Category Archives: ChangeCongress

I posted the last post thanking Theo Armour for his html version of A Declaration for Independence just before getting on the plane in Tokyo. When I arrived back in the states, I received two revisions of his revision.
The first, by Ben Kerney, corrects some character encoding problems, and places the text is a clearer outline frame.
The second, by Matthew Levine, also corrects the character encoding problem, and very nicely fits the typography of the pdf version.
Both version also cleaned up a problem with the notes. But upon my return, I found another version from Theo Armour fixing the problem with the notes. (I’ve replaced the original version in the original post with this version as well).
Ok, so first, thank you to all for the help. But now let’s move the revisions to the wiki. I have used a simple html2wiki conversion tool to create a draft on wiki.lessig.org. The wiki’s spam filter choked on the notes, so the first major fix would be a fix for the notes. But then I’m eager to see how the substance develops.
The link on the wiki is wiki.lessig.org/Declaration4Independence.
Meanwhile, I’ll probably build a v2.0 of this Declaration, building on the ideas of the wiki and other ideas I’ve collection. But for now, thank you again to everyone who helped seed this for the web.
Update: Here also is a LaTeX version. (Thanks, Valentin!) Continue reading →

Thanks to Theo Armour for cleaning up the html version of my Declaration for Independence. You can see his version here. Continue reading →

On the Change-Congress.org blog, I’ve got a piece about the absurdity in this prosecution of Senator Ted Stevens:

On Tuesday, Senator Ted Stevens was indicted by federal prosecutors for failing to report gifts he had received from an oil company to help him renovate his Alaskan home. The charges were not a surprise, though official Washington mustered its collective, and requisite outrage. Senators Dole and Sununu were quick to return campaign contributions from the now-tainted Stevens. Editorials across the nation were quick to condemn the obvious graft targeted by the government.
But I confess, I don’t get it. Not that I don’t see the wrong in what Stevens has done. That’s obvious. What’s not obvious to me is why this wrong is so different from everything else that DC thinks is right.

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Here’s a text-based (.PDF/.doc/.rtf / TeX / .txt) of the argument for the Change Congress movement. An outline html version is here. Another beautifully formatted html version is here.
First version, many flaws, feedback welcome.
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San Francisco has what supporters call “VoterOwnedElections” — aka, public funding of (some) public elections. That’s a good thing, as most in the city believe. But now the city council, apparently pushed by the (apparently not as progressive as we thought) Mayor, is planning on raiding the public campaign financing fund. The key Supervisors to contact are Supervisors Maxwell, Dufty, and Sandoval. Continue reading →

The percentage of Americans believing Congress is doing a good/excellent job. Rasmussen says it is the lowest in history.
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A congressperson in the Aspen Ideas Festival audience was not happy. Continue reading →

The latest REV on the Change-Congress circuit happens in Austin, July 19. Cheap(er) registration available here (the benefits you get by hanging with such a connected guy here). Continue reading →