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What do you think of the current downfall of the History channel and it's onslaught of psuedo-scientific programming on ancient aliens, monsters, ghosts and other ridiculousness?

"Jim, I need you to vote for this pipeline. You know our PAC gave you $3 million last election cycle and I got Representative so-and-so to side with you to kill that gun control legislation." I'm sorry scumbag lobbyist, I just can't vote for this pipeline. A bunch of kids on this iPhone app that don't vote, have no money and aren't even in my district are telling me they're against it. Take your dirty campaign dollars and shove them up your corporate employers ass.

*Edit: to be constructive as apposed to dismissive...crowd fund on each issue with an assigned lobbyist to hold the Rep/Senator accountable for money received via the app/organization/PAC. Otherwise you're just making a new whitehouse.gov site where we all submit opinions and then they're ignored by everyone that matters.

Don't get me wrong. I'm all for any technology that brings some transparency to congress. If it were popular (i mean very very popular) and non-partisan to the extent that it was trusted by virtually everyone it could possibly work by shaming Reps when they vote against popular opinion, ideally to the point where they would have to explain why they went with scumbag lobbyist and not popular opinion iphone app. Another hangup: Tech savvy young people who would utilize this app are going to fall to the left of center on the political spectrum. I'm assuming most Rep's in the House right now do not see this demographic as their constituents. Am I wrong?