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Comment by Dick McManus on November 12, 2011 at 11:02pm

Dick McManus for Congress, D – WA 2012
Democrat, Everett, WA
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DickMcManusforCongress/
I request your endorsement and it doesn’t matter to me where you live.

I believe that in order for the citizens to know who they really are, public officials and candidate must speak up on all issues, not just local and state issues. Some national issues go to the very heart of who they are.

1. We need to add a statement to the Democratic Party platform "Human evolution is a fact." Why? It is because it is the duty of honorable citizens to speak truth to witch-doctors who run for office.

2. Population growth is a problem.

3. We demand the prosecution of Bush et. al. for high crimes and war crimes.

4. We demand a new investigation of the events on 9/11.
5 We need to require the super rich to pay more into social security

We need to re-name the Reagan airport after William E. Dodd. History matters.
William E. Dodd, was the US ambassador to Germany starting in 1933. He repeated requested to his bosses back at the State Department to allow him to make one sort of protest or another regarding the Nazis’ treatment of the Jews. Invariably, his requests were denied.
The Nazis paid attention to their image in the United States. They never abandoned their penchant for violence, but early on they sometimes moderated it and always lied about it.


Where I stand on all the issues - also called a platform
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewsViewsnolose/message/885

Background of why I stand on issues:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewsViewsnolose/message/886
74 kings who rule the USA.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewsViewsnolose/message/887
Both parties are not rotten in quite the same way.
http://www.truth-out.org/goodbye-all-reflections-gop-operative-who-...
The necessity of helping the sick and the poor.
Proverbs 3:27 instructs those to not withhold goods from the deserving when it's in their power to do so.
Jesus defined the Christian's role of aiding the needy in Matthew 25: 35-41 and speak out against religious hypocrites in Matthew 23.
The idea of wealth redistribution isn't new - Luke the Apostle actually advocated for it in Acts 4, in a passage called "Believers Share Their Possessions."
The political party of the working class has refused to demand justice
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewsViewsnolose/messages

Sept. 13, 2011: Former Co-Chair of the Congressional Inquiry into 9/11 and former Head of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Bob Graham called for a new 9/11 investigation.

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2011/09/the-co-chair-of-the-congress...

The World Trade Center buildings collapsed was due to controlled demolitions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNXqkZO3Y1g&feature=relmfu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpPNRrylH00&feature=related
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewsViewsnolose/message/850
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewsViewsnolose/message/851
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NewsViewsnolose/message/852


The false federal indictment and imprisonment without a trial of CIA contract agent, Susan Lindauer SEE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G43zl4fzDQg

People who want a new investigation of events of 9/11
1,598 architectural and engineering professionals
400+ Professors and PhDs in physics, Metallurgical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Aeronautical Engineering

Also google “Questioning Patriots”
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth

http://ae911truth.org/en/home.html


Fixing the economic mess we are in:
We need Medicare for all. Medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurers.

There should be a 2 percent annual surtax on all fortunes over $7 million. This would only hit the richest half a percent of Americans at the very top of the heap. And would yield $70 billion a year – enough to improve our schools and make college affordable to everyone.

The best way to ensure the Social Security program’s long-term solvency is to lift the ceiling on income subject to Social Security payroll taxes (now $106,800.) We need Medicare for all. Medicare has lower administrative costs than private insurers.

We should tax carbon-based fuels, and divide the revenues equally among all Americans. It’s the best way to get us to switch to non-carbon fuels, and stimulate research and development of them. And by dividing the revenues, the typical American would come out ahead even though some prices would increase.

We may need global anti-trust rules for transnational corporations which now exist only at national level and to limit how closely tied transnational corporations are, one possible solution: firms should be taxed for excess interconnectivity to discourage this risk.

Source: Robert Reich on the Economy

• Support a Financial Transaction Tax – This was proposed in 1971 by Nobel Laureate economist James Tobin “to throw some sand in the gears of our excessively efficient money markets.” This proposal would apply a sales tax on Wall Street transactions and serve as a brake on high frequency computer trading that significantly increases market volatility. According to a recent New York Times article, a tax of just .5 % could raise up to $175 billion in revenue a year, even if the total number of transactions were reduced by half.
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• Close the “Carried Interest” Loophole in the Capital Gains Tax – This loophole allows managers of financial partnerships, such as hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds and real estate funds to pay tax on bonuses at just 15 % rather than the personal income rate of 35%. Closing the loophole would raise $20 billion over the next decade.
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• End tax breaks to oil & gas companies – It’s time to end the tax breaks and subsidies for big oil companies. The big five oil companies have made more than $1 trillion the last decade as gas prices for the consumer have risen. It’s estimated that eliminating subsidies could reduce the debt by up to $122 billion over a decade.
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• We need to resurrect the Glass-Steagall Act and break up the biggest banks. And we should have a tax on financial transactions. Even a tiny one of one-half of one percent would generate $200 billion a year.
• We need to end the Federal Reserve System and return the control of the money supply to the US Treasury Department.
• The bottom line is super capitalism will no longer works because we are running out of cheap oil and other resources.
check out my online book and learn about the crimes of the CIA and US war crimes
SOME UNKNOWN HISTORY OF THE U.S.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomeUnknownUSHistory/messages


