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THE OPINIONATOR

April 17, 2008      Newsletter Issue #4

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          SELECTING YOUR CANDIDATE

With the 2008 election coming up and the nomination for those running for president as a democrat, independent or republican, the voter needs to determine who they will select to vote for. Candidates for other offices as senator, congress, governor, state representative, dog catcher, and etc. The voter needs to determine which candidate matches their needs and requirements as their representative. There are certain characteristics that we each look for based on our own interest and value system. We need to start off with a common understanding of key words for consistency in our evaluation of each candidate. The first thing I would like to do is to give a common definition of certain words that we use in our evaluation of each candidate. Those words and definition are as follows but may not be the total words you would use in your evaluation. These words are only an example for you to use as your guide in your evaluation process.

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Analyze – To examine critically.

Conservative – For private enterprise and individualism rather than nationalization.

Constitution – The document that embodies the fundamental laws of the U.S. in 1789.

                       You need to go and read it again.

Credible – Are they believable.

Deficit – You spend more then you earn.

Democracy – A government by the people or their elected representatives.

Democrat - Someone who maintains for social equality.

Experience – To learn over time a knowledge on a subject.

Honesty – Does not steal or cheat.

Lawful – Acting or living according to the law.

Liberal – Advocating measures of a representational of government as in a democracy.

Moderate – Keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or

                  Intense.

Organization – Capable of putting together a group of persons to some end or work with

                 the least of problems to accomplish the goals.

Planning – A map or diagram for achieving specific goals.

Preemptive – The act or claim of the right to strike another before they strike you.

Terrorist – A person, persons or a group that uses methods to hurt, kill people, destroy

                property, and a way of life.

Truthfulness – Does not lie to themselves or others.

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The Candidates

Democrat

Republican

Hilary Clinton

John McCain

Barack Obama

What I’d like to do is give you a list of questions that you may want each candidate to answer so you can evaluate whether or not they are in line with your interests or values.

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The questions are:

1.      Did you support the preemptive strike on Afghanistan?    Yes       No

2.      Do you know why we attacked Afghanistan?   Yes     No

3.      Did you support the preemptive attack of Iraq?   Yes     No

4.      Do you know why we attacked Iraq? Yes     No

5.      Do you believe that Osama Bin Laden trained the 9/11 terrorists? Yes     No

6.      Do you believe that we should get/kill Osama Bin Laden? Yes     No

7.      Do you believe we should abolish the Department of Education in Washington D.C.?   Yes     No

8.      Do you believe the Education system in America is broken?   Yes     No

9.      Do you believe that illegal immigrants should return to their native country? Yes     No

10. Should Congress pass a law allowing citizenship to illegal immigrants?    Yes     No

11. Should Congress pass a law outlawing gay marriage? Yes     No

12. Should Congress pass a law making abortion illegal? Yes     No

13. Should religious values be a factor in whom you vote for as your representative? Yes     No

14. Should Congress pass a law implementing Flat tax? Yes     No

15. Should we maintain the current system for financing elections? Yes     No

16. Should the President , Federal Judge, Congressperson be held accountable

       when they break the law? Yes     No

How each candidate answers the above questions should help you evaluate which candidate best fits your belief.

On the following pages there are presented some information factual or opinion on each of the above questions to give you a better insight on the question and the answer of each candidate.

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Question #1

With the attack on 9/11 and the information that came from Washington D.C. that was an act of terrorism by Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban. We did a preemptive strike on Afghanistan.

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Question #2

Our government has told us that the strike on Afghanistan was in retaliation for the 9/11 strike on the World Trade Center, pentagon, and the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania. The government has determined that the 9/11 hijackers were agents of Osama Bin Laden who was living in Afghanistan and given sanctuary by the Taliban government. The interesting part of that strike was once that the government was overthrown and our appointed new government was installed. This new government agreed to allow a pipe--line to run from the oil fields of Russia to the Black Sea. The prior Taliban would not allow that pipe-line to cross their land which means that it was all for greed (oil). Did you

Know that we supplied money and weapons to the Taliban when they were fighting Russia.

Question #3

Based on the information from Washington D.C. of Iraq’s development of WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction), involved with the training of terrorists by Saddam Hussein, and his gassing of his own people in Northern Iraq. He was classified as a cruel dictator and should be eliminated. The cooking of the books from the CIA’s information which turned out to be nothing but a lie. Our government never informed us that he used the WMD against his people in Northern Iraq when those people were given sanctuary to Iranian troops when Iraq was at war with Iran.

