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Bob van Ee, a DAD
09 November 2008 14:58 | Wyoming, Michigan
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Agenda 2010
Is it too early to be thinking of 2010, probably not and especially if we begin now. Not only is 2010 worth noting for the Boy Scouts of America Centennial Anniversary, but also due to the wide spectrum of offices and initiatives that will be voted upon forming a new Social Contract for how We the people agree to self govern ourselves that will be formed. This is written in three parts [1] bare bones agenda outline (Planks in the Platform), [2] communicate this to President-elect Obama with a portal link at: How to tell President-elect Obama, and, [3] explanations and footnotes. I humbly assert that consensus on our agenda should be easily reached, if at first glance you disagree, please be kind enough not only to view the explanations and footnotes but to thoroughly follow all the links, an informed people is most effective. Communicating these thoughts to President-elect Obama is both an act of good faith and an act of goal setting. Finally, the explanations and footnotes are worth the time it takes to become more familiar with things we assume to understand and take for granted, possibly in our ignorance (devil IS in the details) we have been misled from our goals. Planks of the Platform [1] Fathers, Marriage, less government [2] Social Security [3] VAWA (Violence against women Act) [4] Values, misandry [5] Economy/ Federal Budget/ Corporate Leadership [6] We are America Tell President-elect Obama President-elect Obama, you have said first that you were “shaped more by your Father’s absence than your Father’s presence”, and that, “we are not red states, we are not blue states; We are the United States” (and from that I hope to interpolate the concept of We are the Great United People of America: Team America). Mr. President-elect Obama you have also written “Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.” [1] Fathers, Marriage, less government President-elect Obama you have written that “studies have shown the critical importance of Fathers to their children’s development”. Peer reviewed empirical evidence supports your remarks. For four decades we have attacked Fathers, Marriage, Families and ultimately Children. Of course our children need a safe secure stable environment to develop, dream of hope and become those adult citizens who will infuse our nation with new vitality. Our public policy should insure children have both parents actively in their lives, where we protect marriage and families and end institutional divisiveness that tears the very fabric of our American Society. America has been and should be the light on a hill where we protect children born and unborn. Misanthropy, misandry, self hatred, hate let us turn from that and embrace each other and our own great Team America. Our children deserve the freedom to be kids, to dream, to have hope. [2] Social Security Mr. President-elect We the American People view Social Security as a base line retirement income program for retired Americans. The compiled Social Security Laws have become encumbered and engrossed with social programs that have nothing to do with retirement, we need to separate non retirement programs out of the Social Security System and let them stand on their own merits, re-establish the Social Security monies as a Trust and simplify individual American’s retirement planning. [3] VAWA (Violence against women Act) President-elect Obama, when killed by a single parent, 71% of our children are killed by their Mother1. There have been efforts to make VAWA gender neutral, to address domestic violence regardless of ***, to accept the peer reviewed empirical evidence demonstrating violence perpetration by both sexes, and to end the self fulfilling prophesies of domestic violence. Our children need a safe nurturing environment; political diatribe in the guise of public policy has not strengthened those conditions. Please strike Violence against women Act from the Laws of our land, and, put in its place a Domestic Relations Stability Policy addressing the violence and disruption of families perpetrated by both sexes. [4] Values, misandry Mr. President-elect, you have said “our families are the cornerstone of our society”, well done! Others have petitioned our federal government and that of the individual states seeking to codify that simple, common sense thought into Public Policy and Administration. Failing to bolster American Families we have codified misandry into Public Policy, marginalizing Marriage, Family, Fathers and ultimately our children. VAWA is misandristic, it erroneously, asserts all domestic violence is perpetrated by males, (CDC researchers have found that most cases of domestic violence do not fit the standard stereotype2) the Responsible Fatherhood Act seeks more child support monies into the system rather than encouraging Father Involvement, No-fault Divorce marginalizes the whole concept of the Institution of Marriage and the Federal Government spends retirement dollars to assault American Marriage, American Fathers and American Children. [5] Economy/ Federal Budget/ Corporate Leadership President-elect Obama America has diminished its collective estate (collective savings), children in public schools are supported by the property taxes of first their Father and then that of their Mother. Since the 2000 census, we are aware now that the majority