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Downsizer Dispatch
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Subject:
Victory!
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h
Subject: Victory!
The immigration bill is dead. It fell short by 14 votes. Better yet,
the whole issue has become so controversial, in so many different ways,
that no further action on immigration is expected any time soon.
Fox News has reported that the Senate phone system crashed yesterday,
from so many calls coming in.
We call this overwhelming, inescapable, resistance numbing pressure!
But the media, as usual, is getting the story wrong. The professional
reporting class seems unable to contain more than one idea or fact in
their heads at any given time, so they're all reporting that the bill's
defeat was due to its supposed amnesty provisions.
It is to laugh.
The truth is that nearly everyone, on all sides of the issue, opposed
this bill, for every reason imaginable.
The truth is that hundreds of groups like DownsizeDC.org were
organizing opposition to this legislation for many different reasons.
And one of the biggest objections was the REAL ID provisions.
Congratulations to you for the role you played in killing this horrible
bill. Now, we have a prediction to make . . .
THIS IS THE FUTURE.
Increasingly, this is how the United States is going to be governed.
Congress will propose, but the people will dispose, by exerting
overwhelming, inescapable, resistance numbing pressure.
The Internet has made this possible, just as printing made the
Reformation and the Enlightenment possible, and TV enabled the civil
rights movement.
This Big Change will mostly mean that Congress will do less, because
there will usually be vast interlocking groups of opposition ready to
fight, often for conflicting reasons, but usually with the same result
-- to say and impose a giant NO on Congressional schemes.
The pressure of the people will become the ultimate check and balance
on state expansionism.
This is the future.
And we have another prediction to make . . .
The era of partisan politics and over-sized political personalities is
coming to an end. Parties and personalities will matter less and less,
while public opinion on individual issues and bills will matter more and more.
Many people will continue to have partisan loyalties, and many more
will root for one candidate or another, for the same reason people love
sports. But this contest of labels and names will matter less and less.
It will increasingly become a "sound and fury signifying nothing."
Groups like DownsizeDC,org are the future. Our strategy is the main chance.
Do you want to win? Then this is the way to do it. And frankly, we see
zero evidence that there is any other way to do it.
But there's something else involved here. If you look deeply at the
public opinion polls on various issues you will see that most people
want smaller government on most issues most of the time. We call this
the Great Downsize DC Consensus. But . . .
You wouldn't know about this Consensus from watching the news, because
the journalistic obsession with the sports reporting of partisan
politics ignores this point.
Likewise, the rigged partisan division into two Big Government parties,
and two Big Government philosophical groupings, leaves the small
government consensus disenfranchised, un-represented, and completely invisible.
Partisan politics isn't the solution. Partisan politics is the problem!
DownsizeDC.org isn't a political party. It's a way to recruit and
organize the Downsize DC Consensus free from the barriers of primitive
partisan tribalism. It can also be, as our recruiting and organizing
gains critical mass, a way to make the smaller government consensus
VISIBLE for the first time.
We don't think it is a matter of "if this will happen," we think it is
a matter of "when?"
After all, DownsizeDC.org is the future.
Yet part of the answer to the "when" question is up to you.
June has been one of our best months so far. We've recruited more than
800 new Downsizers, and sent more than 40,000 messages to Congress,
plus countless phone calls. Now all we have to do is pay for it. Please
help us make budget for June. We are very close.
A generous anonymous donor has pledged $1,500 for this purpose. But in
order to get that $1,500 we must raise another $1,500 from other
donors. We are oh so close. If you can contribute today your
contribution will be WORTH TWICE AS MUCH. Plus . . .
We'll mail a "9/11: Press for Truth" DVD to your home. Here's how . . .
If you're an existing monthly credit card pledger in good standing as
of June 15, 2007, all you have to do is increase your monthly pledge by
at least $1, and we'll send one to you.
If you're NOT an EXISTING monthly credit card pledger then you can
start a monthly credit card pledge of at least $6, or make a one-time
credit card donation of $35 or more, and we'll send you the DVD.
(Sorry, for technical reasons we cannot make this offer for PayPal
pledges or donations).
Please help us make budget. You can make your contribution here.
Thank you for being a DC Downsizer.
Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h
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non-profit educational organization promoting the ideas of individual
liberty, personal responsibility, free markets, and small government.
You are encouraged to forward this message to friends and business
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From:
Downsizer Dispatch
To:
rmann@myfreedombox.com
Subject:
Victory!
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h
Subject: Victory!
The immigration bill is dead. It fell short by 14 votes. Better yet,
the whole issue has become so controversial, in so many different ways,
that no further action on immigration is expected any time soon.
