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Virtual Congress is the answer
Big Bureaucracy ^
| April 17th, 2010
| Ellie Velinska
Posted on 04/17/2010 8:17:55 AM PDT by Big Bureaucracy
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To: perfect_rovian_storm
The executive branch is left intact, the judicial branch is left intact. The only change is - instead of representatives people vote themselves to approve or kill the bills in the legislative branch. All checks and balances are there.
To: Big Bureaucracy
My congressman has been phoning it in for a long time anyway.
To: GeronL
They are winning now with Accorn. Why do you think they will be winning electronically.
To: Big Bureaucracy
A one way trip to dictatorship. No thanks.
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posted on
04/17/2010 8:48:05 AM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
To: Big Bureaucracy
But why do I need representative when I can vote myself?Because we live in a Republic, not a democracy.
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posted on
04/17/2010 8:48:21 AM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(0bama is dangerous and must be stopped.)
To: FatherofFive
OK - you win - we’ll keep the senator and representatives.
To: Big Bureaucracy
Once in a while the thought strikes me that America is getting the government it deserves. Rotten representatives are probably symptomatic of a rotten people.
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posted on
04/17/2010 8:51:44 AM PDT
by
AEMILIUS PAULUS
(It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
To: perfect_rovian_storm
Now, if you rethink your idea and get the representatives out of Washington, make them stay home and telecommute to Washington, thats a great idea. It would do wonders to stifle the influence of lobbyists and would keep representatives in their districts with their constituents. Yup, that's exactly what needs to happen.
MM (in TX)
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posted on
04/17/2010 8:51:48 AM PDT
by
MississippiMan
(http://gogmagogblog.wordpress.com/)
To: Big Bureaucracy
Virtual Congress is NOT the answer.
Term limits, Fair Tax, and a decentralized government ARE the Answers.
To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
Looks like it - we all deserve our politicians.
To: Big Bureaucracy
Ross Perot’s electronic town hall. Whoever runs the slickest commercials gets the vote of the sheeple.
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posted on
04/17/2010 8:58:32 AM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: FlyVet
Exactly - somewhere in the comments I posted a link to the TIME article from ‘95 - on Perot and Gingrich and the virtual government
To: FlyVet
It is amazing how sometimes we the conservatives are afraid of our own ideas :)
To: Big Bureaucracy
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
DEMOCRACY IS ANARCHY!!!!!!!!
This is a Representative Republic and it MUST remain that way or we will fail and fall into the grip of Totalitarians!
Sorry for the shouting.
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posted on
04/17/2010 9:05:45 AM PDT
by
OldMissileer
(Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
To: Big Bureaucracy
If approved the bill is printed directly on the Presidents desk. Imagine all the special interests fighting for your attention instead of circling the Capitol all day long. Imagine you getting a sweetheart mortgage deal instead of Senator Dodd. Imagine you getting Caribbean vacation instead of Rep. Rangel. Imagine you too will be called Senator not only Barbara Boxer.How about we just replace them with people who know what the federal government is supposed to do and follow the US Constitution? There wouldn't be a lot for them to do if they just followed the constitution.
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posted on
04/17/2010 9:06:05 AM PDT
by
MichiganConservative
(A government big enough to do unto the people you don't like will get to doing unto you soon enough.)
To: Big Bureaucracy
Imagine you getting a sweetheart mortgage deal instead of Senator Dodd. Imagine you getting Caribbean vacation instead of Rep. Rangel. Imagine you too will be called Senator not only Barbara Boxer. Sounds like a great way to make things even worse than they already are.
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posted on
04/17/2010 9:07:09 AM PDT
by
Cyber Liberty
(Build a man a fire; he'll be warm for a night. Set a man on fire; he'll be warm the rest of his life)
To: OldMissileer
It is OK - I already conceded - you keep your Senators and Represenataives.
To: FlyVet
How is that different then now - we have a celebrity president and a liberal media bias.
To: OldMissileer
Plus - we have representatives because it was impossible 200 years ago for all of us to present ourselves in Washington DC at the same time - not so today.
To: Big Bureaucracy
We can easily vote on any piece of legislature electronically while eating chips on our couch. "It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes." (Josef Stalin)
I'd have a hard time trusting a government run by Internet poll.
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