The Supreme Court has decreed money is a form of free speech. And soon it might declare that corporate contributions to election campaigns, illegal for more than 100 years, are also constitutionally protected speech. I can hardly wait to invite Coca-Cola over the dinner to discuss the merits of health care reform. Until then, I offer up this verse.....

The Talking
Dollar Poem

Free speech
In the reach
Of all we preach
Is a right endowed
To all allowed.

While all can be proud
Of free speech allowed
The rich can be prouder
Their free speech is louder.

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