PLANNING PAST THE 2010 ELECTION

This last election was very interesting. I had hoped that name-calling and other low-down thinking would not be so prevalent. I wonder if the name-calling would have been the same if there was an Anglo American person serving as President!

However, when one compares the election of President F. D. Roosevelt over outgoing President Herbert Hoover. Like President Obama and the Democratic Party, President Hoover and the Republican Party was blamed for America's economic crises. Thankfully, President Roosevelt was able to bring Congress together and get both sides of the aisle to agree to some compromises in order to get the country up and running again. Perhaps President Obama will get support from forward-thinking Republicans and Democrats to be able to forge a coalition to help all Americans during our current economic crises.

Maybe I should run for President! I have enough experience as a working American who understands economic cycles, the impact of wars on one’s economy, the need for immigration reform, the importance of education, the rationale of capital punishment and smaller prison budgets, encouraging “Buy American First!”, and doing all those things to help the country that a radical, moderate, progressive conservative should do in these challenging times. Unfortunately, I would not run as a Republican or as a Democrat and would not have the millions behind me needed to brainwash people to vote for me---the lesser of the other evil people!

Maybe it’s time for a dictatorship to take over America. Most Americans know what needs to be done to have lower taxes, less government intrusion, higher wages for the masses of working people, accountability in education and government, to keep more jobs inside the country than going outside the country, the consequences of having cheap labor from the millions of illegal and some legal immigrants, uncovering the ungodly profits made by the quiet stockholders and the shrewd corporate executives, and the hundreds of other little pieces of the puzzle that needs to be put together in order to have a smooth-running economic vessel, trudging along in troubled fiscal waters. At least a dictator with a strong military group could just make things happen, and run ship-shod over civil rights, personal property rights, equal rights, the Bill of Rights, and all the other “rights” people want.

However, after the red AND blue “true” Americans rise up and overthrew the dictator and have taken back power from the military machinery, some human will still have to be willing to stick out their neck. This person would have to be willing to work with political parties that would care more about pleasing special interest groups that raised the money to make it possible for the person to even sit in the special chair and be called “President” or some other executive name. This person would have to be willing to have their personal and business life held up to the inquiring minds who would want to know the details of the scratches on their leader’s armor. This person would have to be willing to work long hours for the little pay received for the harm done to their bodies. They would also have to stand quietly by while their opponents with small brains and simple intellect throw missiles of hatred toward members of their family, as well as throw mud on any project the person would put forward to help the masses of the American public.

It’s really easy to fix the problems we face in America. We could begin by merging smaller cities and towns, thus eliminating the need for so many overlapping positions that require more tax money. We could cut Congress by at least ½, as well as cut every office supported by tax dollars by 70%, choosing to use more technology without feelings, than using so many people with selfish feelings.

To help America, we could insist that everyone take better care of their own health and economic well-being without the aid of government programs. Those who are unable to do so would be helped, but only after agreeing to serve their communities and their government by doing those chores normally done by a public servant. Everyone would be charged a fee for health care, based on the color of their card, without regard to the color of their skin, or their limited resources. The rich, and those with resources, including good jobs with good pay and good benefits, would be charged on a sliding-fee scale, based on how far they went in school, and on how wise they were in choosing a way to take/make money, or in choosing an occupation that paid very well and/or had great medical benefits.

To further help America, we could charge all countries a fee for helping them win their freedom/democracy. They would pay by giving America their resources, and/or by becoming a puppet of American democracy (since we would know what is best for them). All wars would be on a “cash-basis” only. Before we would enter a war, or a “peace-keeping” mission, we would figure out the cost to win and thus charge our allies accordingly. If they could not pay, America would not enter the war or mission, realizing that this country might be taken over by an enemy of America and turn that country with hatred for America and all Americans.


To stem the tide of “sleeper spies,” terrorism, and drugs coming into America, we could move the United Nations building to Sweden or some other “neutral” country. We would then eliminate “diplomatic immunity” and check everyone coming to our shores, both friend and enemy. We would also put a team to watch all “outsiders,” making sure no drugs or anything that could hurt America is being brought in. To insure a “drug-free” country, we would develop a private military group to destroy all production and personnel associated with illegal drugs in all countries, including ours, as well as keep track of those associated with “legal” drugs. Those drug users who refuse to go into rehabilitation and stay clean would be sent to the moon or some other safe place, away from all of the “healthy” citizens in America. They would be given tools for food production, housing, and would be offered training so they could develop their own rules for living.

