Very important site! All RP supporters should be members.

[Jason726]

Are you registered at www.downsizedc.org ?

This website makes it VERY easy to e-mail all of your elected officials about any bills coming up for a vote. This site echoes the views of RP. It basically does the work for you and takes very little effort.

It sends you an email every day or two about important laws. You dont have to respond to everyone of them, but I think it would be silly not to because it writes the message for you. You dont have to write your own comments, but you can if you want to. Write as little or as much as you would like.

www.downsizedc.org

If you are a member, please post your opinions to help with skepticism.

 

[pinkmandy]

Bump. I'd like to hear what others with experience think of this site.

 

[Jason726]

Yea. I made the poll because I was curious to see how many people on the forums were members. If we all spent 1/100 the time we spend posting in threads, we could have more of an impact on legislation.

 

[KiwiMango]

Thanks for great site...sent it to DP too.

 

[ToryNotion]

looks like a push poll to me

 

[Jason726]

Bump. I'd like to hear what others with experience think of this site.

It has a lot of members, and it keeps growing. heres a quote from their site "More than 1,000 new people have joined DownsizeDC.org in January. This is more than we recruited in any single month all last year. We're off to a great start. Thank you to those who helped spread the word, and welcome to all the new members of our Downsize DC Army. Your membership is important...."

 

[Cleaner44]

Yea. I made the poll because I was curious to see how many people on the forums were members. If we all spent 1/100 the time we spend posting in threads, we could have more of an impact on legislation.

Good point. I get emails from JBS and some other group too and it really does help keep me involved in the legislation. They may not listen to us but it is worth doing. I think we still do have some power and we had better use it before it is completely gone.

 

[Jason726]

looks like a push poll to me

I have no problems pushing this site. I think it is very important. I didn't mean for the poll to be completely objective.

 

[kigol]

not a member but i might look into it.

 

[Jason726]

bump..

 

[Jason726]

If some of you people that are voting yes could comment on the site, it would help to diminish the skepticism anyone has.

 

[terlinguatx]

...

 

[nullvalu]

Ok, I chose no in the poll but after reading their site I signed up for the newsletter. I like their "read the bills act". In fact I would take it a step further and make each legislator take a "Bill Comprehension Test" before being allowed to vote!

 

[Jason726]

Ok, I chose no in the poll but after reading their site I signed up for the newsletter. I like their "read the bills act". In fact I would take it a step further and make each legislator take a "Bill Comprehension Test" before being allowed to vote!

My favorite message that they ever sent me was the "I am Not Afraid" message to congress. check it out: http://action.downsizedc.org/wyc.php?cid=77
the best thing I took from that was this "Nearly 800,000 people have died in car accidents in the last twenty years. During that time there have been exactly two Islamic terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, with less than 3,000 total fatalities. That's more than 200 TIMES as many Americans dying in their cars as at the hands of Islamic terrorism. And yet . . ."

The most recent one I recieved was yesterday, and it was about the new spying leislation that the senate just passed. It also included a message to the House, which hasn't voted on it yet. Here it is: http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/2008/feb/13/68_senators_violate_their_oaths_of_office

 

[Esor]

I subscribed. Every little thing helps.

 

[Keith]

I have had a good experience with the site over the few weeks since I registered. My only complaint is that when I submit my feedback to the bureaucrats it always fails to go through to one of my senators and to my representative. It always goes through to the other senator so there is probably some problem with the other two bureaucrats' websites. The one who gets my messages does listen to me because he is a fascist, but at least I am trying to get through to him. He has no excuse and should not be surprised when I vote against him the next time he comes up for reelection.

I should point out that I have not received any spam as a result of signing up for this website and that I have comfortable supporting every thing that I have seen them propose so far.

Also, I understand that Harry Browne was a cofounder of the site for those of you who know who he was.

 

[Jason726]

I'm not sure about that. It seems to work fine for me. Is there a message on the site that says they were not sent?

 

[nullvalu]

Wow, telling my elected officials how pissed off I am has never been easier!! wooo LOL

 

[Keith]

I'm not sure about that. It seems to work fine for me. Is there a message on the site that says they were not sent?

You get a confirmation e-mail that lists who all received the message and who did not. For me Sessions always gets it while Shelby and Bachus never get their message. Your mileage may vary.

I still take the time to send in the feedback even though it only goes to one of my bureaucrats.

 

[Jason726]

You get a confirmation e-mail that lists who all received the message and who did not. For me Sessions always gets it while Shelby and Bachus never get their message. Your mileage may vary.

I still take the time to send in the feedback even though it only goes to one of my bureaucrats.

Hmmmm. Strange. I get the confirmation email, but I've never had a problem. It just says "Your message has been sent."