Note: this is my response to some queries asking me why I think censorship is so prevalent with the business "e-democracy" which passes itself off as some kind of community service compliments of the philanthropic community and foundations.
I am surprised they haven't started holding "Un-democracy" forums, conferences and seminars.
The "e-democracy" groups have about as much to do with democracy as Mussolini had to do with founding the Red Aid Societies in Italy to help the victims of fascism.
No doubt the "e-democracy" moderators would have followed Tom Pain around taking down his broadsides condemning British occupation.
I think "e-democracy" has been established by a bunch of foundation people looking to make money off of Obama's broadband proposal.
Another bunch of bottom-feeders feeding at the public trough under the guise of promoting democracy--- e-democracy; or, electronic democracy.
I think "e-democracy" is the tool they established to build support for Obama's broadband proposal from which a few people will be making hundreds of thousands, millions and billions upon billions of dollars in everything from consultants to charging fees for broadband use.
What we see here is Democratic Party hacks like Marc Asch bringing pressure on people like Rick Mons to control the "discussions" on "e-democracy."
I will no longer make any posts to "e-democracy" groups because I won't lower myself to submitting to this kind of censorship in the name of moderation.
These "e-democracy" people are every bit as corrupt as the Democratic Party itself whose "leaders" have gone all out to prevent those of us pushing for peace, for single-payer universal health care, against the peat mining in the Big Bog and undermining efforts to halt the sulfide mining.
The "leaders" of the Democratic Party went to great lengths to remove me from the MN DFL State Central Committee representing Roseau County. They announce the date, time and place for the County Convention where the State Central Committee members are elected.
Well, come the day of the Roseau County DFL Convention and about 90 of us waited, and waited, and waited--- for almost two hours for someone to open the door to let us in... there was a sign on the door to the Roseau Electric Co-op's "Community Room" which said: Roseau County DFL County Convention Today at 9 A.M.
After two-hours, Lee Soltis, the County Chair, drives up and says... "I am so sorry. I forgot to take this sign down and put up the notice that we changed the location."
I tell you this, because this is the way the MN DFL operates. And, when they decide that some question, issue or person interferes with their agenda they go all out to censor and suppress their views and prevent them from participating in their "one big tent for all."
Marc Asch was part of a group in the MN DFL which got Yahoo to close down my e-mail; they tried to bully and badger my ISP to drop me (previously my then ISP, Wiktel--- admittedly--- participated in allowing the FBI and Homeland Security to monitor my e-mails).
The Internet is not this great big world of "democracy" it is cracked up to be.
What I find very ironic is that these people have come up with a name like "e-democracy" to hide their dirty deeds behind.
You will note that this Laura Waterman Wittstock who posted to this tea party discussion is one of the biggest and wealthiest supporters of the casino industry in the Democratic Party... and here she is, talking about human rights... brought into the discussion by Joan Vanhala the queen of the Foundation Philanthropists.
What about the human rights of 40,000 casino workers in Minnesota employed in smoke-filled casinos at poverty wages without any rights under state or federal labor laws who are forced to sign statements that they will not engage in union organizing as a condition of keeping their jobs.
Does Laura Waterman Wittstock care one bit if these casino workers end up with agonizingly painful cancers and heart and lung problems the result of breathing second-hand smoke in these casinos day-in-and-day-out? What a phony shyster this Laura Waterman Wittstock is in milking the foundations and the philanthropists in the name of human rights.
If you haven't discovered how the MN DFL operates yet, the longer you are involved in the sulfide mining issue, the peat mining issue, socialized health care issue, peace and reordering priorities--- you will find out soon and become their target, too; and be treated in the same manner as the rest of us who refuse to play their dirty games where big money is the goal--- and make no mistake, the MN DFL is as corrupt as politics gets--- whether money from mining or money promoting broadband or casinos is involved, these people go after the money; the people, the environment and democracy be damned.
Rick Mons told me that he didn't find anything racist or anti-communist on the Minnesota Tea Party site when their site is so full of hate it is impossible not to see.
E-democracy has rejected about thirty of my postings now on a variety of topics.
I have a whole pile of e-mails here... 18 as of right now... from people who tried to post on this Tea Party topic responding for the first time and their posts were not allowed by Rick Mons. Most are just asking very pertinent questions without any of the rhetoric contained in my postings--- but, my postings are done in this way on this topic in order to engage these people--- and provoke them into stating their real motives--- in real debate.
This Rick Mons hides all of his censorship behind "it's not a Minnesota issue" and "no personal attacks;" pretty much catchalls for anything he wants to censor.
I find it really mind-boggling... the same people who yell, "personal attack" on e-democracy will go on these right-wing talk shows and quite literally call me every single name you can think of and then they come back to e-democracy and cry "personal attack."
If it is democratic dialog, discussion and debate you are seeking--- you won't be finding it on e-democracy... what you will be able to do is slip a few things in once and a while as you do... but, that will be about it... and I think that is really good you do this.
Anyways, this is my take on what is going on with e-democracy... it is nothing but a front for these corrupt Democrats to build a base to enable them to enrich themselves and their friends off of all the "broadband money" soon to be coming down the pike--- actually, some already is with the "stimulus" funds.
I wouldn't be surprised to find if there isn't a whole lot of money these people are already making off this e-democracy compliments of local, state and federal tax-payers; but, I don't have any research to prove it--- I just look at the kind of operation they have going and it reeks of some kind of government pork-barrel funding and is being handled in a very typical pro-business government way like any other pork-barrel funding.
I am guessing these kinds of boondoggles are going on across the country--- whether mining, forestry or broadband... these people are motivated by profits... nothing more. To them the destruction of democracy is no different than polluting a pristine river or your drinking water which will be the result of sulfide and peat mining.
E-democracy? More like another shady Bernie Madoff deal.
Alan L. Maki
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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