Comments on: The Civilist Papers

By: Tampadoug47

Tampadoug47 — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 22:23:01 +0000

There is a ‘tin cup’ on the right sidebar. It’s for people who can spare it. Take care of yourself and your family first. I wish you good health for now and thank you for the offer.

By: Tampadoug47

Tampadoug47 — Sun, 26 Apr 2015 21:40:12 +0000

Thanks – I will check back w/ you when I can.

By: charrob

charrob — Sat, 25 Apr 2015 00:42:16 +0000

-saw your interview with Democracy Now this week. You are truly an inspiration. Thank you!

I would only add an additional rule: legally end the rotating door. Anyone working in government regulating an industry is not allowed to work for that industry say, for, 10 years following government service. Anyone working in government in any fashion who works with industry is not allowed to work for that industry for 10 years following government service.

So, someone working at the Pentagon cannot rotate back and forth between the Pentagon and Defense Contractors. Someone working for the SEC cannot rotate back and forth between the SEC and Banks. Someone working for BOEM cannot rotate back and forth between BOEM and the oil companies (which is one (of many) reasons why the BP Horizon blew up in the Gulf — oil company cronies worked in and corrupted that government agency).

So rather than just address members of the Legislative Branch to make laws, also make laws that affect the agencies in the Executive branch that are totally infested with cronyism.

Many thanks for what you have done.
My best of wishes to you.

-Charlene

By: Anthony Eller

Anthony Eller — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:32:07 +0000

I have posted your information on facebook and G+

By: Mike Atkin

Mike Atkin — Thu, 23 Apr 2015 05:52:14 +0000

Doug and Mike- Amazing. Please see my street theater in the link. From a kindred spirit out here in the wilderness, very best regards. -Mike

By: John Martin

John Martin — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 23:03:32 +0000

You have shown great courage exercising your constitutional right to petition our elected representatives in Congress. As a former community and union activist I can see how far our politicians have taken us down the road to becoming a corporate police state. GOOD LUCK and thank you.

By: Robin Miller

Robin Miller — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 23:34:31 +0000

Are you familiar with Lawrence Lessig? Harvard law prof, has started something called Mayday PAC – https://mayday.us/

I emailed Larry about you – I’m just a working-class schmuck in a Bradenton trailer park, but some of that work has been inventing citizen journalism and generally helping to change news from a monologue to a dialog. So I’m semi-famous in some circles; have written 3 books, thousands of articles, etc.

Anyway, you’re my kind of guy. Tomorrow I have a check coming, and as soon as I get it I’ll toss a few bucks into your tip cup.

Also, if you’re into the Linux/FOSS culture, you’ve probably heard of Slashdot. Even in retirement, I’m the site’s video editor. Want to do an interview aimed at techies? Can be remote via Google hangout or I can come to your place.

Get you some more fans, sand promote the indiegogo thing someone is sure to start for you if they haven’t already.

Thanks,

- Rob
941-565-2957

By: Susan D'Alessandro

Susan D'Alessandro — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:28:53 +0000

The thing that bothers me is that so many politicians just lie! They figure out what people want and then they say what people want to hear and then just continue serving their rich masters. How is it possible to overcome that?

By: Etta Redinsfier

Etta Redinsfier — Sun, 19 Apr 2015 21:18:13 +0000

I’m a great-grandma with serious health issues however, I admire what you did that I would like to send a cash donation. Where should it be sent?

By: Bart

Bart — Sat, 18 Apr 2015 16:40:46 +0000

Mr. Hughes, I attempted to register at the civilist papers’ website (civilist blog) but did not received a confirmation email so I am assuming that the site is either moribund or superseded by this one.
If it is not moribund I have several comments I would like to pass along on the content, much of it pettifogging but some of it substantial.
Allow me to say, at this point, it is unfortunate, but predictable, that the main stream media (MSM) has chosen, again, to focus on the flash of light and not the site of the lightening strike. Concerns seem to be the “clown car” delivery system (a friend’s characterization, not mine) and the “threat” to a bunch of people for whom, I dare to speculate, most of us would give a tinker’s damn for the security of. The dear old gang of 535.
For years now, I have been sounding a dull gong for the reality of corruption in our banana republic and I maintain that it is the essential first step that we eliminate corruption from our governance. Without the elimination of corruption, nothing else is of any consequence as none of the desires and concerns, right or left, can be addressed with a bunch of paid ponces dancing to the likes of Koch and Adelson. Corruption is the number one problem in the US, nothing else by a far margin. We need to concentrate our attention and our will to eliminating this plague but I see no means other than that which you advocate but a concentrated effort by a moderate coalition is, it appears, a fantasy of little potential.
One problem I discern is that you address your appeal to “moderate voters” which is limiting. I am a social democrat after a decade of exposure to European social democracy so I am considerably to the left of some of my tea colleagues. Perhaps we could come together on this one issue, it is alluded to on your pages, to the exclusion of all others for the time being. If and when we are able to eliminate (okay, severely restrict) the corruption in the congress my colleagues of the right and I can undertake to debate the issues with some chance that things might be resolved at least to the point where we are neither fully pleased nor fully repulsed.
Glad you got ROR and I hope you are in the position to find legal representation or, baring the financial resources, that they ACLU steps in. It’s a good day when you don’t get shot out of the sky…
Bart