This article sums up my feelings on the subject: http://www.cnbc.com/id/46692982
--Doug On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:58 AM, glen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think it would help me. An e-mail directly to me might make me > feel like one of the cool kids. But my main concern is the sense that > Americans Elect is a corporation, not a democratic process. Don't get > me wrong, I'm all for corporations to the right purpose and context. > But AECorp seems a bit shadowy to me. If I were pressed to be concrete > about my feelings, I'd have to say that it's just too difficult to > investigate the clique members involved. And when I do find some new > piece of data about them, it's nefarious ... like the identities of the > largest funders and the evolution from Unity08. > > I just don't get the feeling AECorp has my best interests in mind. > > Not that that's a big deal. The Demopublicans don't have my best > interests in mind, either. But at least they admit that they're > political parties, whose sole purpose is to help politicians get (and > stay) elected as long as they tow the party line. That seems more > authentic than a shadowy corporation that claims it's not a party, > funded mostly in secret by long-term behind-the-scenes political players. > > These data should be prominent on their website, not hidden in PDFs I > have to hunt for. And even if they privately sent _me_ all that data > and it was all above board, I would still wonder why it wasn't on the > website so anyone could see it immediately. > > Gillian Densmore wrote at 03/15/2012 06:42 PM: > > That might help. I know I used to get emails from them mostly about what > > to make there logo to look like. Part of the problem at least on my end > > is lac of transperency and comunication. Maybe I needed to somehow know > > I needed to watch the forums or something. Even then discus ala FRIAM > > would(V) helped at least in my case. > > > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Greg Sonnenfeld <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > If you want I could ask the regional coordinator to give you guys an > > e-mail so you could discuss your concerns. > > > -- > 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 >
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