If you want I could ask the regional coordinator to give you guys an e-mail so you could discuss your concerns.
**************************** Greg Sonnenfeld “The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.” On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:44 PM, glen <g...@ropella.name> wrote: > > I'm still waiting for them to say something interesting. I'm watching > some candidates. I won't commit to sending them my social security > number and birth date until I have evidence that they're credible. > > FYI, I enjoy this website re: americans elect: > > http://irregulartimes.com/index.php/archives/category/americanselect/ > > > Steve Smith wrote at 03/14/2012 03:08 PM: >> What is everyone (else's) current take on the Americans Elect at this >> point? I just took the time to (re)sign up and go through about 100 >> questions and then looked at the draft candidates and at the "questions" >> being put forth for debate by the candidates somewhere down the line. >> >> Overall I was much more impressed with the situation than I was in the >> past. >> >> The debate "questions" being put forward were hampered in quality by >> the source... "the unwashed masses" are going to come up with a lot of >> whackadoodle things, or if not whackadoodle ideas, whackadoodle >> expressions of perfectly good ideas. I tried "voting" on about 100 of >> the questions (some of the most popular, but mostly the "most recent". >> It wasn't clear I was helping... I'm hoping the questions get rendered >> down more (but also well) as many questions were variations on each other. >>> I wouldn't worry about their bad questions or money requests. Just >>> ignore those until they are fixed and vote in the primary :P >>> >>> **************************** >>> Greg Sonnenfeld >>> >>> “The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be >>> sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite insane.” >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 3:17 PM, glen<g...@ropella.name> wrote: >>>> Steve Smith wrote circa 12-01-09 01:51 PM: >>>>> Isn't this what Americans Elect (among other things) trying to >>>>> address? After the initial flurry of discussion about this group, >>>>> I've >>>>> seen nothing else here. >>>>> >>>>> I was disturbed by certain things about them but as an alternative >>>>> mechanism, maybe they are worth more attention? >>>> I still get e-mails from them asking for money. I've answered 223 of >>>> their stupidly dichotomous questions and voted on 20 of them. I've seen >>>> nothing from them but solicitations for money. I won't give them any >>>> money. I have way too many established charities knocking. >>>> >>>> At this point, I'm inclined to write them off. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> glen >>>> >>>> ============================================================ >>>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > -- > glen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
