Fair and Sensible Capitalism can save the USA!
My book, 'The Shortest Distance; Harmony Through Prosperity', should
be on the shelves, soon. Long ago, I realized that the solutions to
most of this country's problems need to be solved as far removed from
government as possible. I had observed that those public officials
whom we elected because of their promises to… "fix" Washington never
seemed to do so. Taxes keep rising, and the percentage of "the pie"
that comes back home is too small to justify sending any more of our
money to Washington.
The reason why "philosophically conservative" Republicans can't fix
our broken government—those times when they have the political majority
—is because of entitlement programs like Social Security and
Medicare. People like "getting" from government. They all-too-
conveniently look-the-other-way when it is suggested that the
expenditures, today, are enslaving our grandkids, tomorrow, to pay off
the ever-rising national debt.
Glenn Beck has opted-out of leading our 2nd American Revolution due to
his sudden pacifism. He supposes that those in need can be provided-
for simply by having most Americans give 10% of their yearly earnings
to their places of worship. I'm amazed that Beck doesn't realize that
most such contributions never get beyond the physical walls of the
often-impressive edifices that people are expected to look-up-to.
It's not hard to suppose how Christ would feel about having so much
time and money being spent, in His Name, on ritualistic gatherings; on
buildings; and on a myriad of social activities for the members. A
better use of those members' time would be to spend, say, twelve days
a year working on Sunday, for free, in their normal jobs so that there
will be more products and services available, at lower cost, for more
people. Increased productivity helps people. But more time spent…
worshiping usually helps no one.
Those who watch Beck's TV show on Fox News know that he is a man with
ZEAL. No one can fault that! He is also a man of superstition who
believes in numerology. His "56 Refounders" flopped. Now, Beck is
hanging his hopes—as in "Faith, HOPE, and Charity"—on the number
"40". That's how many days the Bible says that Christ spent in the
wilderness learning the Truth from God. And it's how many employees
Beck continues to mention that he has. That man puts his faith—as in
"FAITH, Hope and Charity"—in the number 40. He supposes that 40 days
is just the right amount of time for the .7 million people who
attended his 8/28 Washington rally to resolve to improve their
characters, and to tithe.
Twenty five years is the time Beck supposes it will take before a
George-Washington-like leader can arise from the masses to fulfill
Beck's much-too-nebulous "dream" of having the People be in control of
government, again. I, on the other hand, would like to have "We the
PEOPLE…", again, be in charge of America within ONE year! That goal
can be achieved in just the one day it will take to ratify my New
Constitution! And there will be no need for anyone to improve his or
her character to do so.
A major hurtle to the above is America's masochistic 'love' of the
incessant GAME of politics. Tens of millions of dollars are wasted
every six years in every state simply to elect US Senators. That
money goes to the biased, elitist media, who continually do everything
in their power to make the political GAMES as close to cliff-hangers
as possible, so that their pockets will be filled from the ad
revenues. Folks, the USA is savable, but not without first bridling
our nearly universally corrupt news media!
An efficient, functioning government (state, local and federal) should
be possible without an expenditure of more than 10% of the GNP. When
you count hidden taxes that are built into every product sold, the
maximum present level of taxation, by those who pay taxes, is above
50%. The 10% goal can only be reached by scrapping 75% or so of
government programs, and laying off that many or more government
employees. Of course, the acceptability of such drastic reductions in
government services can only be assured if NON governmental sources
for those same services can quickly be substituted.
Here is one way to do the above: A poor family, seemingly unable to
survive without government help, will be PAIRED with a successful
family. In varying ways the successful family "helps out" the poor
family. But since it is better to teach the poor "to fish" than to
give them fish, the successful family will mentor and advise the poor
family how to carry-their-own-weight. That elusive "job"—seemingly so
impossible to find—might even be provided by the successful family
while the poor family gets trained how to become successful, too.
