I’m not sure how I feel about ThisJune5th. On one hand, it could potentially cause a lot of damage to our financial infrastructure—it’s basically an organized bank run. But on the other hand, actively supporting something like this is a peaceful and legal way to support a (possibly abrupt) transition to honest (commodity-backed) money and require accountability at the hands of the Federal Reserve and large investment banks for years of dollar debasement and moral hazard.

The funny thing is, whoever made this site might get me to do what they suggest regardless of my leanings… I don’t want to find out that, come June 5th, I can’t withdraw my money.

B.J. Lawson became the Republican nominee in his North Carolina district 4 last Tuesday. Congratulations, Dr. Lawson!

The Sunlight Foundation is making it possible for the public to engage directly in the process of reading, writing, and modifying bills slated for vote in Congress. The Statesman has an article about the progress in that arena.

What made me laugh was this comment, from a Mr. Miller who is a past president of the American League of Lobbyists:

I don’t think the way you advocate is to put everything online and say, ‘All right American people, weigh in on that,’ because then what’s next? … Are we going to let the American people decide our defense policy, our trade policy, our immigration policy?

Haha! Hahahahaha! I can only imagine what Mr. Miller thinks of Larry Lessig’s change-congress.org project!

Daniel has worked hard (and convinced me to help a little) on an idea for Lawson’s congressional bid. Check out the new site, Bucks for BJ!

The idea is really simple—if we each donate $5 bucks and find two friends to do the same B.J. Lawson will be in an awesome position to really make an impact by April 19th.

It’s only five bucks… let’s do it! (I did!)

I think it’s kind of cool how Ron Paul’s campaign “activated” many of us to action. Here I am, blogging about a guy I’ve never met, in a state I’ve never visited, and in an election I have no say in. Except that maybe my little bit of influence might matter—like a drop of water in the river that breaks the dam. And together, there is an almost inevitable chance that change is coming to USA political headquarters.

So it’s getting closer to crunch time for Mr. Lawson. A friend of mine, Daniel Harmon, recently called me to ask if I’d heard about him. I actually forgot that I had, but in any case, Daniel re-introduced me to him. He says:

He’s running for congress in North Carolina’s 4th District. And he’s the spitting image of Ron Paul…minus about 40 years, the receding white hair, the Texas drawl and about $35 million in raised campaign funds.

OK. So they obviously have their physical and financial differences. But when it comes to political ideology, they’re almost identical twins. In fact, on his site, BJ says, “I was drawn back to politics by Ron Paul’s tireless and principled work to restore a Constitutional federal government.” It looks like he’s even adopted a fund-raising strategy from Ron Paul’s play book: posting his numbers in real-time on his homepage. Nice move.

— Daniel Harmon

What if each of us donates $5 to his campaign, and tells two friends about this opportunity to come together again? If we can win congress, one seat at a time, we can put an end to (or at least slow down!) the corruption and warmongering that has undermined our freedom and sent the country into economic turmoil.

Hurray for grassroots politics!

This is fantastic news:

In a major step for the U.S. labor movement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced that it will shut down West Coast ports on May 1, to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East.

It could mean fewer imports and higher cost of food, etc., but I’d be willing to grow my own garden and live on our food storage for a year if it would help stop the war. I’d even chip in financially to support the brave people who want to take a stand like this. Go ILWU!

This one really touched me, so I’m posting it here even though I’m still a little reluctant to believe Obama represents the change I’ve been hoping for. In any case, I know he represents hope for a long-ago downtrodden sense of self-respect for blacks in this country, and for that reason a part of me really does want him to win. For the sake of unity and hope, and maybe even some positive change.

Pretty funny parody:

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Today’s the day in Utah. Let’s go change the status quo!

You can find your precinct by address here (or by looking at your voter registration card), and find the corresponding voting location here.

Here’s a little note about casting your vote if you’ve never done it before. How you actually mark the ballot changes from county to county. (See Doug’s comment)

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