One person that I had business dealings with had stoned@... for his business email address. The firm's email addy convention was lastname, first initial. It did make for intersesting conference calls.
Later it was changed to lastname.firstname as he moved up in the company.
The lone dissenting vote was from Ron Paul of TX.
He voted no because this is not a matter for the federal government to be involved in. No Constitutional mandate.
He is the only Representative the takes seriously his oath to "protect and defend the Constitution".
He should be applauded.
I elected I will join Rep. Paul in these dissenting votes.
Joe Bellis
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas Third COngressional District
http://www.joebellis.cmo
Excellent comments -
One additional thought regarding the appointment of electors, the state legislatures should adopt the model used by Nebraska and Maine and have the elector tried to the congressional district, with to at-large electors that would represent the senate seats.
Using this model would allow every voter the exact same representation - three electoral votes.
In order for this to occur the other 48 states would have to eliminate their "winner take all" model.
"Thousands of candidates and elected officials. Who works for you? Who is seeking your vote? Project Vote Smart, a citizen's organization, has developed a Voter's Self-Defense system to provide you with the necessary tools to self-govern effectively: abundant, accurate, unbiased and relevant information. As a national library of factual information, Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings. What would you like to know? Access our library of information through either the menu on the left hand side or the links above.
To find out more about PVS, click here or call our Voter's Research Hotline 1-888-VOTE-SMART with any questions."
In late September, they will be sending their NPAT (National Political Awareness Test) questionaire to every candidate for Federal office. Vote-Smart will post the candidate responses, so that you the voter can decide which candidate best represents you.
You can find out how the system works by doing a search for a candidate named "Bellis".
This will bring to the information they have posted regarding my campaign and my NPAT answers after I submit them.
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One person that I had business dealings with had stoned@... for his business email address. The firm's email addy convention was lastname, first initial. It did make for intersesting conference calls. Later it was changed to lastname.firstname as he moved up in the company.
My first tank of gas cost me $.17 per gallon. Oh for those days again.
The lone dissenting vote was from Ron Paul of TX. He voted no because this is not a matter for the federal government to be involved in. No Constitutional mandate. He is the only Representative the takes seriously his oath to "protect and defend the Constitution". He should be applauded. I elected I will join Rep. Paul in these dissenting votes. Joe Bellis Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, Kansas Third COngressional District http://www.joebellis.cmo
Excellent comments - One additional thought regarding the appointment of electors, the state legislatures should adopt the model used by Nebraska and Maine and have the elector tried to the congressional district, with to at-large electors that would represent the senate seats. Using this model would allow every voter the exact same representation - three electoral votes. In order for this to occur the other 48 states would have to eliminate their "winner take all" model.
This is precisely the problem. The only solution is to elect people that are not beholding to the Democrat or Republican parties.
I am one such candidate - running for the Kansas Third District U. S. Congressional seat now held by a Democrat.
Both are excellent choices
Here is a good source of information:
http://www.vote-smart.org/
The following is from their website -
"Thousands of candidates and elected officials. Who works for you? Who is seeking your vote? Project Vote Smart, a citizen's organization, has developed a Voter's Self-Defense system to provide you with the necessary tools to self-govern effectively: abundant, accurate, unbiased and relevant information. As a national library of factual information, Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings. What would you like to know? Access our library of information through either the menu on the left hand side or the links above.
To find out more about PVS, click here or call our Voter's Research Hotline 1-888-VOTE-SMART with any questions."
In late September, they will be sending their NPAT (National Political Awareness Test) questionaire to every candidate for Federal office. Vote-Smart will post the candidate responses, so that you the voter can decide which candidate best represents you.
You can find out how the system works by doing a search for a candidate named "Bellis".
This will bring to the information they have posted regarding my campaign and my NPAT answers after I submit them.