All those refusing to at least complete community college or trade school would be trained to become the new, military “fighting machine,” and sent abroad to “keep the peace” for all of America’s interest, as well as the interest of America’s allies. To ensure compliance to do what is right, and to ensure there is no rebellion, each of these individuals would undertake a brain lobotomy to ensure their loyalty to their training against all enemies and protection of all Americans.

Eventually, all budgets to aid the poor, the sick, and the unemployed would be eliminated, saving the American taxpayers billions. These groups would become the responsibility of their families, faith-based groups, and communities. In return, these groups would do mental, physical, or other work for their communities to ensure local budgets had funds to help their every need. No death-row inmate would have to stay on death-row any longer than one year; eliminating the harsh and unjust treatment they now receive for having to have life sentences. Their organs could be processed to aid those they have hurt, as well as aid others who are living productive lives who could profit from their organs. Plus, the victims and the families of victims would not have to suffer for years, waiting for justice to help balance the scales. Those waiting for sentencing, those in jails, and those in prisons would be required to work 10 hours a day, six days a week. They would be fed a minimal, but nutritious, diet. They would also be trained to be useful while they wait for execution, or when they were released. In time, this process would balance the budget as well as help our schools. The billions saved from this process would be shifted to our education system where all citizens could be trained to become productive and prosperous, with little need for others paying for their health care or government programs to subsidize them, or farmers, or manufacturers, or any other industry.

All budgets could be balanced by some common-sense cooperating. America has too many cities and too many counties supporting too many politicians and too many overlapping departments. All cities could be merged into metro-cities with regional governments getting input from town hall-type meetings. Such meetings would be run by unpaid elected neighbors who would get input from their neighborhoods. Computer systems would be set up to gather input (yeah, Big Brother, but get over it!) with paid college students and senior citizens manning the systems with oversight from military personnel.

With the merging of cities and counties, there would be a reduction in property and business taxes, causing more citizens to have more income for savings (mandatory), medical/dental/long-term care policies (mandatory), and retirement funding (mandatory). The courts could also be combined, with judges, including the Supreme Court, having to face the electorate every 10 years. There would also be a reduction in the numbers of people (and staffs!) needed as representatives in Congress. This alone would save billions, cutting away the fat in pork-barrel programs, and shrinking the number of lobbyists being paid to control the thoughts and votes of fewer politicians.

All federal departments, and the federal budget, would come under review of a blue-ribbon commission of civilian auditors, CPAs, and successful CEOs. Members of this commission would only be those who have not sent jobs overseas or laid off employees without a review by the local town-hall groups. This commission would be appointed by the President, reviewed by regional leaders, with veto power given to America’s billionaires who would sit on regional boards. Should the government still have an unbalanced budget due to previous decisions of deficit spending, the billionaires and millionaires would be given the opportunity to make donations to cover the deficit. In exchange, they would receive “naming rights” for streets, roads, bridges, highways, freeways, light rail systems, train depots, airports, universities, and other items of significant value in America’s landscape. For example, the 406 or so billionaires who have made much of their money in America could wipe out the present deficit of $11 trillion by donating $30 million each. This would cover the ever-growing interest adding more red to the deficit until paid in full.

With the federal budget being controlled by the most successful people in America answering to the poorest of the poor via townships and regionalships, America would never have to engage in deficit spending ever again. As far as items like Social Security, health care, unemployment, and help for the helpless, there would be a special fund set up by local townships for each local area to see after their own residents. Funds paid out would come from funds paid in by registered, documented legal citizens. No illegal immigrants would receive free education, free health care, free Social Security, or any other benefits.

No pregnant immigrant would be allowed into the United States, negating immigrants coming to America pregnant so their children would be American-born citizens. No one would be allowed to work without a background check conducted by local citizens. The current unemployed would be given jobs to check on all job sites to ensure that all workers were legal citizens. If any company was found to have illegal immigrants working, they would be fined $1 million a day for each infraction. If any company was found to have sent jobs overseas, they would be fined $5 million a day for each person employed overseas, unless such person was an American citizen helping to do a joint project with a foreign country. Only those foreign employees necessary for the joint project would be hired by an American company unless the agreement with the foreign country stated otherwise. Such an agreement would be reviewed by a panel of union leaders and professional employment counselors in America.

