Democratic memes

[psyntist]

I would like to start a discussion about various ideas and try to come to some sort of an idea on how to make the notion into a meme that will actually propagate. (For a discussion on memes see http://www.memecentral.com/)

George Lakoff has suggested some wonderful memes;
When anyone mentions trial lawyer say public protection attorney. They are our last line of defense against corporations.
The moral economy is another.

Here is something I recently thought about. I always thought that the congress was suppose to deliberate laws and work toward a consensus. To try and find weakness is laws and work to fill those gaps. To find out if the law has a plan that really makes sense. To understand the lasting effects of a law. To do all of these things before they actually pass a law. It is a way to prevent the "tyranny of the majority" A theme that all the founding fathers were clearly worried about. However, in right now, this is not happening. Almost immediately after a law is thought, it is past. There are no real deliberations happening in congress. Congress is in runaway mode and I just think it is going to get worse when the next session starts. How do you frame this idea to penetrate the civic discourse? To read the masses?

Patiences is a value.
Stop the runway congress.

We need some examples of bad legislation that has been past in haste and has had negative effects on average people. Medicare reform? Anything else.

[DireStrike]

1. Hiya, you might wanna visit this forum

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=252

:hi:

[psyntist]

2. Thanks

Thanks. Been awhile since I have been here.

[DireStrike]

3. Been some changes recently

We now have "groups", essentially forums on whatever. If you can get 10 people with a star to agree, you can start a group.

I recommend looking through the new categories on the side - politics forums, non political/issues forums, and groups. Plus the archived/leftover forums.

[OneBlueSky]

4. the New Populist Majority is my favorite . . .

suggests that

a) it's a new approach;

b) it's populist, i.e. for the people and against the corporations; and

c) we're the majority, i.e. there's more of us than there are of them . . .