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January 15, 2008 at 06:24:45

Who is Seriously Addressing the Issues that Face Us?

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At his best, I am inspired by Obama. It would be nice to be inspired for a change. but he really hasn't got any concrete plans to solve our problems that I've heard. But perhaps we all need inspiration, in these dire times we face.

John Edwards voices the problems of the poor and struggling masses in our country, but they don't vote; he also offers no real solution, and quite frankly, a man who pays $400 for a haircut, yet criticizes CEOs for their exorbitant salaries, seems somewhat hypocritical. But then, like Alice, I'm supposed to believe six impossible things before breakfast!

Dennis Kucinich mainly addresses the healthcare issue. And he's against the Iraq war. But he offers very few solutions to our other problems. And, despite his absolutely gorgeous wife, I don't see people wanting to vote for a pint-sized candidate, who resembles a garden gnome. (Sorry Dennis! Your heart's in the right place, and your lovely wife obviously thinks you're cool, but the great American public would rather vote for Brittany Spears just because of her looks, before they'd vote for you!)

So, what can we do? The people who are running for office have no plans (or if they do, they won't tell us) They seem not to address the real issues facing us. (Except Ron Paul, but he doesn't offer the solutions).

I feel as though our problems are so overwhelming (our debt; the dollar's collapse; the price of oil; the collapse of manufacturing; the growing discrepancy between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots'; the crumbling infrastructure; the collapse of housing, and the credit crunch; the coming debt time bomb; the catastrophe of global warming and pollution; the very real possibility of a perfect storm: the collapse of the dollar; rampant inflation; a shrinking economy; economic collapse and maybe even the complete inability to sell our government bonds anymore to the Chinese to finance out disastrous borrowing.) And NOBODY seems to have a real plan!

Perhaps we have the government, and the candidates we deserve. If so, God help us all!

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Kevin Geary is an artist and writer. He currently resides in Sedona, AZ.

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I have a BSc in Computer And Information Science, enjoy riding my little Ninja motorcycle and running a few miles in the park. I volunteer with an animal rescue agency. I'm fiercely independent, stubborn and have decided to spare any woman the trouble of dealing with me long term by remaining a committed single person. More to come later, barring unforeseen circumstances.
all ownersI have a BSc in Computer And Information Science, enjoy riding my little Ninja motorcycle and running a few miles in the park. I volunteer with an animal rescue agency. I'm fiercely independent, stubborn and have decided to spare any woman the trouble of dealing with me long term by remaining a committed single person. More to come later, barring unforeseen circumstances.

All Evidence of Criminal Racketeering by our Rulers.

We simply can't ignore criminal behavior and not expect more going forward. Only Dennis Kucinich is working to address all these problems today by calling for Impeachment investigations. Sorry Ron Paul, I support action addressing the problems, not the promises of extremist ideology.

by all owners (1 articles, 58 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 141 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:15:24 AM

"There can be no freedom for a society that lacks the means with which to detect lies." - Guy Debord
Ingrid"There can be no freedom for a society that lacks the means with which to detect lies." - Guy Debord

extreme crisis, extreme remedy

Shocking people with electricity is an extreme medical intervention, but if they're dying on the table from ventricular defibrillation, that's what you do.

America is bankrupt and its old liberties are shrinking to dust. What extreme ideologies have done this damage? Why NOT have an extreme ideology in the other direction, if it's sound and has proven itself workable?

Ron Paul is a thirty year student of Austrian economics. Austria is in an extremely better financial situation than we are.

Everything's extreme. The word is practically a cliche.

by Ingrid (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 118 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 4:12:27 PM

It is never the masses that make the difference, it is always the individual which makes the difference. Thank you for letting me be myself today.
Jeanette DoneyIt is never the masses that make the difference, it is always the individual which makes the difference. Thank you for letting me be myself today.

Ron Paul absolutely offers solutions

Doing my homework on Ron Paul I came across UN Agenda 21. Ever hear of it? I hadn't UN Agenda 21 led me to Freedom 21. Google Agenda 21 and Freedom 21 and then look at the candidates and maybe that will help you decide.

by Jeanette Doney (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 304 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 10:44:59 AM

We need to Address the Imminent Crisis we Face Today

We have no time to waste on fear of imagined nascent international conspiracy theories centered on the UN. We must solve our pressing domestic problems today.

