Open Letter to Presidential Candidates
Dear Candidate:
I am thoughtfully providing you with a list of issues which I'd like you to address. If your answers satisfy me then I believe will show me and the rest of the country that you have the right stuff to lead the U. S. A.:
1. > Do not prattle about Family Values. We don't need any lying, cheating politicians teaching us about family values. Please overlook the statement about "lying, cheating" -- you may seem to have a clean record now but who knows what may turn up in the future? Anyway, even if you're pure of heart you probably don't even know anything about the subject. In today's world, what is a family? What is a value? If you are looking for the roar of the crowd and the blessing of the clergy by talking about "nuclear" families, traditional mom/dad/kids, forget it. My ears are deaf to you. Today any conglomeration of people which provides stability, nourishes the development of the individual, pays its own way and is law abiding, is acceptable. If there is a mom and a dad that's great. Hey, we do the best we can.
Furthermore I must ask, what is a value? If you are preaching God's Law, quoting from the Bible about what God doesn't care for, my ears are deaf to you. You should be talking about which values matter most not only to the American family but to America and all Americans, no matter what their creed. Here are only a few:
2. >A work ethic, the need to raise and educate children to be self-supporting;
3. >An understanding of cause and effect -- be prepared for the consequences of your actions;
4. >Put off doing what you want today until the time is right for you -- i.e. losers always seek instant gratification;
5. >Honor your god(s) all you want but don't render only unto him/her what you owe to your country -- your love, your taxes, your service, your life if necessary. You have the freedom of worship only as long as our country is free, get it? Our enemies are not the people who worship other gods or who dress differently, but those who insist that America is or should be a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist or any other kind of country. Obey your country's laws and not only those of your religion, especially if they are illegal. That's right, they do not supersede criminal and civil law. Here's a good example: your religion may encourage infanticide -- what's a good defense in a court of law, that child sacrifice is for the good of the people?
6. >And please, Mr./Ms Candidate, tell us your plans, if you have any, for dealing with global warming*. If you don't have any idea then now is the time to hire some really smart non-political people to draft a plan to present to the American public. Otherwise I wish you'd change your mind about running for president.
That's all for now Mr/Ms Candidate. Rest assured that I think of anything else I will immediately communicate it to your campaign headquarters.
*http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?em&ex
=1192766400&en=c5e1aa67f8266958&ei=5087%0A
I recommend this article, "Gore Derangement Syndrome" -- it includes a great explanation of why the Republicans hate Gore so much. It seems that anything and anyone trying to take measures against global warming is anathema to them.
Also, today an article, "Global Warming Starts to Divide G.O.P. contenders appeared here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/us/politics/17climate.html?th&emc=th
I am thoughtfully providing you with a list of issues which I'd like you to address. If your answers satisfy me then I believe will show me and the rest of the country that you have the right stuff to lead the U. S. A.:
1. > Do not prattle about Family Values. We don't need any lying, cheating politicians teaching us about family values. Please overlook the statement about "lying, cheating" -- you may seem to have a clean record now but who knows what may turn up in the future? Anyway, even if you're pure of heart you probably don't even know anything about the subject. In today's world, what is a family? What is a value? If you are looking for the roar of the crowd and the blessing of the clergy by talking about "nuclear" families, traditional mom/dad/kids, forget it. My ears are deaf to you. Today any conglomeration of people which provides stability, nourishes the development of the individual, pays its own way and is law abiding, is acceptable. If there is a mom and a dad that's great. Hey, we do the best we can.
Furthermore I must ask, what is a value? If you are preaching God's Law, quoting from the Bible about what God doesn't care for, my ears are deaf to you. You should be talking about which values matter most not only to the American family but to America and all Americans, no matter what their creed. Here are only a few:
2. >A work ethic, the need to raise and educate children to be self-supporting;
3. >An understanding of cause and effect -- be prepared for the consequences of your actions;
4. >Put off doing what you want today until the time is right for you -- i.e. losers always seek instant gratification;
5. >Honor your god(s) all you want but don't render only unto him/her what you owe to your country -- your love, your taxes, your service, your life if necessary. You have the freedom of worship only as long as our country is free, get it? Our enemies are not the people who worship other gods or who dress differently, but those who insist that America is or should be a Christian, Muslim, Buddhist or any other kind of country. Obey your country's laws and not only those of your religion, especially if they are illegal. That's right, they do not supersede criminal and civil law. Here's a good example: your religion may encourage infanticide -- what's a good defense in a court of law, that child sacrifice is for the good of the people?
6. >And please, Mr./Ms Candidate, tell us your plans, if you have any, for dealing with global warming*. If you don't have any idea then now is the time to hire some really smart non-political people to draft a plan to present to the American public. Otherwise I wish you'd change your mind about running for president.
That's all for now Mr/Ms Candidate. Rest assured that I think of anything else I will immediately communicate it to your campaign headquarters.
*http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?em&ex
=1192766400&en=c5e1aa67f8266958&ei=5087%0A
I recommend this article, "Gore Derangement Syndrome" -- it includes a great explanation of why the Republicans hate Gore so much. It seems that anything and anyone trying to take measures against global warming is anathema to them.
Also, today an article, "Global Warming Starts to Divide G.O.P. contenders appeared here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/us/politics/17climate.html?th&emc=th
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