Signing the Petition & Sending Your Information

Thank you for agreeing to sign the Network's petition.
Please provide the information below in an email to the Network.

Open your email and click New email. Copy>Paste or type the Network's address [ WeDontHaveFreeSpeech@hotmail.com ]in the Address Box and "Sign the Petition" in the Subject Box. Provide the following information and any additional suggestions or comments you might have in the Text Box, and click Send.

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Please send this email now before you read on if your interest leads you. When you are finished and if you want to read more about the Network, click the back button and you will be right back here.

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Thank you for your support. By signing you have become a part of a very important effort to change the way our government works so that our representatives reflect the interests and needs of those who elected them instead of big money interests. That's how the American Way is supposed to work. You have taken the first step with a growing number of civic-minded individuals and organizations -- from right to left --who believe these changes are the most important focus that voters can have in the coming election[s]. Very little can be accomplished on environment, banking regulation, health care... or the many other issues that concern us -- whatever they may be. We may differ on other subjects, but on these issues we need to stand together in "one voice."

There are several levels of participation in the Network. The Network's website is a "clearing house" for the ideas and programs: basically that's all.

The first is signing the Petition you have just read. Only your name will appear in alphabetical order on our website to showing your support. ["Signers list" not ready yet, but will appear on the Network's site soon.] It's a very important and simple step.

The second is becoming an "Individual Signatory" which involves understanding and agreeing with the guiding principles of the Network and a commitment to take other steps in support of our goals.

The next level for some is to work towards convincing the organization of your choosing to become an "Organizational Signatory" which includes authorization to show the name of the organization, to provide a backlink to their website or email and an agreement to educate their membership and encourage their participation in the Network.

An even higher level of committment is to become a "Founding Individual or Organizational Signatory." These are the people who will participate directly on specialized committees to develop and refine the details of our program.

We hope that you will want to learn more about how we have designed the Network to facilitate the creation of what we call a super-coalition which crosses all social, political and economic divides to eliminate the influence of big money and to raise enough revenue to support the public interest programs we all need.

Does it sound like a huge task? You bet. Will the ultra-rich launch the greatest campaign to convince people that those of us who believe in these goals are all communist/socialist/progressive/liberal/fascist/monarchist/homosexual pigs who are trying to destroy our country. You bet. They already are. They know a "house divided can't stand." That's why we need to become educated on the issues that will allow us to face the worst they will through at us. The point is -- if we ever want our government back, we're going to have to put the issues that divide us behind, to join in "one voice" on a vision we all can believe in, and to be willing to work hard for it. Nothing less will will do.

The issue of getting big money out of the governmental process already has the support we need. A recent Supreme Court decision [Citizens United] released an even bigger flood of corporate money into the political arena. According to a February 2010 Washington Post-ABC News poll, 76% of Republicans, 81% of independents, and 84% of Democrats opposed this ruling. If the public is energized enough to vote on this basis this fall, that’s enough support to force a fundamental change in the way our government works. All we have to do is turn public opinion into votes. We just have to have the right package and the right Network to make that happen. Will you play your part?

We have designed the Network's website to lead you through the development of our goals and how we propose to achieve them. It would be great if you decided to read it all the way through like a [short] book, but few will. We suggest instead that you read it in small installments as a mental break from the routine of your day.


As you wend your way through the process, we will include simple instructions on Internet "tricks" especially for those of us who are novices and timid about using it. We suggest that you try the suggestions as they appear to familiarize yourself with them. They will serve you well not only in relationship to the Network but in many other ways that you will find useful. For the computer and Internet savvy, just skim by these instructions. At the end of each essay, we will give you the options you see below which will help you move on or when you return to our site later to learn more.

Adding your own suggestions in the Comments Box at the bottom of each essay will help the volunteers who are creating and refining the Network's presentations. This is a way everyone can participate. Tell us what's right or wrong in your opinion. What could be added or what needs to come out or be worded differently.

We have included tools to make exploring the Network as easy as possible. At the bottom of each essay we will provide you navigation tools to go where you want next. You will always have the choice to Sign Now if you haven't already signed the Petition. Becoming a Network Signatory is a higher level of commitment we will explain. Our email address is shown if you want to communicate with use directly. The Next: "....." leads you to the subject that follows logically in the development of our ideas and the Table of Contents lets you go where you want to get answers your questions. We hope you will "shop around" and find your own way to participate to become a part of changing how our government works.

Please add your suggestions in the Comment Box below.


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