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| Joe Bakewell. |
ANTICORRUPTION FOLLOW UP
A/ Some folks
have had difficulty accessing the videos at www.anticorruptionact.org. Very
likely, this is due to using a smart phone. Try it again using your computer.
B/ Others,
having watched the videos, reacted with varying degrees of despair. Admittedly,
the problem is very serious and entrenched with no fix in sight. But there is
another side that may, with messy inefficiency, bring back our democracy.
I first
became aware of the issue about eight years ago when I read So Damn Much
Money by Robert Kaiser, an editor at the Washington Post. Kaiser details
how lobbying became a major factor in DC and bribery entered the picture. As I
remember, Jack Abramoff (one of the videos) is featured in the book. Later, I
read Republic lost by Lawrence Lessig who did a superb job of defining
the problem and its consequences. I understood the problem, but not all of its
insidious side effects at that time.
I started
writing about it (‘a voice crying in the wilderness’).
A number of
groups have sprung up aimed at eliminating the curse of special interest
bribery from our government. I have joined and contributed to almost all of
them. Unfortunately, they’re all founded and run by activists who, apparently,
have little, or no, management experience and do not understand the poison of
multiple objectives. Nevertheless, collectively, they are achieving a growing
number of ‘aware’ voters. Eventually, with your help, these folks might be
induced into voting with a single purpose—against special interest corruption.
At some
tipping point (fewer than you think) some patriotic candidates will come
forward.
Please note:
Voting for ‘the lesser of two evils’ will continue supporting corruption.
For extra
credit: Look up Jack Abramoff on Wikipedia. He’s a man who seems to have
achieved a true reinvention of himself.
Joe Bakewell.
[Six months
ago Joe Bakewell told hundreds of friends and relatives that he intended to
stop writing essays. He is still writing essays. Apparently it is a driving force
in his genetic makeup. We had trouble with Joe Bakewell’s suggested link www.anticorruptionact.org. using a
computer and various web browsers. Try a Google search for ‘anticorruption act
videos’ on You Tube. We included two samples with this post. This link also may be helpful: https://represent.us/ Last but not least, we extend
a warm welcome to CC blog reader Judah Currie, and a sincere ‘thank you’ to all readers who follow this blog—CC editor.]
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