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The Political Campaign Void: Fading from Fascist America!

I just have a hard time moving on. McCain has moved onto the wars that will last for the next 100 years, Clinton has moved onto answering the scary phone at 3:00AM on some distant morning, and Obama has moved onto hoping for a change. Personally I prefer the positive aspects of Obama's message, but even that seems to fall short. I would actually prefer that we step back and fix some things that have compromised us as a free nation, and I don't mean Bush's "freedom to the corporations." I mean Freedom of We the people...

I have not yet seen Aaron Russo's America: Freedom to Fascism, but I plan to. I agree with Russo in that we have to get back to truth telling, about what has happened to us, our country, and have some transparency about it. A wise man by the name of Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither." As a people we are exactly getting what we asked for on that count. How do we lose the void in politics and begin our fade from Facist America?

1) Make illegal any fugure form of the Patriot Act that would allow the government to spy on Americans, give power of the president to declare persons "enemy combatants," and any engagement in search and seizures without a warrant.

2) Repeal the Military Commissions Act to restore habeas corpus, and include in future legislation that whether American or foreign, humans to which we claim to liberate with "freedom" deserve the right to a trial.


3) The outlawing of torture should be written into our Constitution, providing for standard questioning and trial by jury.


4) Repeal any claim by corporations to "rights" as a human under the US Constitution.


5) War profiteering should be illegal. For those who are a little slow--It should be illegal for corporations to make a profit during war time.


6) It should be illegal for a private company to hold contracts for voting machines and our voting system should be required to have a back-up paper trail.


7) Every US Citizen should be required by law to vote. If you benefit from Democracy, you should be required to participate in democracy. Laws should be passed making voting days during the work week and declared a national holiday.


8) Trade agreements should be repealed (NAFTA/CAFTA) and high taxes should be imposed on companies who move jobs overseas.


9) The Government of We the people should regulate and own those basic systems that maintain the welfare of every person, regardless of economic or social standing: public schools, preventative medicine, housing programs, and energy systems. All Americans should have the freedom to go with privately owned options, but not the freedom to pull government money into private ventures.


10) Governnment should only be allowed to intervene in private matters when those actions cause emotional or physical trauma to another, who is external to that persons physical body.


How do I become a citizen of that country?

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