Were the shootings at Fort Hood an act of terrorism? That's what Joe Lieberman wants to know. I for one am put at ease to know that at least one of our political leaders has the integrity to ask the tough question: "What technical classification should we assign to this violent attack?"
In this country, if a minority is a victim of violence, we have progressed to the point where we understand that the paramount question has to be "Was this a hate crime?". Thankfully we have Joe Lieberman to point us in the right direction and have the insight to apply that same method of thinking to a reversed scenario. Some of us have been negligent in our duty to ask a question of equal importance: "If a minority commits an act of violence, is it an act of terrorism?"
I probably don't need to tell you, but the answer to both of the questions in the previous paragraph is always YES. How can we ever truly get past our individual differences if we don't view every crime through the polarizing lens of race and religion?
After seeing Barbara Boxer cosponsor S 604, I first put on clean underwear, then I decided that there might actually be a chance of getting Feinstein to sign on. I usually try to be respecful when writing to my politicians, just for pragmatic reasons, but it was so hard to keep my anger completely in check when writing to Feinstein. Here's my letter:
Dear Senator Feinstein,
I am writing to urge you to co-sponsor Bernie Sanders bill, S 604, which calls for a full audit of the Federal Reserve.
This legislation already has 27 cosponsors including Barbara Boxer. The House version, HR 1207, has a two-thirds majority with 290 cosponsors.This bill does not interfere with the independence of the Federal Reserve. It merely says that it's books are to be opened up to the public.
You may feel you have more urgent things to focus your attention on such as health care or climate control legislation. The current administration, like all administrations, is claiming public mandates for all sorts of things. The only indisputable mandate that came out of this past election cycle is for less secrecy in our government and its institutions. Transparency of the Federal Reserve falls under that category.
Before the passage of the TARP bailouts, you stood on the Senate floor and voiced you support for that bill at the same time acknowledging that the majority of the feedback you had received from your constituents had been in opposition. Your reasoning was that they were not fully informed and therefore did not understand the legislation. I personally see this as a condescending cop out, but for the sake of argument, let's accept that the citizens are not always fully informed.
There is an intellectual revolution budding in this country that views the Federal Reserve as the money changers in the temple. And like it or not, monetary policy is going to be a growing issue of public debate. If you disregard the views of your constituents on the basis of their ignorance and then refuse to allow them the tools they need to become fully informed, all I can say is: Instant Karma's gonna get you!
I've been wanting to create a website that is geared towards children. This would be an educational site about a wide array of things: The constitution, The differences between a Democracy and a Republic, Austrian Economics, the Pillars of Liberty. Pretty much the fundamentals of everything they are misinformed about in Goverment run schools.
Is there anyone out there who would like to help me refine my idea? I've never taught anyone and I am just starting out on my own quest for knowledge in many of these areas. If I could just get a few creative and/or knowlegable people to brainstorm with, I'm sure we could create an excellent tool to get people thinking critically about Government at an early age.
I'd like this site to incorporated games, animations and illustrations. I can do the programming for the site just fine, but If there are any artists or animators that would be willing to help out It would be a great help (otherwise stick figures are a distinct possibility). Since this is in a very preliminary stage, it might be a while before I need your skills, but please contact me if you're interested and I'll keep you updated on my progress.
I'd pay for the hosting and registration. Unfortunately, I can't offer you anything as compensation for your help.
I've contaced my Congresswoman a few times asking her to co-sponsor H.R. 1207. I have yet to receive any response. In many of the comments I see on this site, it appears that others are having similar experiences. Has anyone out there actually gotten any feedback from their representatives with regards to auditing the Fed?
Poll: Have you received a response from your representative yet?
While I haven't received a response yet, a number of Campaign for Liberty folk in our district began contacting our congressman, and he has, in fact, co-sponsored the bill. I don't know if I WILL hear from him, but I'll take his co-sponsorship over his response.
I've contacted my congressman, apparently he's too busy with his "social roundtable" meetings and his discovery of YouTube that he hasn't the time to co-sponsor an audit of the Federal Reserve. My congressman resides in some alternate reality I suppose....deep sigh.
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