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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:31 AM Original message |
Please describe "Grassroots Democracy" |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Participatory democracy. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "Participatory" as in |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. all citizens "get a thrill when they participate" |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Can "we, the people" change this reality? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:24 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Of course, we have examples such as |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Hi flashl, is "boycotting" part of grassroots democracy? |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If they were effective??? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. As an optimist, I choose to disagree |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. What comes to mind is walmart |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:14 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I´ll have to look that one up |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:45 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. She writes and talks about: |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Thanks for the "defining message" |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. You bet, I love popsicles. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. First, I should ask ... |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:14 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Judging from Halloween conservative answer is 80% (prob higher) |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I´m at 99%, we should meet here, but I won´t tell you where I live, |
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flashl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Smart move. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
4. When individual citizens voluntarily get involved |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Is "grassroots" strictly limited to national elections? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Not at all. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. We've invited local officials to meetings |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Nope |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thanks for the good news, ayeshahaqqiqa |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Yes |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 12:14 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. And what can I buy with 16 brownie points? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. good karma n/t |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. It is a redundant, but necessary term. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Exactly. Bottom-up politics. nt |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Please offer an example of bottom-up politics. |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It's when Dems who are active at the local level |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Great answer, OzarkDem. You even get a stickerstar |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Joining your local Democratic County Committee, |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Let´s say "our democracy is ill" |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. We need active "grassroots" campaigns to reach disenfranchised voters. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Thanks tekisui ... now another "chicken/egg" question ... |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Both |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Do you consider DU as being "grassroots"? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Absolutely. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Voter turn-out now. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Hi tekisui, is "boycotting" a form of grassroots democracy? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. I think so. Activism is Democracy is Grassroots. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:34 AM Original message |
"Your Consumer Power", more at the thread |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
31. "Your Consumer Power", more at the thread |
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Blaze Diem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. When the peasants rise up against the gov. |
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