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12/28/1999 News media exploited fears and perpetuated public anxiety. WILL THE NEWS MEDIA CREATE Y2K TERRORISM?
The news media have established a disturbing, reactionary record of scaring the American people. Indeed, it could be reasonably said that the media's self-serving irresponsibility has been responsible for the proliferation of multiple terrorisms across the United States.

12/14/1999 Public Interest Polling is a Way That Works
By
Alan F. Kay AMERICANS TALK ISSUES FOUNDATION demonstrates how Public Interest Polling is a way that works. But when repeatedly confronted with policies most wanted by people in issue after issue, national leaders, Congress and the mainstream news media -- just turn away:

12/07/1999 Voter Revolt's Iniative Would Ban Telemarketeers California consumer group Voter Revolt plans to place a voter initiative on the November 2000 ballot that would require e-mail and telephone marketers to get permission before they could send solicitations through either medium.

11/17/1999 MEDIA-DRIVEN CHAOS MEDIA-DRIVEN CHAOS could make the Y2K event much worse even before we get there.
The EgyptAir 990 plane crash has developed into yet another disturbing benchmark in a seemingly unbroken sequence of hyper-media obsessions and wild speculation over tragic events, leaving much of their audience gasping for a break.

11/2/1999 HATE CRIMES Clinton, many elected representatives, government officials, the media, legal predators and social revisionist zealots are perpetrating hate crimes against large classes of the American people.

10/20/1999 TREATY TRAVESTY As an anti-two-party system independent voter, it's difficult to admit the Republican-controlled Senate did the right thing in stopping Clinton's push for the nuclear test ban treaty.

8/27/1999 PERSONAL POLITICAL POWER CAN SEDUCE ANYONE
Ventura sells out citizens on issue of direct democracy. 09/23/99 By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe Columnist
In 24 states, not including Minnesota, Americans enjoy the ultimate power of self-government: They can vote to adopt or repeal laws at the ballot box. As a candidate for governor last year, Jesse Ventura assured Minnesotans that while they may have missed out on the first century of initiative and referendum - the first state to adopt them was South Dakota, in 1898 - they would be on board for the next one.

8/27/1999 REPEAL THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
and establish a fair national sales tax. August 27, 1999 Internet Times
News Article by Daniel Jeffs
Call, write or E-mail your congressional representatives and voice your support for H.R. 2525 (The Fair Tax Act of 1999) sponsored by Rep. John Linder (R-GA) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), introduced 7-14-99

8/9/1999 OFFICIALS, REMEMBER WHO YOU REPRESENT "The Direct Democracy message is getting through to the media" Letter to the Editor published in USA TODAY August 9, 1999
Let's get serious about government for a change. The fools in Congress and the White House should stop all the childish political posturing over what to do with tax surpluses and start doing their jobs. Obviously they've long forgotten that it's called representative democracy.

7/26/1999 WHAT AMERICANS THINK Politicians, special interests and the media get the blame for disconnecting the people. Washington Post National Weekly Edition July 19-26, 1999
By David S. Broder, Washington Post Staff Writer
A great many Americans think the government in Washington has been taken away from them -- but they don't blame that familiar scapegoat, the bureaucrats, for the theft.

7/18/1999 Term Limits, Citizen Initiatives Make Politics Different Lawmakers from 13 Western states were told in no uncertain terms Saturday (July 17, 1999) that the days of carefree legislative politics in state government are changed forever, ended by the twin demons of term limits and lawmaking by citizen initiatives..

6/11/1999 Supreme Court denies a petition for a writ of prohibition against the two-party system. Founder appeals to the Chief Justice..

5/11/1999 Congressional Cowards: The constitutional checks and balances of government power are dangerously out of control when it comes to war powers, whatever that means.

4/25/1999 Massacre at Colorado high school: Why?
There is something wrong with society. The Colorado high school tragedy cries-out for answers. Why did this worst of school shootings happen again in the least likely place?

4/5/1999 Kosovo Yugoslavia Foreign Policy Blunder. This is a perfect example of why the American people should be involved in the foreign policy decision making process by means of direct democracy:

02/14/1999 Clinton acquital impeaches America. The acquittal of Democrat President Bill Clinton by a unanimous Democratic Party block in the Senate preventing the required two-thirds majority to convict, is clear and convincing, unimpeachable evidence of our government's incapacity to follow the law

02/14/1999 Media ignores Maryland citizen group's effort for a little direct democracy The January 26th Direct Democracy Forum held in Annapolis to discuss direct democracy and the enactment of the Citizen's Participation Amendment in Maryland "...was a bust,"

01/26/1999 Direct Democracy Forum to be Held in Annapolis Maryland residents are invited to an open forum to discuss direct democracy and the enactment of the Citizen's Participation Amendment in Maryland on Tuesday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montgomery Delegation Room (218) of the Thomas Hunter Lowe Building, 6 Governor Bladen Boulevard, in Annapolis.

