No minutes will be taken. No reporters will be allowed in. There will be no opening press conference, no closing statement, and participants will be asked not to quote each other. [More]Any resultant proposals/bills should provide full disclosure of foreign and domestic interests behind them. That should be binding on every U.S. citizen/holder of U.S. interests in attendance and the ones they represent, with penalties for violations.
Who will introduce and sponsor a Foreign Influence and Accountability Oversight Act? Certainly not this lump.
A good person to approach first might be Rand Paul -- it seems like the kind of thing he'd do. It might also be a good executive action talking point for Trump to pick up and run with. I think I'll "tweet" them both.
Wrong direction, David. This is a private meeting, probably on private property. Rather than infringe on the right to privacy and free speech (we sure hate when they do it to us...), why not start a campaign to eliminate the political positions that give them so much power over other people and the economy? Otherwise, the tyranny goes on and on, just another plug and play deal with plenty of men and women very happy to take the place of any who are taken out. Remove the power to CONTROL...
ReplyDeleteResist, do not comply, do not encourage the bogus "authority" or the "lesser evil."
Might be better for all of us to tweet to ISIS that they will be passing around pictures of Allah at the meeting.
ReplyDeleteWhy not start a campaign to eliminate political positions of power? Go ahead, start one. Let us know how successful your influence is at being more than a bug splat on the speeding semi's windshield. Re-read what I advocated. I didn't say bug the joint. I said: "Any resultant proposals/bills should provide full disclosure of foreign and domestic interests behind them."
ReplyDeleteThese people are not meeting in secret to discuss private matters, they're meeting to see what buttons they need to push and strings they need to pull to give them more control over everything and everyone. I'm going to pick up any chair in reach to get me out of this bar fight with as few injuries as possible.
It's just a private meeting on private property with police roadblock checkpoints for all traffic getting anywhere near the site.
ReplyDeleteI understand, David. Actually, I just don't see any way to carry out your idea. How would you propose to go about it? Which of them is prepared to give up their power and secrecy, much less impose it on all the rest of them?
ReplyDeleteI suspect there is little difference - as far as any hope of success - between your demands and mine to eliminate the political power of control. I just know it's not ever going to happen by political means or by asking them.
The real bottom line is the individual. As long as people comply and believe in the "authority" of government to do anything, neither one is possible.
Doing my very best to resist, not comply, and to help others see that as probably the only real answer in the long run.
Government officials and politicians attend those meetings - a third of the participants. Make it part of an ethics policy they're required to adhere to with attendant penalties for noncompliance. That's just one way. There are also plenty of incentive and pressuring opportunities. And if there is uncertainty about who might be saying what, lying will be perceived a real risk.
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