No well-working economy based on free Capitalism can solve our
problems unless businesses are required to be honest and fair in all
of their dealings. Rightly, I've described many Americans, including
those in Big Business, as being two-faced. The upside of that is that
under ideal circumstances, most people can voluntarily decide to show
their best sides. When businesses learn that being honest and fair is
good for business, those type businesses will become the norm!
For the past 15 years I have been tweaking not just the constitution
regarding government, but the 'rules' for the overall business ethic
in this country. Whenever I'd see examples of businesses behaving
badly, I'd add clauses to my New Constitution to be sure such behavior
is never encouraged. One example is how adversarial businesses are
toward those they supposedly serve. Get harmed by a business, then
seek amends that will favorably impact others in similar situations in
the future, and you will likely get stonewalled by the legal staffs of
the big corporations. My solution to that and hundreds of other
problems can be found in the following parts of my New Constitution,
and in other places:
… "Except as allowed elsewhere in this constitution, there shall be no
taxes, fees, licenses or other payments that are prorated based on
income or personal property; nor taxes on the free transfer of estates
to rightful heirs and/or assigns. Without a signed sales order
coerced, baited or unsolicited goods are free to the addressee. Any
bank billing such goods shall pay the addressee $25.00 per instance.
Persons profiting from scam; confusing promos, advertising or
contracts; trickery; high-pressure sales tactics; continuing charges
for difficult-to-cancel, no longer desired goods or services; or any
other willful dishonesty are committing a felony. It is a 5 year
felony to dictate or authorize—for undeserved gain—the dunning,
threatening or extorting of any Citizen. Banks or businesses that
loan or sell on credit shall not discriminate, nor punitively vary
charges, interest rates or fees."
and… "Obtaining a lawyer in civil cases is as fundamental to justice
as obtaining a lawyer in criminal cases. No statute of limitation
shall apply to any case in which a plaintiff or defendant diligently
seeks but can't find a lawyer. Upon request to the court, an unbiased
lawyer shall be appointed. In federal cases licensed lawyers from any
state or territory may be used regardless of where the trial takes
place. The right of the People to obtain justice for any criminal or
civil injury is fundamental. Justice departments, law enforcement
agencies, and/or the courts shall be the instruments of justice.
Should such in any way obstruct justice by improper procedure, bias,
or intentional neglect of duty, such persons shall be held as
criminally accountable as anyone else for obstruction of justice—a
felony. Undue delay by a defendant or their counsel in a civil case—
as a defensive tactic—is prohibited, and if present may be considered
as evidence supporting guilt. Causing undue delay of appeals,
similarly, is prohibited."
and… "It's a felony for an attorney to acquiesce to their client's
ongoing violations of this constitution, and/or their criminal
conduct, without censure; or for any reason to conspire to violate, or
violate, another person's civil rights; or to stonewall the easy
resolution of justified complaints by non action, legal shenanigans or
personal bias. Similarly, it's a civil offense for an individual,
group or business to require that a justified plaintiff have an
attorney before moving to make agreeable amends. *** States shall
license no attorney on the payroll or board of another type business,
organization or non-judicial governmental agency; nor one who violates
this constitution; nor one who because of personal bias, fails to
competently defend the civil rights of any Citizen. Incorporation
doesn't protect those in such from personal responsibility for
maliciousness in: harming any person; irremediably harming local or
world environs; or endangering the likely health and safety of local
or world Citizens. A crime's seriousness shall be consistent with the
mores of the People and the apt juries rather than with government.
Judges & justices shall be well mannered, forthright and succinct;
courtrooms aren't their property nor forums for venting their
feelings. A Citizen can sanction a judge or justice in court for
deviating from this constitution or its spirit. Rightful behavior by
any law abiding Citizen is appropriate, implicitly, and no Citizen so
acting shall be subordinate in or to any court, nor be made to defer
to overly drawn-out legal processes or pending rulings."
and… "Local governments shall have 10 or more councilmen or a direct
vote of the People is required to pass ordinances or raise taxes.
