Occupy occtrocities: Bicentennial Man edition

American Bicentennial mural, Tampico, Illinois

Among the many inane causes taken up by the Occupy movement is the notion of "corporate personhood." In the Citizens United case, the US Supreme Court, rightly, ruled that organizations could run political ads without disclosing their contributors.

Unions, with dues money, have been doing essentially the same thing for decades. Nearly all of that money of course goes to Democrats. The Supreme Court did not declare corporations "people." But the Occupiers must have read Isaac Asimov's Bicentennial Man--or watched the inferior movie---way too many times. A precocious robot, the Bicentennial Man seeks, well, personhood.

Occupiers--it's called science-fiction. Fiction.

Yesterday the OWS crowd held protests about robots--oops, I mean "corporate personhood," dubbed "Occupy the Courts." It ended predictably--with lots of arrests. Oh, scroll down--soon the Occupy Wall Street movement will celebrate its 6,000th arrest.

CBS News: Occupy makes small, shrill showing at courts
AGI: 2 hurt and 24 arrested in San Francisco, but "Occupy" flops
Washington Examiner: Occupy protests at Supreme Court, 12 arrested
But a pretty ugly symbol. Idaho Statesmen: Occupy Boise tent city is a symbol, not a camp, protesters tell legislators
Investors Business Daily: Will unions Occupy Super Bowl over right to work?
SILive.com: Congregation seeks creative way to respond Occupy movement
Here is London's response: Time: High Court: Occupy London protesters can Be evicted from St. Paul's cathedral
TV NZ: Poor turnout for Occupy Auckland's 99th day march
American Spectator: Occupiers for Obama
News Observer: Homeless remain at Chapel Hill Occupy site
WDEL: Green party Pres. candidate visits Occupy Delaware
InfoShop News: Eureka Police Department arrests six at vacant house
Commentary: Occupy AIPAC next step for leftist group
Edinburgh Evening News: Occupy member faces probe into square vandalism

There is no honor among occupiers--even in regards to an Occupy-sympathetic mayor, Jean Quan of Oakland.



Silly. Syracuse.com: Occupy Syracuse fights order not to bring chairs or tables to protest site
Rude. Capital New York: Professor briefly interrupts Cuomo's budget speech, Occupy-style
Greenville Sun: Small 'Occupy' group spends 2 hours here
Also rude. And a weird blog name. Art Fag City: MoMA security confiscates Occupy Museums banner: OM poses acquisition terms [UPDATE]
American Power: The 1% pays more taxes
National Review Online: Why do Obama officials get rich?
Big Government: Citizens United: Two years of free speech

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