Comments on: Broadcast Flag flies again http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9202 p2pnet.net - reader powered Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:45:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9202/comment-page-1#comment-53970 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:16:33 +0000 #comment-53970 Simple: The American legal system allows lobbying by non voters. A fundamental defect of a defective constitution. Once a lobby wants something, they will pursue the matter until the end of time if necessary and through donations they will eventually buy the law. The solution is sumple: Prohibit all lobbying and non voter donations. Prohibit the donation of voters from one jurisdiction to politician of anothe. The problem is that the people have little or no power to change anything because the political system no longer belongs to them. It belongs to mostly useless career politicians (otherwise not employable) and the lobbies. This is the problem #1 in America has. Bush is #2 and that is a direct result of problem #1. But there is hope: Here in Puerto Rico we the people petitioned our legislature to authorize a referendum so the people could vote to reduce the two legislatures to one. We won (85% in favor) and by 2008 will have about half the legislators. This is step 1. Americans should do the same. Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com Simple:

The American legal system allows lobbying by non voters. A fundamental defect of a defective constitution.

Once a lobby wants something, they will pursue the matter until the end of time if necessary and through donations they will eventually buy the law.

The solution is sumple:
Prohibit all lobbying and non voter donations.
Prohibit the donation of voters from one jurisdiction to politician of anothe.

The problem is that the people have little or no power to change anything because the political system no longer belongs to them. It belongs to mostly useless career politicians (otherwise not employable) and the lobbies.

This is the problem #1 in America has. Bush is #2 and that is a direct result of problem #1.

But there is hope: Here in Puerto Rico we the people petitioned our legislature to authorize a referendum so the people could vote to reduce the two legislatures to one. We won (85% in favor) and by 2008 will have about half the legislators. This is step 1. Americans should do the same.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9202/comment-page-1#comment-53788 Reader's Write Thu, 29 Jun 2006 03:45:27 +0000 #comment-53788 "The public has CLEARLY voiced it's overwhelmingly negative opinion of this garbage. Why do we have to do it again? " They KNOW the public doesn't want it, that's why they try to SNEAK it ;) “The public has CLEARLY voiced it’s overwhelmingly negative opinion of this garbage. Why do we have to do it again? ”

They KNOW the public doesn’t want it, that’s why they try to SNEAK it ;)

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/9202/comment-page-1#comment-53676 Reader's Write Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:23:40 +0000 #comment-53676 "That's why it is vital to contact Committee members over the next couple of days to let them know how consumers feel about the legislation in general and the broadcast flag in particular." The public has CLEARLY voiced it's overwhelmingly negative opinion of this garbage. Why do we have to do it again? I know why we have to do it again, it just really pisses me off. “That’s why it is vital to contact Committee members over the next couple of days to let them know how consumers feel about the legislation in general and the broadcast flag in particular.”

The public has CLEARLY voiced it’s overwhelmingly negative opinion of this garbage. Why do we have to do it again?

I know why we have to do it again, it just really pisses me off.

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