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Gene Bray's avatar

4 weeks without a post and then its a sales pitch for another $5 a month?

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Hi Gene, We have been regularly publishing content to the Important News.. We had two posts in the last two weeks. Assuming you are a subscriber to the Important News? If so then you missed the good news message. We are making the Daily News Digest available for free to anyone who subscribes to any of our Substacks. We are trying to provide even more value than we already do. I don't know of another Substack that offers physical books and flashdrives to folks who "Go Paid" so I like think we are delivering a lot of value... and just delivered even more... Best, E

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SoloD's avatar

*How to make money with your website.*

Take the most egregious situation, law, grant, program, non competitive bid or policy you can find and parse it with AI into questions regarding its particulars.

Post The Questionnaire on your web site.

Charge the voters, your patrons, one $ to vote on it.

Have the same AI take the patrons demographics and congressional district and post that too. This will show how many educated women are against abortion, and how many successful businessmen are in favor of DEI.

Have the AI post the results in real time and send results to the respective councilman, commissioner, judges, congressman, state representative, senator and governor!!

One Questionnaire should earn you many thousands of dollars per month and AI can do it for you!

Become an active Petition for a Redress of Grievances, and get paid for doing it!

It is obvious to everyone....

Representative democracy has failed.

We need something new.

Ross Perot called it The Electronic Townhall.

Citizenship is not about writing letters to elected officials or voting some good person into office.

Citizenship is about the Ratification or Annulment of each line of every law, rule, regulation and supreme court decision on the books or that is on the docket waiting to be turned into law, policy and taxes.

During the 1992 Presidential campaign, Ross Perot observed that: "a general lack of accountability among elected officials and those in the bureaucracy is the one specific reason that the people of America suffered…. and our only means of correction is to inspect their work and hold them accountable.”

Mr. Perot went on to note that this can easily be done with computer programs. He called it: THE ELECTRONIC TOWNHALL.

“It is only logical that it will become our Fourth Branch of Government”, he said.

Objective reality:

the voting members of the US Congress and the State Legislatures do not have enough time to read, comprehend or debate any of the laws they vote on. They vote 100 times a day, every five minutes, while in session.

Approximate absolute facts:

a. Every day that the Congress and Legislatures are in session 100

new bills are introduced and distributed.

b. The representatives are given two weeks to review the laws before they are brought up for the Vote.

c. Two weeks into the session they begin voting on the Laws that were previously introduced, while newer laws are introduced.

d. Many laws are in excess of two thousand pages.

e. The arithmetic demonstrates that they do not have the time to even read the name of the Law much less the content of it.

f. Since the Representative cannot evaluate 200 thousand pages of law speak per day, they vote the way their advisors tell them to vote.

g. Thus, they have all forfeited their delegated obligation to represent us.

h. Representative government is obsolete. It does not work for us.

And the only way to prevent these over worked and fallible people from making even more tragic mistakes, from which we, and the rest of the world, might never recover is to include ourselves, The Citizens, from whom the authority for government comes in the first place, in the final decision making process.

The Electronic Congress

How it works:

1. Before a new law, tax, or expenditure can be put on the books it must first be Ratified by the Citizens.

2. Existing laws can be Annulled by the same super majority required to Ratify them.

This program can be applied to every level of government and will ultimately solve every problem we have.

To prevent chaos, the basic law, our Constitution and Bill of Rights, would be exempt from review.

Mr. Perot speculated that the Founding Fathers would probably have done the same had the technology been available in their day.

Just imagine:

We, The People, could actually direct the priorities and review the progress of the major agencies like the: CDC and NIH as well as the libraries and local police departments.

If our government truly is of the people, by the people and for the people then this is the only way forward.

How to implement it:

We talk about it until it is done.

Have AI parse a recent law or Supreme Court ruling into its actionable elements, apply a Ratify or Annul Questionnaire, then distribute the links.

Can I make money with this?

Use AI to parse the laws you find most egregious into their component pieces. And then have it build the ballot / questionnaire along with some demographic background to make the game especially interesting. Charge a $1 per voter per law and watch the evolution in real time.

The Electronic Townhall becomes an active Petition for a Redress of Grievances.

Ask the local school board for their agenda items, have AI parse the actionable elements, create a questionnaire, distribute it to the concerned citizens and then evaluate the results.

When Human Beings made in the image of God can see the results of their noblest and most sober thoughts, at such a scale, then there will be the moment where Our Benevolence and Good Will shall

overcome Evil and then we all live happily ever after.

Ross Perot publicly promised that if the People of America would elect him to The Presidency, he would give us The Electronic Townhall.