of children are raised in single Mother Households: houses are not homes; houses are not a form of personal savings but rather another redistributed asset in the Federal system. Many American Fathers are dead broke; many American Mothers either can not or will not save: not only is that an expression of our National values but seven fouled sparked plugs in our National Economic engine and our federal deficit is the eighth fouled plug. We can pass to the States abilities to promote American owned business and avoid international trade disputes; instead we have focused national public policy on misandry, destruction of families and squandering our national wealth. We the people need first to exist as individuals, we have our own dreams and hope for ourselves and our posterity, not as a means to support a National budget: the Federal Budget must be reduced. We need compassionate, honest and ethical leadership in our American Corporations, we should also take steps to return ownership of corporations domiciled in America to Americans. With a national public policy espousing misandry, misanthropy and meopia, we can see how we may have encouraged some corporate leaders to think only of themselves: our national values imbue our entire social fabric with sociopathic tendencies. [6] We are America We are a sovereign people; we have a right to our mutual prosperity and that of our posterity. When the Eagle landed on the moon, astronauts who were Boy Scout Eagles in their Youth made a great leap for mankind, as Americans we have every right to be proud of that. We the American people brought peace and stability through World Wars One and Two, and may do; in Arabia what no one else has managed to do in recorded history. We are innovative and hard working we have every right to take pride in that and to promote that. Chesty Puller (USMC) took the time to study history, that of our current (at that time) allies and our potential foes, he read Sun-tzu almost a century ago and predicted that if our foes could not dominate us with military warfare they would instead implement economic warfare: Chesty was correct. Of course we need strategic initiatives for our national security to protect trade, patents and copyrights. In the face of economic onslaught we need to stop tearing ourselves apart through misandry, separating children from Fathers, destruction of our Families and marriage. Win with humility to be sure; America is not the globes economic engine but a dynamo: we must stop draining our current with nationally supported social divisiveness and redirect that current to building ourselves up. How to tell President-elect Obama President-elect Obama asks: “Where should we start together?” and offers a portal for your comments here: http://change.gov/page/s/yourvision I will simply copy and paste the comments above; others may have comments of their own, alter, modify or expand the comments above. A new social contract, between each of us and including all of us, is being drafted. Whether this new Social Contract is put forth by The President-elect or ignored and put forward by someone else, now is the time to join the conversation. Whether you supported President-elect Obama’s election or opposed it, the Social Contract is in draft form at this moment, voice your thoughts in the formation of this national policy and determine if your thoughts were heard. Explanations and footnotes [1] Fathers, Marriage, less government One could simply use Dog pile dot com or any other search engine to research “Father’s Rights” or “Fathers”. Many studies are parked here West Michigan DADS files or here West Michigan DADS Individual links here: 1.01 Hubin FatherFacts.zip Bauserman2.pdf Father.FatherInvolvementReducesSchoolViolence_Accessible.doc July 24 Father's Rights - Schlaffly.doc Sexual Activity and Father Absence.txt 1. Committment.pdf 4 Fink rebuts Wallerstein.pdf fab_brav_den.pdf Georgia General Assembly Paternity Law.doc 2. APA.pdf 6 Hubin Parental Rights.pdf 8. Coles.pdf 9.***.txt A case for Father Involvement draft1.pdf DADS Dads Against Discrimination 7. American Family Life in the new millenium -Dr. Michael T. Ross.doc [2] Social Security The problems and shortfalls we have described above are the result of limited resources, increased demand for our core services and new responsibilities. Adequate funding is critical for FY 2009 and must be sustained in the years ahead. Without it, SSA’s service crisis will deepen at a time when our aging population is increasingly counting on Social Security programs. [From the Commissioner (see Social Security Budget link below to go to pdf file) Read this pdf, it appears that we spend 696 billion per year in old age insurance, have 9.7 billion (table 3) additional in other programs and over all one needs to do some serious computation to attempt to determine all of the budget estimates flowing out of the Social Security Laws. Social Security Budget Social Security Act Table of Contents Index to the compilation of Social Security Laws [3] VAWA (Violence against women Act) More information can be found here: http://www.mediaradar.org [4] Values, misandry That poster was attached to Dallas Area Rapid Transit Buses, October 2008 and it sends the wrong message to our children, more information can be found here: Antimisandry.com or here http://www.hisside.com/ or here http://www.GlennSacks.com misandry mis•an•dry [mi sándree] noun hatred of men: hatred of men as a sexually defined group [Early 20th century.