Upon request by the Executive or 1/5 of the larger governing body,
federal, state or local law making authority shall defer to the People
on controversial issues where the Will of the People is in doubt. No
law nor previous or subsequent vote on any issue shall usurp the right
of an informed Public to decide controversial issues in direct
referenda; the vote for passage shall be 60%. The apt macro-will of
the People in elections or referenda, as manifested by their votes,
shall take precedence over any contrary existing or subsequent law,
governmental hierarchy or judicial ruling. Because conditions change,
older laws aren't necessarily the Will of the People.
Laws shall be concise and well defined. If—due to brevity,
simplicity or lack of foresight, etc.—such laws have consequences
outside the intended or implied scope, for justice and expediency, a
judge may decree rightful, specific exceptions without new
legislation. Only laws, rules, regulations and procedures that are in
the best interest of the People and the world environment shall be
passed, enacted or enforced, and no business contrary to such shall be
allowed to prosper. No business, organization nor alliance shall use
their auspices to sway the House for selfish gain. No business shall
exist that uses computer invasion to coerce sales or to monitor others—
regardless of any disclaimer or pact. *** There shall be no
discrimination against any law abiding Citizen, business or
organization due to arbitrary categorization. No public nor private
regulation shall require disclosure of a person's stand or vote on any
issue which might cause them discrimination. Laws shall respect the
People's diverse mores without setting arbitrary social standards. No
government shall criminalize behavior that the Public considers to be
innocuous, or is macro-typical, or where government isn't being
deferential to the Public; nor shall they: prosecute victimless crimes
other than gross reckless endangerment; restrict the freedoms of
Citizens through oppressive laws and procedures; enact laws too broad
in scope to address narrow issues; pass laws disallowing any
reasonable criminal defense, or solely at a bureau's request;
selectively or inequitably enforce any laws; impose unfair,
drastically different punishments due to one's sex, race, color, creed
or age; nor sentence someone differently due to their having a prior
criminal record. An arresting officer may reverse such with impunity
at any time, regardless of the forms, procedures or processes begun.
The arrested person shall be freed and the record expunged. Agreeable
restitution to crime victims may, at their option, substitute for the
apt trial."
Folks, now you should understand that treating people FAIRLY, both by
government(s) and by businesses, was a constant objective while I was
writing my New Constitution. You should all ask yourselves: "Do you
want our runaway government to be bridled now, later… or perhaps
never?" Beginning tomorrow, if the treasonous, leftist/socialist
Democratic BASTARDS who keep voting to destroy our capitalist system
will simply be arrested, tried and hanged, our problems as a nation
can finally be solved!
"United we stand; divided we fall." May we all unite to SAVE the USA!
Respectfully submitted,
— John A. Armistead — Patriot
AKA NoEinstein on Google's sci.physics news group.
>
On Sep 10, 4:51 pm, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> The USA is being held captive!
>
> Americans are a too-forgiving lot. Kill thousands of our citizens in
> the name of… Islam, and we bend-over-backwards not to blame… "good"
> Muslims. Unfortunately, there are or were few if any of the supposed
> "good" Muslims willing to COLLECTIVELY condemn the radicals who
> murdered our citizens, or who regularly murder non Muslims anywhere is
> the world—any time that the radicals feel the whim.
>
> In this country, Muslims have an obvious divided loyalty. They
> empathize with the poor and the disadvantaged who are being promised
> economic justice for simply banding together in Islam. The mass-
> mined, ritualistic power of billions of Muslims is focused on fighting
> capitalism and on fighting the religions that are most associated with
> the 'successful': Judaism and Christianity. Because the USA is
> considered to be a Christian nation, and because this country is
> militarily supportive of Israel, those of the Islamic faith have two,
> I think, rather lame reasons to hate America. But hate America they
> do.