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Question #4

It took about two weeks to overthrow Saddam Hussein in Iraq but it is interesting that the only thing that the military secured once the government was overthrown was the oil fields, and refineries, not the banks, zoo, museum, office buildings, and schools. If there were no oil in Iraq, would we have attached that country? Did you also know that Hussein offered to leave Iraq and go into exile and it was rejected by our government? How many lives would have been spared, and money saved (greed)?

Where is the $700 million the two sergeants found in a boarded up house in Bagdad, Iraq?

What happen to the $8.8 billions the GAO (Government Accounting Office) could not account for when they audited the books on Iraq? You would think that the congress, media, or the U.S. Attorney General would have found out and informed the people are paying for this war.

Question # 5

Are you aware that we supplied money and weapons to Osama Bin Laden when Russia had 500,000 troops in war in Afghanistan?   Osama Bin Laden was our ally. It was sold to us that the 911 hijackers received their training in Afghanistan and Pakistan when 15 of the 18 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. The hijackers were indoctrinated or taught in Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Pakistan but received their training in Minnesota, Florida and Arizona. They were identified by the fight schools in those states that were students learning how to fly airplanes but not interested in take off or landing. The FBI was made aware of these students’ flight activities but our government took no action. The inaction of our government cost the lives of about 3,000 people, and property damaged, and no one held accountable.

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Question# 6

We overthrew Saddam Hussein, and with our installed government of Iraq, they tried, convicted and executed him and I’m sure that if we were to capture Osama Bin Laden that our installed government of Afghanistan would do the same. Did we accuse Bin Laden with proof, or was it a reading of tea leaves for a wanted result? What proof do we have and I’m asking for I don’t take the word from a lying government. As I understand, Bin Laden had nothing against the U.S., just our foreign policy.

Questions# 7

If the Department of Education were abolished, then all 50 states would be running their own education department and there would be no continuity of education across state lines. It seems that with a mobile society, we need some basic education structure across all states to give each citizen opportunity nationwide. The Federal Department of Education need to be restructured so that each student will have the basic education to function as in English, Math, Reading, American History, and, Physical Education. We are a mobile society, and we need a balanced education so we can compete across state lines.

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Question# 8

Fifty years ago the United States educational system was ranked number 8 world wide. In 2007 our educational system was ranked 28. May not be broken but well bent. It has been reported that American students between k-3 are ranked 3^rd in the world and from 4^th grade on, the ranking dropped so, we must change the educational system and in doing so we will change the social structure of the country. It is stated that 70% of the criminals in our prisons never finished the 12^th grade. Education started its downhill spiral when politicians found out how much money was in the education process. Education is not education anymore, it’s a business with the product (student) is not important; it’s all about the money. Students drop out because they fall behind. Let’s stop the decline at grade 4.

Question# 9

If you’re an illegal immigrant you have broken the law so they should have no legal right’s to any public assistance as education, health and subsistence. The question is, why not understand the country from which they came; immigration laws, and abide by their laws as citizens. The problem is enforcing the laws in the U.S. pertaining to immigration, the problem would go away. It has been estimated that 20 million illegal immigrants are currently in the United States. The discussion is how to get them to return to their native country. Guess what? They got here on their own and should return on their own. Now, how to make this happen: Penalize each employer, $1,000 per day for each illegal immigrant who works there and give the illegal immigrant $1,000 and tell them to go home. If the company who hired illegal immigrants continues after notification of these actions, the president and C.E.O. would be held in contempt of congress and jail for 90 days. Problem solved. If one parent is illegal, that parent must leave. If one parent is legal and the children are illegal, the child must leave. If the parents are illegal and the child or children are legal, the child under the age of 18 would go with the parent but could return after age 18.

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Question# 10

Does the country of origin of the illegal immigrant provide citizenship for their illegal immigrants?

Question# 11

Marriage initially was a certificate for the protection of legal rights of any child from that union. In a gay marriage it doesn’t matter because of the biological structure of a gay union. It’s an issue of someone else controlling the relationships of others. We as individuals and as a government does not have that right to control when there is no harm to anyone, it’s a personal choice. Don’t impose your values and decisions on others.

Question# 12

If Congress passes a law making abortions illegal, what would be the penalty and who would be fined? If a woman has a miscarriage/abortion who will congress penalize or fine? This is an issue with religious connotations as to when does life begin. Life begins at birth, prior to birth the fetus, embryo is a parasite, look it up. It is an issue of nothing because the only one involved is the individual who can get pregnant. The male is only a contributor to the pregnancy process, look it up. It is sickening to hear men voice their opinion in the control of someone else’s choices when they have no consequences of the process or results. If you cannot get pregnant you do not have a voice so 90% of Congress should not be involved in that decision. This decision eliminates female children who are too young to get pregnant, women who have passed the pregnancy period and all males young and old.

