{"id":317,"date":"2009-01-05T08:28:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T15:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talesfromthe.net\/jon\/?p=317"},"modified":"2009-01-05T08:28:48","modified_gmt":"2009-01-05T15:28:48","slug":"vote-early-promote-often-ideas-for-change-and-get-fisa-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2009\/01\/05\/vote-early-promote-often-ideas-for-change-and-get-fisa-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote early, promote often: Ideas for Change and Get FISA Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>The second round of voting in change.org&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/ideas\">Ideas for Change in America<\/a> competition kicked off today.\u00c2\u00a0 Please vote for <a href=\"http:\/\/change.org\/ideas\/view\/get_fisa_right_repeal_the_patriot_act_and_restore_our_civil_liberties\">Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties<\/a> &#8212; and help promote it!<\/p>\n<p>To vote, just click on the <strong>Vote here<\/strong> button on the widget on the right.\u00c2\u00a0 (If your vote doesn&#8217;t register, you may need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/login\/login\">log in<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/admin\/sign_up\">sign up<\/a> first.)<\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of ways you can help promote the idea &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com\/page\/Ideas+for+Change+competition\">see the list on our wiki<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 A few ways to get started:<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"211\" height=\"284\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"name\" value=\"IdeaForChange\" \/><param name=\"align\" value=\"middle\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/widget_flash\/ideas.swf?xmlFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.change.org%2Fwidgets%2Fcontent%2Fchange_idea%2F28\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"211\" height=\"284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/widget_flash\/ideas.swf?xmlFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.change.org%2Fwidgets%2Fcontent%2Fchange_idea%2F28\" wmode=\"transparent\" align=\"middle\" name=\"IdeaForChange\"><\/embed><\/object><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ol>\n<li>Email the link to your friends and listservs.<\/li>\n<li>Post it to your profile and share it on Facebook or MySpace<\/li>\n<li>If you&#8217;re a blogger, write up a post on it and include the code for the widget (<a href=\"http:\/\/get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com\/page\/Ideas+for+Change+competition\">available here<\/a>).\u00c2\u00a0 Then sign up as an &#8220;endorser&#8221; (the link&#8217;s on the right-hand side of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/ideas\/view\/get_fisa_right_repeal_the_patriot_act_and_restore_our_civil_liberties\">the change.org page<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>As other bloggers to mention our idea and sign up as supporters<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>We&#8217;re having a conference call to discuss promotion on Tuesday, January 6, at 5 PM Pacific\/8 PM Eastern.\u00c2\u00a0 Please RSVP on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/event.php?eid=47522615905\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/my.barackobama.com\/page\/event\/detail\/gptz8g\">MyBO<\/a> if you&#8217;re interested!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for more!<\/p>\n<p>jon<\/p>\n<p>PS: and if you&#8217;ve got other ideas for promotion, please mention them in the comments<\/p>\n<p>PPS: please also consider voting for Pierre Loiselle&#8217;s <a class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/ideas\/view\/repeal_the_patriot_act\" target=\"_blank\">Repeal the Patriot Act<\/a> idea.\u00c2\u00a0 If we decide to combine the ideas later, you can always change your vote &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second round of voting in change.org&#8217;s Ideas for Change in America competition kicked off today.\u00c2\u00a0 Please vote for Get FISA Right, repeal the PATRIOT Act, and restore our civil liberties &#8212; and help promote it! 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