It has always struck me as a very frustrating facet of modern democratic life that politicians make promises and then conveniently sidestep their promises.

The only way things get done are when ‘connected’ people propose things to the politicians. Essential legislation only gets passed when a fearless citizen/organization keeps up the crusade to implement change. But, for the most part, the people who are acknowledged to command the most influence on lawmakers are the lobbyists. This site hopes to emulate their actions via the Internet; we hope to be “thelobbyist” for the disenfranchised.

Forget letters to your elected officials. Forget public opinion polls; the fat cats cannot be trusted with our future. The only way to keep them honest is to keep them on their toes every step of the way. When this site is implemented, the politician will be guided to do our will, not his own. Notice that I said guided; the politician will always be allowed to vote his conscience.

Here’s how our web site will work:

From the very start the website must belong to all.
Ordinary people place issues on the website (absolutely without constraints of any kind); issues like these:
Eliminate additions to bills where the addition is not pertinent (pork).
Tell us everything you know about Roswell, NM in 1947. I'm not a conspiracy theorist but the point I"m making is that nothing should be outside the scope of this website.
Nationalize the health insurance industry.

ANYTHING else you could possibly take issue with. I hesitated to list issues here because I feared that surfers might think they were my agenda. They are not. They are only examples. But do keep in mind that although “anything goes,” not everything will reach general voting.

Ordinary people offer to join a committee to discuss, elaborate, and fine-tune the issue as first proposed (perhaps a WIKI could be used here). No member is refused membership in a committee but only a limited number of positions will be filled.
The refined/reformulated issue is posted on the web site for first round voting.This first round of voting determines whether there is enough interest. The issue goes to general voting if the first round shows that 5% (for example) of the members are in favor of a general vote. If so, all members are notified that an issue is up for general voting and that they should vote within one week (as an example. The actual deadline may be determined by the issue committe).