The Movement's Petition!

If you agree with the following, copy and paste it into your email and forward it to others. Let's start a movement!

Jay

Be it resolved that: The current government of these United States has ceased to represent the will of the people. It has pursued policies that are detrimental to the well-being and preservation of the nation and its citizens, and has done so in pursuit of a policy and practice that is tilted towards the wealthiest citizens. We believe that the current war in Iraq is a direct result of these sorts of policies and practices and has little to do with the national security of the United States. We further allege that the current two party system of political representation is inadequate to the task of providing American voters with choices for political representation. We wish to hold elections in which candidates from outside parties may be entered on to ballots without the current requirements of petitioning. Let the people decide who they wish to vote for. We believe that the two party system stifles true democratic expression and representation and perpetuates the interests of the few at the expense of the many. We declare that the Congress, the Executive Branch, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America do not reflect our wishes, desires, and values as voters and citizens. They have ceased to satisfy our requirements for representation, and are an impediment to the will of the American voter. We believe that they are in fact permeated by the two party system to such an extent that they cannot be trusted to do anything other than stifle free political expression and alternative options at the polls. We believe that they have ceded to the will of the wealthy in our country, who have purchased the political process through campaign contributions in an attempt to buy candidates who will give them whatever it is that they require. We believe that the current system of taxation and the current fiscal policies and legislative agendas of the country reflect the total domination of our elected representatives by a small minority of wealthy citizens. We further state that the media is no longer free and independent in our country, but is instead largely owned by shareholder corporations who are dominated by the wealthiest citizens. The media has ceased to be objective in its presentation of events and facts, and has become a tool of corporate propaganda and misinformation. We believe that the media has intentionally engaged in misrepresentation of the current political and social climate of our country in order to collaborate the interests of the wealthy and politically powerful. Such a media is incompatible with a healthy democracy in which all men and women have a vote that counts and cannot be unduly influenced through media manipulation. Just as our government has become a organ through which the wealthiest citizens affect policies and programs that benefit their interests in a disproportionate manner, our media has also become the tool of the wealthy. We reject this arrangement as undemocratic and unhealthy. We protest the current state of affairs in our government at the national level, and ask that every elected official in the Congress resign their post immediately so that new elections can be held. We ask that the President resign as well. We further require that upon the completion of new elections, the current Supreme Court justices resign en masse and new nominations and appointments shall be made by the President and the Congress. If you as a citizen feel that our government needs to be overhauled in the interests of democracy, I ask that you affix your name to this petition. I further ask that you circulate this petition via email. Let us attempt to affect change through our free political expression.

1. Jay Bates (author of petition)
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