The Fourth Branch of Government will allow us to go from Chaos to Prosperity and a Life Worth Living until the end of time.

We were created by God and in the image of God; we are human beings, not animals in a pen.

The Electronic Townhall

https://teletownhall.com/products/text-to-online-surveys/

https://publicinput.com/wp/online-town-hall/

https://www.govtech.com/archive/introducing-the-21st-century-city-hall.html

https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/2015/06/06/the-electronic-townhall/

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Citizen Voter general questions

1. My democratically elected representatives are doing the best they can to help the body politic create a life of prosperity and dignity.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

2. My city government is run as if the decision-making officials are friends and share the same common fate with all the citizens.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

3. My county government is run as if the decision-making officials are friends and share the same common fate with all the citizens.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

4. My state government is run as if the decision-making officials are friends and share the same common fate with all the citizens.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

5. My national government is run as if the decision-making officials are friends and share the same common fate with all the citizens.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

6. I believe that the earth is being visited by extraterrestrial intelligence from either another star system or dimension not of our world.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

7. Presently, the Federal Government takes about four months of an American’s labor as TAX.

QUESTION: How much of their pay checks should the American workers be allowed to keep?

a. 100%

b.90%

c.80%

d.70%

e. 60%

f. 50%

g. 40%

8. In 1976 The United Nations conducted a study and found that four people could live comfortably in a 600 sq. ft. shelter with one bath and one toilette. As part of the UN's efforts to make things better for humanity, they plan to shelter hundreds of millions of deserving third world homeless people in the under utilized houses located in the industrialized world. For example, a retired American couple with an 1,800 sq. ft. house will be required to take in ten homeless people. The UN has publicly stated its plans to enforce this program as soon as possible....

QUESTION: So, how do you feel about getting some exotic new house guests?

a. this is a good thing, sharing

b. I shall pretend that it isn't happening

d. your lying, they would never do this to us

e. I will ignore your hatred

f. I will get active politically and fight this insanity

Congress and the Legislative Branch

9. Is the following statement true:

The voting members of the US Congress and the State Legislatures vote 100 times a day, every five minutes, while in session.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

10. Is the following statement true:

Many of the laws they vote on are in excess of two thousand pages.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

11. Is the following statement true:

Since the Representative cannot evaluate 200 thousand pages of law speak per day, they vote the way their advisors tell them to vote.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

12. Is the following statement true:

Thus, they have all forfeited their delegated obligation to represent us.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

13. Is the following statement true:

Representative government is obsolete. It does not work for us.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

14. Are you willing to read, comprehend and vote on ten pages per day of a 2000 page law in order to assist your democratically elected representative in the legislative operation that will determine the conditions of your future life? (making new laws?)

a. yes

b. no

1. c. undecided

15. Do you agree:

Before a new law, tax, or expenditure can be put on the books it must first be Ratified by the Citizens.

a. yes

b. no

1. c. undecided

16. Do you agree:

Existing laws can be Annulled by the same super majority required to Ratify them.

a. yes

b. no

c. undecided

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denise ward's avatar

I love the idea but it can be simplified much more. Why have congress AT ALL? No - I mean it, why? Do you really think a bunch of people who are handed power can do the best job? We can see that isn't so. So why not have the public itself make proposals? And the public itself vote on the proposals. What would make it safe is it would all be totally uncensored and open for all to see. A new districting map would need to be drawn up which can also be super-easy by using the most densely populated towns/cities as the center of a circular pattern with bands that widen as the population becomes sparser outside of the cities. Some cities may have multiple districts due to high populations. But the districting is very important because that's what makes the vote have value along with a quorum. A simple website could host it all.

Instead of reading the papers, one may look up the website to see what proposals are being suggested in their town today. And they may engage by commenting or questioning or making proposals of their own. A system for the numbers who voted would adhere to a proper, scientific consensus model and those numbers would have to be met. That can be discussed right now. A quorum must be determined and that too would be decided by proposal.

A proposal would elucidate all the factors associated it to it by the proposer (who could even be you!) and the people would vote on the proposal if they found it agreeable to them. The voting would matter because when a vast majority is met (of a quorum) then the proposal would go into implementation. The vast majority and the quorum would act like the Senate acts in the current system, it is a check and another layer that ensures proposals are not frivolous. The proposer would provide all the knowledge on their proposal such as if a contracting company would be needed, which contracting company they recommend and what the costs, etc, are.

