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January 27, 2008 at 10:40:15

Why Vote For Crooks?

by chris rice     Page 1 of 3 page(s)

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Do  you  really  want  4  more  years  of:  over-crowded  congested  roads,  under-funded  failing  infrastructure,  daily  gang  violence,  tons  of  drugs  coming  over  our  open  borders,  drugs  sold  on  every  campus,  a  public  school  system  with  a  curriculum  that  prepares  kids  for  nothing,  out-of-date,  over-crowded  class  rooms,  rising  tuition  rates,  long  waits  at  hospital  emergency  rooms,  under-staffed  hospitals,  rampant  disease,  HMOs,  high  taxes,  soaring  gas  prices,  huge  trade  deficits,  crippling  national  debt,  pedophiles  living  next  door  to  you,  etc.?  Because  whichever  problem  we  look  at,  neither  party,  not  the  Republicans  or  the  Democrats  has  a  solution.  They  both  promise  change,  than  pursue  the  same  failed  policies  of  the  last  50  years,  because    politicians  will  promise  anything  to  get  elected. 

  • A  great  threat  to  our  existence:

    Remember  when  politicians  did  their  jobs,  they  built  roads,  dams,  airports,  schools,  hospitals,  etc.,  etc.?  Probably  not,  because  that  was  a  long,  long  time  ago- Walter  Reed  General  Hospital  was  built  in  1909.  Todays  Republican  &  Democratic  parties  have  not  built  new  modern  state-of-the-art  hospitals,  roads  or  schools.  They  just  made  school  year-round  &  we've  all  seen  the  tragic  consequences  of  over-crowded,  out-of-date  schools.  The  Republican  &  Democratic    parties  have  become  a  great  threat  to  our  existence  from  our  lack  of  food  inspectors,  air-traffic  controllers,  border  agents,  on  &  on.  Our  Farm  bill  of  the  last  50  years  promotes/contributes  to  obesity,  diabetes,  some  cancers,  heart-attacks  &  strokes-  our  nations  deadliest  killers.  And  all  of  our  Presidential  candidates  promise  to  continue  the  same  failed  policies   &  so  we'll  have  4  more  years  of  the  status-quo,  4  more  years  of  business-as-usual,  4  more  years  of  deterring  congested  roads,  under-staffed  hospitals,  over-crowded  ERs,  out-of-control  medical  cost,  4  more  years  of  the  same  failed  policies,  4  more  years  of  rampant  crime,  4  more  years  of  a  drug  epidemic.  The  end  of  Social  Security,  the  end  of  the  middle-class,  the  end  of  the  American  dream,  the  end  of  life  as  we  know  it.

  • Politicians  Are  Bleeding  This  Country  Dry  Of  Its  Jobs,  Our  Resources  &  Our  Future...

    In  1980  the  U.S.  was  the  largest  creditor  in  the  world.  By  1985  the  U.S.  became  a  debtor  nation;  by  1986,  the  worlds  largest  debtor.  Now  the  debt  is  over  9  trillion  dollars.  9  trillion  dollars  transferred  in  20  years  from  the  worlds  most  richest  &  powerful  country  in  the  world,  there's  nothing  comparable  to  that  in  history.  It  is  a  form  of  economic  destruction  that  has  no  parallel  in  all  the  history  of  mankind.  The  debt  is  so  staggering  it  is  making  us  vulnerable  in  ways  we've  never  had  to  face.

  • As  Long  As  We  Continue  To  Vote:                                                                                                      

    There  are  special  interest  groups  in  the  U.S.,  as  elsewhere,  that  will  do  whatever  it  takes  to  secure  their  wealth  &  power,  whatever  the  human  cost  &  they  will  succeed  if  they  are  not  opposed  by  an  informed  &  committed  public.

  • War  On  The  Middle  Class:

    *In  2004  1.56  million  people  filed  for  bankruptcy  92%  were  middle  income  families.  Personal  bankruptcies  reached  a  new  high  of  more  than  two  million  in  2005.  Members  of  both  political  parties  (Sen. John  Edwards  included)  helped  banks  to  re-write  our  bankruptcy  laws  robbing  consumers  of  any  protections,  while  allowing  banks  to  charge  30%  or  more  in  interest.

    *Credit  card  debt  is  up  75%  for  middle  income  families.

