanthrope Dec 2014 #83
Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #86
stupid? like not aware that fried chicken and watermelon have been used to slur blacks stupid? bettyellen Dec 2014 #89
Still can't find my watermelon post? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #91
no comment on that amazing exchange- where you learn for the very first time in your life...... bettyellen Dec 2014 #97
Jury Results. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #107
brilliant- they missed that I did supply links, and was subject to a direct personal attack. bettyellen Dec 2014 #114
You certainly didn't link to your characterization of what the post would contain. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #118
the thread made fun of AA's for not getting over fried chicken and watermelon jokes. bettyellen Dec 2014 #122
I disagree with your interpretation of it. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #136
I know, it's plausible deniability Manny, har har har..... bettyellen Dec 2014 #139
I realize it may seem impossible but AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #140
Yeah, the gefilte fish thread was full of people who it never occurred to that the OP was an bettyellen Dec 2014 #144
I'm not inside Manny's head, so this is speculation but... AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #146
he was making fun of POC upset by slurs- it's THAT simple. bettyellen Dec 2014 #150
Welp. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #151
the "reverse racism" card been played once too often for it to be a mistake- bettyellen Dec 2014 #153
I try to cut him some slack. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #156
he called me a liar for referencing a thing he did and apologized for- how more full of shit can bettyellen Dec 2014 #158
And speaking of juries... TreasonousBastard Dec 2014 #178
Please explain his "Apology" in the context of his current denial. Thanks. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #193
My comment has nothing to do with the OP, but why I don't participate in the jury system on DU. still_one Dec 2014 #159
yep, some people can get away with anything, yet those who challenge them get swarmed with bettyellen Dec 2014 #160
I understand your point. Things were much more fair when moderators made the still_one Dec 2014 #162
and with the new system there is bigger incentive to bettyellen Dec 2014 #164
I considered editing it. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #161
it was shitty to post that nasty poor excuse for a juror's attack. bettyellen Dec 2014 #163
It didn't occur to me that there is an alert for jury results. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #188
At least to me when I served on juries here on DU, personal bias seemed to still_one Dec 2014 #165
posted it twice, but I'd also love a link to your well received OP about Mike Brown- bettyellen Dec 2014 #129
I'm reading this post with my mouth hanging WIDE open Number23 Dec 2014 #143
what set me off is this "woe is me, falsely accused of racist posts bullshit. bettyellen Dec 2014 #145
I am literally DYING laughing. This mess is so transparent, so pitiful and so bizarre that it simply Number23 Dec 2014 #147
yeah, the nasty insults and phony outcry - for links already posted- seems to have actually fooled bettyellen Dec 2014 #149
Gas Lighting - JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #180
What? 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #195
I didn't say that to you JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #196
Unfortunately ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #198
No it's not JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #199
No we won't ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #200
Posted without comment. Bobbie Jo Dec 2014 #186
!!! Number23 Dec 2014 #203
Hoist, not Hoisted. AtheistCrusader Dec 2014 #148
Nailed it... SidDithers Dec 2014 #191
+1 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #194
Aloha bettyellen.. your post got alerted on and here are the results.. :) Cha Dec 2014 #167
I didn't alert on it- but apparently there are minions who know I alerted on the direct insult to bettyellen Dec 2014 #170
I'm sorry...did you not post a thread about "gefilte fish" and then apologize for msanthrope Dec 2014 #99
the excuse was he "didn't understand" why blacks find it problematic.... bettyellen Dec 2014 #101
Oh...I think those two threads are priceless, given the context of the watermelon/chicken thread. msanthrope Dec 2014 #102
I missed that one- got a link? Manny demands links- let's give him them! bettyellen Dec 2014 #104
Here you go~ sheshe2 Dec 2014 #172
oh gosh, I thought that was someone else..... bettyellen Dec 2014 #174
he only cares to use it to make him some sort of a martyr here, LOL. bettyellen Dec 2014 #142
you APOLOGIZED over it- not that it was credible, but you apologized, LOL.... bettyellen Dec 2014 #127
and discussing it on thread after thread in GD... bettyellen Dec 2014 #90
Can't find it? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #93
It's already posted- with CONTEXT- that thing you find soooo very inconvenient. bettyellen Dec 2014 #95
Good night. MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #96
I posted two links- canpost a dozen more to show you are completely aware how offended POC were.... bettyellen Dec 2014 #98
.... sheshe2 Dec 2014 #166
You're referring to your post, a post you called racially insensitive, but not racist? CreekDog Dec 2014 #209
+1 sheshe2 Dec 2014 #77
