Brothers in Arms Teaspoons

Brothers embark on walk across America to fight corporate personhood:

Two brothers in their late sixties are setting out on a journey they hope will "restore democracy to America." Starting out from San Francisco, Robin and Laird Monahan have begun a 3000-mile hike that will take them across ten states to Washington, DC.

Along the way, the Monahans hope to rally opposition to the controversial U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the case of Citizens United v. FEC.

This is the case in which SCOTUS essentially granted corporations the opportunity to bankroll US politics and buy elections.

"The Citizens United decision was just a hammer blow to me," Laird Monahan told RAW STORY. "Frankly, I was despondent for a couple of days. I just thought the end of my country had come to pass."

After long talks with his wife, Laird was only growing angrier. "I just said, I gotta do something. I gotta do something physical, I gotta make a physical sacrifice to restore democracy to America."

The hike will total more than 3000 miles and the brothers plan to descend on the Lincoln Memorial before election day in November.

"The idea that appealed to me greatly was the idea of seeing the United States a much slower pace, perhaps three miles per hour as opposed to seventy miles per hour," said Robin. "For the most part, our route will follow very closely Highway 50. It goes through ten states, through middle America, and it gives us an opportunity to talk to people from the smaller towns in hopes of raising their awareness of the necessity of reducing corporate power by passing a constitutional amendment to abolish corporate personhood."

Good luck to them—a sentiment I offer with unadulterated optimism and hope, despite the evident reasons for cynicism, because I support their cause 100%, and because I expect more.

[H/T to Shaker HiHo2go.]