mary jane sanchez
01 November 2008 12:49 | South lake Tahoe,ca
I am so proud,of Brett Bell. As former Young democrat myself. And former instructor of Lake Tahoe Community College. I am so honored to be President of South lake Tahoe Democratic Club. My mission was to encourage young people to get involved.So I founded the subsidiary of the college democrats at the Lake Tahoe College. Not only have I increased our citywide membership,but we registered over 1,200 new voters throughout the city of South Lake Tahoe,Our club gives out school scholarships and we have food drives every year. We have a opened new Citywide Democratic HDQ office at 2716 Lake Tahoe Blvd.
Mary Jane Sanchez, MA President South lake Tahoe Demcratic Club
Brett Bell
31 October 2008 12:34 | South Lake Tahoe, California
Hello, My name is Brett Matthew Bell and I am a 20 years old and currently attending Lake Tahoe Community College. This will be my first time ever to vote in a Presidential Election. I am so excited to be able to become a part of history as a Young Democrat. I wanted to share this joy with others so I started a Brand New Club here at the college. Of course, I called it The College Democrat Club. It was some what difficult at first but as the election grew closer, more and more students seemed to be interested in what we were doing. It has only been about 2 months since we had our first meeting but we now have around 12 extremely active members and 25 interested students. Our current goal is to inform all the students on campus about their obligation as a citizen of the United States to vote. On behalf of The College Democrat Club at Lake Tahoe Community College, We are proud to be voting as Democrats. Thank Brett Matthew Bell President of The College Democrat Club
Brendan
30 October 2008 15:34 | California
Because i want America to become a Socialist country. All the wealth should be distributed equally, regardless of how hard you work.
We need change, serious change, and Barak is the one to move us into socialism. Vote the messiah on Nov. 4!
Rich
29 October 2008 16:12 | Southern Oregon
Before long the country will be all yours. Do you really want to allow a McCain/Palin administration to screw it up further?
Don't just get out & vote, get out & VOTE DEMOCRAT! If you have any friends or relatives who are sitting on the fence, Show them this video and ask them if they really want the right-wing lunacy to continue. It's titled McChapter 7 - Morally Bankrupt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8gJ_rPHXtk Your future will be dramatically impacted by this election. Do Something! Please.
Mark
26 October 2008 20:23 | California
I am thrilled to say that this is the second time I have interacted with someone from the Democratic Party. The first time two guys who looked like they just rolled out of bed came by my house and asked if I was voting Obama. Way to represent. Then I get this great door hanger this morning with this website on it. Next time, don't take the "Yes on 8" sign from my lawn when you drop stuff off here... or does the Democratic Party have an issue with people who uphold Christian morals? Then again maybe it is coincidence that I have had the sign there for a month and it disappears when you guys come by. Next time you drop something off here, knock on the door and we will have a chat. I would sincerely listen to what you have to say about how I should vote and why. But please send someone who can actually speak like an intelligent American and not just ask me, "Why aren't you voting Obama?"
Your door hanger says that the Republicans want me to stay home on 11/4. Why would they want this Independent to stay home instead of voting MCCAIN/PALIN in 2008? See you at the polls, A Christian Independent
William Gilbert
21 October 2008 19:10 | Memphis,TN
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Abraham Lincoln once said and I quote, " America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. "
For far too long "We" the people have sat on the sidelines while Wall Street and Washington ran up the score at Main Street's expense. Now is the time that "We" the American people level the playing field. No long shall we turn a blind eye to the greed and corruption that has bred economic turmoil in this this great nation. The last eight years of failed Bush policies and politics has submerged this vast nation in to a cess pool of an unhonorable war and economical disparity. It is our time. It is America's time. It is the hour for every American citizen to rise up and declare Now that we need change. No longer will we allow our social security , our 401K, our jobs, our homes, our children's future be marketed away by the insatiable greed and corruption of Washington and Wall Street. On November Fourth 2008 open your wallets,and your purses. Turn your pockets inside out, check your bank book and ask yourself this one question: "Can I afford four more years of the same failed policies and politics of a Bush/McCain Administration.- William R. Gilbert, Jr.