The Irish who died of famine probably also deserved better than Jonathan Swift's KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #106
Holy Crap...I needed that laugh! No....there's another Swift work that is more apropos.... msanthrope Dec 2014 #109
I think I saw a Twain comparison here- and I had to stop myself before asking bettyellen Dec 2014 #123
Oh yeah!! Nailed it! nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #128
Swift helped to establish a - dare I say it? -- great movement KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #185
Sometimes sarcasm is the only way to deal with hypocrisy. JDPriestly Dec 2014 #175
Dammit Manny... 99Forever Dec 2014 #43
Mostly, I must not think bad thoughts MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #44
That's All You've Got ProfessorGAC Dec 2014 #10
..... monmouth4 Dec 2014 #6
+1,000,000 nt Andy823 Dec 2014 #37
You're requesting Manny identify the OP and the Du members? Seriously? 2banon Dec 2014 #57
First off, where did I say it was DUers saying this? MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #60
Looking forward to some more "cops are great threads" Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #176
Alright, got your sarcasm. Xyzse Dec 2014 #2
Manny, you are unhinged. JK NCTraveler Dec 2014 #3
Funny about "adult" conversation - ask for reasons to be FOR the TPP, and djean111 Dec 2014 #5
You wrote something startling..... msanthrope Dec 2014 #13
It is news to me that any corporation can sue to overturn local or federal rules and djean111 Dec 2014 #16
As to your first point....yeah. Go read the sick chicken case where 4 butchers took on FDR's msanthrope Dec 2014 #19
And in 10 minutes, or less ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #28
love your GIFs! I can't believe we are having the denial about mocking POC concerns again here.. bettyellen Dec 2014 #110
Except a court case isn't a treaty. NewDeal_Dem Dec 2014 #141
I show up at elections. No need to imply that I don't. n/t djean111 Dec 2014 #35
UNCTAD rule like all rule is bad because we at least aspire to be self governing TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #70
It is astounding to me how so many people who fancy themselves as being politically savvy YoungDemCA Dec 2014 #72
I thank you. I find a firm grasp of civics tends to win arguments around here. nt msanthrope Dec 2014 #75
More than likely GMO people. aspirant Dec 2014 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #9
You know....as misanthropic as I am, I have not been able to engage in sarcasm yet. I'm msanthrope Dec 2014 #17
I quoted Caddyshack to Third Way Manny, and got some posts hidden, so I don't want to participate in msanthrope Dec 2014 #11
+1 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #15
yeah, TPP has nothing to do with things like torture and police abuse JI7 Dec 2014 #22
Agreed Bobbie Jo Dec 2014 #25
Yes it is lunasun Dec 2014 #88
Well said...nt SidDithers Dec 2014 #31
+1,000,000 nt Andy823 Dec 2014 #36
Another "+1" YoungDemCA Dec 2014 #73
what the hell? You quoted a movie and got a post hidden Number23 Dec 2014 #204
Well...Third Way Manny tends to be pretty thin-skinned, for a fictional character. msanthrope Dec 2014 #205
Engage in effective activism, the end steve2470 Dec 2014 #14
the best we can do is some hand-me-down, fourth-rate buffoonery masquerading as pasquinade. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #18
Not really. There are many adult conversations on DU. MineralMan Dec 2014 #20
+100 nt okaawhatever Dec 2014 #26
Post hoc ergo prompter hoc. Very cool. LanternWaste Dec 2014 #34
K&R! n/t whatchamacallit Dec 2014 #21
This doesn't seem like an adult conversation. el_bryanto Dec 2014 #24
Well, it didn't start as one, since the original post MineralMan Dec 2014 #27
TWM posts are attempts at adult conversation?... SidDithers Dec 2014 #29
i think because Fate actually did care about the issues JI7 Dec 2014 #33
Seems your act has run its course ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #30
Nah, it's just as effective as ever. ForgoTheConsequence Dec 2014 #67
You put the hummus WHERE? ... nt TBF Dec 2014 #32
Hey ...you aren't getting pessimistic are yah? L0oniX Dec 2014 #39
Oh noes! 99Forever Dec 2014 #45
Awesome! Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #48
Listen to George Carlin, he answers all your questions NoJusticeNoPeace Dec 2014 #51
With you, Manny? You often make it a bit hard. nt Hekate Dec 2014 #56
thank you. n/t 7wo7rees Dec 2014 #82
Sure. When you dispense with the Bart Simpson snark. bluestateguy Dec 2014 #105
In speech class I learned never Sweeney Dec 2014 #124
with all the other stuff going on in this thread marym625 Dec 2014 #132
I'm followed around by a swarm of intellectually-challenged gnats MannyGoldstein Dec 2014 #134
It's horrible marym625 Dec 2014 #138
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #152
of course! marym625 Dec 2014 #155
This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Dec 2014 #157
Oh! You are very naughty! JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #179
I don't see much at all going on in this thread Capt. Obvious Dec 2014 #197
Sounds more like "Straw-Manny" JoePhilly Dec 2014 #181
Holy shit, Manny, you really pissed off the Serious People! Odin2005 Dec 2014 #182
lol Marrah_G Dec 2014 #184
I think we must have duplicate ignore lists! Hatchling Dec 2014 #202
Thank you! Marrah_G Dec 2014 #206
Evidently.... Triana Dec 2014 #187
Perhaps my all-time favorite thread on DU. Thanks Manny. Scuba Dec 2014 #201
"You're gonna love Soylent Green." BeanMusical Dec 2014 #208
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