>
> Someone rightly said of our country: "Love it or leave it!" No group
> in the USA can claim to LOVE America while tacitly being supportive of
> the violence being directed at this country, both here and abroad.
> The latter statement applies to 100% of the Muslims in the USA who
> don't continually, and in most unambiguous ways, COLLECTIVELY condemn
> radical Islamic extremists. If the large majority of (timid) good
> Muslims would COLLECTIVELY condemn violence against those of any other
> faith, that violence would soon stop.
>
> But Muslims have shown no propensity to ostracize and condemn their
> violent extremists. If, as in the Catholic Faith, Muslims had only
> one recognized leader who is "good", things might be different.
> Unfortunately, being "good" in Islam, primarily, means having blind
> loyalty to ritual. Pray so many times facing just so; treat women
> such and such way; maim and kill the unfaithful; and use those harsh
> treatments to keep the followers in line, are just a few examples of
> the barbarism that is still evident in Islam.
>
> If a communist nation attacked our shores, the State of War would
> justify immediate retaliation. Another, equally serious threat to
> this country is to allow a criminal Imam in NYC to BLACKMAIL the USA
> by saying: "Build the ground-zero community center WHERE we say, or
> there will be violence against this country!" Are those of the
> Islamic Faith so naïve as to believe they can force our country to
> allow Muslims to be in control?
>
> Folks, I hope most of you don't condone having our country be
> blackmailed by anyone! That immoral NYC Imam should immediately be
> arrested for EXTORTION. And because he is effectively trying to
> overthrow our government, he should be arrested for capital treason.
> The LOGIC behind the latter is the same logic that I've been promoting
> for months to fix our… "broke", broke government: 'Punish the guilty
> for violating the Supreme Law of the Land, our US Constitution!'
>
> Americans need to have the backbone to attack the ROOT causes of our
> problems. The "game" of politics that has brought us to the brink of
> economic ruin, obviously can't solve our problems. Politics-as-usual
> IS the problem! Fortunately, our government can be fixed in a SINGLE
> DAY! My New Constitution won't just fix our "broke" government, it
> will, simultaneously, strike down any supposed law that didn't pass by
> a 55% or greater yea vote! Additionally, such document will mandate
> that every single law on the books in this country be reviewed and
> revoted with full citizen input. Never again will our citizens be
> bound by laws that don't, now, have the support of a large majority.
>
> "United we stand; divided we fall." May we all unite to SAVE the USA!
>
> Respectfully submitted,
>
> — John A. Armistead — Patriot
>
> AKA NoEinstein on Google's news group sci.physics.
>
>
>
> On Sep 6, 11:00 pm, NoEinstein <noeinst...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Glenn Beck's Miracle—30 days left and counting…
>
> > Judge Andrew Napolitano is substituting for Glenn Beck this week, who
> > is getting a well-deserved vacation. Most of the shows are reruns of
> > some of Beck's more fiery presentations on the corruption in
> > Washington. The looming killer of what we had known as… "America" is
> > the deliberate destruction of the capitalist system that made this
> > country great. The prevailing view point of leftist Democrats and
> > progressives is that Capitalism must fall so that a new socialist /
> > Marxist / communist government can replace our already made useless
> > Republic form of government.
>
> > It is absolutely amazing to me that people like Beck and Napolitano
> > can talk about the unconstitutional and down-right criminal things
> > going on in the White House and in Congress without saying these
> > words: "Folks, our Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land. Every
> > public official in the federal government and in our state governments
> > must swear to uphold and defend the Constitution. There is no more
> > basic precept of the Constitution than that the PEOPLE shall control
> > government rather than the converse. But government has evolved to
> > blatantly and deliberately disregard the Will of the People. We have
> > elected DICTATORS, not elected representatives. And every one of
> > those who have voted for any semblance of a socialist agenda are
> > clearly guilty of TREASON! Treason, people, is a Capital Offense.
