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Direct election of our president 

Posted by theepoxyman 07/18/2008 12:00 AM PDT

Since we have spent trillions of dollars bringing democracy to the world, isn't it time we did the same for the USA?
One of the best democratic things you can do is to do away with the electoral college and bring direct election of our president to the USA.

Eleminate private armies, or at least make them accountable 

Posted by theepoxyman 07/09/2008 12:00 AM PDT

I see no provision in our constitution allowing for private armies. We have five branches of military and they must follow certain laws, even in combat. It costs many times more to have private companies perform tasks that are the realm of our military.
What are you doing to stop the use of private armies? What are you doing to insure they follow our laws and the laws of the country they operate in? What are you doing to hold them accountable, both in the billions of dollars we have paid them, and accountable for laws they have broken (murder comes to mind, torture too)?

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