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How to Avoid Politics Until November

One of the major sources of anger and general annoyance in my life these days is politics, and why wouldn’t it be? During an election year, it’s hard not to get angry at all if you watch the news, play around on Facebook, or even if you blog like me. I find myself getting into debates I didn’t mean to get into every day that simply waste time; it’s not like someone’s going to turn around and say, “Oh, I had no idea that Rick Santorum was a sexist, homophobic SOB! I won’t support him anymore!” after you offer your evidence.

All it is can be summed up in one word: mess. Arguing and, on the part of many, distorting quotes or facts to fit what you want, are simply not fun to counter, let alone hear when you’re trying to block them out. But how can you block it all out until November comes around? Here are a few ideas…

Stay off Facebook. This is way too hard for many people, so here’s an idea: Block all of your political fees and super political friends for now, then after the election, unblock them. Of course, some of them are bound to be just as obnoxious come November, so you might want to keep them blocked indefinitely!
Avoid newspapers and news in general. You never know how this could impact your life; you may find that, as with many people, deleting the news sources from your life results in more peace and happiness. News is often a very stressful subject on many people’s shoulders.
Refuse to engage in political discussions. I knew two men who met at the restaurant where I worked every day for lunch, and they were from different political sides of the spectrum. Nevertheless, they managed to discuss everything aside from politics every day somehow, and I admired that, since it’s something super hard for me to do, myself.
Agree to disagree. Some people just won’t let things drop, so you have to do this in order to, you know, go to the bathroom or go to bed or whatever else in the world you want to do other than argue with this jerk.
Don’t be obnoxious. I’ve seen people post things like, “This man supports what our group is for, and I am not going to engage in discussion; just posting for info!” What a cop out, especially since you can look at it either way.

Gun Control and Misunderstanding by Politicians

"Gun control and the Second Amendment will forever be a volatile and divisive subject to tackle"

Occurrences in Arizona earlier this year have brought into light the continuing struggle of who should dictate to American citizens their right to bear arms and how they should go about doing so. There are several policies currently sitting on the President’s desk waiting for approval through executive order along with several more being bandied about through Congress.

The incident in Arizona was definitely tragic and will add a check mark in the darker column of American history along with other less than stellar moments of this country’s past. The problem with attempting to regulate an already heavily regulated right is the fact that politicians confuse their own fears and beliefs with what they perceive the country wants without ever truly understanding that the right to self defense means something different for each individual that lives and breathes in the United States.

Politicians continue to fail to further understand that events of their own lives color their viewpoint and corrupt their objectivity. Each person is shaped by their experiences, their knowledge, and the people around them. These are things that make each individual unique and unduplicated further making it impossible to dictate how one protects themselves and their families.

Gun control and the Second Amendment will forever be a volatile and divisive subject to tackle, especially in moments of severe stress or extreme circumstances. For the most part the American public embraces the Second Amendment. We do this because it is deeply ingrained within our survival instincts; that same survival instinct that flamed the founders of this country into action and set into motion the construction of the Constitution. Any attempt to disassemble or retract our right to protect ourselves, whether or not we choose to act upon said right, will result in controversy.

Present day government further fails to understand that despite regulation they cannot control a person or a people in their entirety. American citizens are persons of free will and individual thought with the capability of making decisions despite regulation dictates. People are also very aware that for every legal way there is to achieve a particular objective there are also a greater means of illegal ways to obtain that same objective. The more government tries to tell the people how to think and how to live the more the people rebel. The stricter the regulation, the more people look to underground and black markets to fulfill their needs. Despite the issues of free will and individual thought there is a greater issue of misunderstanding between the public and the officials.

There are people that have never seen a sidearm let alone been up close and personal with one. There are others who have been around them all of their lives. There are some that have been affected negatively by guns in the hands of others while different people see them as a tool and part of everyday life. The disparities between people’s lives are the same disparities that make it impossible to come to an equitable agreement on gun control. Like the civilian population, politicians maintain their opinions by these same differences which provoke them into trying to impart their will and beliefs upon many.

Reality is that whatever measure the government chooses to put into place, with or without the favor of the people, will not change the choices of the individual nor will they prevent events like Arizona from happening. The government cannot structure or eradicate free will. The American people will forever remain subject to the whims of another’s inclination with only ourselves to rely on in moments of crisis; just as we have always been.

