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SELECTING YOUR CANDIDATE
With the 2008 election coming up and the nomination
for those running for president as a democrat, independent or republican, the voter needs to determine who they will select to vote for.
Candidates for other offices as senator, congress, governor, state
representative, dog catcher, and etc. The voter needs to determine which
candidate matches their needs and requirements as their representative.
There are certain characteristics that we each look for based on our own
interest and value system. We need to start off with a common
understanding of key words for consistency in our evaluation of each
candidate. The first thing I would like to do is to give a common
definition of certain words that we use in our evaluation of each
candidate. Those words and definition are as follows but may not be the
total words you would use in your evaluation. These words are only an
example for you to use as your guide in your evaluation process.
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Analyze – To examine critically.
Conservative – For private enterprise and
individualism rather than nationalization.
Constitution – The document that embodies the
fundamental laws of the U.S. in 1789.
You need to go and read it
again.
Credible – Are they believable.
Deficit – You spend more then you earn.
Democracy – A government by the people or their
elected representatives.
Democrat - Someone who maintains for social
equality.
Experience – To learn over time a knowledge on a
subject.
Honesty – Does not steal or cheat.
Lawful – Acting or living according to the law.
Liberal – Advocating measures of a representational
of government as in a democracy.
Moderate – Keeping within reasonable or proper
limits; not extreme, excessive, or
Intense.
Organization – Capable of putting together a group
of persons to some end or work with
the least of problems to
accomplish the goals.
Planning – A map or diagram for achieving specific
goals.
Preemptive – The act or claim of the right to
strike another before they strike you.
Terrorist – A person, persons or a group that uses
methods to hurt, kill people, destroy
property, and a way of life.
Truthfulness – Does not lie to themselves or
others.
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The
Candidates
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Democrat |
Republican |
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Hilary Clinton |
John McCain |
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Barack
Obama |
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What I’d like to do is
give you a list of questions that you may want each candidate to answer
so you can evaluate whether or not they are in line with your interests
or values.
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The questions are:
1.
Did you support the preemptive strike on Afghanistan?
Yes No
2.
Do you know why we attacked Afghanistan? Yes No
3.
Did you support the preemptive attack of Iraq? Yes No
4.
Do you know why we attacked Iraq? Yes No
5.
Do you believe that Osama Bin Laden trained the 9/11 terrorists?
Yes No
6.
Do you believe that we should get/kill Osama Bin Laden? Yes
No
7.
Do you believe we should abolish the Department of Education in
Washington D.C.? Yes No
8.
Do you believe the Education system in America is broken?
Yes No
9.
Do you believe that illegal immigrants should return to their
native country? Yes No
10.
Should Congress pass a law allowing citizenship to illegal
immigrants? Yes No
11.
Should Congress pass a law outlawing gay marriage? Yes No
12.
Should Congress pass a law making abortion illegal? Yes No
13.
Should religious values be a factor in whom you vote for as your
representative? Yes No
14.
Should Congress pass a law implementing Flat tax? Yes No
15.
Should we maintain the current system for financing elections?
Yes No
16.
Should the President , Federal Judge, Congressperson be held
accountable
when they break
the law? Yes No
How each candidate answers the above questions
should help you evaluate which candidate best fits your belief.
On the following pages there are presented some
information factual or opinion on each of the above questions to give
you a better insight on the question and the answer of each candidate.
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Question #1
With the attack on 9/11 and the information that
came from Washington D.C. that was an act of terrorism by Osama Bin
Laden and the Taliban. We did a preemptive strike on Afghanistan.
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Question #2
Our government has told us that the strike on
Afghanistan was in retaliation for the 9/11 strike on the World Trade
Center, pentagon, and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. The
government has determined that the 9/11 hijackers were agents of Osama
Bin Laden who was living in Afghanistan and given sanctuary by the
Taliban government. The interesting part of that strike was once that
the government was overthrown and our appointed new government was
installed. This new government agreed to allow a pipe--line to run from
the oil fields of Russia to the Black Sea. The prior Taliban would not
allow that pipe-line to cross their land which means that it was all for
greed (oil). Did you
Know that we supplied money and weapons to the
Taliban when they were fighting Russia.
Question #3
Based on the information from Washington D.C. of
Iraq’s development of WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), involved with
the training of terrorists by Saddam Hussein, and his gassing of his own
people in Northern Iraq. He was classified as a cruel dictator and
should be eliminated. The cooking of the books from the CIA’s
information which turned out to be nothing but a lie. Our government
never informed us that he used the WMD against his people in Northern
Iraq when those people were given sanctuary to Iranian troops when Iraq
was at war with Iran.
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Question #4
It took about two weeks to overthrow Saddam Hussein
in Iraq but it is interesting that the only thing that the military
secured once the government was overthrown was the oil fields, and
refineries, not the banks, zoo, museum, office buildings, and schools.
