tangent4ronpaul
01-06-2009, 09:13 AM
Remember the voting on change.org? - well, they are in their final round to end the 15th of January. The top 10 proposals get presented to the Oh-Bomb-Us administration on the 16th.
They took the top 3 proposals from each category and reset the counters to zero.
Amazingly, there are actually some good proposals in there. If you voted before, you can vote again now - but only for 10 proposals. I don't know if they are still allowing new registrations - but you could try.
http://www.change.org/ideas?order=top#listSection
Here are the top 15 issues in order of importance to obama supporters, according to the current vote:
1) 2947 votes: Legalize the Medicinal and Recreational Use of Marijuana
2) 2506 votes: End the war on drugs
3) 2209 votes: Pass Marriage Equality Rights for LGBT couples nationwide
WOW! - Drugs and gay sex are like deff the most pressing issues facing our country - gotta have your priorities in order! :rolleyes:
4) 2201 votes: Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties
5) 2048 votes: Free Single Payer Health Care
6) 1764 votes: Make the grid green in 10 years
7) 1555 votes: Health Freedom IS Our First Freedom
8) 1400 votes: Forgive Student Loans: Stimulate the Middle and Lower Middle Class
9) 1343 votes: Save Handmade Toys From the CPSIA (against corporate outsourcing of toy manufacturer to China and toxins in same)
10) 1254 votes: END CORPORATE "PERSONHOOD"
11) 1018 votes: Develop & Implement a National Strategy for Sustainability
12) 1007 votes: The War On Drugs has Failed- Decriminalize Marijuana
13) 950 votes: Legalize Milk (organic/raw)
14) 878 votes: Appoint Secretary of Peace in Department of Peace and Non-Violence
15) 874 votes: "The Autism Reform Act of 2009"
Here are some that are close and worth voting "up":
832 votes: Protect Our Food Supply – Stop NAIS!
749 votes: Appoint a Special Prosecutor for the Crimes of the Bush Administration
674 votes: Repeal the Patriot Act
Now for the really big surprises! These are the vote counts for the anti- Iraq war/ anti-WoT:
346 votes: Leave Iraq Now!
201 votes: End the War in Iraq and Fight Terrorism With Nonviolent Principles
76 votes: Reframe War on Terror as a Movement to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
note that the top 2 end war votes are at risk of being left in the dust by a proposal to legalize and regulate prostitution and another to turn the south lawn of the White House into an organic garden...
I must have just tripped and am now in free fall down a rabbit hole... Hhhheeeelllllpppp!
As to voting - please keep "End corporate personhood" in the top 10 - it's a 100% guarantee obama won't touch that issue and it would leave egg on his face. The end the war on drug ones are a shoe in for first place - any bets on if he's just going to ignore the issue or if he'll make a token gesture like supporting medical pot with a docs Rx?
It's interesting that not a single anti-gun proposal had enough support to make the list - but we are guaranteed a war on guns under this administration.
oh yeah - FISA/Patri-idiot act/civil rights is neck and neck with gay marriage. Kind of sends a bad message about citizens priorities if the latter got third place...
-t
They took the top 3 proposals from each category and reset the counters to zero.
Amazingly, there are actually some good proposals in there. If you voted before, you can vote again now - but only for 10 proposals. I don't know if they are still allowing new registrations - but you could try.
http://www.change.org/ideas?order=top#listSection
Here are the top 15 issues in order of importance to obama supporters, according to the current vote:
1) 2947 votes: Legalize the Medicinal and Recreational Use of Marijuana
2) 2506 votes: End the war on drugs
3) 2209 votes: Pass Marriage Equality Rights for LGBT couples nationwide
WOW! - Drugs and gay sex are like deff the most pressing issues facing our country - gotta have your priorities in order! :rolleyes:
4) 2201 votes: Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties
5) 2048 votes: Free Single Payer Health Care
6) 1764 votes: Make the grid green in 10 years
7) 1555 votes: Health Freedom IS Our First Freedom
8) 1400 votes: Forgive Student Loans: Stimulate the Middle and Lower Middle Class
9) 1343 votes: Save Handmade Toys From the CPSIA (against corporate outsourcing of toy manufacturer to China and toxins in same)
10) 1254 votes: END CORPORATE "PERSONHOOD"
11) 1018 votes: Develop & Implement a National Strategy for Sustainability
12) 1007 votes: The War On Drugs has Failed- Decriminalize Marijuana
13) 950 votes: Legalize Milk (organic/raw)
14) 878 votes: Appoint Secretary of Peace in Department of Peace and Non-Violence
15) 874 votes: "The Autism Reform Act of 2009"
Here are some that are close and worth voting "up":
832 votes: Protect Our Food Supply – Stop NAIS!
749 votes: Appoint a Special Prosecutor for the Crimes of the Bush Administration
674 votes: Repeal the Patriot Act
Now for the really big surprises! These are the vote counts for the anti- Iraq war/ anti-WoT:
346 votes: Leave Iraq Now!
201 votes: End the War in Iraq and Fight Terrorism With Nonviolent Principles
76 votes: Reframe War on Terror as a Movement to End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
note that the top 2 end war votes are at risk of being left in the dust by a proposal to legalize and regulate prostitution and another to turn the south lawn of the White House into an organic garden...
I must have just tripped and am now in free fall down a rabbit hole... Hhhheeeelllllpppp!
As to voting - please keep "End corporate personhood" in the top 10 - it's a 100% guarantee obama won't touch that issue and it would leave egg on his face. The end the war on drug ones are a shoe in for first place - any bets on if he's just going to ignore the issue or if he'll make a token gesture like supporting medical pot with a docs Rx?
It's interesting that not a single anti-gun proposal had enough support to make the list - but we are guaranteed a war on guns under this administration.
oh yeah - FISA/Patri-idiot act/civil rights is neck and neck with gay marriage. Kind of sends a bad message about citizens priorities if the latter got third place...
-t