Here is a blurb I quickly googled on Agenda 21:
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Agenda 21, adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development on 14 June 1992, is the international community's response to that request. It is a comprehensive programme of action to be implemented "from now and into the twenty-first century" by Governments, development agencies, United Nations organizations and independent sector groups in every area where human (economic) activity affects the environment. The programme should be studied in conjunction with the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development and the principles for the sustainable management of forests. These were also adopted at the Conference, known as the Earth Summit, which was held from 3 to 14 June 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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[ http://jaygary.com/agenda21.shtml ]

Everything in life is not about money. Freedom and Democracy are more important than capitalism. Family and community are much more important than the endless pursuit of profits. I see strong communities as our best hope for moving forward in the future with solutions to the problems that have been brought about by slavish devotion by far too many to Mammon. I would much prefer to relate to you and others as a sister or brother rather than a competitor or a resource or any other economic unit. I'm not trying to sell you a candidate. I hope that we can be allies in the pursuit of justice in the difficult times ahead.

by all owners (1 articles, 58 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 141 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 11:21:34 AM

Freedom 21

Did you look up the Freedom 21 to see what the opposition is?

Agenda 21 is not a conspiracy theory. It is how the NWO has representatives of multinational corporations, representing both parties and working from both sides to give us a NWO. The NWO says the planet can only sustain 50 to 200 million people. The planet has billions of people. How will they be eliminated? Bird flues? Chinese food? Vaccinations?

by Jeanette Doney (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 304 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 2:00:50 PM

JUST A CONCERN CITIZEN AND LOVE MY COUNTRY GREW UP IN A SMALL FISHING TOWN IN NJ,BUT THE DAY I GOT MY DRIVERS LICENSE,SPENT MOST OF MY TIME EXPANSING MY MINE. LEARNED A LOT THE HARD WAY,BUT MOSTLY STREET SMART. AT 65 HAVE PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHO THE SNAKES ARE.
RICHARD SHADEJUST A CONCERN CITIZEN AND LOVE MY COUNTRY GREW UP IN A SMALL FISHING TOWN IN NJ,BUT THE DAY I GOT MY DRIVERS LICENSE,SPENT MOST OF MY TIME EXPANSING MY MINE. LEARNED A LOT THE HARD WAY,BUT MOSTLY STREET SMART. AT 65 HAVE PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHO THE SNAKES ARE.

UN AGENDA 21

IF THIS IS THE PLAN I'AM OUT OF HERE, I MEAN THIS PLANIT, WHO IN THE HELL GAVE THESE PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO COTROL ALL HUMANITY, THIS MUST NEVER HAPPEN, WE BETTER GET DINNIS, OR RON PAUL AS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OR WE ARE DO FOR, THIS IS SCARY.

by RICHARD SHADE (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 460 comments) on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 4:11:37 AM

I am a Musician, political Junkie, Father, Husband, who cares very much about the United States of America and what is being done to the Ideals and citizens of this great Nation.

I want to restore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to what the founders of this nation intended to protect us from.

I was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. and I now reside in Florida. I am tired of the media being manipulated by Faux News and right wing propaganda that leading our Democracy i...

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Michael ChaversI am a Musician, political Junkie, Father, Husband, who cares very much about the United States of America and what is being done to the Ideals and citizens of this great Nation.

I want to restore the Constitution and the Bill of Rights to what the founders of this nation intended to protect us from.

I was born in Niagara Falls, N.Y. and I now reside in Florida. I am tired of the media being manipulated by Faux News and right wing propaganda that leading our Democracy i...

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American politics is a popularity contest period.

If you talk real issues the majority of Americans won’t vote for you. Until we educate the population again to understand that we are going to need sacrifice the kind that we haven’t seen since WWII, we won’t solve our America in crisis. We will slowly sink into a second rate power, as the sun finally set on the British Empire of the 19th century.

by Michael Chavers (50 articles, 0 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 179 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 1:24:22 PM

Yeah, we're doomed.

