Service Chiefs Seek to Delay Vote on Gays

"...the chiefs said they wanted Congress to delay voting on the issue until after Dec. 1, when the Pentagon is to complete a review of how the military should carry out the changes."

This is so disheartening. Harry Truman did not wait for a "study" or "review" when integrating the armed services in 1948. There clearly no need for a "study/review" in the case of gays in the military. They are already there, side by side, in their units. And in many, if not most, cases the orientation is already known. In the case of blacks, the segregation made it much more of a change

Citizens United v Federal Election Commission

As you all know, this is the decision that allows corporations to spend money to support candidates for President or Congress, invalidating legislative campaign restrictions. It held that limits on corporate spending violate the free speech provisions of the First Amendment. Many, including President Obama, are rightfully concerned about the power of corporate wealth to influence election outcomes.

Of course, the need for campaign contributions and other funding support is a subversive element of our political process. Short of complete public funding, offering good remedies for this situation is beyond the scope of this blog and my brain.

But let me point out certain absurdities flowing from this decision that in effect confers personhood to corporations, which are artificial entities created by statute. Will corporations now have the unlimited right bear arms under the Second Amendment? That would really provide for militias.

And, to be fair, should not real people have the right to declare a "headquarters" in the Cayman Islands or Switzerland and thus avoid taxes?