    *In  the  past  25  years,  the  number  of  families  in  bankruptcy  has  increased  400%,  &  housing  foreclosures  are  up  350%.  Foreclosures  on  homes  in  Los  Angeles  alone  jumped  799  percent  between  2006  &  2007.

    *While  American  workers  productivity  has  increased,  inflation-adjusted  wages  actually  declined.

    * In  2005  the  number  of  people  without  any  health  insurance  jumped  to  15.9%  while  people  with  employer  funded  health  care  dropped  to  59.5%  from  63.6%  in  2000.                              

    *Overall  the  same  period  (from  2000  to  2005),  medical  cost  prices  grew  by  a  total  of  23.9%.

    *There's  11,900  pork  barrel  projects  in  the  federal  budget  at  a  cost  of  over  $20  billion.

    *About  1.2  million  Americans  will  have  a  first  or  recurrent  coronary  attack  452,000  of  these  people  will  die.  Making  heart  disease  the  nations  single  leading  cause  of  death.

    *Each  year  about  700,000  people  suffer  a  new  or  recurrent  stroke  in  the  U.S.  Over  150,000  of  these  people  die,  making  stroke  the  third  leading  cause  of  death.  About  5.7  million  U.S.  stroke  survivors  are  alive  today  many  of  them  with  permanent  stroke-related  disabilities.      

    *The  chances  that  your  child  will  become  a  victim  of  a  sex  offender  is  1  in  3  for  girls  &  1  in  6  for  boys.

    *63,000  persons  are  required  to  register  in  California  as  sex  offenders.  22,000  other  offenders  are  not  registered,  but  are  known  to  law  enforcement. 

    ( For the source of these  figures or any others on this site check out our Sources page).

  • Republican  &  Democratic  parties  lost  all  legitimacy:

    What  good  is  a  government  that  will  not  protect  it's  weakest  &  most  vulnerable  citizens?  On  Friday  July  29,  1994,  7-year  old  Megan  Nicole  Kanka  disappeared.  With  the  promise  of  a  puppy,  her  neighbor,  Jesse  Timmendequas,  lured  her  into  his  home  where  he  raped,  strangled  &  suffocated  her.  Her  body  was  stuffed  into  a  plastic  toy  chest  &  dumped  in  a  nearby  park.  Megan  had  been  killed  by  a  two-time  registered  sex  offender  who  lived  across  the  street  from  the  Kanka  home  &  was  sharing  his  house  with  two  other  convicted  sex  offenders,  he  met  in  prison. 

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    I created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you. The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot. But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the very votes & voters this system relies upon. And the site also offers campaign funding sources- who's bought off your candidate? As well as your solutions to education, lobbyist, healthcare, illegal immigration, the war on terror, the war in Iraq, crime, drugs, pedophiles, taxes. And a link page with 1000 links to more on these topics. I'm here to ask you to check it out, it's free. And you can submit content. Thanks for your time, my name is chris.

     

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    Ron paul  the only American in the race

    by dave stanley (5 articles, 1 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 286 comments) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 6:10:16 PM
     


    I created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

    The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

    But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

    to see more of bio, click on member name

    chris riceI created a website www.votestrike.com for you the voters because whichever party you belong to they have failed you.

    The website has ambitious goals of how to end the two party system & the third party myth. Modeled after the fall of the Berlin wall, the Polish overthrow of the communist government & the Phillipines removal of Marcos. All accomplished without firing a shot.

    But we do not rely on the failed tactics of the past instead we use the election system & the ve...

    to see more of bio, click on member name

    Ron Paul has been in Washington since the Civil War...

    You know what I think that bunch of ivy-league legacy frat boys in Washington really is? They're the exact same TV show as the World Wrestling Federation, with the cartoonish characters, the false bluster, & the staged animosities & skirmishes. It's all for show & none of it is in the slightest bit real!


    They just go home to their estates & their dynasties during congressional breaks & be smug. Their dreams are completely materialistic, & they give no acknowledgement of the damage that their failure to perform their jobs does to masses of their countrymen.

    hi, howyadoin'


    we did a complete makeover to the site- www.votestrike.com

    let us know what you think, thanx

    by chris rice (48 articles, 22 quicklinks, 15 diaries, 153 comments) on Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 6:43:29 PM
     

     

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