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The political blogosphere is like a virtual universe. Every political view forms its own galaxy in this universe. And like the real universe, travel between those galaxies seems to be impossible. Oh, we can take a peek at those galaxies through a telescope (or a quick visit to the other side of the political divide), but our interaction with them is extremely limited. This leads to the claims that the blogosphere is little more than an echo chamber where beliefs are reinforced, but rarely changed.

When this blog was originally founded by a diverse group of bloggers it was intended to be a place where rational discourse could take place. It has proven to be a fairly civil place that is troll-free. However, even here the dialog is mostly one-sided.

If there was one thing we wanted from this blog it certainly wasn’t a one-sided conversation. The tag line for the site is “Progress through politics.” There can be no progress if we are only reinforcing each other. That is why we’ve decided to take a tiny step forward to break that echo chamber.

Click here to send a message to your representatives and senators in Congress.

Click here to view a list of pre-written messages for various subjects.

Democracy imbues the citizens of that democracy with many rights. Along with those rights come some responsibilities. The United States of America is a representative democracy. All this means is that we elect individuals to represent us in our government instead of our having a direct voice about how laws are passed.

Voting is only one way we can influence our government. The other way is by letting our representatives in Congress know how we feel about various issues. In some ways, this is more important than our votes. It does little good to vote someone into office if they end up not representing our views.

That is why the Motley Moose has provided this section of our web site. You can use the link on this page to send a message to your representatives through www.rallycongress.com. The site uses your zip code to identify your representatives and senators.

While we encourage everyone to use their own words to tell their representatives what they think, we have also provided some pre-written text that you can cut-and-paste into the contact form. Please browse through the list below to see if your subject is covered.

Available message texts:

Health Care Reform:
• I support a single-payer plan – Medicare for All
• Increase choice – Keep the public option
• Support Sec. 440 Home Visitation Programs for Families with Young Children and Families Expecting Children
• End the health insurance industry’s immunity to anti-trust laws by repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act

Politics:
• Senate Committee Chairmanships – End the seniority method and switch to a secret ballot every 2 years.

Civil Rights:
• Repeal DADT
  You can also sign an online petition in support of Senator Gillibrand’s effort to repeal DADT
• Repeal DOMA

Finances:
• Pass true credit card reform

Click here to send a message to your representatives and senators in Congress.

Democracy imbues the citizens of that democracy with many rights. Along with those rights come some responsibilities. The United States of America is a representative democracy. All this means is that we elect individuals to represent us in our government instead of our having a direct voice about how laws are passed.

Voting is only one way to we can influence our government. The other way is by letting our representatives in Congress know how we feel about various issues. In some ways, this is more important than our votes. It does little good to vote someone into office if they end up not representing our views.

That is why the Motley Moose has provided this section of our web site. You can use the link on this page to send a message to your representatives through www.rallycongress.com. The site uses your zip code to identify your representatives and senators.

While we encourage everyone to use their own words to tell their representatives what they think, we have also provided some pre-written text that you can cut-and-paste into the contact form. Please browse through the list below to see if your subject is covered.

Available message texts:

Health Care Reform:

I support a single-payer plan – Medicare for All

Increase choice – Keep the public option

End the health insurance industry’s immunity to anti-trust laws by repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act

Politics:

Senate Committee Chairmanships – End the seniority method and switch to a secret ballot every 2 years.

Civil Rights:

Repeal DADT

Repeal DOMA

Finances:

Pass true credit card reform