Can you verify that you are who you say you are? Would you post a picture of yourself holding a sign with today's date and some relevant text as proof?
The last was just a short cut to my bio page, nothing more. I would only run for President if reddit got me on every ballot in all 50 states and we got debates in each of the 50 states that included the coalition cabinet.
I do believe we can raise $50M then $500M then $1B if we create BigBatUSA, but first all the Occupy groups have to create campaigns at IndieGoGo where I have them ready to do this, but only after they get at least 3 Occupy campaigns set up.
Justin Herman Plaza San Francisco, bustling with activity. The camp is well organized and clean. A small group of protesters were being taught on how to deal with Police. The Chinese Progressive Association was on the march through the camp.There was very little Police presents on this afternoon.
Electoral Reform Hand-Out distributed, generally met with skepticism – a real reluctance to engage in specifics.
I spent the day getting to and from a two and a half hour meeting of the NYC General Assembly working group on Politics and Electoral Reform (P&ER). The skeleton minutes of that meeting are online.
Later in the meeting the group received a personal presentation [will be linked here as soon as it is loaded by the professional who did the taping] of about seven minutes from me on why Electoral Reform is the one thing that can unify every US voter and eventually all other voters in their own countries, and two handouts:
There was a great deal of discussion, with two general views: first, that Electoral Reform is NOT sufficient, needed is a Constitutional Convention to overturn the entire system and install Direct Democracy everywhere; and second, that Electoral Reform is one thing we can all agree on and move forward with, while everything else develops on its own schedule.
MGB Cold Weather No Heater Gear
I tried to emphasize that the formulation of the Statement of Demand and the project reading date of 5 January 2012 would take all the pressure off OWS encampments (their “Valley Forge”) and shift the focus to confronting Governors (who have to lead Open Ballot Access changes that are at the state level), Senators, and Representatives. Below are two relevant lists.
The P&ER working group is hoping to elevate the electoral reform issue, a viral campaign for a constitutional convention, and a new pilot project on direct democracy to the full NYC General Assembly within ten days. I urged them to use whatever they decided upon in the way of a Statement of Demand and the specifics of an Electoral Reform Act of 2012 as a model to share with all other Occupy groups in the USA and world-wide, to stimulate two months of deep discussion on what I regard as the one non-violent option we have of getting America the Beautiful back on track through the restoration of electoral integrity and the eradication of institutionalized corruption in the two-party tyranny (one bird, two wings, same shit).
Intellectually what I find most stimulating about all this is the convergence of Marxism properly understood on the left, and Libertarianism properly understood on the right–BOTH are about the sovereignty of man over the state, the eradication of state power as an autonomous out-of-control and therefore virulent entity. Below explores that territory.
This culls the Coalition Cabinet posts at Huffington Post out from the many other posts for ease of reference by Occupy Wall Street and others interested in changing the game.
There is only ONE candidate for President who offers the public a commitment to Electoral Reform, a Coalition Cabinet convened in advance of Election Day, and a Balanced Budget presented before Election Day. I am that candidate. Learn more!
Phi Beta Iota: We agree with the Duke historian. Occupy Oakland is making a strategic mistake in going for a General Strike. While we hope for a positive outcome, we believe the Occupy movement should be more focused on its strategy for making a singular demand after a winter of conferencing, and on refocusing its occupations toward the specific Senators and Representatives in each state who need to understand that if they do not pass the Electoral Reform Act of 2012, they will be hounded from office beginning immediately following their failure to promise to vote for the Act. The Statement of Demand date has been moved out to 5 January 2012. In our view, small General Strikes should be practiced in each state, focused on the homecoming of the legislators, but a nation-wide General Strike should be reserved for 16 February–with all appropriate planning–should Congress be stupid enough to ignore this once in a lifetime opportunity to get right with God, right with the Republic, and right with We the People.
