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To: James Calladine who wrote (7868)	8/22/2004 4:07:27 PM
From: LPS5	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20039

Bottom-up democracy would be town government composed of representatives selected by the communities within the town. State government selected by communities within the State. Federal government selected by communities within the Federal unit. In each case one person, one vote. I'm at a loss to determine where any of that is different than what we have currently. Thus, and as legions of hacking volleyball and tennis players are wont to implore: (a) little help? Town, State and Federal campaign funding provided ONLY by the respective governments and NO private funding of campaigns. Let me get this straight: you'd approve of governments having a monopoly on funding political campaigns? Not private individuals, groups, or entities, even if they reside within that "[town], [s]tate, [or] [f]ederal" jurisdiction? Creepy stuff, James. Yikes. The present virtual monopoly of the two National political parties to be broken. How would that be accomplished? I'm not aware of any "monopoly," virtual or otherwise. I'm a Libertarian, and I am used to seeing six or seven levers when I step into voting booths every couple of years. It's true that the Demolicians and Republicrats are dominant, but if the writer of this laughable treatise expects that government dominated by two parties is going to voluntarily address the issue of their own domination - or, more ridiculously, that the answer to dominating political parties is another political bureaucracy - well, he or she should go back to pouring drinks, mowing lawns, or whatever vocation he sprung from to become a political theorist. I could use a new caddy, and I'll bet that this individual is a fantastic conversationalist. Does Avatar Samraj have an email address I can reach him at? The rights of Corporations to function as a PERSON in many aspects of the law to be ended. Which, specifically? And why? LPS5