Folks: There is a Washington "Monument" and a Lincoln Memorial. Never the twain shall meet! And my finger missed an "o" in the word too (not to). Sorry. — J. A. Armistead — > On Apr 26, 11:24 am, NoEinstein <[email protected]> wrote: > The supposed ‘window of opportunity’ for potential candidates to > decide whether to run for President is getting smaller. Donald Trump > is now topping the polls with his give-’em-hell solutions to this > country’s pressing problems. He’s headed to New Hampshire to expound > on those ideas. Two weeks ago Michele Bachmann headed to… Iowa and > got lost in the CORN by playing-up-to the people of that > geographically central, but otherwise unexceptional, state. > Intelligence should be one standard for judging the qualifications of > anyone wishing to become President. Even though it’s a tradition of > long standing… no person who accepts the archaic RITUAL of acting like > impractical fools; jetting all over to USA; and wasting tens, if not > hundreds of millions of dollars just to press-the-flesh with the > maximum number of voters, isn’t wise enough, nor practical enough, to > be our President. > > As I regularly state, political parties—by whatever name—are > UNCONSTITUTIONAL. So to are the mindless, spaced-out, media-serving > primaries. Those automatically preclude from being President any non > megalomaniac who would be a better choice for President simply by > virtue of having a more sensible personality. Within, say, a six-week > period of well-thought-out candidate interviews and debates, every > voter who has access to a TV should be able to pick the candidate who > is most agreeable to him. And the total campaign expenditure of any > one candidate need not exceed five million dollars. > > Rep. Ron Paul, that derelict candidate from the 2008 election, is > locked-in-on the RITUAL of brown-nosing the voters of Iowa. Paul > could easily have become our president in the last election if he had > simply done what I urged him to do, and abandoned the Republican Party > to run as an Independent. Glenn Beck, to his credit, sees BOTH major > parties as being out-of-touch. The Tea Party movement, which isn’t > really a “party”, is more agreeable to Beck, who has declined taking > continued credit for the 9/12 project. Beck will only go so far with > anything, then he bails. > > On his flagging TV show, yesterday, Glenn Beck emotionally derided the > declining moral values in this country—which he attributes to our > being out-of-touch with God. At a McDonald’s restaurant, a > transgender person got beaten-up badly enough to cause a seizure. > Only one person in that restaurant attempted to stave-off the attack. > Glenn Beck is most naïve; there is limited ‘first aid’ that can be > done for anyone having a seizure, other than to put them on their side > to reduce the chance of possible choking if they vomit. That person > was already on her side. Beck chided the video camera operator for > not rushing over to, essentially, do nothing. In defense of those > customers in the restaurant, they very likely didn’t know “what > infraction” had so angered the attackers. Supposing that the victim > was a “bad person”, most just looked around, and seeing no others > taking action, they took no action, themselves. The psychology of why > that same thing happens—most often in big, impersonal cities—has been > studied extensively. In rare cases, those not calling police, or > calling down the attackers, have been found to be criminally negligent > for not providing reasonably prudent assistance. > > As was the case with that video camera operator, Glenn Beck sees the > “historically predictable” failures of our government, our economy, > and of our society. But he consistently does little or nothing. His > 56 Refounders—as of the Constitution—failed to expose the “Good > Dirt” (a quote of J. R. from “Dallas”) that would rally the American > people to vote-in good candidates. Prior to the 8/18 rally last year > in Washington, that drew 3/4 million people, Beck vowed to keep on his > “combat boots” until the corruption in Washington has been corrected. > But about that same time, the Obama W. H. put out a directive saying > that suspected terrorists (supposedly, including those proposing > violence, as in a… revolution) could be shot without recourse. That > threat caused Beck to take off his combat boots, put on his bullet- > proof vest, and to take-on the guise of being an evangelist deferring > all solutions to Divine Providence. He saw it as an act of God that a > flock of curious and very ‘ham’ Canada Geese flew over the reflection > pool. And of course there was that “eight-year-old” (looked 14) red- > headed kid who lucked up and got the last tickets to sit in a section > close to the Lincoln Monument. A father loving his son, oh how much > of a God-send ‘that’ is… > > I could be flattered, but I’m not, that Glenn Beck has been reading my > essays under “Wringing-the-neck of empty ritual.” For the first time > ever, Beck is acknowledging that no groups—religions included—can make > the needed changes in our government. Following my lead, he is now > charging INDIVIDUALS with that responsibility. Surprisingly, Beck > realizes that having anything other than a secular government would be > wrong. (Note: The latter is such a huge departure for Beck, that I > suspect it is due to the world-threatening mess caused by Muslims > believing that their religion should also control governments.) The > second proof that Beck is reading what I write is his overt… slap at > me for saying that ‘I repeatedly asked myself what James Madison would > have thought about what each new thing I wrote in my New > Constitution.’ Beck, almost angrily said: “James Madison isn’t Jesus > Christ!” > > Glenn Beck seems to be saying he would have preferred that I ask Jesus > Christ what should be included in my New Constitution. The reason I > used Madison and the Founding Fathers as my standard was because I > could sense the SPIRIT of the Constitution just from reading what they > wrote. Jesus never wrote a Constitution, but the Golden Rule, “Do > unto others as you would have them do unto you.” and “Love thy > neighbor as thyself.” Would be pretty good constitutions, taken alone > or together. Beck is a cad if he supposes my motives are less high > simply because I, unlike him, don’t DROP the name Jesus or give… > “credit” to God at every turn. I’ll guarantee you this: I wasn’t > inspired to spend fourteen years of my life writing my New > Constitution to benefit most Americans, unless I was a highly moral > person (who knows right from wrong). > > Charles Krauthammer is one of those political commentators who will > lose his job once my New Constitution is ratified. He flagrantly > violates the provisions preventing celebrities in the media or in > entertainment, etc., from having more influence on the outcome of > elections than the man-on-the-street. Though “conservatively” > insightful, Krauthammer keeps including enough “jabs” at the right to > keep the liberal publishers of his syndicated news columns happy. > Unless he does that, he won’t be making big bucks any more. > Krauthammer has only one standard of right and wrong, and that is > dollars and cents—just like most of those on the Fox News Channel, > especially Brit Hume. > > Krauthammer erred big time when he called Donald Trump “a clown, with > no chance of becoming President.” Sending out ‘negative psychology’ > is a ploy used by both the left and the right that must be stopped, if > we are to survive as a nation. If a candidate says obvious untruths > against another candidate he or she will be disqualified or jailed. > All election-related commentary (but not COVERAGE) in the media shall > stop! > > Pitiful Gov. Mike Huckabee is probably jealous that Glenn Beck has > upstaged Huckabee’s religious (insincere) sweetness. Barack Obama > hides his emotions behind a cool exterior. Huckabee hides his > insincerity behind a for-show, phony smile that may appeal to the > religious right. I knew Huckabee was two-faced when he interrupted a > guest who was saying negative things about Obama, so that his audience > wouldn’t get to applaud their assent. I call Huckabee a two-faced > LIBERAL. Beck calls him a Republican “progressive”, which is a > conflict of terms. > > Numbers of people are proposing that we should pass a balanced-budget > amendment. My New Constitution does that within the main body of the > document: > > “The House shall author bills of appropriation within budget; in > addition, the President shall have Line Item Veto power on all such > bills, except if overruled by a 60% vote of the House. 12 years from > the adoption of this New Constitution, and following a successful two > year test in two or more states, taxation in the USA shall be changed > to sales tax only—at a maximum conglomerate rate per annum of 35% of > the GNP—home food and medicines excluded.* ” > > Thinking Americans—like I hope the majority of my readers are—should > realize that merely passing a balanced budget amendment will still > leave in place all of the corrupt Washington establishment that let > the USA get into such sad shape to begin with. The expression is: “If > something is broken, FIX it!” All of our piddling with government > over the last century has left it still broken and unworkable. *** > The first step to correcting things is for any person with the > public’s ear to adamantly renounce our… two party system, which is and > always has been, unconstitutional. SCRAP the primaries and SCRAP the > conventions! Let the voters decide their favorite candidates via the > magic of TV. If we had had TV a century ago, the… “ritual” of > campaigning in all of the states never would have gotten started. > It’s time we wring-the-neck of the empty ritual of primaries(!) as > well as those of the other wasteful and hurtful things that we do in > this country! Instead of putting billions of dollars into the pockets > of the media for campaigns lasting two or three years, put only a few > million dollars into their pockets for campaigns lasting no more that > THREE MONTHS! Politics isn’t a GAME, people; it is the bane of our > existence! > > Respectfully submitted, > > — John A. Armistead — Patriot > > AKA NoEinstein on Google’s sci.physics news group. > > Those who are interested are invited to read my book: “The Shortest > Distance; Harmony Through Prosperity,” available at Amazon and Barnes > and Noble.
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