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Uh...Yeh!! (eom) CanSocDem Nov 2015 #1
Maybe lsewpershad Nov 2015 #32
This ^ world wide wally Nov 2015 #50
Yes. daleanime Nov 2015 #2
The Powell Memo, 1971 leveymg Nov 2015 #3
Thanks for this...I've never read it. Important information. haikugal Nov 2015 #4
Yes - The Powell Memo Is A Seminal Turning Point In American Politics cantbeserious Nov 2015 #6
In the '70s there was a lot of 1% anxiety. Check out "The Crisis of Governability of Democracies" leveymg Nov 2015 #51
Thank you for the reminder about Reclaim Democracy! CrispyQ Nov 2015 #14
My pleasure! leveymg Nov 2015 #22
Thanks for the link 2naSalit Nov 2015 #24
The heads of the corporate state declared war on the American working class because mountain grammy Nov 2015 #29
This vile person (ex-Tobacco lawyer) needs to remain infamous arendt Nov 2015 #36
by 1971 people were learning for themselves and challenging the establishment: MisterP Nov 2015 #39
Never known of this memo - truedelphi Nov 2015 #114
I hadn't, either. SusanaMontana41 Nov 2015 #115
Does it really matter How fredamae Nov 2015 #5
Maybe 2naSalit Nov 2015 #25
As a private citizen, you can call it what you want, GGJohn Nov 2015 #7
you're right more like nsurrection /nt demwing Nov 2015 #26
Sedition, yes, emphatically! lastlib Nov 2015 #40
^^^This^^^, GGJohn Nov 2015 #90
Nice diversion. Octafish Nov 2015 #48
Not according to the Constitution hack89 Nov 2015 #54
Eh, your history is a bit off. malthaussen Nov 2015 #65
Point being treason is very tightly defined in America. Nt hack89 Nov 2015 #66
Which isn't what's happening. GGJohn Nov 2015 #89
Do you think working to pass laws that only serve the wealthy is treason? Octafish Nov 2015 #91
What you or I might think is irrelevent, GGJohn Nov 2015 #93
I'll go with Adlai Stevenson, Jr. He was a great Democrat. Octafish Nov 2015 #94
And I'll go with the Constitution, GGJohn Nov 2015 #97
You are absolutely right. Octafish Nov 2015 #103
I believe the question was whether WE think it's treason. Nitram Nov 2015 #127
Again, GGJohn Nov 2015 #128
The constitution did not invent the word "treason". Nitram Nov 2015 #130
But the Constitution narrowly defines treason, GGJohn Nov 2015 #131
Apparently you didn't actually read my post before you repeated yourself. Nitram Nov 2015 #133
I did read it, GGJohn Nov 2015 #135
Of course it matters what we think, this is not Congress so you are wasting our time Rex Nov 2015 #140
If I'm wasting your time, then here's a clue, GGJohn Nov 2015 #153
It does on this forum as an opinion are you that myopic? Rex Nov 2015 #161
Ugh! avaistheone1 Nov 2015 #107
I don't think anyone has said it better avaistheone1 Nov 2015 #109
I was going to say essentially the same thing. Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2015 #119
Very interesting. GGJohn Nov 2015 #124
Irrevelant point, the question was do WE think...not what is in the Constitution. Rex Nov 2015 #141
What the Koch Brothers are doing is damaging to the American Republic and to all of us Fortinbras Armstrong Nov 2015 #146
No, political agendas I dislike are not treason. tritsofme Nov 2015 #8
Straight to the point!! "Treason" is tossed around way too much these days 7962 Nov 2015 #84
No. Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #9
No, not even close n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #10
Yes, but our Gov't has been taken over and non-functional for at least 35 years now Hydra Nov 2015 #11
True, that: We're just pretending we have some sort of Representative go'vt. erronis Nov 2015 #41
Pretending is as futile as reality Plucketeer Nov 2015 #62
That ryan_cats Nov 2015 #12
Nnnnnnope. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2015 #13
Fascism or sedition, maybe Liberalagogo Nov 2015 #15
From our Constitution: MineralMan Nov 2015 #16
Not treason as much as a coup LiberalArkie Nov 2015 #17
