The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
IVN Steele on Electoral Reform Part 15: The Pledge
Independent Voter Network, 18 April 2012
The Pledge was conceived by others reluctant to press upon the Members a full-up Electoral Reform Act of 2012. While I strongly disagree — we cannot delay on the specifics — I respect the intent and below put the full text of the Pledge.
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IVN Steele on Electoral Reform Part 13: Overview of the Action Plan
Independent Voter Network, 16 April 2012
Occupy is in my view a huge good thing, and it changes everything. Stabs at electoral reform have been taken in the past, with legislation submitted nine times (four of those times by Ron Paul). In each instance the two-party tyranny has laughed at the concept of real democracy–they like their monopoly and their immunity from accountability.
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Steele on Electoral Reform — Part 13: Overview of the Ethics
Independent Voter Network, 13 April 2012
One of the most heartening aspects of my connecting electoral reform to Occupy and then via YouTube to the Reddit community, has been opportunity to meet pioneers who have been dedicated to this matter much longer than I have, and who have made contributions of such depth and persistence as to merit our huge appreciation.
Eva Waskell is one of those pioneers. She has, with others, been focused on the integrity of elections for over a decade.
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DOC (6 Pages): LRC General Information Packet
MoveOn, MomsRising, and now LivingRoomConversations
Generic meaningful social experiments in nurturing citizens in community. Note that the issue to be addressed communally is presented in Round 3, Rounds 1 and 2 are about building trust & understanding. There are a total of 5 rounds in two hours.
Full Text Online Below the Fold
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The end of banking – a great book, and here's an interview with one of the authors.
“…if we don't disintermediate our financial system we will have financial crises over and over again and we will have further problems with rising inequality. The current status quo is totally unstable.”
This is the new short brief (4 slides) that is being circulated to those interested in having a conversation about electoral reform in 2015 and what it might mean in relation to electing an honest effective government in 2016.
PPT (4): Electoral Reform New Briefing 1.2
Easy to view JPEGS below the fold.
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