Holiday Table Topics
In no particular order:
1. If the news sources didn't keep filling space with Sarah Palin, would there be a crush of letters to the editor/online comments demanding Sarah Palin coverage? That is, is the Palin coverage pulled by readers or pushed by unimaginative news sources?
2. What is the difference between a politician and a public servant? Name some of each whom you believe have been most successful in their role (define successful).
3. When you think about the vote-by-mail process, can you say with certainty that your ballot reaches the ballot counters, and the ballot is counted as you marked it? What if you chose to not vote for someone? Ever wonder if a ballot counter voted for you? Discuss.
4. If the family members (or cluster of friends) were each to give $5/month to a pooled donation, what organizations would receive the gifts throughout the year?
5. If you were responsible for selecting participants to a California Constitutional Convention, what criteria would you use to construct the Convention population?
6. How should California pay for 100% publicly funded candidate elections? A surcharge on vice fines, fees, and charges? A limit on the campaign period? Restricting campaign television advertising to public access channels? (These are starter solutions, some designed to be terrible ideas, so they can be "fixed.")
7. How should the blighted section of Market Street between 5th and 7th be improved?
8. How can the fabulous Obamamaniacs who have fallen back into inaction be reactivated? What issues might entice them? What conditions would have to exist to motivate them? What can the groups you are involved with do to reach out to them?
9. If the oceans do indeed rise because we can't contain global weirding, what should be done with and for the people who will be displaced?
10. What are the most beautiful spots in San Francisco? Discuss.
Happy holidays, San Francisco. LLII.
1. If the news sources didn't keep filling space with Sarah Palin, would there be a crush of letters to the editor/online comments demanding Sarah Palin coverage? That is, is the Palin coverage pulled by readers or pushed by unimaginative news sources?
2. What is the difference between a politician and a public servant? Name some of each whom you believe have been most successful in their role (define successful).
3. When you think about the vote-by-mail process, can you say with certainty that your ballot reaches the ballot counters, and the ballot is counted as you marked it? What if you chose to not vote for someone? Ever wonder if a ballot counter voted for you? Discuss.
4. If the family members (or cluster of friends) were each to give $5/month to a pooled donation, what organizations would receive the gifts throughout the year?
5. If you were responsible for selecting participants to a California Constitutional Convention, what criteria would you use to construct the Convention population?
6. How should California pay for 100% publicly funded candidate elections? A surcharge on vice fines, fees, and charges? A limit on the campaign period? Restricting campaign television advertising to public access channels? (These are starter solutions, some designed to be terrible ideas, so they can be "fixed.")
7. How should the blighted section of Market Street between 5th and 7th be improved?
8. How can the fabulous Obamamaniacs who have fallen back into inaction be reactivated? What issues might entice them? What conditions would have to exist to motivate them? What can the groups you are involved with do to reach out to them?
9. If the oceans do indeed rise because we can't contain global weirding, what should be done with and for the people who will be displaced?
10. What are the most beautiful spots in San Francisco? Discuss.
Happy holidays, San Francisco. LLII.
posted by League of Women Voters of San Francisco @ 4:51 PM
2 Comments:
At December 24, 2009 12:11 PM ,
League of Women Voters of San Francisco said...
When looking at #3 above, I would be more concerned about my ballot cast at a polling station getting to the proper place rather than the vote-by-mail ballot, which is safer. Perhaps a better topic for discussion would be What form of voting would get the greatest participation from voters--online voting? mail voting? in-person voting at post offices or other government buildings? And don't forget--how about voting on Sunday when most people are free?
At December 26, 2009 10:57 AM ,
Anonymous said...
Earlier this year I sent out this video to illustrate how the current administration is masquerading as a leadership team different from the previous one. The video documents how the choice between Democrat and Republican is really no choice at all. Recent history has confirmed the message of this video. Here we are almost a year after Bush left office and we see that really only the rhetoric has changed. The same program of economic, military, and civil rights disintegration remains in full effect. The sequel to this video is now available to shed more light on this false choice of governance. This sequel exposes: 1) how mega banks like Goldman Sachs created this financial crisis to then introduce their solution: a government hand-out of trillions of dollars to them; 2) how this same scheme is being set up again on a global scale through the development of a cap-and-trade derivatives market; 3) how Obama is simply managing this economic disintegration program that was furthered by Bush (and his predecessors) going back as far as Carter; 4) how Obama's actions have been just as unconstitutional as Bush's and how our country is being pushed deeper into an oppressive surveillance society. The sooner we acknowledge this false choice of governance we are given, the better the chances are that we can produce a real choice that represents us, not the institutionalized power structure pillaging us. If you would like to learn more about the timely issues raised in these videos please visit this alternative news website, where these videos were produced.
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