In Search of America

"It is time for the population to take their country back."

I believe that the people of the United States are going to have to be the ones to rebuild our country. I would like to create a coalition of American citizens for the rebuilding of America.

My goal is to ultimately create businesses and jobs for AMERICANS ONLY. I am searching for people educated in a wide variety of fields in order to establish manufacturing businesses that produce product on American soil using materials created or grown by the American people. I am looking for people who are willing to work hard and am able to actively participate in the campaign to acquire funds from within their communities to build community owned manufacturing businesses and textile production.

I am looking for people who are willing to stand behind their convictions and stand up for their rights as Americans. Our forefathers built a country from scratch, I am looking to do the same amid the debris and wreckage left in the wake of corporations and bad government.

I am asking people to give of themselves in order to create a country that will be here for our children and their children. I am not seeking to control an entire movement or revolution, but, instead, I am looking for those that share the same goals as I do and are willing to fight for it in their communities. We may not be able to change the country as a whole in one fell swoop but I believe that we can change it one community at a time.

I fully expect that the road will be long and hard. Those that choose to join me in this endeavor will face scrutiny and opposition from others, but I believe that we will find more support than defiance. America has lost hope and the will to fight against insurmountable odds. We have been lied to, deceived, and betrayed by those we foolishly elected as the lesser of evils. I no longer believe in the lesser of evils because we have been shown that both sides are equal in their blatant disregard for the American people. It is time for the population to take their country back.

Many of you have parents and grandparents that remember when our nation was rich with values and jobs; some of you may even be old enough to remember these things yourself. These are the people from whom we can gather information and knowledge. Despite what current corporations think, our older generations have knowledge and experience and will part with them if only asked. There are millions of people out of work through no fault of their own, looking for an answer and a path that brings them back to the living and away from merely existing.

Take control of your destinies and believe in yourselves. You can do this. You can bring life back to your community. Learn from history, both the good and the bad. Our past is filled with methods to achieve the goals of a fully self supporting nation. We do not need to buy from overseas in order to create what we need. Everything that Americans need to lead full and productive lives while living comfortably and satisfied is at our disposal.

Start small. A small community garden that everyone donated time to results in fresh fruit and vegetables for those that work the garden and for those that cannot physically do so. This same community garden will also produce enough food to be canned for long storage. Canning is not a complicated process and can be done in groups. Schools and churches often have large kitchens and may be persuaded to loan those kitchens out for the canning process. Preserving fruits and vegetables naturally will provide ample supplies for off season months. The fruits and vegetable can also be turned into soups, sauces, jams, and jellies. These items can also be canned adding variety to your pantry. In rural areas that allow hunting and livestock, the canning of meats will also extend your pantry.

As the community slowly increases its production of both fresh and canned foods, these products can be sold to generate funds for expanding the community’s infrastructure. Sheep produce raw wool that can be spun into thread that can be woven into cloth and the manufactures into clothing. Cotton can be grown, spun, woven, and manufactured into clothing, bedding, and other needs.

I realize that all of these products can be bought at the nearest grocery store or discount outlet, but most of the products purchased through these outlets were manufactured overseas by people that do not reinvest into the United States. The point is to take back our country a little bit at a time; to wean ourselves off of instant gratification and find satisfaction in fair work for fair wages.

The only way to make this country great again is to bring home all that has been outsourced and to put products labeled “100% American Made” back on the store shelves. It can be done.

If you have read this far than you have an interest; take the next step, talk to your family, friends, and neighbors about it. Create a community owned business where you live. Take control from corporations and government and give it back to yourselves. Provide jobs for those that are unemployed; don’t hold their age, experience, or credit scores against them. Everyone has had problems, everyone has made mistakes, everyone ages, and everyone gains experience as they live their lives. These things make us human and make us a very valuable resource.

Bring hope and life back to America.

A Plea to the Current Administration

Small Solutions to Help the Unemployed

The desire to be productive is not lost on any of the unemployed nor do we seek to be taken care of by any entity other than ourselves. We simply wish for policies that will make obtaining employment easier, allow those that no longer have fantastic credit scores to be business owners, restore the manufacturing base and infrastructure as well as deeply cutting the outsourcing of jobs. While I realize that mine is just a small voice in a sea of millions, I am hoping that it will be heard.