Emily
18 October 2008 19:08 | MA
I remember sitting on the bus in third grade shouting out the window for people to vote for Al Gore. "Why would you want a man with the last name of a plant?" How true it was. The school secretary had to come out of the building to tell me to stop.
Why am I voting Democrat? I want to get out of the country (the wrong one I might add) that we've been crusading for oil in. I want to stop relying on OPEC, and start relying on alternative energy that will clean up our planet. I want my education to be put above the intrests of lobbyists. But most importantly, I've grown up learning that we're only as strong as the weakest members of our communities. The people struggling to choose between food or medicine each month- those are the people who need it more. Those are the people we have to fight for. I believe that Obama is the candidate of the future. His policies, his actions, and his ideals can and will restore our good standing with the rest of the world. Obama will repair the bridges we've burned to ensure a better life for us tomorrow. He represents the best of us, and the least of us too. He's the bridge to a new America. John McCain is a bridge to no where. We have the power to take back our country from the hands of those too blinded by profit to see what they've done. We have an active role in improving our lives and enriching our communities. We have the power to restore our good standing among world powers. We have the power to save our planet. We have the power to help the little guy. Why? Because we have the power to elect Barack Obama. NOTHING CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF THE POWER OF MILLIONS OF VOICES CALLING FOR CHANGE.
Suzie
14 October 2008 19:21 | Virginia
Why I am NOT nor will I EVER vote Democrat:
I believe people need to work hard to gain profit and no one deserves a free ride. I believe racism exists because of those who whine about it and refuse to realize the great land they live in. I believe the people can manage their life, finances and make sound decisions for themselves better than the government can. I believe you are the company you keep. Obama surrounds himself with Rev. Wright, ACORN, William Ayers and Tony Rezco - He is not a leader or man to trust. We'll be in Iran's hands if he wins...Get out of LA LA Land I believe in small government and less taxes - NOT OBAMA's Plan to REDISTRIBUTE THE WEALTH FROM HARD WORKING AMERICANS TO LAZY WELFARE RECIEPIANTS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS Because I get my facts from voting records and documents and NOT THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA I AM VOTING REPUBLICAN BECAUSE I LOVE AMERICA, I BELIEVE IN OUR TROOPS AND THE JOB THEY ARE DOING IN IRAQ AND I AM NOT A SOCIALIST. People come to this great land to escape socialism. That is why America is the land of opportunity. I am voting Republican because I am proud to stand and say the Pledge of Allegiance, something Obama refuses to do. He can't even travel with the American Flag. I am voting Republican because I understand what it means to be an American and to truly love this country. Because everyday I meet our brave military men who thank me for support and who support McCain. Something you liberals will never understand. I am confident you won't post this but stop giving me your *** marketing pieces and do your research better. I belong to the Young Republicans and in no way should you waste a tree leaving your literature on my doorstep.
Rachel Maroudas
05 October 2008 02:59 | collages and a place were older generations see th
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It is we, the young youth who hold the power of choice of our future for all. Its time to unleash our voices and VOTE! Its time for education to all, The time strikes healing the middle class healthcare to our troops and families street by street. The clock on my wall chimes end the rich mans war! FREEDOM is not to be lost. Im not going to let the OLD FOLKYS take away my future of change and what is right from wrong. It's the age of now not what was once before, The age of change and care to all beings. Im not going to let some one else have power of other beings life disjoins from abortions to same *** marriage. Its an out rage to see others who feel they are allowed to have a say on how beings live there ways of life. I will vote to unsuficate the voice of the young and I will do what it takes to let others know that it is the young generation who holds the power now.
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