How to fumigate the Bushie termites?

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Saturday April 14, 2007 · 5:39 AM PDT

2007/04/14 · 05:39

Let's brainstorm on the topic of how we can fumigate all those Bushie termites. With the Enron-shredding already in full swing, we'll never get an exact list, so we may have to assume that everyone Bush appointed is tainted (scorched earth policy).

My favorite idea is pervasive Sunshine Laws (ie. transparency and mandatory oversight), a "Political Sarbanes-Oxley" if you will. It'd give us a way to keep career post Bushies in check until they naturally expire, since it's awkward to just remove them.

Please reply with other ideas. If there's enough material, I'll edit them into a mini-white-paper sort of thing and post a followup diary for comments.

Why Congress Can't Stop Spending

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Tuesday April 10, 2007 · 7:42 AM PDT

2007/04/10 · 07:42

Here are Ron Paul's two most recent weekly columns, The 2008 Federal Budget and The Federal Reserve Monopoly over Money. I think there is a lot in there to agree with, as issues of financial solvency affect us all.

Thinking about the pork in the Iraq funding bill, it hit me that the reason pork has exploded so much is not just because of lobbying or catering to the voters back home. It's because congress has become so polarized that pork is the only way to build coalitions on divisive issues. And the polarization itself results from opposing interests unwilling to compromise.

And the lack of compromise? Well... that's pretty obvious. And both parties have their share of hardliners. But... how can we convince these people to become team players?

Maybe we should take a hint from the ancient greeks and bring back Ostracism.

vote.com -- "fair and balanced"

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Monday April 09, 2007 · 3:14 AM PDT

2007/04/09 · 03:14

I just spotted vote.com because it was linked from Ron Paul's myspace page -- funny, I think I suggested something along these lines to Obama's Yahoo thing a couple weeks ago.

Anyway, apparently Dick Morris is behind this. I went on there and voted in a few of the open questions, and noticed that the results are very right-leaning. Which makes sense, because it has probably only been advertised on Fox.

I like the concept, though their site looks a little unfinished (oh wait, it probably just wants a Microsoft browser). I'm now a little wary of getting spammed by them for registering my email address, but it sure would be fun to storm this thing and see what they do.

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