One of the biggest issues the unemployed and underemployed face across the board is credit scores. Many of us are disqualified from jobs that we would do great at on the basis of a credit score that was destroyed due to job loss, foreclosure, and a decision to feed our families rather than pay the credit card bill. To be penalized for circumstances beyond our control is fruitless and benefits no one. Many of us further face age discrimination. I am aware that there are policies in place to, for all intents and purposes, prevent workplace discrimination because of age but it is a form of disqualification that is practiced widely and often. Young people just entering the workforce as well as those over the age of 35 are finding ourselves turned away at the door because we either offer no experience or too much. As long as there is little to no enforcement of certain labor laws we have little recourse and when you take into consideration that it is virtually impossible to prove age discrimination we really have no recourse.

This country is the origination point for millions of creative minds that provided with a chance, a little finance, a little guidance, and a lot of faith can become entrepreneurs. Congress has taken considerable flack on policies that have been perceived to harm small businesses. Try a different approach. The SBA once had a real purpose, to grant loans to viable business ideas in order to grow communities. Over the years the requirements for a SBA loan have become unattainable leaving the department open for shady deals in an effort to justify their existence. My suggestion is that the SBA be restructured to consider a business proposal based on its viability and necessity to the community and less on a credit score and surplus cash. Quite frankly, there are millions of unemployed people in this country who have ideas that will benefit the area they live in, provide local jobs, and pay taxes at the end of the day.

Consider a program that will grant small loans ($25,000-$50,000) to unemployed individuals who have enough business experience to start a business. Instead of vetting the individual through bank accounts and credit scores, most of which have been obliterated; vet them through the concept, the number of jobs the business will provide, the long term compatibility of the area for establishment, and community interest. Include in the program deferred loan payments for two years and assign persons to oversee the accounting. Oversight personnel should not restrain how the money for the new business is spent but should account for all outgoing funds and incoming fund in order to ensure the funders that the numbers are accurate. While all programs are subject to a certain amount of misuse of funds having overseers will help ensure that loans will be repaid when the deferment lapses and adjustments can be made for those businesses not solvent enough to start the repayment process. Oversight personnel will also ensure that company taxes and payroll taxes are handled properly during the first four years of the businesses existence as well as being able to provide assistance and direction when questions arise. For a price tag of $50 million dollars, through the already existing SBA, a potential ten to twenty thousand new businesses can become realized over the next two to three years providing at minimum thirty to sixty thousand new jobs with potential new job growth ranging in the hundreds of thousands which equates to millions of dollars in tax revenue. One out of every ten small businesses turn into midsize companies that employee higher numbers, one out of every twenty midsize companies turn into large companies and even larger corporations further decreasing the unemployment rate; a simple program that is not drowned in red tape such as this can provide long term growth to a country that is teetering on the edge of collapse.

None of the Above

"Everything our founding fathers fought for and believed in has been whittled down to the highest bidder."

I have looked at the potential presidential candidates. I have listened to what they have been saying and so far I’m not impressed. I hear all of the lip service but none of it offers any kind of sincerity. I usually vote for the lesser of evils. The problem is, there is no lesser evil; they all rank about the same. I cannot find one smidgen of true desire to help the country get back to where it needs to be.

I see a lot of political showcasing. I see the circus acts. I see the side stepping and double talking that is filtering through the media and polluting the airwaves. I do not see any substance. I do not see any candidate that might possibly restore my faith in American democracy. All I see are horse and pony shows.

We have candidates who are complete airheads, we have self destructing possibilities. There are some that are gods in their own minds while others are obviously against the will of the people. I have yet to see the slightest hint of honesty from any of them, which is scary. Unbelievably scary.

I want to be able to believe in our government and our justice system. I want to have faith that those that lead are competent and capable but I’m just not seeing it. There is so much going on with each party trying to make the other party look bad that they have not stopped to look in the mirror. Maybe it’s because they know they are wrong and can no longer face themselves.

Everything our founding fathers fought for and believed in has been whittled down to the highest bidder. There was a time when a poor man or woman could run for office. There was a t time when everyone regardless of their party was able to compete fairly for the right to run the country. That isn’t so anymore. Now you have to buy your position of power or be beholden to those that bought it for you. Until a reasonable candidate is produced, I’m afraid that this country’s problems and progression will remain at a standstill.