If there were no oil in Iraq, would we have attached that country? Did
you also know that Hussein offered to leave Iraq and go into exile and
it was rejected by our government? How many lives would have been
spared, and money saved (greed)?
Where is the $700 million the two sergeants found
in a boarded up house in Bagdad, Iraq?
What happen to the $8.8 billions the GAO
(Government Accounting Office) could not account for when they audited
the books on Iraq? You would think that the congress, media, or the U.S.
Attorney General would have found out and informed the people are paying
for this war.
Question # 5
Are you aware that we supplied money and weapons to
Osama Bin Laden when Russia had 500,000 troops in war in Afghanistan?
Osama Bin Laden was our ally. It was sold to us that the 911 hijackers
received their training in Afghanistan and Pakistan when 15 of the 18
hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. The hijackers were indoctrinated or
taught in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan but received their
training in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona. They were identified by the
fight schools in those states that were students learning how to fly
airplanes but not interested in take off or landing. The FBI was made
aware of these students’ flight activities but our government took no
action. The inaction of our government cost the lives of about 3,000
people, and property damaged, and no one held accountable.
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Question# 6
We overthrew Saddam Hussein, and with our installed
government of Iraq, they tried, convicted and executed him and I’m sure
that if we were to capture Osama Bin Laden that our installed government
of Afghanistan would do the same. Did we accuse Bin Laden with proof, or
was it a reading of tea leaves for a wanted result? What proof do we
have and I’m asking for I don’t take the word from a lying government.
As I understand, Bin Laden had nothing against the U.S., just our
foreign policy.
Questions# 7
If the Department of Education were abolished, then
all 50 states would be running their own education department and there
would be no continuity of education across state lines. It seems that
with a mobile society, we need some basic education structure across all
states to give each citizen opportunity nationwide. The Federal
Department of Education need to be restructured so that each student
will have the basic education to function as in English, Math, Reading,
American History, and, Physical Education. We are a mobile society, and
we need a balanced education so we can compete across state lines.
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Question# 8
Fifty years ago the United States educational
system was ranked number 8 world wide. In 2007 our educational system
was ranked 28. May not be broken but well bent. It has been reported
that American students between k-3 are ranked 3rd in the
world and from 4th grade on, the ranking dropped so, we must
change the educational system and in doing so we will change the social
structure of the country. It is stated that 70% of the criminals in our
prisons never finished the 12th grade. Education started its
downhill spiral when politicians found out how much money was in the
education process. Education is not education anymore, it’s a business
with the product (student) is not important; it’s all about the money.
Students drop out because they fall behind. Let’s stop the decline at
grade 4.
Question# 9
If you’re an illegal immigrant you have broken the
law so they should have no legal right’s to any public assistance as
education, health and subsistence. The question is, why not understand
the country from which they came; immigration laws, and abide by their
laws as citizens. The problem is enforcing the laws in the U.S.
pertaining to immigration, the problem would go away. It has been
estimated that 20 million illegal immigrants are currently in the United
States. The discussion is how to get them to return to their native
country. Guess what? They got here on their own and should return on
their own. Now, how to make this happen: Penalize each employer, $1,000
per day for each illegal immigrant who works there and give the illegal
immigrant $1,000 and tell them to go home. If the company who hired
illegal immigrants continues after notification of these actions, the
president and C.E.O. would be held in contempt of congress and jail for
90 days. Problem solved. If one parent is illegal, that parent must
leave. If one parent is legal and the children are illegal, the child
must leave. If the parents are illegal and the child or children are
legal, the child under the age of 18 would go with the parent but could
return after age 18.
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Question# 10
Does the country of origin of the illegal immigrant
provide citizenship for their illegal immigrants?
Question# 11
Marriage initially was a certificate for the
protection of legal rights of any child from that union. In a gay
marriage it doesn’t matter because of the biological structure of a gay
union. It’s an issue of someone else controlling the relationships of
others. We as individuals and as a government does not have that right
to control when there is no harm to anyone, it’s a personal choice.
Don’t impose your values and decisions on others.
Question# 12
If Congress passes a law making abortions illegal,
what would be the penalty and who would be fined? If a woman has
a miscarriage/abortion who will congress penalize or fine? This is an
issue with religious connotations as to when does life begin. Life
begins at birth, prior to birth the fetus, embryo is a parasite, look it
up. It is an issue of nothing because the only one involved is the
individual who can get pregnant. The male is only a contributor to the
pregnancy process, look it up. It is sickening to hear men voice their
opinion in the control of someone else’s choices when they have no
consequences of the process or results. If you cannot get pregnant you
do not have a voice so 90% of Congress should not be involved in that
decision. This decision eliminates female children who are too young to
get pregnant, women who have passed the pregnancy period and all males
young and old.
