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Boycott All Fundraising For The Sitting Congress Hotlist
by pinche tejano
Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 09:52:50 AM PST
You are nothing but an ATM to the Democratic Party. Daily Kos is a cash cow they pander to only during election years because of the money you can generate for their campaigns. And once you have secured their seats, they no longer return your calls, and your emails are returned with generated noreply responses. They do not care what you think, they only want you for your money.
Once they have what they want, they do not feel the need to comply with the wishes of the ones who sent them there. You are irrelevant in their eyes since they have no need for fund raising this year. If they cared, if they truly cared what the netroots wanted, they would act on the principles of those who canvassed, those who worked their phones, those who gave them money.
They don’t. You are just a typing ATM machine to them, and nothing more.
If they cared,
They would have repealed the USA Patriot Act. (Unresolved)
They would have repealed the Bankruptcy Act. (Actually made this worse)
They would have restored habeas corpus. (Unresolved, Obama took Bush’s One Ring of Imperial Executive)
They would have repealed the Military Commissions Act. (Unresolved)
They would have reformed the Prescription Drug Act (Actually turned this into corporate welfare)
They would have repealed the Clear Skies Act. (Unresolved)
They would have reformed the Farm Bill. (Made horrifically worse and let Monsanto expand their intellectual property claims)
They would have dealt with the budget by now. (FUBAR)
They would have crafted a withdrawal plan, ANY PLAN, to get out of Iraq. (Adopted Bush Planning)
They would be supply our troops with legitimate body armor, made camel packs standard issue and fast-tracked the MARP into production to replace the vulnerable Humvee. They would have increased veterans benefits, they would have REALLY dealt with the Walter Reeds of the land and they definitely would have protected the troops from the back-door drafts. They would actually be supporting the troops. (Unresolved, Walter Reed Scandal forgotten, extending tours for broken military)
They would have repealed or reformed No Child Left Behind. (Unresolved)
They would have restored all points of the Geneva Convention. (Unresolved, Obama took Bush’s One Ring of Imperial Executive)
They would have issued subpoenas to the DOJ. (Called to dismiss this case by Holder)
They would have issued subpoenas for warrantless domestic wiretapping. (Unresolved, Obama took Bush’s One Ring of Imperial Executive)
They would have issued subpoenas for intelligence gather before the war. (Unresolved, Obama took Bush’s One Ring of Imperial Executive)
They would have issued subpoenas for corruption in non-bid contracts in Iraq. (Contracts were extended and process still broken.)
They would have helped New Orleans by now. (FUBAR)
They would have reformed the student loan fiasco. (FUBAR)
They would be pro-active in protecting the environment. (FUBAR)
They would be pro-active in protecting worker’s rights. (FUBAR, especially for LGBT)
They would be pro-active in ethics reform. (Unresolved)
They would be pro-active in health care reform. (Ha, we all know how this is ending)
They would be pro-active in restoring our nation’s infrastructure. (Shovel Ready Projects still waiting for shovels.)
They would be pro-active in developing non-carbon emitting power grids. (Unresolved)
They would be pro-active in developing non-carbon emitting transportation. (Unresolved)
They would be pro-active in restoring faith in the ballot box. (Unresolved, Obama took Bush’s One Ring of Imperial Executive)
They would be pro-active in restoring faith in the American dream. (They only hand out nightmares)
They do not care, they have done none of this. They only care about how much money you can put in the war chest. You are just a cash cow they milk every two years and then go about on their merry way.
They are laughing at you. They are laughing at you because you believe you have a place at the table. They are laughing at you because you believe that by supporting them, change will come. They are laughing at you because you bought their pandering hook, line and sinker.
The only power you have is the power of the purse for their campaigns. Get their attention.
BOYCOTT ALL FUNDRAISING FOR SITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WHO USE YOU AS A CASH COW.
Boycott them now, then I bet you get their attention.
Not a single penny more for these people, unless you enjoy being laughed at.
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Sometimes I really wish I wasn’t right all the time.
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As I said elsewhere, I think I’ll invest my money in helping other people, or helping non-profits that are actually working to change important parts of our society.
That’s where the real change is.
Politics — now I think it’s the circus part of the bread and circuses.
and even then, they better show me it is worth it.
Well said
Funny, you should post that over there now.
Watch the heads explode.
Those people need a serious throttling. Obama isn’t throttling them enough.
A lot of us saw this coming, we keep seeing this over and over again. It’s kind of getting boring, actually!
Elect Democrats and they’ll fix Medicare pharma Part D.
If I’d get back some of the money I donated to Dem causes, I could maybe do a weekend stay at a nice hotel here – much better for my soul, the spa and all. Getting hosed by the D Party is not my idea of a spa.
You got it right PT – but I still “believed” in 2007.
Dog gets cookie for good behavior and digs out to go and do his own thing until he needs another cookie.
This happens when we are on a 1:1 reinforcement schedule – candy machine – and what do you do when you get your candy out of the machine? You leave.
What we do in dog training to combat this is to randomize the reinforcement schedule – make it variable – turn it into a slot machine.
Of course, all of this is predicated upon the idea of operant behavior – the understanding that behavior affects consequence.
Unfortunately in the modern politics we have nothing remotely like consequent reinforcement.
In dog training terms we have a permissive handler which leads to a spoiled dog.
I am not surprised IN THE LEAST that we are sitting where we are right now in terms of your essay.
Only the big money donors are pushing the operant buttons of our politicians and political parties.
If they don’t offer the correct behavior, the cookie is taken away and given to their opponents.
Negative and positive punishment at once.
It’s very good at controlling behavior.
Us? Not so much…
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