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Word comes from Chris Percy that Mike McCabe of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign will be speaking this Sunday evening, October 19 at 7 p.m. at the Monona United Methodist Church, 606 Nichols Road in Monona.
The Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is a nonpartisan "political watchdog group working for clean government and real democracy." Some of the issues he will be discussing are
- election reform
- election of state supreme court justices
- campaign finance reform
- voter I.D.
- how to get beyond narrow partisanship in the state legislature
- how individual citizens can become involved in strengthening Wisconsin democracy.
Chris adds that "There will be ample opportunity for questions and discussion. All are welcome and please invite your friends to this forum on democracy! Sponsored by the Church and Society committee."
> Wisconsin Democracy Campaign is struggling mightily against the tide.
ReplyDelete> Confidence has been lost in the financial markets, is spreading to the wider markets, and to government to manage any of our affairs. If markets and governments cannot be trusted where do the people turn to find help. Now we are hearing that voting is corrupted by improperly kept voting records and, even, the machines used for recording our ballots.
> Will our votes be counted and, if they are, can we trust the count itself.
> Florida and Ohio are constantly in the news for corruption of the voting process. The last two elections are held in disrespect by many, believing that Bush was selected by the supreme court, not elected by the people.John McCain has accused Barak Obama of collusion with Acorn, a voter registration group trying to get more into the voting booths.
> And Homeland Security has received the promise of three brigades of army special forces troops to help in case of civil disorder. Add that to the outcry of police excess in the cities where the nominating conventions were held and we get the feeling of an emerging police-military ideology in the US.
> Add to that the hiring of para-military contractors to aid in disaster relief, patrolling the streets where unrest is associated with such events.The national guards are commandeered by the Pentagon and we have chaos in our states ability to protect civilians from quasi-militarization of the police.
> With trust and confidence almost zero are we ripe for a takeover, a coup d'etat by an executive branch of government able to utilize a militarized homeland security, in the name of restoring faith in our elected government and our free markets?
> The US has lost wars in VietNam and Korea, is losing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, unemployment is rising, health care is lacking for millions, and we depend on Europe and Asia to lend us money to send to Saudi Arabia for the oil needed to sustain the military use of Air and Naval Power to control our empire.
> Will some political and military elite see the need for a more stable political order to sustain its mission to provide security to the nation? The promise of unrest is growing and offers an invitation to unscrupulous powers to try and exploit this condition. Watch out!
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