Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Prof. Lessig says

Professor Lessig spoke today, and he said the most important thing he has learned from emails he has read from supporters is: "That we can’t wait for the next election. We must continue this work now."

His email elaborates:
So over the next year, that’s what we’re going to do. Our team is already spec-ing out a platform that will make it possible for our most important resource — you — to help us recruit members of Congress to support reform. That’s not a platform to ask for money. And it won’t demand much of the voters’ time. But it will enable us to recruit voters in targeted districts to make a simple ask of their incumbent representatives: Will you co-sponsor fundamental reform? And then to create the campaign to get them to yes.
My Alabama 6th Congressional district is a tough district to target, and Representative-elect Palmer is impossible to pry a word out of about reform. See Can Rep.-elect Palmer say anything?

I will keep hammering.

Let's work on voters across state lines. Tell me what you are doing in your Congressional district. I think we can be more effective if we talk to one another and work together.

1 comment:

  1. Many Wolf-pac.com volunteers will be marching soon (January, in NH) alongside Professor Lessing, to raise awareness of the problems with money controlling our political process. It's great to find another place so dedicated to making the same kind of fundamental reforms--including an amendment to the Constitution. I hope we can all find ways in which to work together. As for my own, personal perspective, I don't believe we will be able to persuade Congress, even a new & improved Congress--to make those changes on our behalf. Our country is on the brink of boiling over with all the frustration, from the corruption in our Congress, to racism and militarization of our police. Our populace needs a pressure relief valve now. I think that, in order to avoid an all-out revolution, we need to harness the frustration into real, but peaceful, action that asks ordinary citizens to get involved in the political process, and to make the changes we see by ourselves. We can bypass Congress with Article V of the Constitution, and make our own amendment-- a 28th Amendment-- to ensure our elections remain free and fair, and thus restore our Democracy. That's what wolf-pac.com is all about. And, considering the little amount of time we've been at it, we've made serious headway. Three states are now on board since June; 20 more are engaged in the process to join the ranks of states supporting this limited, and focused, Constitutional Convention. Come visit! We are on the same path. http://www.wolf-pac.com/sign_petition?recruiter_id=11229

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