Fox News has reported that the Senate phone system crashed yesterday,
from so many calls coming in.
We call this overwhelming, inescapable, resistance numbing pressure!
But the media, as usual, is getting the story wrong. The professional
reporting class seems unable to contain more than one idea or fact in
their heads at any given time, so they're all reporting that the bill's
defeat was due to its supposed amnesty provisions.
It is to laugh.
The truth is that nearly everyone, on all sides of the issue, opposed
this bill, for every reason imaginable.
The truth is that hundreds of groups like DownsizeDC.org were
organizing opposition to this legislation for many different reasons.
And one of the biggest objections was the REAL ID provisions.
Congratulations to you for the role you played in killing this horrible
bill. Now, we have a prediction to make . . .
THIS IS THE FUTURE.
Increasingly, this is how the United States is going to be governed.
Congress will propose, but the people will dispose, by exerting
overwhelming, inescapable, resistance numbing pressure.
The Internet has made this possible, just as printing made the
Reformation and the Enlightenment possible, and TV enabled the civil
rights movement.
This Big Change will mostly mean that Congress will do less, because
there will usually be vast interlocking groups of opposition ready to
fight, often for conflicting reasons, but usually with the same result
-- to say and impose a giant NO on Congressional schemes.
The pressure of the people will become the ultimate check and balance
on state expansionism.
This is the future.
And we have another prediction to make . . .
The era of partisan politics and over-sized political personalities is
coming to an end. Parties and personalities will matter less and less,
while public opinion on individual issues and bills will matter more and more.
Many people will continue to have partisan loyalties, and many more
will root for one candidate or another, for the same reason people love
sports. But this contest of labels and names will matter less and less.
It will increasingly become a "sound and fury signifying nothing."
Groups like DownsizeDC,org are the future. Our strategy is the main chance.
Do you want to win? Then this is the way to do it. And frankly, we see
zero evidence that there is any other way to do it.
But there's something else involved here. If you look deeply at the
public opinion polls on various issues you will see that most people
want smaller government on most issues most of the time. We call this
the Great Downsize DC Consensus. But . . .
You wouldn't know about this Consensus from watching the news, because
the journalistic obsession with the sports reporting of partisan
politics ignores this point.
Likewise, the rigged partisan division into two Big Government parties,
and two Big Government philosophical groupings, leaves the small
government consensus disenfranchised, un-represented, and completely invisible.
Partisan politics isn't the solution. Partisan politics is the problem!
DownsizeDC.org isn't a political party. It's a way to recruit and
organize the Downsize DC Consensus free from the barriers of primitive
partisan tribalism. It can also be, as our recruiting and organizing
gains critical mass, a way to make the smaller government consensus
VISIBLE for the first time.
We don't think it is a matter of "if this will happen," we think it is
a matter of "when?"
After all, DownsizeDC.org is the future.
Yet part of the answer to the "when" question is up to you.
June has been one of our best months so far. We've recruited more than
800 new Downsizers, and sent more than 40,000 messages to Congress,
plus countless phone calls. Now all we have to do is pay for it. Please
help us make budget for June. We are very close.
A generous anonymous donor has pledged $1,500 for this purpose. But in
order to get that $1,500 we must raise another $1,500 from other
donors. We are oh so close. If you can contribute today your
contribution will be WORTH TWICE AS MUCH. Plus . . .
We'll mail a "9/11: Press for Truth" DVD to your home. Here's how . . .
If you're an existing monthly credit card pledger in good standing as
of June 15, 2007, all you have to do is increase your monthly pledge by
at least $1, and we'll send one to you.
If you're NOT an EXISTING monthly credit card pledger then you can
start a monthly credit card pledge of at least $6, or make a one-time
credit card donation of $35 or more, and we'll send you the DVD.
(Sorry, for technical reasons we cannot make this offer for PayPal
pledges or donations).
Please help us make budget. You can make your contribution here.
Thank you for being a DC Downsizer.
Jim Babka
President
DownsizeDC.org, Inc.
D o w n s i z e r - D i s p a t c h
is the official email list of DownsizeDC.org, Inc. & Downsize DC Foundation
CONTRIBUTE to the Electronic Lobbyist project
http://www.DownsizeDC.org is sponsored by DownsizeDC.org, Inc. -- a
non-profit educational organization promoting the ideas of individual
liberty, personal responsibility, free markets, and small government.
You are encouraged to forward this message to friends and business
associates, and permission is hereby granted to reproduce any items
herein as long as attribution is provided for articles and the
subscription instructions above are included.
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