The idea for the PAN PartY originated in a conversation at Lake Tahoe between Sandrine Dolader and Dennis “galen” Mitrzyk on Friday, November 3, 2000.
The Peoples’ Action Network (PAN) was conceived to be the primary countervailing force to the Political Action Committees (PACs) that had dramatically demonstrated the scope of their power in the 2000 Presidential campaign.
By excluding all viable presidential candidates other than the ordained Democrat and Republican from the debates, the PACs effectively control what is debated. The same thing is happening in this election cycle. The entire topic of the war on Iraq is officially off limits. The only contention between Kerry and Bush regarding the war is who between them would wage a ‘better’ war.
The PAN PartY gestated for several years and is now being launched in stages.
Stage one — explore and test the concept — is done.
Stage two — form an Advisor Council (AC) — is underway. If you’re interested in being on the AC, please contact the PAN PartY chair. AC participation is merit-based, revolving, and informal. If you are/were on the AC, please feel free to submit a biograph up to one-page long for this site.
Stage three — introduce the PAN PartY web-site — is complete. Since PAN is the Peoples’ network, we are inviting all interested people to submit content for the site. In addition to essays and favorite quotes and links, we invite people who have knowledge in a particular areas to submit detailed material to the PAN PartY chair. If any portion of submitted material is used on the site, the author will be credited as either “author” or “co-author”.
Stage four — run candidates for office — is underway. At the moment, Dennis “galen” Mitrzyk is running in California, district 14, as a write-in candidate for Congress under the auspices of the PAN PartY. Our intention is to eventually run candidates for Congress in every Congressional district. If the People manage to take back the House, we can take back our Constitution, and our country.
Stage five — shift the global paradigm by coalescing a critical mass of Consciousness around a new paradigm — is beginning to take shape. If you like movies, see “What the #$*! (bleep) Do We Know?!” to see how our thoughts about “what is” affect “what is”. Also, read Kucinich Culture Newsletter (2:4) and SoC (1:3) in the Essay section of this site.
There you have it, a brief history in progress of the PAN PartY.
Dennis “galen” Mitrzyk