Willhelm, please tell me what "god-given rights" have to do with politics. Politics are man made and have nothing to do with any gods. I do advocate privacy and the reasonable expectations thereof, but fail to see what this has to do with lobbying and the democratic process. What you are doing is called mongering, look it up.

A democracy that is "by the people for the people" is only wounded by special interests who find they can buy their desires with money. Considering that 1/3 of ALL us foreign aid goes to Israel (that's my tax money going out the door / and it's 7 times the amount of aid we give to Africa) … the idea that some of that comes right back by the way of lobbying is unsettlin...

Willhelm, please tell me what "god-given rights" have to do with politics. Politics are man made and have nothing to do with any gods. I do advocate privacy and the reasonable expectations thereof, but fail to see what this has to do with lobbying and the democratic process. What you are doing is called mongering, look it up.

A democracy that is "by the people for the people" is only wounded by special interests who find they can buy their desires with money. Considering that 1/3 of ALL us foreign aid goes to Israel (that's my tax money going out the door / and it's 7 times the amount of aid we give to Africa) … the idea that some of that comes right back by the way of lobbying is unsettling. The ONLY force that should ultimately have a say in a true "democracy" should be the votes of the people, not the special interests of foreign nations and private corporations. For the US to bend to the will of AIPAC regardless of what the democratic body wants is unethical and subversive. That money we keep giving to Israel ($5000-$8000/day by most estimates) is being used to further their agenda on our soil. I would much rather kick them out and use that money for our own internal improvements. I would advocate this towards ANY lobbying group that had the gall to do this, but AIPAC is really the only one.