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Question# 13
Let’s take a look at religion in the United States and our government.
We currently have freedom of religion, with the idea of the separation
of the church and state. Religion is a personal choice. If your faith
and belief that you have was either taught, learned and indoctrinated.
There are 150 or more different religious faiths in the world and when
government starts being controlled or governed by ideology, religion, we
then have chaos. If we take a look at history and the world today, many
wars have been fought in the name of religion. For hundreds of years
there have been religious conflicts in the world with no solutions in
sight. If you take a look at the current war we’re involved in, its
basic foundation is the religious belief of one group over another.
History tells us that 9/11 actually have to do with religion. 9/11
started in 1948. In 1948, the United States in conjunction with United
Nations took land from Palestine and established Israel. From that day
forward, there has been the conflict between the Muslims and Judaism.
Have you ever tried to talk about religion to a religious fanatic?
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Question# 14
Why
throw something that’s only broken, why not just fix the problem? Let’s
take a quick look at a simple solution:
1.
Tax all income.
2.
Give a fixed deduction for a single payer (1 deduction), 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.
3.
Subtract your deduction from income; this is your taxable income.
4.
Use prorated table to determine your tax.
5.
If you owe no tax, there will be a $10.00 fee for processing and
mailing of the next year’s tax-mailing. In that mailing, there will be a
U.S. government financial statement.
6.
How simple is that?
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Question# 15
We know that the current election of our
representatives is corrupt, and unfair. A better word for campaign
contributions is bribery. You know who is at fault? You the voter,
because when you keep sending the same representatives’ back to
Washington D.C., the more corrupt they become for they feel entitled.
The approval rating of congress is about 20%, and that is because the
people in each state say their representative is ok, it’s the others.
The presidential election should be financed by the tax payer and
representative’s elections should be financed by their states.
Question#16
No one is above the law and that includes
the president, vice president, congress, supreme court judges, federal
judges, any elected official or appointed one. Until you the voter
decide to take your country back, it will never get done. When you have
a congressperson who has been in office for 12 years or more and it’s
all the sane, you mush make a change.
Changes: Some of the changes the
candidates never talk about but they all use the word change.
1.
Foreign policy; you cannot buy friendship; it has to be earned
through action, understanding, and the building of trust.
A.
Notify the tax payer of all payments to foreign countries.
B.
Close all military bases in Europe and bring the troops home.
C.
We need only one air base in Japan and close all others.
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2.
Social Security; the cap should be removed from F.I.C.A..
A.
Adjust the retirement age based on life expectances compared to
1936.
B.
Invest the F.I.C.A. withholding, and not put the funds into the
general treasury.
3.
Medicate; add a deduction to the withholding of F.I.C.A., $10,
$15 or $20 to be put into a medical insurance plan.
A. A tamper proof
social security card for all legal workers.
B. Require every
legal resident o get an annual physical exam each year
(preventative medicine).
C. Set up primary
care medical centers sear each elementary school for health
conveniences’.
4.
Criminal justice; must hold anyone involved in a miscarriage of
justice must be held accountable (judge, lawyer, witness, and jury).
A.
No criminal will be released from jail until they have gotten
their GED,
B.
Mental state is not a defense, how could they commit the crime?
C.
Death-row inmate sentences must be carried out within five years.
D.
Wrongfully convicted persons should have recourses through the
courts.
5.
Education; any student who has the ability should receive a free
education through their state educational system through
college if they desire.
A.
Teacher’s salaries should be the same as any other college
graduate.
B.
All schools are to be inspected to meet code, if not; districts
are to be held accountable.
C.
You have better buildings, better teachers, and that will produce
a better student.
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6.
Energy; our government has an energy policy that was written by
the energy companies’. That’s why we are to day in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Why is it that when the oil cartels increase the price of a barrel of
oil, the price of gas goes up the very next day? When they lower the
prick per barrel, it takes a month for the price to go down if at all.
Do you realize that there have been major improvements in jet engines
over the years but none in the gasoline combustion engine? Is there an
agreement between the oil companies and the auto makers that they will
not improve on the gas mileages of cars and trucks?
Did
you know that over the last six (6) years the oil companies closed eight
(8) refineries and four of them produced gasoline and the other produced
by products? Cut back on supply and prices go up. You know at one time
there was an agency in Washington D.C. called the Consumer Price
Protection Agency? I wonder what ever happen to it? If it still exists,
they all should be fired.
I hope this will help and give you some
thought as to what you need to do to participate in your
government. Have you heard about the oil cartels? How about the drug
cartels? How about the American cartel? The American cartel is made up
of corporate America, the media, and the U.S. government.
The Opinionator
Hamner C. Williams
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