You obviously have a higher opinion of our elected representatives than I.
Do they actually read and understand these laws? I doubt it. I think they vote the way they are directed to by corporations that do have the time and resources available to fully understand the bills that often make little sense. As and example (if I recall correctly), I believe there is/was a bill on the floor regarding banking laws that somehow needed verbiage regarding the prohibition of methamphetamine information on the internet. I don't recall the HR# at the moment but it serves to illustrate a point.
Once you've cut out the corporate/special interest noise, I think the majority of the population would be up to the task of voting how we govern ourselves.
That... or give me term limits and campaign reform. Make public service truly public service and not a career.
Sure. Now that the money filter is removed the signal to noise ratio is horrible.
I'm willing to take off my cynicism hat long enough to be optimistic that the truly profound signal, the message that isn't driven by profit margin will be heard even through the noise.
I guess it's a matter of scale. An individual with a small printing press can't produce a lot of publications. His readership will be small. To reach more people, you need bigger presses and employees. $$$
The library provides information that is intended for large-scale distribution. Producing books and periodicals found in the typical library is still prohibitively expensive. More $$$
Television broadcasting stations are extremely expensive. $$$!
The internet is the first forum that allows an individual the possibility to reach literally millions and to do it at very low cost. Up until now, the poor (or more accurately, the non-rich) really had no voice.
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I am amused and saddened by how many people believe that God is limited by their imaginations.
Excellent quote. Is it yours?
Ya think? I don't know which is worse... agreeing with a troll or being caught by one.
You obviously have a higher opinion of our elected representatives than I.
Do they actually read and understand these laws? I doubt it. I think they vote the way they are directed to by corporations that do have the time and resources available to fully understand the bills that often make little sense. As and example (if I recall correctly), I believe there is/was a bill on the floor regarding banking laws that somehow needed verbiage regarding the prohibition of methamphetamine information on the internet. I don't recall the HR# at the moment but it serves to illustrate a point.
Once you've cut out the corporate/special interest noise, I think the majority of the population would be up to the task of voting how we govern ourselves.
That... or give me term limits and campaign reform. Make public service truly public service and not a career.
Sure. Now that the money filter is removed the signal to noise ratio is horrible.
I'm willing to take off my cynicism hat long enough to be optimistic that the truly profound signal, the message that isn't driven by profit margin will be heard even through the noise.
Okay... it's unrealistic... I know...
Good points but a rant this long deserves a signature. C'mon out AC.
I don't know if I'd go that far, but I've began to wonder...
Do I really need someone in Congress to represent me?
I don't think so. I can vote on my own behalf.
I guess it's a matter of scale. An individual with a small printing press can't produce a lot of publications. His readership will be small. To reach more people, you need bigger presses and employees. $$$
The library provides information that is intended for large-scale distribution. Producing books and periodicals found in the typical library is still prohibitively expensive. More $$$
Television broadcasting stations are extremely expensive. $$$!
The internet is the first forum that allows an individual the possibility to reach literally millions and to do it at very low cost. Up until now, the poor (or more accurately, the non-rich) really had no voice.
Is running it through an industrial sized chipper/shredder, spraying into the Pacific Ocean considered environmentally unfriendly?
That's the way I want to go.