I agree with most of what you said in this article, Kevin, except for the universal healthcare, which I DO NOT WANT AT ALL!!!!! One of the reasons America ranks so poorly in the "preventable death" category is because of its corrupt system: collusion between the FDA and pharmaceutical companies producing dangerous drugs at high profits; suppression of and attacks on legitimate alternative therapies; super-inflated hospital costs that amount to EXTORTION for the uninsured, deterring people in need of care from seeking help. Universal healthcare will not solve all these problems, except that by EXTORTING money from all taxpayers, the last problem will diminish.

As a consumer of alternative medicine, which is discriminated against, I am completely disgusted at the prospect of having to pay into universal healthcare. It amounts to MORE CHAINS, LESS FREEDOM. Bad enough we have to pay for public schools, which we refuse to send our children to, because they deliberately stupify children. (Good book: Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto.)

It's true what you said about the lack of substance and strategy in the candidates' platforms, although I do support Ron Paul and find him the exception to the rule. I would like to dine with friendly Huckabee, too, but I wouldn't vote for him unless he ran against Hillary. As I've said here before, I'll vote for anyone who runs against Hillary.

by Ingrid (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 118 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 4:05:57 PM

Paul Thomasberg is 45 years old, race "individual liberty", married 19 year, two children, self employed, never collected a dime from the government, never wants too.

Paul has been involved in the bicycle industry for 27 years. He raced professionally for ten years with a bronze medal in the World Championships in 1990. He is a Mountain bike Hall of Fame member. He is a founding member of Central Oregon Trail Alliance and the Oregon Mountain Bike Alliance where he is still volunteer...

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Paul ThomasbergPaul Thomasberg is 45 years old, race "individual liberty", married 19 year, two children, self employed, never collected a dime from the government, never wants too.

Paul has been involved in the bicycle industry for 27 years. He raced professionally for ten years with a bronze medal in the World Championships in 1990. He is a Mountain bike Hall of Fame member. He is a founding member of Central Oregon Trail Alliance and the Oregon Mountain Bike Alliance where he is still volunteer...

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Meds

Ingred,

This is one reason I will support Paul to the end. I am married, two teenaged daughters and our primary family doctor is a naturopath. I feel like I have been getting raped by this system for my entire adult life. I pay twice once for care and once for insurance. If Paul doesn't win the election I will reconsider virtually everything I do with my money.

I like you find that Paul does have solutions and has voted in the peoples favor on protecting our right to choose the health care that we want.

I think I'm done with all the dooms day stuff, SO WHAT, if it takes a collapse so be it. I'm not scared, however I am going to spend my time promoting the positive solutions that Paul does offer which are actual CHANGE even a paradigm change instead of focusing on all the negatives of our current reality. His policies would promote world peace more than any other candidate. His policies would promotes individual freedom. His policies would promote balanced budgets.

"One cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war." Albert Einstein

Paul T

by Paul Thomasberg (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 6 comments) on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at 7:00:56 PM

I am among a growing number of advocates of the work of he whos pen name is Joseph J. Adamson. I try to spread the word about it because I believe he has the most reasonable and practical solutions for our time, particularly to address religious and political conflicts. Whether or not he is divinely inspired and even called and chosen by God for this mission, as he claims, is not as important to me as the content and intent of his message. He truly seeks to establish a true family of religions t...

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Isaiah TrumanI am among a growing number of advocates of the work of he whos pen name is Joseph J. Adamson. I try to spread the word about it because I believe he has the most reasonable and practical solutions for our time, particularly to address religious and political conflicts. Whether or not he is divinely inspired and even called and chosen by God for this mission, as he claims, is not as important to me as the content and intent of his message. He truly seeks to establish a true family of religions t...

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One person IS addressing all the crucial issues...

But he's not seeking personal power from behind a podium, or from behind a pulpit. He's just telling the truth that will liberate us from ALL those who divide us and want to rule over us, whether in the name of patriotism or religion.

http://reformationcomingsoon.bravehost.com

by Isaiah Truman (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 118 comments) on Wednesday, January 16, 2008 at 6:51:16 PM