The following diary lays out a detailed plan for registering at least 1,000,000 voters in time for the general election through an online network of volunteers called VoteZip.org. This project has been in development since early March, when a group of socially conscious and politically progressive graduates of Yale Divinity School (who currently are spread out across the country) conceived it.
There is actually much more to discuss than what is covered in the present diary. In the following days I will post follow up VoteZip.org diaries which will focus on the organization's egalitarian netroots power structure, how the service benefits people with disabilities, financial policies (including our forthcoming 501(c)(3) status), its immunity to legal challenges, plans and strategies for informing unregistered citizens of this service, as well as the occasional fun and interesting fact about voting and voter registration.
Three months ago I created a sock puppet for myself, choosing the name One Brave Kossack for it, a name that nyceve bestowed on me in this diary. I wasn't making trouble, I just didn't want my personal stuff intermingled with the Stranded Wind Initiative's news, but the powers that be here didn't see it the same way, so it's now shut down.
I had intended it to be a simple GBCW in the truest sense of the word, a one diary only Kossack with some words of thanks to nyceve for all her help in this area, both for everyone, and for me specifically when I sent her an email begging for help. Those words were written, left with a good friend who would post them, and it was only when I realized I had the makings of a nice series that I started writing that series of six diaries.
The One Brave Kossack series died, I might have but did not, but the story isn't over , and this time I'm actually going to ask for help from the community.
That's right, PacifiCare was shamed by you and the immense outpouring of citizen outrage and activism, into authorizing the medically necessary treatment for Nick Colombo.
Here's a brief clip from the demonstration yesterday at the headquarters of PacifiCare in Cypress, California.
As you read this, keep in mind the power of citizen outrage and citizen activism. I've been told in several emails that our power is being carefully scrutinized by the insurance industry, they're even getting rather nervous.
The sleeping giant American people are finally waking up.
