The Second Bill of Rights was a proposal made by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944 to suggest that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second bill of rights. Roosevelt did not argue for any change to the United States Constitution; he argued that the second bill of rights was to be implemented politically, not by federal judges. Roosevelt's stated justification was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness." Roosevelt's remedy was to create an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee:On June 25, 2004, Salon.com published a piece entitled FDR's unfinished revolution, which has more on the recent history of the document.
* A job with a living wage
* Freedom from unfair competition and monopolies
* A home
* Medical care
* Education
* Recreation
Roosevelt stated that having these rights would guarantee American security, and that America's place in the world depended upon how far these and similar rights had been carried into practice.
“….In fact, far from holding his tongue he has proceeded to bite the hand that feeds and attacked his own studio bosses.posted by ericb at 2:09 PM on September 7, 2009 [12 favorites]
In an outburst at the Venice Film Festival that could spell the end of his Hollywood career, Moore turned on a roomful of executives from the film company that bankrolled his latest movie and ridiculed them as the perfect example of a capitalist corporation he criticises in his new film, before pointing out that he is now wealthy enough to make his own.
Moore, whose film Capitalism: A Love Story is in the festival's official competition, stood in front of executives from the big-budget studio Paramount and openly mocked them. ‘Why would these companies give money to me, a guy who is diametrically opposed to everything they stand for?’ he said.
‘One of the beautiful flaws of capitalism is they will use the rope you give them to hang themselves if you can make a buck. Every single movie I have made over the past 20 years has made a profit. There are not a dozen people who can say that. I'm in a very desirable club,’ he said.
But Moore, whose film is a scathing critique of America's Wall Street bankers whom he brands ‘gamblers’, said he may never make another Hollywood-backed film after this damning indictment of capitalism.
‘I got the sense that they [Hollywood's moneymen] don't care what I think or feel... I thought, 'why don't I make a movie that will guarantee me never getting a dime from them again?'
‘I think this is the last time they will give me that money. They are not an ideology, they are just about money. I can imagine the conversation – 'Look what he's said about us' says one man, and other says 'But look how much money he made',’ he said.
Moore added that he has been saving his millions so that when Hollywood finally turns against him, he will be able to fund his own documentaries.
‘I have been saving up my money since Sicko to get to this day,’ he said. ‘I will always make my own movies. Now I have my own money to make them.’”*
"Now we had had enough of our 'beer trip' for the time being and in order to cool our heated blood, we started on a double march, until Edgar Bauer stumbled over a heap of paving stones. Hurrah, an idea! And in memory of mad students' pranks he picked up a stone and Crash! Clatter! A gas lantern went flying into splinters. Madness is contagious - Marx and I did not stay far behind, and we broke four or five street lamps."posted by Abiezer at 4:25 PM on September 7, 2009
"It’s the media, not the White House, that is driving the term. A search of the White House website finds that the only time Obama actually uses the term 'czar' is in reference to [Gil] Kerlikowske [, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy]. This position, of course, isn’t new; George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan all had drug czars. The rest of the results for 'czar' on the White House website are from reporters’ questions or responses to those questions."posted by ericb at 8:44 AM on September 9, 2009
"Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) rips President Obama for 'appointing a virtual army of "czars"'..."Czar has become a politically-charged term these days.
Beck Includes Senate-Confirmed Staffer (Twice) In His Photo Of ‘Czars’ ‘Not Confirmed By Congress’.
Taxpayers for Common Sense: Dancing with the Czars.
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