Human Minds

November 14, 2010

A New York Times online headline: "Netanyahu Agrees to Push for Freeze in Settlements"

The devil indeed lies in details. Read the details and the readers will find that this is a ploy to provide  temporary freeze (the freeze will be for 90 days) in exchange for permanent guarantees. Permanent guarantees from the U.S for temporary freeze, wow. Thank you Mr. Netanyahu for the "concession" and your "generosity". The details get even more interesting as permanent guarantees for a temporary freeze is based on suggestions made by the U.S., a supposedly neutral and objective broker. No wonder the peace talks never get passed the headlines.

Commentary Plus will like for the parties to get serious, stop playing the games, settle, and live in peace.

Insurance Industry

Insurance industry, and any other industry that makes profit from human health care business should be ashamed. Human health care must not be the business for profiteering. Health care business is for caring and serving. There are plenty of industries for profiteering. Profiteering on the back of ill and the frail is immoral.

MSNBC'S Olbermann Statement Falacy

MSNBC'S Olbermann upon his reinstatement to MSNBC made a statement regarding the rule which was used to fire him. He said, "it was not a stupid rule...". Mr. Olbermann you missed the point, and I am hoping that what you said about the rule that "it was not a stupid rule" was not a bargained statement between you and your corporate master.

The rule is not only stupid, it is immoral as the rule makes you a sophisticated rich slave of  a corporation that does not govern itself with similar rule. In general, corporations do not have to declare their contributions, and they are free to give unlimited amount. On the other hand, You, Mr. Olbermann like other mortal human persons have lesser freedom as a human person than the corporation person. So, in minimalist tradition, I will stop here, as I am hoping that some day you will consider the rule that got you fired is stupid and immoral, and you will advocate that corporations govern themselves with similar stupid and immoral rule should they impose such rules on other.

New Reality: Corporation Person vs Human Person

Post Supreme Court citizen united decision, there are two distinct types of persons with legal rights  in the United States. Type # 1 is a corporation person with unlimited legal rights. Type # 2 is a human person with limited rights. For example, corporation person has legal right to give anonymously unlimited contributions to any political party without permission from anyone; human person on the other hand has limited legal rights to give a limited prescribed amount, must declare his contributions, and if employed by the corporation person, the human person must seek corporation person's permission.

Bottom line, a corporation person has more rights than a human person. In this scenario, human person has  become a second class citizen. Welcome to a sophisticated slavery of the 21st century. We the human persons may not like to hear this, or may have already decided to live in denial and not offend corporation master, nevertheless the new reality is here.