Believing in the Constitution

I am not a member of the Constitution Party. Nor do I agree with everything they stand for anymore than I completely agree with what any party stands for. I can honestly say, however; I am a voter and I believe in the Constitution. I believe in the intent and spirit infused within this living document. I believe that it has the ability to evolve in a progression manner while still maintaining its integrity under the right circumstances. I realize the Constitution was developed by a pre-dominant Christian faithed collective but I do not believe in the mixing of church and state anymore than our founding fathers did.

I also believe that the flaws of men and biased interpretations have corrupted the original intent of the document so much that most have forgotten its true purpose. I further believe that referring to the Congressional Reports will remind people of the intent behind each amendment and the hopes installed in them.

The distortion of the Constitution is a major reason we have the chaos within the United States today. Somewhere along the line we forgot to be true to ourselves as a people and as a nation. We also became egotistical enough to believe that our way was the best way and everyone else should heed our greatness and adhere to it. Kind of like the impression the Middle East has of their belief system. All of the chest beating and pissing contests in the world cannot change the fact that every nation and every civilization needs to travel their own path in their own time and evolve as their individual cultures see fit.

During the course of losing faith and understanding of our Constitution we have allowed our country to be invaded by corruption, greed, inequality, narrow mindedness, foreign entities, and foreign peoples of mal-intent. We have also allowed others not native to our country to absorb our resources at phenomenal rates leaving us in the position of struggling to help our own.

Religion should not now or ever dictate policy or the rights of the people. Corporations are not people and should not be treated as such; they are business enterprises with a collective of individuals dictating its direction, that is not a person – not even one with multiple personalities. The United States should come first and foremost. I understand the need for global goodwill but not at the cost of sacrificing those same intentions of good at home. We need peace but not at the cost of our soldiers while politics so-called strategic wars. There is no such thing as a good war and no one ever wins, especially not the people.

Change for the United States needs to come from our fundamentals. The survival of the United States depends on the realization that change is a necessity; one that needs to be addressed today not in future generations because by then it will be too late.

America - One of the Scariest Places on Earth

"We, as a people, never intended to have our leaders gamble with our lives, let alone secretly dictate the rules."

Today’s world just keeps getting more and more frightening. The American people are forced to stand by and watch as those in power continue to destroy the remains of a once great country. When you look around and see the massive unemployment, the rising numbers of people facing poverty, excessive and multiple wars, as well as the total disregard of fellow human beings you wonder how things could possibly get any worse.

Since President Obama has been in office, the following Executive Orders have been enacted:

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990 – allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 – allows the government to seize and control the communication media.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997 – allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998 – allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999 – allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000 – allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001 – allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002 – designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003 – allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004 – allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005 – allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051 – specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921 allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a “new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis.” FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate the…

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310 – grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049 – assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12148 – created the Federal Emergency Management Agency to interface with the Department of Defense for civil defense planning and funding. An “emergency czar” was appointed. FEMA has only spent about 6 percent of its budget on national emergencies. The bulk of their funding has been used for the construction of secret underground facilities to assure continuity of government in case of a major emergency, foreign or domestic.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12656 – appointed the National Security Council as the principal body that should consider emergency powers. This allows the government to increase domestic intelligence and surveillance of U.S. citizens and would restrict the freedom of movement within the United States and grant the government the right to isolate large groups of civilians. The National Guard could be federalized to seal all borders and take control of U.S. air space and all ports of entry.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12919 – Collects EOs 10995, 10997, 10998, 10999, 11000, 11001, 11002, 11003, 11004, 11005 and 11051 together into one new Executive Order.

These quite choices were made by a man who has proven inept, at best, when it comes to running our country. There was no media fanfare or announcements regarding these orders that possess and overwhelming magnitude for adversely affecting the lives of every individual within the borders of the United States. When you combine the aforementioned Executive Orders with the following ones made by prior presidents, the implications are terrifying.

National Security Act of 1947 – allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities.

1950 Defense Production Act – gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy.

Act of August 29, 1916 – authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency.

International Emergency Economic Powers Act – enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979.

An Executive Order does not require counsel or vote and can be made at the sole discretion of the president. It is unspeakable for one person to wield so much power over others without their knowledge. To base those decisions on whim, fancy, and payout is even more reprehensible.

We, as a people, never intended to have our leaders gamble with our lives, let alone secretly dictate the rules. Consequently; we, as a people, have lost our liberties and power via the secret games American leaders play.

The United States has become a truly scary place to live.

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