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Dwayne served in the Peace Corps in the slums of Mumbai, India, worked several Habitat Projects, and was on the start-up team of the California Conservation Corps. He has a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University, has been a builder, teacher, political organizer, small businessman, affordable housing developer, and a rock-piler at Rubel's Castle. Some pics and stories at http://peopleslobby.us/more-projects/rubelia. Some story tidbits about his recent well-regarded book about Rubel's Castle are available at http://peopleslobby.us/more-projects/rubelia. In 2013 Rubelia was designated a National Historic Monument, right up there with Hearst Castle. CBS clip: Rubel's Castle is on verge of listing on National Registry http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/08/07/rubel-castle-in-glendora-on-the-verge-of-getting-national-historic-recognition/ Dwayne is presently Executive Director of People's Lobby Inc (PLI, 501c4)and People's Lobby's Education Foundation (PLEF, 501c3). You can read PLI's American World Service Corps Congressional Proposal (AWSC) at http://peopleslobby.us/awsc-congressional-proposal Rebuilding People'Lobby web site is available at http://peopleslobby.us/ Congresswoman Woolsey (D, CA) offered to introduce it in the 111th Congress, then retracted. Please contact your Congressional reps and ask them to become an original sponsor or cosponsor. The AWSC citizen-initiated congressional proposals could be, with you pushing your representatives, among the most significant legislation passed and implemented in decades. Imagine having 21 million Americans cost effectively doing good at home or abroad over the next 27 years. In December 2009 Ralph Nader choose People's Lobby's book, "Ordinary People Doing the Extraordinary, The Story of Ed & Joyce Koupal's People's Lobby" as one of the Ten Best Books to Read for 2009. You can purchase the book from PeoplesLobby.us or learn more at http://peopleslobby.us/more-projects/books. "This country runs on laws. If you want to change the country, write its laws," People's Lobby's founders Ed and Joyce Koupal used to say. If you want to enlighten public policy, involve millions of Americans in addressing public needs, prepare for climate weirding, etc., help make it happen. The AWSC addresses with people action many of our most pressing and costly needs. To sign the reopened American World Service Corps petition/letter, which contacts Congress for you: Paste http://www.change.org/petitions/view/field_21_million_american_world_service_corps_volunteers_over_the_next_27_years Please help make the AWSC happen. To learn more about People's Lobby, visit the web site at www.Peopleslobby.us. Recent books both available on line and from publishers: Every Town Needs a Castle (Prelude to next book, Every Country Needs a World Service Corps) http://peopleslobby.us/more-projects/rubelia Ordinary People Doing the Extraordinary (Nader's 2009 TopTen Books to Read List) http://peopleslobby.us/archives/736 Library: http://peopleslobby.us/organizations/peoples-lobby/library OpEdNews Member for 989 week(s) and 6 day(s) 91 Articles, 0 Quick Links, 143 Comments, 3 Diaries, 15 Series, 3 Polls
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Monday, August 8, 2016Pt 1. Luring JFK into Foreign, Domestic, and Image Affairs First of four-part series on how to cost-effectively improve our foreign, domestic, climatic, and image affairs. Series: Spreading JFK's Foreign & Domestic Affairs (6 Articles, 15544 views), Movies and more (13 Articles, 29478 views) 
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016Droning more bombs or penning legislation that invades America and the world? Smart farmers plant healthy seedlings generations before they bear fruit. At home and abroad, did we plant enough healthy seedlings? Are we planting enough today? Would robust AWSC National Service help replace bullets with healthy seedlings? Think Pope Francis would support invading with this bullet laden army underwritten by the uber-rich? Series: Needed: AWSC, A Big National Service Program (16 Articles, 43617 views), Options:1) Blow-up 2) Build-up (10 Articles, 16845 views)
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Monday, April 25, 2016Boxer Tames Growling Bear and Biting Eagle? Could a diminutive mother Boxer tame a growling Bear & biting Eagle with simple words that have those troublesome hot heads play, share, and do nice things together? Would neighborhoods and jungles be safer? Who should lead on this idea -- the Boxer, Bear, or Eagle? And you? What do you do? Series: Goodwill hunting (30 Articles, 65709 views), Joint Peace Corps (7 Articles, 18572 views), Why not build AWSC? (3 Articles, 10175 views) (View All Series)
