From the Heart

The Right to Life for Corporations

In 2004 three Canadians created the movie "The Corporation." It's as relevant now as it was then.

 

The movie shows how big companies dictate our lives. You see, the US government gave the right to coporations to be an entity with all the same rights that you and I have. Their purpose is to stay alive, no matter the cost....whether it's to others, or to the environment.

 

Check out the website for the movie at:

 

http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=2

 

You can also see the movie chapters at YouTube:

 

http://www.thecorporation.com/index.cfm?page_id=46

 

It does remind me of the movie "Network."
We really should be mad as hell and not take it anymore.

But we do take it.

We think it's only the government that we should fear.

 

We become blind and apathetic to the notion that corporations are what really control our lives.......our money, our eating habits, the water we drink, our health, what we should buy, how we should dress. 

With all the money and lobbying that corporations contribute to government elections and officials, is it possible that corporations have much more power over us and our world than the government that we fear so much? Just a question. 

 

 

 

 

Living in the World

Soon after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast I was driving in my car when a bright yellow car caught my eye. On the back window in large white letters were the words "SUPPORT NEW ORLEANS."

I then watched as the driver of this sporty car proceeded to cut off a car in traffic, not once, but twice. I was quite ready to be angry at this driver. Wasn't the driver aware of traffic?

And then I thought better of myself. The apparent rude behavior didn't seem directed towards the other car. Perhaps the driver was not aware of the other car. Perhaps the driver was in a hurry due to a medical problem, or lateness, or whatever. So I chose to let go of the negative thought as getting angry wasn't going to help my day or anyone else's.

Circumstances are not always as they seem. I tend to forget that my energy is colliding with the energies of so many other peole and things. And that sometimes it is all about me, and sometimes it isn't. And sometimes I can have an effect and change the world, but mostly it's about me changing me.

But I wonder........ who has "SUPPORT PAKISTAN" on the back window of their car?