I know that #OWS has been very resistant to forming groups, or leadership, but I had an idea. It may or may not make sense. It might work though. It's a weird form of government.
Since they have been using general assemblies I figured that would be a great start. Have a general assembly of who ever shows up vote on things they want brought, up or concerned. Of course there would need to be a super majority for these concerns, or ideas unless otherwise noted. Then once the GA adjourns, it goes to a committee of 21 people to be voted upon (all of 21 are voted in in smaller local districts within the congressional, no political campaign allowed, just what they want to do and how in booklets mailed out to all voters. No smear campaigns, or attack ads.) now the issues or ideas would just need a 11-10 majority to advance. Upon winning approval of the committee those ideas, or issues would now become enacted. This would also work on a national level, although use the congressional districts and elect a "president" for ties.
Some of the ideas, laws, or issues that would require national attention would be brought to congress. The congress would use the current congressional districts, but both one man, and one woman are elected (same fashion as local, no campaigns, just booklets about who they are, and what they want to do.) to serve. The two present the ideas to this congress for approval, or dismissal. Since there would be an even number, the president would be there for a ties. The president is picked from the previous congressional section, both a man, and a woman go up for election. (following guidelines set by the other elections.) The national election is decided by majority only. If tied, 21 random congresspeople make the final vote. Elections are held every four years for the president, and 33% of congress every six years. Congress people have a max term limit of four terms, consecutive or not, only four. President can only have two terms, max 10 years.
No agendas, just the people truly running the government.
Monday, October 24, 2011
The Cain Agenda
Is Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain the litmus test for the Republican party for this upcoming election? It sure looks like he is.
Cain is offering his 9-9-9 plan, which is basically a nice SimCity way of saying a “flat tax rate.” What that would mean is this, the rich taxes get lowered, and the poor get taxed more. He recently adapted his stance on it and said that he would call it the 9-0-9 plan. Of course, that still will present a burden on the poorest Americans.
It is not only Cain that is parading a “flat tax rate” around. Mitt Romney, and Texas governor Rick Perry said they would support the same thing. This kind of tax plan would drive a country starved of revenue even further into the deep hole it is already in.
The simple economic concept is being over looked. In order to make spend money, revenue must be generated. The way that is done in a country is through taxes, in this case it would be federal tax. One of the most extreme, and flawed ideas on this is Ron Paul’s. Eliminating all federal income tax create a huge deficit. No income, but still spending on things like roads, and.. Wait. That’s right, he wants to deregulate everything too. More Republican brilliance at its best.
To say that it is just the tax ideology that this group of Republican have is concerning is just the tip of the iceberg.
Again, Cain opened up his mouth on abortion. He said that if presented with a constitutional amendment making abortion illegal, he would sign it. (What the Tea Party supported candidate didn’t realize is that presidents do not have a role in creating constitutional amendments.) In other words, he would be willing to keep fighting a class war with the poor in America and a battle with gender too. It isn’t only Cain; the other candidates have said similar things.
New Hampshire is right around the corner. It is shaping up to be a who can go further right primary season in 2012. The question is for these Republicans, will they be able to flip-flop and come back left to persuade voters in November 2012? Right now, it does not look as if the trip further right is stopping any time soon.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Oh, ABORTION! This argument again, seriously?
It’s always a hot button topic. It has been for decades now. Abortion took the stage on NAU’s Union Pedway Monday and Tuesday. There was not a single thing wrong with this group using their First Amendment right to voice their stance on “pro-life,” but how they did it was quite repulsive.
Walking north towards the union many students were greeted with large banners with pictures of aborted fetuses. A delightful sight for those eating their breakfast on a Monday or Tuesday morning one might thing. It wasn’t just the grotesque pictures that were adorning these banners, but likening abortion to the Holocaust, and genocides.
Genocide is defined in the Webster as; “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.” Nowhere in that definition does it say “fetus.” When somebody hears that term “genocide” the Holocaust or the mass genocides in the African continent come to mind, again, not “fetuses.”
The group from AbortionNO.org are currently going out to colleges and universities saying that abortion is on the same level as the heinous acts of Adolf Hitler and African dictators. Playing into an ad populist card, and injecting fear into their very radical stance. This has to offend any ethnic group on campus. Being Jewish, and having family members killed in the Holocaust, of course I am offended.
There was something very disturbing that caught my eye. Who was standing behind the barriers?
It was mostly men. Yes, males you know the ones who do not carry a child for nine months, and then give birth. Yeah, that gender. At one point the ratio was, as I counted, six males to one female. Why should a group, of mostly males, be deciding what a woman does with their body? Women do have the right to chose. As one sign read from a female pro-choice protester “My body, my choice.”
The fact that NAU allowed AbortionNO.org to come to campus, and put these barely permissible pictures up, is very disappointing. However, it was great to see the outcry from NAU’s students speaking out against them, and use their First Amendment right too.
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