June 26, 2009
Work is underway to provide a VOID Community web page where VOID supporters can chat with each other, write up their own essays, form groups by location, and generally share information, tips, gripes, news, or anything else relating to the VOID organization concept, message, and mission.
Supporters will be emailed upon its completion and receive an invitation to meet, visit, and interact with other VOID supporters.
April 27, 2009
Your board of directors met twice in March. We need your help to finish our plans for the 2010 election cycle. We aim to move ever more voters to objectively evaluate their congressional representatives before pulling the lever to reelect them.
Your help and support are needed. Please review the following options and choose as many for your support as you are comfortable providing.
In a democracy, is there such a thing as wise voting? And if there were, wouldn't a majority of voters vote accordingly?
The answers are, Yes and No, respectively. Here's why.
I received an email from a challenger in Tennessee seeking correspondence with Vote Out Incumbents for Democracy. Below is the reply of VOID's president.
Dear Sir,
The House narrowly passed what has long been considered to be an impossible bill to push through during a recession. It was bi-partisan in its passage, as 8 Republicans voted for it, and 44 Democrats voted against it. However, this sweeping energy innovation and climate protection bill, faces a short life as it heads to the Senate later this year.
Continue reading "Lobbyist's House Passes Energy-Climate Compromise" »
When selecting candidates to support and elect, the things many people consider are their political views, their experience, and their training. One thing many don't considered strongly enough is their attitude towards the position they seek. Are the candidates we elect politicians or are they representatives? Is politics their career or are they in service of their constituents? These are important questions that deserve voters' attention.
Sen. Diane Feinstein canceled a campaign fundraiser after the Roll Call published a Lobbyist's invitation to constituents inviting them to attend. The invitation to donate to Feinstein's campaign listed Feinstein's various Committee roles as meal courses on the fundraiser's luncheon menu (i.e. power on the menu to be bought).
Iran appears to have an American voting problem. They can't seem to use their vote to remove politicians from office. Regardless of how the people vote, the incumbent wins. That is the claim of many in Iran.
This afternoon, at his televised California town hall meeting, Obama said he knows folks are angry about the AIG bonuses. He said he is angry about them. He says blame is flying everywhere, at Treasury, Democrats, and Republicans. He said if folks need to blame someone, blame him. He said, ultimately, I am responsible. I am the president. All well and good as far as it goes. His words, however, don't allude to the depth of the first major black mark on his presidency.
CREW, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, writes:
House has opened wide loopholes in ethics rules.
As the U.S. House of Representatives continues its debate on how to proceed on ethics reform, an article in today's edition of The Hill is instructive. Even though, the Senate is far from doing all the work on policing its members that needs to be done, that body is viewed as more aggressive on ethics issues. Two former House members (Cunningham and Ney) are incarcerated. Two more members (Jefferson and Renzi) are currently under indictment.
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Title: Moving Mountains and Molehills by Al Arnold. Price: 12.99
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