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9. The battlefield between us and #3 is pretty much the same as the "general battlefield"...

Reply to KoKo (Reply #8)

Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:07 PM

Sep 2014

Maybe because I'm an educator, every problem looks like ignorance and a teaching moment.

BUT, I think education and then building consensus and then encouraging action are the steps to get where you and I want to go.

We must enable and encourage, not goad, others into taking action.

One of my role models has on his tombstone these words:

One needs a bit of background in aviation, maybe, to understand.

Happy to explain if you don't get it.

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Why It's Delusional to Think a Campaign for a Constitutional Amendment Can End Citizens United [View all] KoKo Sep 2014 OP

Recommended. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

Rather than dwell over the time it takes to get "More & Better Dems" KoKo Sep 2014 #8

The battlefield between us and #3 is pretty much the same as the "general battlefield"... NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #9

Yes...you might want to explain that Tombstone.... KoKo Sep 2014 #10

I recommend any work by Lawrence Lessig, like Free Culture. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #11

Bill Moyers did an Excellent Interview with Lessing... KoKo Sep 2014 #12

I fear that people miss the the point of government. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #13

Ahhh...Bucky Fuller...! KoKo Sep 2014 #14

I do not think either party is going to give up all of that money. djean111 Sep 2014 #2

Well said...and as we go forward...TRUTH OUTS.... KoKo Sep 2014 #5

Anyone have a Link to Confronting FCC to get MONEY RESTRICTED in POLITICS? KoKo Sep 2014 #3

The "limit the ads" part would be unconstitutional under current interpretations Jim Lane Sep 2014 #15

Given that there is a Monopoly of Three Cable Providers KoKo Sep 2014 #16

Broadcast is different because of scarcity of spectrum space. Jim Lane Sep 2014 #17

I did some more research....This goes back to Clinton/Gore Commission KoKo Sep 2014 #18

BTW...this Article is a Very Long Read...(An Over the weekend Project) KoKo Sep 2014 #4

I agree with the article. But this is not to say we shouldn't use every tactic at our rhett o rick Sep 2014 #6

check out my Post #3....there was a movement to do this... KoKo Sep 2014 #7