Operation Mockingbird /CIA propaganda directed at Americans
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomeUnknownUSHistory/message/434
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomeUnknownUSHistory/message/433

The CIA plotted to kill JFK – a summary with additional facts
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomeUnknownUSHistory/message/432

US Justice Dept. cover up of Mena, CIA, mafia money laundering
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomeUnknownUSHistory/message/120
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomeUnknownUSHistory/message/124
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SomeUnknownUSHistory/message/143


Running on Empty Caucus of Democrats in the United States

This is a group of Democrats (working class liberals) who believe the end of cheap oil and natural gas and global climate change will result in an extreme disaster. I hope to link up with other like minded people in other countries of Earth.

1. There are no sustainable energy sources that will rescue us at our current population levels and so we must reduce our population and HOW it should be reduced is a question for civil society.

2. Population reduction must be a part of any plan to rationally deal with peak oil (the end of cheap oil, natural gas, and coal), global climate change, biological/species decline, and natural resource depletion.

3. Global climate change will only be mitigated with extremely stringent emissions policies that reduce consumption rates and this must be done before fossil fuels are depleted.

4. Our government and/or political system have no chance whatsoever to react soon enough to help us, but I will still work to support Democrats in elections.
THE END OF GROWTH
BY RICHARD HEINBERG Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental turning point in its economic history.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjFQLGVIJak
Join our facebook page “The Long Emergency”


Dick
Chief Warrant Officer/counterintelligence special agent, US Army, retired.

Comment by Collin Ferguson on May 22, 2011 at 11:36pm

Dear Transitioners, 

 

Please read Cascadia Commons' blog post about launching a solar power buyer's club for Cascadia!

Comment by lane on September 23, 2010 at 5:10pm

Here is a short review of the meeting:
http://www.youtube.com/madronacenter

Comment by lane on September 17, 2010 at 5:55pm

The Transition Convergence happened yesterday in Seattle. It was well attended and I think it was recorded. Unfortunately, I was not able to attend the full day, but I took video, audio and some still photos and will create a Youtube review of my material as soon as I have the time.

Comment by Collin Ferguson on July 4, 2010 at 12:20pm

Hey there Cascadians,

Check out the recently updated cascadiacommons.org!

Comment by Collin Ferguson on June 16, 2010 at 11:53am

Hello everyone, please follow my Cascadia Commons Twitter account!

http://twitter.com/CascadiaCommons

Comment by lane on June 10, 2010 at 8:29am

I'll go ahead and start a Facebook site for Transition Cascadia,
as I find Facebook a bit easier to communicate or recruit
new members on. Transition United States is also on Facebook
as well as many other organizations looking at moving toward
resilience. Give me a day and look us up on Facebook.

Comment by lane on June 10, 2010 at 8:25am

Thanks, Heather. Our town of Anacortes decided last night
to initiate a Transition Initiative called Transition Fidalgo.
I also started one on Facebook. Since the Transition United
States will not go away considering the change in Ning
\policy, I hope to restart ou efforts here to create a
network and networking event. ANyone still out there?
Heather, I know you are and thank you for continuing
to post.

Comment by Heather K on June 8, 2010 at 12:07pm

Training for Transition - Experiential & Educational Workshop!
Sat & Sun June 19th & June 20, 2010
Bellingham - All invited to register to attend
Please share an announcement of this course with your local transition network!
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/training-for-transition-1

A two day workshop designed to introduce you to a community engagement model for responding and adapting to the threats of climate change and fossil fuel dependence.
An excellent way to gain tools & support to either initiate or continue on your Transition work within your home community.
Be sure to visit the events link posted and read comments from one of the facilators, Cindi, for more inspiration on why this event is worth your time & earnings to attend.

Cost for full two days - $149
To Register: Lynne Pendleton mlpendlet@gmail.com
360-738-2785
(there is a possiblity of partial scholarship for legal residents of whatcom county- contact Cindy 360-319-9092)
Sponsored by: Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship Green Sanctuary Program and Transition Whatcom
http://transitionwhatcom.ning.com/events/training-for-transition-1

Comment by Robert Schultz on May 6, 2010 at 12:18am

Transition US on Facebook

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