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	<title>Comments on: As the Countdown to Bankruptcy Continues, the L.A. Times Takes a Valiant Stand Against Free Speech</title>
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		<title>By: garment sales worldwide</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: crotch</title>
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		<dc:creator>crotch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Nonya</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nonya</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey man good entry. Did you manage to catch last nights local news? That&#039;s some great writing material lol. Peace</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey man good entry. Did you manage to catch last nights local news? That&#8217;s some great writing material lol. Peace</p>
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		<title>By: Chrystal Castano</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chrystal Castano</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bonjour, I have a habit of exploring the net and stumbled upon (no pun intended) your journal! Over all, it is is very good, I, for one, am very fond of the design. If you get a second can you shoot me an email at bobbymc@live.com and let me know who designed it or where you found it? Much Appreciated.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bonjour, I have a habit of exploring the net and stumbled upon (no pun intended) your journal! Over all, it is is very good, I, for one, am very fond of the design. If you get a second can you shoot me an email at <a href="mailto:bobbymc@live.com">bobbymc@live.com</a> and let me know who designed it or where you found it? Much Appreciated.</p>
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		<title>By: Man Wuerth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Man Wuerth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Gekkowannabe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Gekkowannabe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:03:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Rutten has indeed plumbed new lows: after the First Amendment piece, he turned thumbs down on an effort to lay off some of LA&#039;s 30,000 employees--about 1 for each 116 residents.  Laying people off would be hurtful, he says, and in the long run we&#039;re all dead.&quot;  So his economic plan to deal with LA&#039;s impending collapse: spend like its 1999; don&#039;t lay anyone off; raise taxes.  He gives off the impression of being smart. He seems nice enough. A smart liberal that would be a great talker at the dinner table. But then he says things that reveal the immeasureable depth of his economic, historical and political ignorance. He and his paper have enabled the ruin of a great city.     </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Rutten has indeed plumbed new lows: after the First Amendment piece, he turned thumbs down on an effort to lay off some of LA&#039;s 30,000 employees&#8211;about 1 for each 116 residents.  Laying people off would be hurtful, he says, and in the long run we&#039;re all dead.&quot;  So his economic plan to deal with LA&#039;s impending collapse: spend like its 1999; don&#039;t lay anyone off; raise taxes.  He gives off the impression of being smart. He seems nice enough. A smart liberal that would be a great talker at the dinner table. But then he says things that reveal the immeasureable depth of his economic, historical and political ignorance. He and his paper have enabled the ruin of a great city.</p>
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		<title>By: Irina</title>
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		<dc:creator>Irina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, Meant to say George Costanza&#039;s character </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, Meant to say George Costanza&#039;s character</p>
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		<title>By: Irina</title>
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		<dc:creator>Irina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Didn&#039;t George Costanza&#039;s do the same on Seinfeld? </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#039;t George Costanza&#039;s do the same on Seinfeld?</p>
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		<title>By: bunkerbuster</title>
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		<dc:creator>bunkerbuster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>    The owners of a corporation are granted the right to spend other people&#039;s money (cash that belongs to shareholders) without being personally liable for it. If a corporation goes bankrupt, it&#039;s owners are not held liable for the company&#039;s debts. 
     In exchange for that privilege, they agree to accept limits on their property and speech rights. 
     For example, a corporation&#039;s owner cannot brag to individual journalists or investors about its profit or other matters material to its financial standing.  
     On the other hand, a corporation&#039;s owner is free to spend his own money on any candidate or for any cause he likes. Moreover, he is also free to speak his mind at any time to any extent about political matters. 
     The only prohibition, prior to the recent ruling, was against him spending money that BELONGS TO SHAREHOLDERs, on political campaigns. 
      Now, when, say, the CEO of Worldcom pays for plastic surgery, home tanning products and ghost writers for Sarah Palin, and  his company goes bankrupt as a result, the shareholders have no recourse. Sure, they can hope the board fires him or, indeed, they can sell their shares, but what good is that when the company&#039;s bankrupt? 
    If a corporation&#039;s management feels like it cannot help but spend money on political campaigns, then let it buy the company from shareholders, THEN spend the money on politics. Simple as that... </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The owners of a corporation are granted the right to spend other people&#039;s money (cash that belongs to shareholders) without being personally liable for it. If a corporation goes bankrupt, it&#039;s owners are not held liable for the company&#039;s debts.<br />
     In exchange for that privilege, they agree to accept limits on their property and speech rights.<br />
     For example, a corporation&#039;s owner cannot brag to individual journalists or investors about its profit or other matters material to its financial standing.<br />
     On the other hand, a corporation&#039;s owner is free to spend his own money on any candidate or for any cause he likes. Moreover, he is also free to speak his mind at any time to any extent about political matters.<br />
     The only prohibition, prior to the recent ruling, was against him spending money that BELONGS TO SHAREHOLDERs, on political campaigns.<br />
      Now, when, say, the CEO of Worldcom pays for plastic surgery, home tanning products and ghost writers for Sarah Palin, and  his company goes bankrupt as a result, the shareholders have no recourse. Sure, they can hope the board fires him or, indeed, they can sell their shares, but what good is that when the company&#039;s bankrupt?<br />
    If a corporation&#039;s management feels like it cannot help but spend money on political campaigns, then let it buy the company from shareholders, THEN spend the money on politics. Simple as that&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Deborah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deborah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Peer-reviewed science.&quot; Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! 
Anytime you hear this phrase, stand-by for a dump-truck load of stable-muck. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&quot;Peer-reviewed science.&quot; Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!<br />
Anytime you hear this phrase, stand-by for a dump-truck load of stable-muck.</p>
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