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016The Nurse, Love at First Sight at My Tint Free Fourth Work SITE. An Urban Community-Development Peace Corps Volunteer reveals his "love at first sight" encounter in Mumbai, India, as he toils with the masses, limousines, paraplegics, 007 agents, rich kids, and the "nurse." This is the essayed version of the Beyond Borders Peace Corps story jam, "Love At First Sight," which is YouTube viewable from link inside. Series: Goodwill hunting (30 Articles, 65709 views) 
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Thursday, January 14, 2016Support the "American World Service Corps" Congressional Proposal Student and actor Mandy Patinkin and in-the-trenches Homeland defenders Generals Zinni and McChrystal along with White Knight Francis call for a different defense for the Homeland. It's generationally cheap when compared to not doing it. So, tell us, why don't we do it? Series: PLAYERS (24 Articles, 37666 views), Needed: AWSC, A Big National Service Program (16 Articles, 43617 views)
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Saturday, December 12, 2015Fr. Nelson's Boys Peel Half a Banana Over Mumbai's Opulent Taj Mahal Hotel and Olympics A Peace Corps Story Jam narrative describes why peeling a banana is a much cheaper way to not only build community but stem and reverse the spread of terrorism, move walls, make friends, and improve economies, while hardly breaking a sweat. Imagine what the world would be like if 21 million Americans peeled these bananas for a generation... And other nations selfishly copied this national service model. Pestered Congress? Series: Goodwill hunting (30 Articles, 65709 views), Needed: AWSC, A Big National Service Program (16 Articles, 43617 views), Options:1) Blow-up 2) Build-up (10 Articles, 16845 views) (View All Series) 
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Monday, October 12, 2015Budgetarily Marginalizing Kennedys, Generals Zinni, McChrystal, Pope Francis, and the New Deal Ethic? Have you served your country? Why not? Hate wars or military industrial estate? A Chicken Hawk? Never been advertised into benefits of service? Too few opportunities? Does Pope need much more than an apostolic band of 12 to deal with the world his God created and man polluted? Yes? How do we build such a band? Series: Needed: AWSC, A Big National Service Program (16 Articles, 43617 views), PLAYERS (24 Articles, 37666 views), Why not build AWSC? (3 Articles, 10175 views) (View All Series) 
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Saturday, August 29, 2015Ratty Roach-Driven Stories Not Written to Mom Regarding Peace Corps and War Some Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) groups are doing "Story Jams." This is from the theme "Don't Tell Mom," stories that weren't aerogramed to mom. For those too young to know "aerograms, think very slow, scribbled texting on thin paper sent via airplanes. Some of these stories waited for mom's couch. Hopefully, they raise the question can or should more serve by doing something other than raining war on roaches? Series: Needed: AWSC, A Big National Service Program (16 Articles, 43617 views), Goodwill hunting (30 Articles, 65709 views) 
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015Popeye & Olive Oyl made the Forbes 400, will they escrow? People's Lobby's (PLI) AWSC Proposal calls for publically displaying web sites for the Forbes 400, Highest Paid Executives & Athletes, Wealthiest Corporations, etc. that would list what percentage of their wealth they escrowed to the AWSC account, fielding 21 million Americans doing good for 27 years. Annually escrowing apx. 1% of their wealth would eliminate tax financing of the American World Service Corps (AWSC). Series: Needed: AWSC, A Big National Service Program (16 Articles, 43617 views), Uber-rich 2% solution for world peace (8 Articles, 20167 views) 
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Monday, January 26, 2015American Sniper -- Creating More Sheep, Wolves, or Sheepdogs Worldwide? Are we a nation of sheep, sheepdogs, and 1% wolves? How does a nation grow the good and reduce the bad traits among those herded groups? Is it possible to do so? How well is America doing in building a healthier herd? Series: Movies and more (13 Articles, 29478 views) 
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Monday, January 12, 2015Pretty Woman Hooks Tax Haveners and Rob Walton's Hot Cars "Without understanding tax havens, we'll never properly understand the economic history of the modern world," wrote Nicholas Shaxson, author of 'Treasure Islands.' "Tax havens are now at the heart of the global economy. Their tentacles have curled their way into pretty much everything." Do tax havens matter? You don't see them. So whether they're in Delaware, Switzerland, or the British Virgin Islands, let havens be, right? Series: Movies and more (13 Articles, 29478 views), TaxEnomics 101 and more (7 Articles, 15522 views) 
