I am curious that he is not critical of the main branch of government that implements and oversees policies he sites as problems. Not only has the administration of the last 7 years not followed the laws and “policies” he is critical of, but in the name of capitalism, they have nearly obliterated any potential for oversight.

I might add on a personal note, that as an educated citizen who agrees with the general views of the speaker, ( The lack of education is the main problem in the day to day operation of our democracy.) I find the delivery of the speaker to be pompous and condescending and not likely to win over anyone who disagrees with him.

So, when individuals are approached for the first time, who have no previous exposure to Change-Congress, as a minimum they could be asked for their phone numbers to get the once-per-election informative phone call, but additionally they will be asked to go to the web site and pledge, and to consider getting organizations they belong to involved.

2) We need to track referring organizations with each voter who pledges, if he/she cares to volunteer that information. (I hope you don’t mind if I use the term “we”. I’m really into this.) The reason is, the way to make this go viral, in terms of boots on the ground, is to leverage civic-minded organizations. And, as motivation for them, some friendly competition in terms of how many fellow voters they enlist is never a bad thing. But you can’t have a competition without a means of keeping score, so the database needs a table of Referer’s, with unique id’s, of course.

I personally have no problem with rewarding organizations financially, though I’m afraid this may be unseemly. (After all, the corruption of government has it’s roots in financial interests.) However, if the Change-Congress brain trust decides this is OK, this could play out as in the following example. Boy Scout troops can each be assigned a referer id. Each month, the troop which signs up the most citizen-pledgers, divided by the number of members of the troop, wins. What they win depends on the budget of Change-Congress. But, initially, we could offer something modest like $500 for just the single, winning troop, nation-wide. The awards could be increased to $500 for the top X troops in each state, if the budget allows. If cash rewards are too unseemly, just some certificates would still provide positive reinforcement. (In general, I don’t think giving cash rewards to civic minded groups consisting of minors will raise many eyebrows. I’m sure most people will recognize that especially poorer communities need money for all kinds of positive activities. E.g., a few months ago I met a grown man with his son, who couldn’t have been more than 7 years old, soliciting contributions for his son’s basketball uniform. I’m sure he wouldn’t have been doing that if he could have simply written a check without sweating it.)

3) When a program for enlisting civic-minded groups, such as Boy Scout troops, is worked out, it be nice to have a downloadable .pdf which people like me could print out. I could then present this to whomever I’m talking with, and/or mail it out before a face-to-face meeting.

4) Talk show hosts should be asked to push both individuals to pledge, as well as appealing for groups to get involved. There are a lot of frustrated voters out there, throughout the political spectrum. While I doubt that shameless smear-merchants like Rush Limbaugh would welcome something like Change-Congress, I can’t believe that conservative voters, in the main, like corruption any more than non-conservative ones. Hence, a general appeal to talk show hosts is recommended.

boy how long must we wait before you effen wake up.

I’m saying explicitly that I have the means to help you raise awareness about this Change Congress movement, and that it is in fact ironic that we might use the public domain to do so. I’m saying I need your help in bringing this message to the people subscribed to Vintage ToonCast. I’m saying that you shouldn’t ignore emails asking for help to achieve the same goals you have. You remind me of other professors I’ve had who ignore emails they don’t want to deal with. In this response it seems as though you’ve not read what I wrote. This is where the “step out of the ivory tower” comment comes in. I’m well aware that you’ve spoke on numerous occasions to private
audiences regarding the public domain issues. I’m saying we need to take this out of the academic and bring it to the masses. The smart ones will get it if we explain it well enough. I was one of the key
podcasters who helped to raise awareness about net neutrality. This is possible.