Invitation to All

Please join me at Joe The Voter to participate with others to help formulate proposals and guidelines for legislation.

We hope to find experts in various fields to help typical American's like us to work to formulate what we think should be the direction taken by the new administration.

The site is JoeTheVoter.org Costs nothing but some time.

Doing it with Care

I have an idea. LOTTO TIME in Illinois! Sell tickets and have a drawing.



Sound like an idea? Well, for a chuckle and for Toy for Tots etc. I decided to do that ( humor of course ) and make a 50% donation.



http://www.reelectnoone.com/buy-obamas-seat.php



This is intended to be entertainment only....you really cannot buy that seat any longer...at least I don't think you can? But Chicago politics being what it is, that seat may already have a high bidder!
About Celebs Talk Politics
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The Republicans Want A Depression

It is typical of Republicans to worry about how much money a middle class worker is allowed to earn.



They did nothing to limit the multi-million dollar wages and bonus packages of the Wall Street tycoons when they passed the first bail out bill.



But then the bankers are not unionized and we know what Republicans think of organized labor when it eats into corporate profits and the dividends paid to share holders.



It is those very wage earners who's tax dollars are being tapped to support the bail outs.



I also wonder if they realize that reducing wages on families already strapped to live could lead to even more foreclosures when those wage cuts make it impossible to make mortgage payments.
About Auto Bailout
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Blagojevich: Character is Destiny

For what it's worth I decided to create a fictional auction with certificates on eBay to "sell" the vacant seat. Going to give the profits to Toys for Tots so at lease someone will get something out of this fiasco.


http://www.reelectnoone.com/buy-obamas-seat.php


Let's get a laugh and give some toys to kids !


I will also do this directly so fee free to email me.
About Rod Blagojevich
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Rod Blagojevich Arrested: The Damage He Could Do

First point is that no party has an exclusive on dirty politicians. Remember Ted Stevens, a republican from Alaska just convicted of numerous felonies? Remember Nixon who resigned to avoid impeachment? Greed is all too common in politics...sad fact.



As for republicans making a big stink, perhaps this is a signal that they plan to be uncooperative when it comes to getting anything done for Americans. I don't recall the Democrats jumping all over the Republicans over Ted Stevens.
About Rod Blagojevich
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Obama's Call to Service Meets the Economic Meltdown

For the first time I believed enough to be a campaign volunteer and to donate a little money. I like the idea of people participating. I have always been one to let my representatives know when I was concerned about issues. I applaud this new direction of providing ordinary citizens with ways to participate.



As a progressive though not FAR left web designer I decided I would try my own experiment and invite everyone to join. http://www.joethevoter.org is a site I am putting together with the idea of getting citizens working with experts to write some legislative ideas to present to Congress. We will try to create work groups for various areas of legislation. We want to cover such things as voter registration., election reforms, health, education, welfare, etc.



The idea of tapping all this momentum came to me as a direct result in being a new participant in the elections this year. We can have a voice if we use it all the time, not just when we are angry about a particular topic. It is best to let our elected officials know ahead of time what we want rather than wait until they do something stupid ( which they do ) and then try to fix it later.



I hope you will visit me. This is not about money or commercialism...it is my experiment in getting people working with government.
About Barack Obama
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Thanks to the People Who Worked on OffTheBus; Here's What Comes Next

I would also like to invite interested people to join me in keeping Congress and the Obama administration working on the things we need. http://www.joethevoter.org



I was a campaign volunteer and was impressed with the enthusiasm and energy. I don't want to see that go away and decided to create a site to try to tap that energy to guide the writing of proposed legislation and guidelines. I am seeking some experts in various fields to volunteer to work with ordinary citizens in this project. I would love to see some of Huffington's experts come on board to help. There is nothing commercial about this idea...just us people staying involved with our new government.



Please drop by to visit us and help spread the word.
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