Monday, January 14, 2008

The Liberty Project

The Liberty Project is a very grassroot movement; just me so far. It involves real systemic government change using two tools. The first tool is the internet. The second tool is your vote. There are about two hundred million people who know how to use the internet better than I. The second tool is my specialty. You must first realize that, regardless of political affiliation, your vote has been relatively ineffective in changing a system run by greed, corruption and K street. There is sense of relief when you realize this. Here is what The liberty Project is:

1) Voting out all incumbants for 6 years. We can replace every elected official in 6 years.

2) Advocate for open primaries. Our choices currently suck! If each of us could vote in the democratic and republican primaries, neither our country nor our government would be polarized. Only then could we get on with being American.

3) Until we have open primaries, switch parties. Yep, that is exactly what I said. If you are liberal, most of the candidates in the democratic primary will have similar views but you could maximize your vote by voting for the most moderate candidate in the republican primary. If you are conservative, the same applies to you. If you are independent, either stay that way and wait for the rest of America or jump from party to party as much as I do.

4) Accept that any piece of legislation that cannot pass on its own merit, should not be law. We elect people to make decisions, not deals. If our founding fathers looked at a bill today, they would think we have lost our minds. Today, we cannot even fund our troops without increasing the cigarette tax and creating a wildlife preserve for orange alge at the same time. We do not need all of the pork or line item veto. We simply need to write bills that make sense.


Remember, we do not have to be so divided that we forget how much we have in common. Think about your liberal and conservative friends and how much you have in common besides politics. I bet it looks nothing like our elected officials. The funny thing is, believe it or not, both parties came out of one; Thomas Jefferson was a Democratic- Republican.

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