This election is about us. Obama said so.
So, let's list what we want. I will start with my wish list. Please add yours (positive speak only, K?).
My first wish: Obama/Biden 2008
Save the Vote:
Video the Vote 2008
Video the Vote is a national initiative to protect voting rights by monitoring the electoral process. We organize citizen journalists—ordinary folks like you and me—to document election problems as they occur. And then we distribute their footage to the mainstream media and online to make sure the full story of Election Day gets told. Watch our 2006 highlights and join us as we Video the Vote this November.
http://videothevote.org/
Review of Steal the Vote, Ohio, 2006
http://freeforall.tv/
Wish List, Your Suggestions from yesterday included. Let's keep adding to OUR WISH LIST:
- Health Care for all Clinics should provide preventative check ups and meds for cholesterol, high blood pressure, and cancer screenings could save huge medical expenses later.
- Public Safety budgets are being reduced throughout America because of budget deficits. This is an alarming trend. The Mayor/Manager of my small town (15,000) is salaried at $150,000/year! Federa Rules mandating a Police/Citizen Ratio could be used to direct States.
- Education - If it is true that America spends more per child than other Western nations then who the heck is raking in the dough? Reasonable wages for everyone, including teachers supported by reasonable taxes. We can do better. Find the waste and feed the classrooms.
- Jobs - There is a lot of repairing to be done in America. There is work to be done. FDR rallied the country.
- Capitalism Reform - Check out "Sufficiency Capitalism". This tried philosophy works. Ask Ben and Jerry! See my other diary entries for details.
- Patriot Act - Fix it and return our Constitutional Rights immediately.
- Warner Military Commission Act - Fix it. Posse Comitatus is too important to our Republic.
- Gramm's Billl - Return our banking laws to FDRs principles.
- Guantanamo - Close it forever! Habeus Corpus for all!
- Publicly Funded Elections - For all!
- No paid lobbyists - Ever. Only volunteer citizens advocates.
- Ear Marks - No! Only sunlight legislation!
- YOUR TURN, FOLKS.
- Higher Education - Make State Schools a Public Utility. Private universities can continue to compete; however, a certain % of students must be drawn from lower income and diversity before foreign students fill ranks.
- Pharmaceuticals - Made in USA only. This is too dangerous to outsource, Americans need affordable drugs, and Americans need the jobs.
- Environment - Undo all the damage done to laws by the Bush Administration.
- Signing Letters - I want to read all of them.
- Prosecutions for torture
- Equality - That's is so important
- Ban Drug Commercials
- Fair trade, not free trade
- Remove Rush/Hannity from Armed Forces radio
- Reduce military spending