Update:
Occupy SavannahSent by Julia Clarkyea, i see thatthat’s not my doing. it’s indiegogo’s setupi don’t know how those other comments got there though since they didn’t contribute either.my purpose isn’t to make the comment section available only to those that contribute. not at all.i’m going to see how i can contact indiegogo to make that not a thing.the site itself will be free to the public once set up. i’m just a guy trying to raise money for it. i can’t help while i’m at work this issue with indiegogo’s website. i didn’t make it that way, believe me. i’m trying to fight oppression and censorship.Occupy SavannahSent by Julia ClarkI am glad the indiegogo issue was availed to garner your attention Micheal Jude Hendricks and you are addressing it. It highlights what it is often like in rural USA and how challenging the internet can be in rural areas.yea, i’m just at my real job right now, and i didn’t have the ability to get back to your well thought out letter. i do have a response for you and i wish to tell you more later.i would appreciate if you can save that as a draft for the time being because you have to believe that i am not out to censor anyone or anything. that’s what my fight in life is against right now.Occupy SavannahSent by Julia ClarkI also have to get back to work. I will be in Macon in two days. My internet is so very throttled where I am at. I look forward to speaking with you. God willing, your spanking did not sting much. You are welcome to call, if you wish, though even the phone is throttled out here. Smart hone are not so smart when throttled. Juliaokay, i’ll write you later on your page. i’d appreciate it if you can take down that blog post for the time being as it isn’t my intent to cause that for those wishing to speak on that page. thanks, julia. mike
It was brought to the JCO’s attention that The Hall :
Michael Hendricks The Hall https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-hall/x/6208609#home http://www.the-hall.com www.twitter.com/thehallorg http://www.facebook.com/thehallorg
Does not allow public comments on their fund-raising page unless you pay them. Such action seems very similar to the very thing The Halls are trying to address. Doing such prevents legitimate issues from being brought to light to persons that are considering funding The Hall.
The JCO will not recommend The Hall until this very serious throttle on communications is addressed.
Occupy Savannah received this request from The Hall :
Hi! My name is Michael Hendricks and I am the Founder of The Hall. The Hall is an organization that I started after being inspired by the principle that money should be taken out of politics that many people express these days. I am writing you today to ask that you check out the video that I have up on my crowdfunding campaign at https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-hall/x/6208609#home.The Hall’s vision is to become the authoritative source of democracy in The United States of America. By using the power of technology, we will eradicate the influence of money in politics by allowing the users the ability to vote on all issues that their representatives will vote on and allow those representatives the opportunity to know exactly what the people think about each issue.The website content will give people the tools to discuss, debate, and ultimately vote on solutions and challenge those in power to make change. This brings true citizenship to your home computer.A long-term focus of the organization is on having people run for public office and use the platform to truly represent the people, giving the country a representative democracy with the influence of direct democracy.Every bill, statute or ordinance from any representative at any government level will be available to allow people to read a bill, discuss it, and vote on it. From the information garnered on the website, representatives will be able to understand their constituents views and hopefully act accordingly. The representative will then be able to truly vote on the will of the people.What I am asking today from you is for your help in getting the funds raised during this campaign to build the website by sharing the link to the crowdfunding page on your Facebook, Twitter, website, or any other webpages that you may have. We have a substantial goal to reach, but with all the contacts and positive support that we have built over the last two years, we feel that the goal is attainable.It can only be done though with your help because we are all in this together. If you have any questions, please contact me and I will get back to you as soon as possible with more information about this revolutionary means of giving the people of this country’s citizens the power of their opinion and vote back.Sincerely,Michael Hendricks The Hall
The very serious concern of people without internet access or throttled internet access was addressed in the responding letter.
Hello Michael Hendricks,
This is Julia Clark one of the founders of Occupy Savannah, Occupy Rammstein, the Culling Corruption Campaign, and the JCO. Occupy National Gathering – organizing committee. South East Caravan to the National Gathering – lead caravan. Occupant in Occupy Marines, Occupy the Senate, Occupy Georgia, Occupy the South East, among others. I was also on board Obama’s Rural team.
Presently, I am touring the rural areas for a temp check for The Occupations. I have sponsored the next 5 Blood Moons ( approx 2 years) to The Occupation. I do not have the bandwidth to watch your videos. Rural America represents 80% of the USA lands and 20 to 49% of the USA population depending on classification of rural.
As you can see the rural area and population of the USA is an important part of the USA fabric. One of the most challenging areas of rural USA is internet coverage. Much of the coverage in rural areas is substandard, monopolized, or relatively non-existent due to cost.
Though your concept in inventive and inspirational, how do you plan to address rural areas of the USA given that most people are not connected.
Sincerely,
Julia Clark
The seriousness of the state of rural internet needed to be brought to the forefront, thus the posting in the various locations provided by Michael Hendricks.
Throttling was further highlighted when Julia Clark went to post the letter on The Hall’s fund-raising page:
Comments are only allowed at The Hall if you have money.
The JC Organization 