The beauty of this is that each one of us can finally fulfill our dreams. We would have to "do the work" to make a good proposal but at least it wouldn't be subjected to "gatekeepers" who toss out good ideas and leave us with only bad ones (like we have now)

Power must be in each of our hands. No more giving power to others. We simply use our power to inform others and we use our power to vote for the proposals we want.

The Constitution is totally irrelevant today. I would put a proposal that we should scrap it entirely. I know that would come as a shock to many but it wouldn't be required for the WHOLE COUNTRY to ditch it. It would be people in my district. And if it caught on then it would ripple out to other districts.

Even the idea of law is a misnomer. Laws are stagnant and two-dimensional., take years to change and are not dynamic for this fact paced world. Now the guides (ie: substitute for laws) we live by can be dynamic. Information moves instantly now, unlike when the Constitution was drafted.

I like your idea of using Ai. We can do this - why wait for these ignorant turkeys to do something we want to see happen? Nothing happens that we want when we put our power in their hands. Representative government is a fiction - it is a total failure and only works in our heads. It has never worked and it never can because humans are sovereign. This is the essence of reality that we don't live by and this is why we see so many disturbing and absurd perturbations. The thing is we must talk at this stage and learn to be sovereign, learn to use our voice, to stand for what we believe in and do so without malice, with fellowship. This is the dawning of a new age.

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SoloD's avatar

Why have congress AT ALL?

A: In the present tense it is probably necessary to prevent chaos.

So why not have the public itself make proposals?

A: I am all for it.

And the public itself vote on the proposals.

A. Yes yes yes.

What would make it safe is it would all be totally uncensored. A new districting map needs to be drawn up which can also be super-easy by using the most densely populated towns/cities as the center of a circular pattern that widens as the population becomes sparser outside of the cities.

A. Please draw this up as a statement / question.

Some cities may have multiple districts due to high populations.

A. yes

But the districting is very important because that's what makes the vote have value.

A. yes

A simple website could host it all.

A. yes

Instead of reading the papers, one may look up the website to see what proposals are being suggested in their town today.

A. yes

And they may engage or make proposals of their own.

A. yes

A system for voting numbers to adhere to a proper, scientific consensus would have to be met and that can be discussed right now.

A. yes

A quorum must be determined and that too would be decided by proposal.

A. yes

A proposal would elucidate all the factors associated it to it by the proposer (who could even be you!) and the people would vote on the proposal that they found most agreeable to them.

A. Yes, the way it should be.

The voting would matter because when a vast majority is met (of a quorum) then the proposal goes into implementation.

A. Yes

The proposer would provide all the knowledge on their proposal such as if a contracting company would be needed, which contracting company they recommend and what are the costs, etc. The beauty of this is that each one of us can finally fulfill our dreams. We would have to "do the work" but at least it wouldn't be subjected to "gatekeepers" who toss out good ideas and leave us with only bad ones (like we have now).

A. yes, yes a thousand times yes.

Power must be in each of our hands. No more giving power to others. We simply use our power to inform others and we use our power to vote for the proposals we want.

A. yes

The Constitution is totally irrelevant.

A. not true.

I would put a proposal that we should scrap it entirely.

A. no, we would lose everything as it would be scrapped before we got our Electronic Townhall.

I know that would come as a shock to many but it wouldn't be required for the WHOLE COUNTRY to ditch it. It would be people in my district. And if it caught on then it would ripple out to other districts.

A. we must be pragmatic.

Even the idea of law is a misnomer. Laws are stagnant and two-dimensional. Now the guides we live by can be dynamic. Information moves instantly now, unlike when the Constitution was drafted. I like your idea of using Ai. We can do this - why wait for these ignorant turkeys to do something we want to see happen. Nothing happens that we want. Representative government is a fiction - it only works in our heads. It have never worked and it never can because humans are sovereign.

A. true

This is the essence of reality that we don't live by and this is why we see so many disturbing and absurd perturbations. The thing is we must talk at this stage and learn to be sovereign, learn to use our voice, to stand for what we believe in. This is the dawning of a new age.

A. to make it happen you must develop some questions that can be circulated to like minded people who will develop questions and circulate them.

The First Amendment to the US Constitution guarantees The Sovereign People the right to petition the Legislative, Executive and the Judiciary for a redress (correction) to be applied to our grievance.

Our grievance is that we do not approve of what they are doing with our political power and we demand that all laws previously enacted must be ratified by us, The People and that all new Laws also be ratified by us.. This is an emergency and until the time the laws are ratified, the laws do not exist.

Please do everything you can to spread the idea.

Develop accurate questions.

Every other conversation simply runs out the clock on us and our America the Beautiful.

Thank you for your contribution to this concept.

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