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You are here : Home Sunday, March 14, 2010
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NOTE: The 'Evangelism-Ready' Target Rollout Date for DemocracyABC postponed.*

DemocracyABC is being launched for the purpose of fixing various problems with democracy in the United States. Today, May 1, 2009, is 'Day 1', but the target date for having enough design and implementation artifacts completed in order to allow for aggressive evangelization is July 4, postponed. The goal is for citizens of diverse political and ideological persuasions to collaborate in creating an infrastructure which should make the government more amenable to the desires of "we the people". Some of this infrastructure will be used, as-is. Some of it will function more as a template, and naturally be used for partisan political purposes. The various initiatives will consist of projects, grouped into zones (i.e., categories). 

 (Note: I've encountered a major delay in choosing the MVC framework over a more RAD development method, such as traditional ASP.NET web forms. Plus, I have, so far, no volunteers. I will be blogging on priorites for the new target date in the near future.)

There is more information in my blog, as well as the 'Start Here' forum. I previously created a lucid description for a modern day ostracism, which is one of the projects, here. (Please note that my latest thinking on rolling out an ostracism process is that initial efforts should be targeted primarily at the US Senate; also, I under emphasized the use of electronic social networks as a means for spreading the news about ostracism notices.) For those who want a preview into where I am headed with certain ideas, and who can stand unpolished prose, there is a ScratchPad Wiki which can be read.

 * Please see my blog post, 'More delays, some desirable, some unavoidable'.
  
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From the video:

The 2008 elections were the most expensive in US History. At a cost of 5.3 billion dollars, that breaks down to 14 million dollars a day. Members of Congress now spend a quarter to a third of their time raising money.

That's after they've been elected. Before they get elected for the first time, the situation is worse. From David Sirota's Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--And How We Take It Back

Added to this is a political system that requires candidates to raise huge amounts of money to run for office, whether at the local, state, or national level. When congressional candidates start their campaign, they are told by their political parties that the most important priority is getting on the phone and calling big donors and corporate political action committees to ask for huge contributions - contributions that will pay for expensive television advertising. By election night, typical candidates have spent most of the race not meeting voters, not giving speeches, not touring their districts, not researching issues - they have spent most of their time on the phone or at fundraising parties shaking down donors for cash.
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