Dateline	LINKS	Article Descriptions

12/28/1999	News media exploited fears and perpetuated public anxiety.	WILL THE NEWS MEDIA CREATE Y2K TERRORISM? The news media have established a disturbing, reactionary record of scaring the American people. Indeed, it could be reasonably said that the media's self-serving irresponsibility has been responsible for the proliferation of multiple terrorisms across the United States.
12/14/1999	Public Interest Polling is a Way That Works By Alan F. Kay	AMERICANS TALK ISSUES FOUNDATION demonstrates how Public Interest Polling is a way that works. But when repeatedly confronted with policies most wanted by people in issue after issue, national leaders, Congress and the mainstream news media -- just turn away:
12/07/1999	Voter Revolt's Iniative Would Ban Telemarketeers	California consumer group Voter Revolt plans to place a voter initiative on the November 2000 ballot that would require e-mail and telephone marketers to get permission before they could send solicitations through either medium.
11/17/1999	MEDIA-DRIVEN CHAOS	MEDIA-DRIVEN CHAOS could make the Y2K event much worse even before we get there. The EgyptAir 990 plane crash has developed into yet another disturbing benchmark in a seemingly unbroken sequence of hyper-media obsessions and wild speculation over tragic events, leaving much of their audience gasping for a break.
11/2/1999	HATE CRIMES	Clinton, many elected representatives, government officials, the media, legal predators and social revisionist zealots are perpetrating hate crimes against large classes of the American people.
10/20/1999	TREATY TRAVESTY	As an anti-two-party system independent voter, it's difficult to admit the Republican-controlled Senate did the right thing in stopping Clinton's push for the nuclear test ban treaty.
8/27/1999	PERSONAL POLITICAL POWER CAN SEDUCE ANYONE Ventura sells out citizens on issue of direct democracy.	09/23/99 By Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe Columnist In 24 states, not including Minnesota, Americans enjoy the ultimate power of self-government: They can vote to adopt or repeal laws at the ballot box. As a candidate for governor last year, Jesse Ventura assured Minnesotans that while they may have missed out on the first century of initiative and referendum - the first state to adopt them was South Dakota, in 1898 - they would be on board for the next one.
8/27/1999	REPEAL THE INCOME TAX AMENDMENT and establish a fair national sales tax.	August 27, 1999 Internet Times News Article by Daniel Jeffs Call, write or E-mail your congressional representatives and voice your support for H.R. 2525 (The Fair Tax Act of 1999) sponsored by Rep. John Linder (R-GA) and Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), introduced 7-14-99
8/9/1999	OFFICIALS, REMEMBER WHO YOU REPRESENT "The Direct Democracy message is getting through to the media"	Letter to the Editor published in USA TODAY August 9, 1999 Let's get serious about government for a change. The fools in Congress and the White House should stop all the childish political posturing over what to do with tax surpluses and start doing their jobs. Obviously they've long forgotten that it's called representative democracy.
7/26/1999	WHAT AMERICANS THINK Politicians, special interests and the media get the blame for disconnecting the people.	Washington Post National Weekly Edition July 19-26, 1999 By David S. Broder, Washington Post Staff Writer A great many Americans think the government in Washington has been taken away from them -- but they don't blame that familiar scapegoat, the bureaucrats, for the theft.
7/18/1999	Term Limits, Citizen Initiatives Make Politics Different	Lawmakers from 13 Western states were told in no uncertain terms Saturday (July 17, 1999) that the days of carefree legislative politics in state government are changed forever, ended by the twin demons of term limits and lawmaking by citizen initiatives..
6/11/1999	Supreme Court denies a petition	for a writ of prohibition against the two-party system. Founder appeals to the Chief Justice..
5/11/1999	Congressional Cowards:	The constitutional checks and balances of government power are dangerously out of control when it comes to war powers, whatever that means.
4/25/1999	Massacre at Colorado high school: Why? There is something wrong with society.	The Colorado high school tragedy cries-out for answers. Why did this worst of school shootings happen again in the least likely place?
4/5/1999	Kosovo Yugoslavia Foreign Policy Blunder.	This is a perfect example of why the American people should be involved in the foreign policy decision making process by means of direct democracy:
02/14/1999	Clinton acquital impeaches America.	The acquittal of Democrat President Bill Clinton by a unanimous Democratic Party block in the Senate preventing the required two-thirds majority to convict, is clear and convincing, unimpeachable evidence of our government's incapacity to follow the law
02/14/1999	Media ignores Maryland citizen group's effort for a little direct democracy	The January 26th Direct Democracy Forum held in Annapolis to discuss direct democracy and the enactment of the Citizen's Participation Amendment in Maryland "...was a bust,"
01/26/1999	Direct Democracy Forum to be Held in Annapolis	Maryland residents are invited to an open forum to discuss direct democracy and the enactment of the Citizen's Participation Amendment in Maryland on Tuesday, January 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montgomery Delegation Room (218) of the Thomas Hunter Lowe Building, 6 Governor Bladen Boulevard, in Annapolis.

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