Such moves by the above would eliminate unemployment among America’s native-born citizens, curtail the hiring of illegal immigrants, and stem the flow of billions of dollars leaving America by illegal immigrants sending their ill-gotten paychecks back to their home country. Although hiring native-born American citizens would require companies to pay more than by hiring illegal immigrants, the paycheck income would stay in America, and eventually wind up back under the control of companies who would have invested in homes, car dealerships, retail stores, and every other business that employees would be spending money on.


As far as health care, there would be special cards issued to every American citizen, in cooperation with insurance companies. Those with plenty of money would still, of course, receive the best health care money can buy and would receive a health “gold card.” Those with expensive health coverage, allowing them almost the same kind of care as the rich would receive a health “blue card” and pay no deductibles for anything. These employees and retired personnel must prove they are maintaining and/or improving their health by good health habits, limiting negative health lifestyles, active in a health club 4 or more times a week, with documentation of eating healthy meals, drinking plenty of water, and checking in with their health and medical team 6 or more times a year would keep their health “blue card” and pay a 10% deductible.

Those American employees and retirees who have a proven record of going to health clubs 3 or more times a week, with documentation of eating healthy meals, drinking plenty of water, and checking in with their health and medical team 3 or 4 times a year would receive a health “green card” and pay a 20% deductible. Those American employees and retirees who have a proven record of going to health clubs 1 or more times a week, with documentation of eating healthy meals, drinking plenty of water, and checking in with their health and medical team 1 or 2 times a year would receive a health “orange card” and pay a 30% deductible.

Those American employees and retirees who do not have a proven record of going to health clubs 1 or more times a week, with no documentation of eating healthy meals, nor drinking plenty of water, nor checking in with their health and medical team once a year would receive a health “yellow card” and pay a 40% deductible. Those limited-income Americans and retirees who do not have a proven record of going to health clubs, with no documentation of eating healthy meals, nor drinking plenty of water, and not checking in with their health and medical team because they could not afford such a team would receive a health “purple card” and visit a regional health center and clinic where medical students, retired health professionals, medical researchers, and alternative health care providers would care for them. All would pay according to a sliding scale based on their net income (not gross from a business), but no less than $10 per visit per day. As the overhead of the community health center and clinic increased, so would the fees. Also, since the FDA and all federally-funded health research programs would be merged or eliminated, the health center and clinic would assume those responsibilities, with funding coming from individuals, foundations, corporations and pharmaceutical companies.

Should there be a national disaster, the federal government would only give oversight, with local governments and companies taking the responsibility for returning their area back to its status quo. Foreign governments and individuals would be allowed to help, and the local militia would help the regional law enforcement keep the peace. Anyone found looting or hurting anyone for selfish motives would be shot on the spot by the regional law enforcement, the militia, or any private citizen licensed to have a gun.

It will only take 36 months before these and other progressive measures can be put into place. This will give those on welfare and unemployment (including government officials) time to get trained for employment and/or develop legal ways of supporting themselves. Those who refuse to comply, or cannot find livable wages, will be allowed to do public service for their communities, living in group arrangements provided by their families and their local communities. Others will be encouraged to live the country and given opportunities to live in countries where the cost of living (and standard of living) is much lower and affordable.


Those who choose to commit crimes to support themselves will be given speedy trials and allowed to do public work on behalf of a community in a state located at least 2,000 miles from their earlier place of residence. This way, they can learn how to conduct themselves as good citizens in a new area and earn the respect, trust, and employment of their new domicile.

As far as education, no longer will it be a free right for all. Everyone will pay for their need for childcare, kindergarten, K – 12 education, community college, university education, advanced academic work, as well as for any training. Each will pay according to their ability to pay on a scaling scale. Local businesses, residents, foundations, and others will be encouraged to contribute to a fund to ensure all residents have opportunities for education, training, employment, and the necessities of life (shelter, food, clothes, transportation, etc.). Those who drop out of their education or training will be sent to “conditioning” camps and trained to become eligibility for military or public works service, including working in parks and responding to local, state, national, and international disasters.