It's technically subversion, not treason starroute Nov 2015 #18
... eppur_se_muova Nov 2015 #20
+100 !! (NT) PosterChild Nov 2015 #73
They OWN THE MEDIA, CONGRESS, POTUS, REGULATORY AGENCIES, WALL STREET, Dustlawyer Nov 2015 #19
Yep. Fuddnik Nov 2015 #21
Really? Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #23
More beneath heaven and earth, Horatio Doubledee Nov 2015 #30
The fusion of corporatism and government is fascism. Half-Century Man Nov 2015 #31
That is what we have now. JDPriestly Nov 2015 #79
Wish Reich zentrum Nov 2015 #27
Would You Call THIS Treason? The CCC Nov 2015 #28
No, I'd call it a political agenda I strongly disagree with (nt) Recursion Nov 2015 #33
No, I wouldn't call it treason MohRokTah Nov 2015 #34
Maybe illegal but no treason. nt ladjf Nov 2015 #35
Absolutely. jwirr Nov 2015 #37
Yes, this is treason Gothmog Nov 2015 #38
When we throw around the word 'treason,' we water down it's real meaning. wyldwolf Nov 2015 #42
Yes! sabrina 1 Nov 2015 #43
YES! eom Duval Nov 2015 #44
No, I go by the definition in the Constitutiion. former9thward Nov 2015 #45
Try combining a little common sense with the Constitution world wide wally Nov 2015 #52
Oh I think the Constitution has a lot of common sense. former9thward Nov 2015 #53
Interpretation is always the problem world wide wally Nov 2015 #56
This supreme court and every other supreme court in US history onenote Nov 2015 #104
Not if there are no laws against it chapdrum Nov 2015 #46
Thanks for posting kepte......Great Find!!!!! Stuart G Nov 2015 #47
Close Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2015 #49
Suppose - Assume - Believe - Infer - Consider - Pretend postatomic Nov 2015 #55
I guess not. I guess there is no law against Americans destroying their own country. NonMetro Nov 2015 #57
No. But then again, I've actually read the constitutional definition of treason. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #58
"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, grahamhgreen Nov 2015 #69
Apologies, comrade, I'm not interested in expanding the definitions NuclearDem Nov 2015 #71
+10 !! (NT) PosterChild Nov 2015 #75
Straight out of the "liberals are commies" playbook. n/t ieoeja Nov 2015 #136
No, just out of a history book. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #138
the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that appear to be intended grahamhgreen Nov 2015 #145
Then watch the judge laugh you out of his courtroom NuclearDem Nov 2015 #147
Yes, then by that definition, the oligarchy are domestic terrorists. Thanks for your post, graham. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2015 #72
It's vague. Is dumping dangerous chemical waste in fiolation of criminal laws terrorism? JDPriestly Nov 2015 #81
Haaaaaaaaa!! 7962 Nov 2015 #85
Here's the real problem malaise Nov 2015 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author Todays_Illusion Nov 2015 #60
No, it is not treason to have different political views, even if those views are demonstrably bad.nt kelly1mm Nov 2015 #61
Yes. Definitely. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #63
Treason never prospers, what's the reason? malthaussen Nov 2015 #64
Only if we are redefining the word to fit our biases. Throd Nov 2015 #67
+1 onenote Nov 2015 #105
Hell YAH !!! n/t vkkv Nov 2015 #68
K & R MoreGOPoop Nov 2015 #70
spot on kpete Nov 2015 #74
And bribing officials to stop efforts to stop climate change is also the crime of MASS MURDER!!! cascadiance Nov 2015 #76
Well................... Thespian2 Nov 2015 #77
Do you have a link? The picture or whatever it is does not show up on my computer. JDPriestly Nov 2015 #78
Original text kpete Nov 2015 #80
Who can tell, since the funding source for these extremely wealthy might well be foreign gov'ts. sorechasm Nov 2015 #82
