The nation was stolen from the people long ago. Those who stole it use murder and drugs and fear as their control. Few can stand up to this. They worked me over, big time, twice. I retreated. That's when they quit. So new blood, and push the agenda again, TO RESTORE WHAT WAS TAKEN. That is what this is all about. The ORIGINAL DREAM, stolen by ego types, who hate G*D, but swear in His name, and hate women, but chase them around, and fear everything, but swagger to work -- in short LOW LIFE dressed to kill, run the shop. We would like our nation to be what it was and would be. But they would like us to roll over and drop dead. It is a war of the stupid against life.

I went through the list 5 times trying to scale it down to 20. Why stop at 20? Although I can see priortizing, I found I agreed with every single goal (some strongly while others much less so.)

I've got 61 and that was cutting out a lot I didn't want to cut out. How I'm going to get it down to 20 is beyond me.

Linda

When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers.
--African Proverb

I came to US at age 66 after retirement as all our children have settled here. Although I have contributed 30 quarters, working for last 7 years and now being 73 years old I find it difficult to continue to work due to ill health and not getting any suitable job.
I am forced to take a big risk of our lives as we are not yet covered by any medi care which require a minimum 40 contributions with 10 years of work. I lived in UK at younger age where Medicare is free and so in Canada and some European countries wonder as to why the same is different here. You know that about 45 millions Americans cannot afford to take medical insurance because of very high cost and this is very unfair to them. Some of us have some savings made during working life but above the maximum limit of $6000 required to be eligible for any State Medical coverage and/or SSI benefit.
I want to suggest that the Social Security rules should be changed for the aged Americans to get Social Security benefits and Medi care where one could not complete 40 contributions working for 10 years by accepting a lump sum amount equivalent to the present value of the deficit in the minimum amount of contributions required by law. This change will be fair to all and reduce the number of uninsured Americans without any loss to the Social Security Organization.
I sincerely hope that you will consider this proposal and convince other members in the relevant committee for necessary amendments of the SSI rules. Thanks,

for change. we must remember that Bush claimed a "mandate" after stealing the 2004 election by a hair. an overwhelming majority of Americans want the same things: getting out of Iraq, getting corruption out of politics, single-payer health care, restoring the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, etc.

now is not the time to be cynical - this is the greatest opportunity in our lifetimes for broad systemic change!

Gee, I'm also a member of the 'public' and I've been alienated since 2000!

You are correct, they would keep their job at all costs, but one might wonder why, since it is so stressful, and death-dealing by nature. The answer is EGO. G*D created us with three aspects, including G*D, and the Son, or Christ, and the EGO, or Satan, This is an ancient teaching on earth. But in D.C., the EGO type took control, and when the Christ aspect surfaces in a Kennedy, or a King, or others, WHACK. Ego does NOT love G*D, but only more power, etc. So one must use skill. And the first skill, is that THERE IS NO PUBLIC. There are individuals, each of whom is different, unique. And each of whom as identical basic needs. So the ART of POLITICIS is to work along these two facts at the same time, with respect for the individual, for each one, and respect for the common needs. What we see in D.C. is a lack of respect for both, but much lip-service. I helped the stupid CLINTON's win their election, the first time, big time. Bad idea. They are totally self-serving, bad tempered, drug using, liars. That is the trouble. One good idea is to CUT THE PAY OF ALL OFFICIALS to something near a middle-manager of a typical small business. That would stop some egos for sure. The original Federal Government had very little power over anything at all. They just kept taking it.

I listened to GW's comments in his press conference today and I have to say that I did not hear a truly "kinder and gentler" Bush. Yes, he did say that he wants to "work with the Congress", but after 10 years of living under GW (I'm in Texas), I know that this means that George will make proposals and he will expect the Congress and Senate to approve or there will be a bitter round of public name-calling to follow.

I agree that it is not likely that we will see big changes - Pelosi is already saying that impeachment would only make things worse because it would leave Cheney in charge - but at least it seems unlikely that Bush will be able to give away more money to the wealthy with more tax cuts and the permanent termination of the estate tax is at last a dead issue. We might even hope that the congress will at least threaten to withdraw (or diminish) funding for the war in Iraq.

At least we have more reason for hope today than we have had for many years.

PLEASE work fast, since studies years ago showed without a doubt that even when worthy folks got elected, the power of the place to corrupt them, had them all corrupted within six months. Nobody has the balls, guts or courage to stand up against the power of The Game.

The GAME is insane. It is anti life, anti Constitution, anti-G*d, anti-man, anti-Nature, anti-Earth, anti-E.T. yet D.C. is filled with "good people". So it is a tough game. START by insisting on speed, and make the laws that give free access to candidates, who don't need to pay for air time, and block all the perks. Just shut them down. Money and fear rule D.C. Power. And power corrupts. The airwas once were the "people's". I have not been able to get air time for good ideas for 20 years.

The pro military, pro corporation, anti-life crowd took control of D.C. when they destroyed John Kennedy, and Bobby Kennedy, and they took control again, recently, when they created 9/11. Enough is enough. Cheers.

This is a brilliant idea. The 17th was a way to make SURE that only a Senator who had PROVED to be of VALUE to people, not to power, got the job. All the officials on his State had seen his works, and knew his character, so a smart ass, power-prone, smooth-talking, fear-crazed, perks-for-me had no chance.

While we study such reform, is it true that there is a MISSING ADMENDMENT, which was erased over 150 years ago, which said that nobody holding official titles from foreign powers, nations or corporations, could also hold office?

IF SO, there is a point in law, is there not, that any law which is not legal, but apparently passed under the color of law, remains illegal?

Taking these two points, the missing Admendment, and the second point, would establish INSTANT REFORM. Why so? The Missing Admendment keeps lawyers from being elected, or holding office. Why is that? They are members of the BAR ASSOCIATION. What is that? It is a special HONORS SOCIETY established in a zone of England, which is inside the City of London, but which is also independent of it, and which is a GROUP that controls ADMIRALITY LAW, as opposed to COMMON LAW.

Our nation was born in COMMON LAW, which is my favorite. But it was taken control of by LAWYERS and MILITARY TYPES (not all are bad!!! (thank G*D)) who insist that they, not us, know better, and they, not us, have the right to tell us, but we, not them, how and what to do. It IS that simple.

So, if we can find an old copy of the Constitution that is not tampered with -- maybe this is just a myth? But if not, then no lawyer held office legally. If so, no law voted on by that lawer was a legal vote. You begin to see the seriousness of this. All those laws, are non-laws. So all the rules and such that they did, are of no legal standing. It is worthy of investigation, even by lawyers now in office who might lose their job, if we could regain our once great nation, and its original vision, resting on such much blood, and suffering, by so many great individuals, who gave everything they had, so we could have these discussions. Cheers.

Would love to post this at other forums, and of course will always attribute and credit it to you, wise one!