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Jim Babka will be on the Alex Jones show for an hour tomorrow. This is a big show with a big audience, broadcast in 50 cities. You can listen on the Internet. Go to www.GCNLive.com and click on “Listen Live.” Then click on Channel 1 or 2 to get the free feed. ::::::Time:::::::1:00 PM Eastern:::Noon Central:::11:00 AM Mountain:::10:00 AM Pacific:::Recorded RE-PLAY available on-line at 10:00 PM Eastern::::::Stations by State::::
Last month we recruited 242 new DC Downsizers in 28 days. But so far in March, we’ve recruited 365 in just 13 days! Welcome to all the new DC Downsizers!
This morning’s Downsizer-Dispatch . . .:::
Please forward this to anyone you know who thinks Congress should serve rather than rule.:::
Dear friend,:::
What would happen if you required your boss to tell you all the people he or she deals with before you would take instructions about how to do your job? You’d be fired on the spot. :::
Well, Congress is doing exactly that. Congress wants reports filed on citizens who use grassroots organizations to communicate with their elected representatives. :::
But doesn’t Congress work for you? Shouldn’t you be able to use grassroots organizations like DownsizeDC.org, Gun Owners of America, AARP, or the Marijuana Policy Project, to communicate your desires to YOUR representatives. Shouldn’t you be able to issue instructions to YOUR public servants without them placing burdens on how you do that?:::
Congress wants every grassroots lobbying organization to file reports with the government. Reports about you! Reports about who you are, what your business interests are, and how much money you contribute. But shouldn’t it be the other way around? Shouldn’t Congress, and all the people who work for Congress, be the ones who are filing reports (available to YOU) about how they spend their time, who they meet with, who writes the bills they sponsor, and who buys them meals and pays for their travel? :::
The Lobbying Reform Act, currently pending in Congress, has it exactly backwards. Congress wants to exploit the recent Jack Abramoff and Duke Cunningham scandals, involving wrong-doing by people in Congress — not wrong-doing by YOU — to regulate how you communicate with your public servants. :::
This is how Congress operates. Congress does something wrong, and then exploits its own bad behavior to regulate not itself, but the people it is supposed to serve. Congress wants to rule rather than serve. The Lobbying Reform Act would make you, the boss, submit to Congress, rather than the other way around. But it gets worse . . .
Yesterday’s Progress – Sun 3/12/06
Another episode of the Downsize DC Conference Call
This was the final edition of the Harry Browne Show. It was sad and I got weepy. I so much want Harry back on the air. Saturday nights will never be the same. ::::::I want to thank Pamela Browne for the honor of guest-hosting this show. ::::::The tribute was great. You can listen to both hours, which are “attachments” to this blog entry (see below). ::::::In this episode we had David Bergland, Sharon Ayres, Steve Dasbach, David Nolan, and Jack Dean joining us as guests. ::::::On top of that we had recorded comments from the Libertarian Party (Joe Seehusen), Congressman Ron Paul, David Ruprecht, Larry Elder, and Jack Mullen. ::::::I read statements from Jack Williams, Art Matsko, and Pamela Browne. ::::::We had phone calls from Dan Litwin, Manny Klausner, and David Morgan, as well as five other Harry Browne fans. And we read two other emails (we didn’t have time to get to the rest). ::::::Now, the Harry Browne tribute is complete — all five hours. The memorial splash page we erected in Harry’s honor will be archived as a link from his name (located in the list of co-founders) at our website’s homepage.
Yesterday’s Progress – Sat 3/11/06
Reminder: Downsize DC radio show today
You can hear Jim Babka interviewed on Free Talk Live tonight. Click here to get the feed.::::::Broadcast times are:::::::7 pm to 10 pm Eastern:::6 pm to 9 pm Central:::5 pm to 8 pm Mountain:::4 pm to 7 pm Pacific