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· Do not shop at any store that has it products made outside of the United States and if you do, look at the labels and do not purchase unless Made in USA. As much as possible, do not buy from foreign sources what you need in 2006.

· Write your representatives in the House and Senate and advise them that you are a citizen of the Republic named the United States of America, not the corporation named the United States. There is a legal distinction.

· Take the wind out of the sails of the Big Oil companies by driving less and more efficient. Watch them freak when their “supply versus demand” fallacy is clear for all to see.

· Close any bank accounts you have with the major money center banks that are also co-owners of the Federal Reserve, for example JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Bank of America, Wachovia, and put your business with locally owned banks in your area. If you want to slow down the New World Order and selling out of America, take the wind out of the sails of who is behind it.

· If you can, pay off all credit cards this year and cut them in half. Keep only one just for making reservations and car rental, if needed.

· Make it a priority to pay down or pay off the home equity loan on your house.

· When you shop, make a list at home and walk out of the store with nothing that is not on that list. If you break that list, smash a finger with a hammer to remind yourself not to do it again. Their entire marketing agenda is to get you to make spontaneous purchases that are way over what you really need.

· Notify DNC that you are no longer a member, no longer voting for their idiocy.

· Notify RNC that you are no longer a member, no longer voting for their idiocy.

· Notify both RNC and DNC that you will not recognize any vote that does not have a paper trail to deter fraud in our elections. (Hint, even the Iraqis are now seeing fraud in their recent elections.)

· Make sure you are registered to vote in your state, county and precinct by February 28, do not wait until September or October of 2006 and then complain that you missed the deadline.

· Cancel your magazines, newspaper and other major media subscriptions. You will not miss anything but more propaganda.

· Upgrade your ISP to cable modem and wireless hub on WPA security.

· Send the White House cheap Xerox copies of the Constitution of the United States labeled as toilet paper and advise that the real document is sacred to Americans, not the cheap copies. You do not have to remind the White House that we have a cheap copy for a president, they already know that.

· Say NO to Big Pharma drugs unless you absolutely need them to stay alive.

· If you love your children and grandchildren, do not let them serve this nation overseas and have them exposed to DU, U-236 and Plutonium and have the increased risks of having only deformed children and grandchildren for the rest of your life.


· Sign the petition to Impeach Bush and Cheney. They deserve nothing less from the people of this Republic.

Submitter: Joan Brunwasser

Submitters Website: http://www.opednews.com/author/author79.html

Submitters Bio:

Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of transparency and the ability to accurately check and authenticate the vote cast, these systems can alter election results and therefore are simply antithetical to democratic principles and functioning.



Since the pivotal 2004 Presidential election, Joan has come to see the connection between a broken election system, a dysfunctional, corporate media and a total lack of campaign finance reform. This has led her to enlarge the parameters of her writing to include interviews with whistle-blowers and articulate others who give a view quite different from that presented by the mainstream media. She also turns the spotlight on activists and ordinary folks who are striving to make a difference, to clean up and improve their corner of the world. By focusing on these intrepid individuals, she gives hope and inspiration to those who might otherwise be turned off and alienated. She also interviews people in the arts in all their variations - authors, journalists, filmmakers, actors, playwrights, and artists. Why? The bottom line: without art and inspiration, we lose one of the best parts of ourselves. And we're all in this together. If Joan can keep even one of her fellow citizens going another day, she considers her job well done.


When Joan hit one million page views, OEN Managing Editor, Meryl Ann Butler interviewed her, turning interviewer briefly into interviewee. Read the interview here.

While the news is often quite depressing, Joan nevertheless strives to maintain her mantra: "Grab life now in an exuberant embrace!"


Joan has been Election Integrity Editor for OpEdNews since December, 2005. Her articles also appear at Huffington Post, RepublicMedia.TV and Scoop.co.nz.