The best minds in America will be brought together in economic think tanks to work out all of the details of this outline. All Americans will be given opportunity to share their wisdom in the development of this united effort to keep America strong. The development of “We Must Save America” plan could be ready by 2016, with the merging of cities, counties, and the federal government completed by 2014.

Yeah, I just might run for President on the Independence Party ticket if I cannot become the wonderful, loving dictator that America needs to solve all of its problems!

The Man: Barack Obama

Did the man we now know as President Barack Obama have any idea he would become President of the most powerful government in the world?  I don’t know, but that’s a good question he may be asked when his term in office is up.  The one thing I do know is that the man, Barack Obama, has had the most multinational, multiracial, and multireligious background of anyone who has dared become the leader of such a country like the United States.

I would urge all of the Tea Party adherents, the Republicans, Democrats, Independents, young people, Christians, Muslims, Jews, religious right-wingers, liberal left-wingers, and others to read about this man before they curse him, or continue to heap stones upon his head.  Most of those who say disparaging words about the man, Barack Obama, don’t even know who he is.  They merely judge him by his color, his political party, or what they have heard from political demagogues.  They need to spend time reading about him in his own words before he became President of the United States.  One book he has written “Dreams of My Father,” gives a very interesting view into this man, Barack Obama.

The man, Barack Obama, began his life in Hawaii, from the union of an idealist, non-religious mother from Kansas, and an aspiring Muslim father from Kenya.  After having a father for two years who later deserted the family and returned to Kenya, the man, Barack Obama, was raised for a while by a single mother and her Anglo American parents from Kansas who also had spent time in Texas during racial tensions between Black and White people in America.

The man, Barack Obama, also spent time as a playful boy with a Muslim stepfather in Indonesia.  This stepfather learned how to get along to get ahead with the political leaders so he could better provide for himself and his family, whether he agreed with the party line or not.  This is something Obama Senior never quite learned to do well as he thought he should be respected for his education and experience, without having to bow down to political leaders for favors.  While living in Indonesia as a boy for several years, the man, Barack Obama, would later pull experiences from this time and observing his stepfather, to help him become a community leader for improvement in Chicago.

Before becoming a lawyer, and while completing his education at a somewhat prestigious school back in Hawaii while living with his mother’s parents, the man, Barack Obama, was led between four worlds: Black, White, Hawaiian, and Multicultural.  Some of the leading came from his Anglo American “disappointed at life” grandfather; some by his Anglo American “I need a break” grandmother; some by African American people his Anglo American grandfather carried him around; and some by the Hawaiian, Multicultural, and other students at his school.

Later, when the man, Barack Obama, began helping the downtrodden in Chicago, he got further lessons in human relations from victicrats, those in power, those without power, and his peers.  He learned that sometimes it was better to go along to get along until he had a stronger position and could help bring about some changes.  The man, Barack Obama, learned from Communists, Socialists, Republicans, Democrats, Muslims, Christians, and many others along the spectrum of left to right political persuasions.  He learned that although he had certain principles, he had to keep his mouth shut in order to gain influence and have some influence with those he opposed philosophically who would learn to judge him as a person and not as a cultural oddity.

Later in life, this man, Barack Obama, wrote another book, The Audacity of Hope.  This book was written after he had gained some lessons in political maneuvering and lessons in watching what he said, as well as a lesson in losing.  This is one book I would really recommend that every victicrat, right-winger, left-winger, African American, and potential candidate for public office read.  This book shows the breadth of the knowledge of the man, Barack Obama.  We are reminded that he went to law school at Harvard, became the president of the Harvard Law Review, served in the Illinois State Senate, delivered the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and went to the United States Senate.  The book shares more about his life with Michelle, his wife, and about his interactions (and lack thereof) with his two daughters, Sasha and Malia.

Republicans would be surprised to learn what the man, Barack Obama, thinks of both parties, often listing some of their sins, but also listing some of the good points of both.  Those who have thrown disparaging remarks (television and radio talk show hosts, as well as a certain woman leading the Tea Party) about the man, Barack Obama, show their ignorance of really wanting to know the man, Barack Obama.  They would be surprised to see that some of the values he personally holds line up with more conservative people, especially those who are balanced in their education, training, and thinking.