If some of the money came from foreign interests intent on destroying our democracy and our JDPriestly Nov 2015 #83
I'm with you JDPriestly. It seems that CU creates an obvious weakness counter to sorechasm Nov 2015 #88
Good point to bring in to the discussion . Who is behind they? Person 2713 Dec 2015 #170
Hell yes. hifiguy Nov 2015 #86
YES! PADemD Nov 2015 #87
Yep. I surely would. H2O Man Nov 2015 #92
Yes I would! B Calm Nov 2015 #95
Working against the will of the majority in a democracy? czarjak Nov 2015 #96
Not even. GGJohn Nov 2015 #98
yes i would. there is even worse than this being hopemountain Nov 2015 #99
That would not be treason. There is a very specific legal definition of the term "treason" totodeinhere Nov 2015 #100
+ struggle4progress Nov 2015 #110
The only thing that matters is whether the Constitution would call it treason. And it wouldn't. onenote Nov 2015 #101
I sure would. And they're making their move right now through the TPP and PatrickforO Nov 2015 #102
You got that right .. just read article by Chris Hedges .. wow we're screwed if this goes through YOHABLO Nov 2015 #113
Against all enemies foreign and domestic.... avaistheone1 Nov 2015 #106
317 and counting! Rex Nov 2015 #108
There are a few definite "no's" in the crowd - TBF Nov 2015 #134
By now, unless they were born under a rock and have no idea of current events Rex Nov 2015 #139
True, GGJohn Nov 2015 #150
Which was not the point. Rex Nov 2015 #160
So you're the zampolit of DU? GGJohn Nov 2015 #149
Look over my posts all you want. I don't care. But what the oligarchy is doing does not meet totodeinhere Nov 2015 #155
Section 3 - TBF Nov 2015 #156
If there are that many opinions on the topic then at the very least that should mean that totodeinhere Nov 2015 #157
Many of us are not looking for the intricacies of legal opinion - TBF Nov 2015 #158
Definite "no" here, and any would-be Dolores Umbridge, High Inqusitor of DU, Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #167
Not my job - TBF Nov 2015 #168
So whose job do you think it is to scrutinize the posts Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #169
Yes, I would. McCamy Taylor Nov 2015 #111
I would, but that list does not come within the legal definition of treason. SunSeeker Nov 2015 #112
Actually I would call them Hillary's and the republican's large donors' daybranch Nov 2015 #116
I would call it an oligarchy Kalidurga Nov 2015 #117
K&R! This post has hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Nov 2015 #118
just like what MLKing said about hitler, "everything they(he did was) do is legal" Sunlei Nov 2015 #120
Koch addiction (NT) The Wizard Nov 2015 #121
Sorry... It took me this long to weigh in... ABSOLUTELY YES... MrMickeysMom Nov 2015 #122
Well, I would, I have and I do. raouldukelives Nov 2015 #123
Treason started when the R's stole the presidency for shrub lark Nov 2015 #125
Short answer... Nitram Nov 2015 #126
YES! monicaangela Nov 2015 #129
I would. kentuck Nov 2015 #132
no... Javaman Nov 2015 #137
35 years - TBF Nov 2015 #142
yup. we fell for their bullshit hook line and sinker. Javaman Nov 2015 #143
^ Well most of this I actually agree with. TBF Nov 2015 #148
we are all to blame. Javaman Nov 2015 #159
Bravo! GGJohn Nov 2015 #162
We are just blaming different sources TBF Nov 2015 #163
Poor Germany... Herebuddy Nov 2015 #164
You'll need to look elsewhere for sympathy for Germany - TBF Nov 2015 #165
Corporate fascism is treasonous. K&R. n/t bobthedrummer Nov 2015 #144
No, it's not, GGJohn Nov 2015 #151
What does that even mean? Is "corporate fascism" like having a really mean boss? Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #166
I thought "treason" meant "disagreeing with a Republican president" Rocknrule Nov 2015 #152
Under the Constitution this is not treason, so no. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 #154
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