March 17, 2010
Citizens Unite
Change Congress founder Lawrence Lessig has an article at TNR.com, titled "Citizens Unite."
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March 05, 2010
Systemic Denial
By: Lawrence Lessig
We need to admit our (democracy's) problem. We need to get beyond this stage of denial. We need to recognize that until we release our leaders from a system that forces them to ignore good sense when there is an opportunity for large campaign cash, we won't have policy that makes sense. Wall Street continues unchanged because the Congress that would change it is already shuttling to Wall Street fundraisers. Both parties are already pandering to this power, so they can find the fix to fund the next cycle of campaigns.
Read More »February 26, 2010
A Choice You Won’t Get Anywhere Else
I hate feeling that someone is pretending to talk to me when they're really asking me for money. I hate feeling that the only reason I'm receiving an email from some organization is because they hope I'm going to click the "DONATE NOW" button. Maybe you're different. Maybe you like being asked for money. But if you're like me, read on.
Read More »Happening Now
apheda RT @BurmaCampaignAU: Australia says elections in Burma will not be free and fair and is dissapointed.
03-17 7:27 pm
BurmaCampaignAU Australia says elections in Burma will not be free and fair and is dissapointed.
03-17 7:07 pm
barkway @dylanratigan we will never have fair elections until get massive campaign finance reform that requires ONLY public funds 4 all candidates
03-17 5:02 pm
gileswhitaker Does anyone really believe there can be free and fair elections in a country still occupied by the huge foreign army that invaded it? #iraq
03-17 12:27 pm
nicktroiano Interesting panel on the hill this morning with Senator Durbin about the Fair Elections Now Act, which unfortunately lacks a R co-sponsor
03-17 11:25 am
streetrover Ravalomanana (WSJ today): Only free and fair elections will put #madagascar back on the path to growth and rule of law http://bit.ly/aynwkM
03-17 11:06 am
Parudolf There can never be free and fair elections in Nigeria when there is no clear data on its population or forgery proof national ID card
03-17 10:00 am
Parudolf How does Nigeria expects to organise a free and fair elections when it does not have an accurate database of its citizens?
03-17 9:49 am
lasurfgrl could have but they haven't, why? cuz they don't want fair elections they want dictatorships, fixed elections. I mean the electoral college?
03-17 8:13 am
stephentall John Harris on e-elections http://bit.ly/9HGpc6 "To be fair, we should also mention the activist website @LibDemVoice." >> Erm, YES, u shd.
03-17 6:09 am
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Passing the Fair Elections Now Act is an essential first step toward restoring trust in our democracy. But if we want to guarantee that nothing will stand in the way of fundamental reform, then we have to write this reform into our founding document, the Constitution itself. Learn more.