> > And the enslaving of generations of Americans to pay off debts never
> > approved by the People is the Capital crime that is so very much in
> > evidence. To begin to fix our broken government, we must first
> > arrest, try and hang those guilty of deliberately trying to destroy
> > our Republic and our crucial Capitalist System."
>
> > Several weeks ago on the Mike Huckabee Show, actor Jon Voight read a
> > short message he had written on the plight of America. Voight cited
> > the deliberate lies and falsehoods of the Obama administration for
> > repeatedly saying that capitalism is at the root of our problems.
> > Within seconds, Huckabee put on his trademark phony smile and said, "I
> > didn't think Obama is deliberately trying to hurt America. … his
> > policies, perhaps." I was as floored as Voight that Huckabee could be
> > so rude as to try to negate the soulful message Jon Voight had just
> > delivered. I was also amazed that Huckabee could be so naïve as to
> > believe that Obama would lie and villainize capitalist interests
> > without those acts being deliberate.
>
> > This weekend, there was a rerun of a Mike Huckabee Show from Las
> > Vegas. Mr. Las Vegas, Wayne Newton, talked about how damaging Obama's
> > remarks had been about not having (expensive) conventions and
> > conferences in Las Vegas. Thousands of people lost their jobs due to
> > the reduction in the numbers of people going to Vegas. No sooner than
> > Newton had uttered his heartfelt feelings, Mike Huckabee rushed a
> > reply of his own… and at the very MOMENT when the audience would be
> > applauding Newton's soulful remarks. Mike Huckabee deliberately
> > reduced the intensity of applause AGAINST our treasonous dictator,
> > Barack Obama! Huckabee is an anti free speech, Treasonous bastard no
> > better than Barack Obama!
>
> > Later on that same show the audience was allowed to ask several
> > questions. A Houston lady named Chris said, "Governor, I guess you
> > heard that Woody Allen said that President Obama should be dictator
> > for a while. What do you think about that?" To which Mike Huckabee
> > replied, " Woody Allen has said a lot of things I don't agree with,
> > and I would add that to the list. The wonderful thing about this
> > country is we don't have dictators, we have elected representatives
> > and we have people who lead us; they don't own us. Liberty is still
> > what makes us unique as Americans. With all respect to Mr. Allen,
> > he's a great comedian, a very talented writer, and a funny person.
> > But I'm going to let his politics be for someone else."
>
> > Wow! The lies that come from Mike Huckabee! Anyone with half a brain
> > surely realizes that Barack Obama isn't responding to the Will of the
> > People. While he has majorities in both houses of Congress, Obama is
> > orchestrating his economy-destroying legislation like the DICTATOR
> > that he is!
>
> > The only truthful reply to that lady's questions would have been for
> > Huckabee to say, "President Obama already IS our dictator. Isn't he?
> > At least that's how it looks to me!" A total of at least three times
> > in two weeks, Mike Huckabee has deliberately put the best… "spin" on
> > President Obama's crimes. Huckabee is aiding and abetting crimes that
> > threaten the survival of the USA. So, Mike Huckabee should be
> > arrested, tried and hanged for treason, too! Additionally, his fraud
> > as a "bass player" continues with each show… Not a note or chord from
> > him can be heard!
>
> > Following Glenn Beck's opting-out on having a leadership position in
> > our 2nd American Revolution, he has continued to talk about the
> > virtues of the Founding Fathers. On one particular show, earlier, he
> > had explained how a mixed church congregation had heard a call-to-arms
> > and rushed to fire "the shot heard round the world." Apparently,
> > there was no pacifism in religious congregations in those days. If
> > there had been, we would now be a British possession.
>
> > I was pleased to learn from Beck and his guest that a well-educated
> > "slave" named James Armistead had worked for General Lafayette and
> > later became a double agent spy working for America. James Armistead
> > could well be credited with winning the revolution, because he
> > revealed the
>
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