[thecavemaster]

You still have produced nothing to support your position - not even a quote. Forgive me for not trusting your paraphrasing of something that Sandra Day O'Connor might or might not have said. Without a source and a quote to allow verification and to give the quote some context, your words lack credibility.

Oh, and profits are good. Without profits, none of us would have a job in this country. We should celebrate when an American companies post record profits. That means people are working for somebody other than the federal government, which cannot make profits. It means that retirement accounts are doing well. It means that the government is collecting abundant taxes without raising corporate and individual tax rates, thereby destroying more jobs in the private sector.

People who demonize corporate profits want to see this country fail, whether they realize it or not.

Allowing companies to participate in the political process means that they will no longer be sitting ducks when demagogues like Barack Obama set out to destroy their industries or to extort money from them to hand out to his favorite constituents.

Of course, the demonization of corporate profits is your twist. When silver and gold are counted as more dear than flesh and blood is when the suits within corporations behave like demons. DId I suggest the pursuit of silver and gold is problematic? No... but when that pursuit dominates all other interests, environment, people's welfare... yes, it is. Who stands between the environment, human beings, and a corporate culture that chooses money over any other consideration? A guy who sells a car with mechanical problems to an unwitting consumer magnified a thousand times? Who speaks for the individual against amassed corporate interest?