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Question# 13

Let’s take a look at religion in the United States and our government. We currently have freedom of religion, with the idea of the separation of the church and state. Religion is a personal choice. If your faith and belief that you have was either taught, learned and indoctrinated. There are 150 or more different religious faiths in the world and when government starts being controlled or governed by ideology, religion, we then have chaos. If we take a look at history and the world today, many wars have been fought in the name of religion. For hundreds of years there have been religious conflicts in the world with no solutions in sight. If you take a look at the current war we’re involved in, its basic foundation is the religious belief of one group over another. History tells us that 9/11 actually have to do with religion. 9/11 started in 1948. In 1948, the United States in conjunction with United Nations took land from Palestine and established Israel. From that day forward, there has been the conflict between the Muslims and Judaism. Have you ever tried to talk about religion to a religious fanatic?

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Question# 14

Why throw something that’s only broken, why not just fix the problem? Let’s take a quick look at a simple solution:

1.      Tax all income.

2.      Give a fixed deduction for a single payer (1 deduction), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

3.      Subtract your deduction from income; this is your taxable income.

4.      Use prorated table to determine your tax.

5.      If you owe no tax, there will be a $10.00 fee for processing and mailing of the next year’s tax-mailing. In that mailing, there will be a U.S. government financial statement.

6.      How simple is that?

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Question# 15

We know that the current election of our representatives is corrupt, and unfair. A better word for campaign contributions is bribery. You know who is at fault? You the voter, because when you keep sending the same representatives’ back to Washington D.C., the more corrupt they become for they feel entitled. The approval rating of congress is about 20%, and that is because the people in each state say their representative is ok, it’s the others. The presidential election should be financed by the tax payer and representative’s elections should be financed by their states.

Question#16

No one is above the law and that includes the president, vice president, congress, supreme court judges, federal judges, any elected official or appointed one.   Until you the voter decide to take your country back, it will never get done. When you have a congressperson who has been in office for 12 years or more and it’s all the sane, you mush make a change.

Changes: Some of the changes the candidates never talk about but they all use the word change.

1.      Foreign policy; you cannot buy friendship; it has to be earned through action, understanding, and the building of trust.

A.    Notify the tax payer of all payments to foreign countries.

B.     Close all military bases in Europe and bring the troops home.

C.     We need only one air base in Japan and close all others.

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2.      Social Security; the cap should be removed from F.I.C.A..

A.    Adjust the retirement age based on life expectances compared to 1936.

B.     Invest the F.I.C.A. withholding, and not put the funds into the general treasury.

3.      Medicate; add a deduction to the withholding of F.I.C.A., $10, $15 or $20 to be put into a medical insurance plan.

     A. A tamper proof social security card for all legal workers.

     B. Require every legal resident o get an annual physical exam each year             (preventative medicine).

    C. Set up primary care medical centers sear each elementary school for health conveniences’.

4.      Criminal justice; must hold anyone involved in a miscarriage of justice must be held accountable (judge, lawyer, witness, and jury).

A.    No criminal will be released from jail until they have gotten their GED,

B.     Mental state is not a defense, how could they commit the crime?

C.     Death-row inmate sentences must be carried out within five years.

D.    Wrongfully convicted persons should have recourses through the courts.

5.      Education; any student who has the ability should receive a free education through     their state educational system through college if they desire.

A.    Teacher’s salaries should be the same as any other college graduate.

B.     All schools are to be inspected to meet code, if not; districts are to be held accountable.

C.     You have better buildings, better teachers, and that will produce a better student.

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6.      Energy; our government has an energy policy that was written by the energy companies’. That’s why we are to day in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why is it that when the oil cartels increase the price of a barrel of oil, the price of gas goes up the very next day? When they lower the prick per barrel, it takes a month for the price to go down if at all. Do you realize that there have been major improvements in jet engines over the years but none in the gasoline combustion engine? Is there an agreement between the oil companies and the auto makers that they will not improve on the gas mileages of cars and trucks?

Did you know that over the last six (6) years the oil companies closed eight (8) refineries and four of them produced gasoline and the other produced by products? Cut back on supply and prices go up. You know at one time there was an agency in Washington D.C. called the Consumer Price Protection Agency? I wonder what ever happen to it? If it still exists, they all should be fired.

I hope this will help and give you some thought as to what you need to do to participate in your government. Have you heard about the oil cartels? How about the drug cartels? How about the American cartel? The American cartel is made up of corporate America, the media, and the U.S. government.

The Opinionator

Hamner C. Williams

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