OpenGov - Open Government Brainstorm

That should probably be "Don't waste everybody else's time on this site".

GDP growth

Who’s better for the economy? Democrats or Republicans? If you take the GDP Growth of all the presidents since FDR they rank like this.

#1) Kennedy

#2) Truman

#3) Clinton

#4) Reagan

#5) Carter

#6) Eisenhower

#7) Nixon

#8) Bush 1

#9) Bush 2

Call your senators and ask them for the smoking gun.

I do both. Waste time on sites such as this as well as write congressional leaders on http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=12990786&type=ML

"instead; e-mail,write and call your senators and congressional representatives and let them ..."

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Been there and done that.

The problem is they:

a) do not care, because they know it is long time away from next elections and most voters will have forgotten.

b) are in support of Mr. Obama. So in support that even if Mr. Obama ordered GITMO detainees to be released on the streets of the U.S.; they would still go along with it.

c) actually believe the posted image is court-legal proof -- because of Snopes check it out...

d) are to brain-dead to even read legislation (spending bills) before them, so expecting them to read the Constitution is hopeless.

I assume you're talking about both Democrats and Republicans.

The solution is simple: find a third party that's closer to your beliefs than the major parties, and vote for them.

Even if your candidates don't win, if they get enough votes, they'll scare one of the major parties enough to get them to move in a different direction.

Typed my comment, then neatly clicked closed. Bummer.

I already fired them for the bailouts. I already wrote the President.

In this structure, my entire democratic currency is comprised of:

One vote per election per person;

And all the support and agreement I can muster when recruiting like-minded individuals.

That's why the public is screaming at the government.

We are participation and collaboration poor.

I agree that you should call and write your representaives about the real issues such health care reform, the budget etc. This rediculous issue of the BC is a distraction, just like most of the so called right wing issues.