As the Occupy Wall Street movement has called for the public financing of our elections and the end of corporate “personhood” we get a great story out of the Cincinnati Enquirer on how the consumer products behemoth first denies then admits, that they buy…
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If you want change- first thing is we have to close the store where you buy a Congressman
Remember when John McCain used to be associated with campaign finance reform instead of “Joe the plumber”? Well, if we want change, it’s not through term limits, but by placing restrictions that limit political donations to people in their districts….
If today was election day: Time to reevaluate the election process
I just spent a half hour chasing my dog through the snow. No one was out. Nothing was moving. Had this storm hit last Monday night, SW Ohio wouldn’t have had an election. However, it’s more than just the issue of getting to the polls, it’s a matter…
Representation
In today’s Dayton Grassroots Daily Show (or the Greg and David show as some are calling it) we start off talking about campaign finance reform- but end up talking about the differences between a democracy and a democratic republic. Greg Hunter makes a case for…
Smoke and Mirrors and sleight of hand
As many of you know, I ride a motorcycle and a scooter. I also like to ride my bicycle- so this is appropriate. However, it also demonstrates the same things we run into in politics. After you’ve counted the number of passes the white team makes- continue…
Why OH-3 is an uphill battle: Gerrymandering
I’m lucky to be a part of an enlightened community of fellow webizens, one of them being Jeff at Daytonology, who took a look at the gerrymandering of OH-3 and the power that Special Interest Groups have played in this overpriced auction pretending to be an…
The $85 million dollar deal- a chance for true Statesmanship
My mother thought I should see this piece about Senator Obama in the New York Times- and I think it will be my litmus test. With the presidential election on track to be a $2 Billion dollar circus- if the two candidates agree, as Obama once did- it can be a straight…
Doris Haddock- Hero for Campaign Finance reform, silenced at 100
At age 89, “Granny D” Doris Haddock walked across the country to protest the selling out of our elected officials. With the country now looking to have corporate America buy the next election, she won’t be here to suffer the results. “It just…
Dejection day
It’s election day. Or, as I’ve come to see it, dejection day. No matter who wins today, less than 10% of the population will be bummed out/depressed/pissed/frustrated and a little more than that, will be happy. The other 80 plus percent- won’t give a…
Democracy 2.0 meeting tonight, Mar 13 08
We need a better way to inform voters of the issues and the candidates than these huge media campaigns based on :30 second sound-bite rhetoric. That’s why we’re getting together to start working on Democratic Party 2010 on Thursday, Mar 13, 2008 at 7pm at…
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