Comments on: Inconvenient Language Barrier: Ignoring the Hispanics http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:16:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Gail http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2348 Gail Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:12:04 +0000 http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2348 <p>I agree with Kirk that it's about money, which is why I support public funding of campaigns. However, I also believe in many poltical parties. As David Cobb said shortly after he lost the 2004 election, we need to either change the better of the two parties from the inside (obviously the Dmeocrats) or move outside and apply pressure. I've chosen the latter and have been a Green for several years now.</p> <p>A few days ago I posted about Camp Wellstone, which is providing citizen activism training for people running for office, handling campaigns, and generic activists, which describes me. </p> <p>I'll never forget what I heard when I went to Camp Wellstone in November of 2003: When the late Sen. Paul Wellstone first ran in 1990, he was outspent 8 to 1, but had 14,000 grassroots volunteers and an old school bus painted green that frquently broke down but managed to carry him to the miners and farmers of Minnesota. </p> <p>Wellstone's campaign manager, Jeff Blodgett, is carrying on at Camp Wellstone, and trainees are running and winning elections.</p> I agree with Kirk that it’s about money, which is why I support public funding of campaigns. However, I also believe in many poltical parties. As David Cobb said shortly after he lost the 2004 election, we need to either change the better of the two parties from the inside (obviously the Dmeocrats) or move outside and apply pressure. I’ve chosen the latter and have been a Green for several years now.

A few days ago I posted about Camp Wellstone, which is providing citizen activism training for people running for office, handling campaigns, and generic activists, which describes me.

I’ll never forget what I heard when I went to Camp Wellstone in November of 2003: When the late Sen. Paul Wellstone first ran in 1990, he was outspent 8 to 1, but had 14,000 grassroots volunteers and an old school bus painted green that frquently broke down but managed to carry him to the miners and farmers of Minnesota.

Wellstone’s campaign manager, Jeff Blodgett, is carrying on at Camp Wellstone, and trainees are running and winning elections.

]]> By: larryO http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2307 larryO Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:54:11 +0000 http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2307 <p>Calling Mr. Long....</p> Calling Mr. Long….

]]> By: todb http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2297 todb Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:17:45 +0000 http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2297 <p>Kirk T said "what's in the soup when you scoop all that fat from the top." What an amazing line! I have to concur with you, Kirk. Alas, neither party has any inclination to engender form in this direction which means what? We need Thomas Jefferson to lead a little insurrection? Or a mass demonstration? Or do we stay with ineffectual orgs like MoveOn who siphon cash and energy with little actual results? YOUR FRUSTRATION IS SHARED.</p> Kirk T said “what’s in the soup when you scoop all that fat from the top.” What an amazing line! I have to concur with you, Kirk. Alas, neither party has any inclination to engender form in this direction which means what? We need Thomas Jefferson to lead a little insurrection? Or a mass demonstration? Or do we stay with ineffectual orgs like MoveOn who siphon cash and energy with little actual results? YOUR FRUSTRATION IS SHARED.

]]> By: Kirk T http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2290 Kirk T Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:57:34 +0000 http://todbrilliant.com/inconvenient-language-barrier-ignoring-the-hispanics/#comment-2290 <p>I, for one, do not believe that an additional political party is the answer to anything. If the problem is politics, how is adding <em>more</em> politics going to help? The issue, in my opinion, is money. In order to successfully run a campaign for election you need lots and lots of cash, which means you need to know the right people with that cash, which means you already have cash to start out with which means you are <em>way</em> out of touch with the rest of the Americans (and the world, for that matter).</p> <p>What I say is that in order to find that special American to be elected President (or other office), you need to level the playing field and somehow remove money from the picture. Then, and only then, will you see what's in the soup when you scoop all that fat from the top.</p> I, for one, do not believe that an additional political party is the answer to anything. If the problem is politics, how is adding more politics going to help? The issue, in my opinion, is money. In order to successfully run a campaign for election you need lots and lots of cash, which means you need to know the right people with that cash, which means you already have cash to start out with which means you are way out of touch with the rest of the Americans (and the world, for that matter).

What I say is that in order to find that special American to be elected President (or other office), you need to level the playing field and somehow remove money from the picture. Then, and only then, will you see what’s in the soup when you scoop all that fat from the top.

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