Those who really want to understand how the politics work in America should read The Audacity of Hope.  After all of my college courses and my own brief encounter into politics, I learned more about the ins and outs of politics after reading this book.  I also discovered that the man, Barack Obama, still believes that most people who will work hard, get a balanced education, and preserve with determination, can get a fair shot at opportunities in America.  Of course, the man, Barack Obama, has not suffered like many of the masses of poor people in America.  However, he does know about anger as a person of color; about being raised for a while by a single mother; about human relations in a multicultural family; about some of the challenges of some African Americans who feel victimized and unable to move forward; and about faith in something to carry one through personal challenges as a somewhat dysfunctional family member.

The man, Barack Obama, knows that America cannot isolate itself from the ills of the world.  He also shows an understanding of why so many people in other lands actually hate Americans without getting the full truth about the development of America.  Those who believe in family values would be amazed to really see how the man, Barack Obama, feels about such things.  Like Billy Graham and other well-known leaders who have often sacrificed important time with family, the man, Barack Obama, admits his failures as a husband and father.  At the same time, he doesn’t wallow in his failures; he admits them and tries to make improvement where he can as a person consumed with carrying out duties as a politician.

The man, Barack Obama, is not the Messiah or a tool of the devil!  At the same time, he is NOT the political and economic savior many had hoped for.  However, he is just that---a man who has human failings, trying to do the best job he can with the input he is receiving, dealing with national economic challenges that seem to just surface AFTER he became the President of the United States.

Those who are disappointed with the man, Barack Obama, need to review history of other leaders, especially men who have led America in the past.  Some compare him to former President Franklin D. Roosevelt who had to pull America through a war he hadn’t planned on, improve an economy he didn’t create, and who tried to jumpstart American economics to a place where everyone would have hope for the future.

The man, Barack Obama, could also be compared to former President Ronald Reagan who tried to pull America back from looking to big government to save the country.  There are also traits the man, Barack Obama, have in common with former President Abraham Lincoln, who tried to steer the country with some type of practicality amid so many dissenting voices.  The man, Barack Obama, could be compared to former President John Kennedy, who discovered America needed to change many foreign-aid policies and realign our thoughts of how to deploy our military strength that could give balance in an un-balanced world, without giving the impression that military might would be America’s first thought in dealing with negative forces underway in other governments.

I could line up all of the traits and policies of every American President before President Barack Obama, and we would see that the man, Barack Obama, would have some of the same traits and policy ideas!  Thus, the man, Barack Obama, will do the best job he can as President of the United States.  He may only be able to serve one term, since he will be blamed for expanding big government, for taking America into a serious recession, and for giving away huge sums of money to Wall Street, the banks, the automotive industry, and for single-handedly leading America into a socialist state.

As the 44^th President of the United States, President Barack Obama, will get blamed for a lot of negative things that has happened, is happening, and will happen to a pluralistic society not sure if it is a republic or a democracy, to a society that wants government to solve problems that could be best solved by its citizens without government intervention, and to a society unsure of its spiritual foundations.

As the man, Barack Obama, he may best be remembered as a man who just tried to do his best with faulty information, disgruntled citizens, a failing economy, greedy plutocrats, a no-win war and foreign skirmishes, rising unemployment due to faulty immigration laws and enforcement, home foreclosures, forgetful Allies, and selfish Congress people more interested in doing for their party than working for the public.

Before more rocks are thrown at President Obama for “doing a lousy job,” I would encourage the hypocrites to examine their own lives, read about the man, Barack Obama, by reading his words in his books before he became President, and consider becoming good citizens praying for their President instead of causing others around the world to wonder just what kind of people would crucify a man without a just trial.

President Barack Obama is America’s first multicultural, multinational, and multireligious person ELECTED by the majority of people who said they wanted change.  The world understands that unless a person is a strong dictator with a powerful military and secret police to carry out HIS bidding, it is impossible to change for the better unless the citizens work together with their leadership, as well as with each other, to make things better.

Before more Americans drive nails into the hands and feet and then into the coffin of President Barack Obama, I hope they take time to learn more about the man, Barack Obama.  He just might be America’s best chance to prove to the world that America is more about truth, honesty, and genuine hope for making the world better in the 21^st century.