I'm breaking from my normal flow of startup banter this week to hit a political topic (or two) that I think every smart web-o-nerd needs to be thinking about.

Today's topic surrounds our country's #1 political issue (in my opinion) - what I understand to be the root cause of many other issues.  Campaign finance & lobbying.  If special interests can influence the government aggressively, does the Congress truly represent the people?

This topic is starting to get some air time.  Two videos you should watch (if you haven't already).  The first is an hour - but you should make time for these - it's important.

 

<First>  
Lawrence Lessig: Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It

 

<Second> 
Oddly CBS doesn't allow their content to be embedded across the web - which is a shame because 60 Minutes produces some of the most important content in our country.  Here's a great interview with Jack Ambramoff, ex-Lobbyist, that everyone should watch.  Rather confirmatory of what's discussed in the video above.

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