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014We Continue Losing Charlie Wilson's War(s)...Because We Ain't PC Enuff? Didn't these armed policies fail? Vietnam War 1961-1973ish, Russo-Afghan War 1979-89, Iran Contra 1985-88 Affair (read funded war), Iraq War 2003-2011. Was it because we launched the wrong armies and now need a 21st-century, sandals-on-the-ground-driven Marshall Plan at home and abroad? Series: Movies and more (13 Articles, 29478 views), 2014-15 Reasons for AWSC Congressional Proposal (4 Articles, 11002 views), PLAYERS (24 Articles, 37666 views) (View All Series) 
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014Dear Joe... and B&W Speckled Haired Friend. Military overspending, too many wars, Crazies (Barbarians, Goths, & Huns?), political corruption, lead-addled thinkers"... Is Roman History warning us? How crazy is it to cheaply employ and deploy young & old $40,000 volunteers to develop answers to world needs without contracting PTSD, when each military personnel cost $1 million and returns sodiers sadly touched with too much crazy? Here's a National Service answer. Series: PLAYERS (24 Articles, 37666 views) 
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014Peace Corps, Bin Laden, JFK, Sarge... chasing hearts & minds? JFK pushed to send Peace Corps more than Marine Corps. Instead, a wartime mentality won the day. Again, in 2014 there is a little push to expand the Peace Corps. Isn't it time to make the Peace Corps and other do-good organizations REALLY BIG? Isn't it time we and others build National Service programs that address longstanding human needs, peacefully eradicate the causes of terrorism, and reverse global climate change? Series: Goodwill hunting (30 Articles, 65709 views), 2014-15 Reasons for AWSC Congressional Proposal (4 Articles, 11002 views) 
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Sunday, May 11, 2014Golden Ma For all those many who have, have lost, or are caring for Golden Moms. Here are some memories of my Golden Ma,who in her later years paid dearly for being seduced by the lying tobacco industry. Series: Gold Star Moms (5 Articles, 11994 views)
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014Hey Consul General, give Putin the letter! Are Americans the giants many believe? Around the era of Camelot, we had character-building goals â?? landing man on the moon, helping the world with a robust Peace Corps, ending poverty. Our goals today? Thinner tablets, more gadgets and games to plug in, bigger monitors and cable conglomerates. Series: Goodwill hunting (30 Articles, 65709 views), PLAYERS (24 Articles, 37666 views) 
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Friday, February 28, 2014Universe's Encryption Code Broken by Man's Best... The state of the world. Whatâ??s religion got to do with it? Religion's Big Voice listens into everything we talk about. Knows what we are going to do before we do it. Brought us all into the world and, supposedly, can take us all out whenever It wants. So, whatâ??s the biggest NSA in the Sky got to say about earthly life? If only we could break Godâ??s encrypted code. Oops! We did! With the help of our doggone bestâ?¦ Series: PLAYERS (24 Articles, 37666 views) 
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Tuesday, December 31, 2013"Yes, Sir!" Shouldn't Jimi Hendrix's Sounds Sting Our Faith in "Pass the Ammo" 90% Bullshit Wars? Do we need a different national service to quell the spread of "isms"? To bulwark collapsing dominoes? To reverse terrorist recruitment? To erase nations' beliefs that they must stockpiles weapons of mass destruction to protect themselves from their citizens and bigger nations? Are ammo magazines needed more than do-good development teams? Could America's World Service Corps (AWSC) Congressional Proposal build that army? Series: Options:1) Blow-up 2) Build-up (10 Articles, 16845 views) 
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013Elysium 2154: Scratch-sheeting the Bookie's Numbers 2154. What are the odds that distant grandkids will be living the E-way? If you've seen the movie, take a read, do the poll, and indicate how you think life will be 141 years out. Without seeing the movie, you'll glean enough information here to poll yourself and let others know what you believe is on the elusive Elysium horizon. After seeing the movie, you can decide whether Obamacare became a coked-up version of Kochcare. Series: Movies and more (13 Articles, 29478 views), Angry Mother Nature (8 Articles, 14161 views)
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Friday, September 20, 2013Obama and Putin Play Newman and Redford's "Sting" and Bite the Warrior Class Too? At a poker table ringed by war contractors, radical Hamas, dictators, and weak thinkers, can a couple jocks think outside the lobbies' designed narrow box and play a hand that none of the gamblers expect? Can Congressman Veeshun help Obama do a "Sting" that would spread the chips from the House of Big Money among the people too poor to play? Series: PLAYERS (24 Articles, 37666 views) |
