Common Sense 2.0

[nullvalu]

Who would be interested in helping write a pamphlet entitled "Common Sense 2.0"

I think it's time for another one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Sense_(pamphlet)

 

[Jared]

What a coincidence! I wanted to write one called "A Second Helping of Common Sense" after Thomas Paine's (my hero) original. As for me, though, I'm not too great at political writing.

 

[nullvalu]

neither am i, it would be a collaborational effort.

 

[risiusj]

I was just thinking about writing a "Common Sense" pamphlet as well. We could make it a community project or something.

 

[nullvalu]

If we're gonna do it then lets do it. Could we see if we could create a seperate forum for it?

 

[mconder]

"It is ridiculous and against natural law for an island to rule a continent."

It's just as ridiculous that one man should rule the nation/world, i.e. The U.S. President.

 

[Noodles]

I'd be glad to help, and will try not to hinder. Also, Spirit of 76 is the resident wordsmith, so getting him on board would be a big plus. Torchbearer also appears to have turned a phrase or two.

 

[nullvalu]

if we did this i think it should be as anonymous as the first and handed out across the nation. that said, we dont want another campaign to steal this idea... thoughts?

EDIT: Could we kill the thread, create a new forum and make it invite-only?

EDIT AGAIN: Nevermind, none of the other candidates are interested in the constitution anyways.

 

[TeeJay]

A suggestion on format

Setting up a wiki is free and allows effortless collaboration by as many as hundreds of people. It is the ideal collaborative solution for anything printed or any web site.

I have experience with wikis at stikipad.com and pbwiki.com. Both are free and easy to use.

 

[nullvalu]

It's a good idea, but if we had hundreds of people involved, how would we know when it's complete and ready for print? I'm talking about starting a viral campaign of truth. If it were done anonymously and these things started popping up all over the country it would get huge news. I wouldn't want it to be a Ron Paul promo peice necessarily, just list his views and the ones that we all agree upon. Also, time is of the essence if we'd want it to make a difference in the election/primaries.. We'd have to get something out within a month or two.

 

[Starks]

Common Sense 2.0 should be written in a manner akin to the original (though certainly not as long)...

 

[Libertas]

Wow...

This is crazy (something like "The Secret" going on here). I'm currently writing a very simple book about the monetary system (Canadian and American), Consumer Price Index, and actual inflation and I was going to incorporate "Common Sense" into the title.

Freaky.

 

[nullvalu]

No Shit.

 

[nullvalu]

Common Sense 2.0 should be written in a manner akin to the original (though certainly not as long)...

Great point, in fact I think we should stick to the original as much as possible and just update a few things.. I'm reading it and it has so much relevance it's uncanny.

EDIT: Either that, or reprint the whole thing in it's original state, it'd start debate across the country about how far we've strayed from the constitution.

 

[kylejack]

I will take a crack at this. Help me brainstorm a little. In 1776, religion was a big issue and Paine used it extensively. What motivates Americans of all political groups now? What angers almost everyone? Corporate lobbying of the government angers most, and integrity motivates most. Throw out some others and I'll take an earnest shot at this. The next step would be printing and webhosting with anonymous registration. Yes, common sense 2 will be distributed in many formats.

 

[nullvalu]

I will take a crack at this. Help me brainstorm a little. In 1776, religion was a big issue and Paine used it extensively. What motivates Americans of all political groups now? What angers almost everyone? Corporate lobbying of the government angers most, and integrity motivates most. Throw out some others and I'll take an earnest shot at this. The next step would be printing and webhosting with anonymous registration. Yes, common sense 2 will be distributed in many formats.

Wasteful government spending, and if most people knew the truth about the fed, cfr, etc - it would also anger most.

 

[JaylieWoW]

Funny, I've also been mulling this one around in my head for some time. I thought of "Modern Day Common Sense". I even did a Google search on it and came up with a few interesting things.

Check it out: Google "Modern Day Common Sense"

There are a few blogs out there, one of the first hits you'll see is a blog from a vet and a question he answered about "taking out Iran".

Sorry I don't have time right now to go into some of the other stuff I found, its bed time... I'll be following this one though. I'd like to contribute!

 

[LibertyOrDie]

I was playing with this same idea about a month ago! I, personally am an avid book lover. I always prefer a book to a video, but with todays behaviors, the best I could come up with was to take common sense and update the language some and create it in some easy cartoon/animation form as a narrative.

 

[torchbearer]

The Thomas Paine Division. get out that Pro-Constition literature!

 

[beermotor]

I've already laid out a brief outline of it. I was going to do this. Would be happy to collaborate. I would ultimately like to get it published at LRC, if that's cool.

I'll post it up and put a link to my doc when I get to work, it's on my laptop.