A Platform Position Paper
by Arthur Flowers Independent Candidate for President
For those readers who have lost their lifelong jobs and whose prospects for a new job look non-existent (e.g: in Michigan, South Carolina, Mississippi, etc.), and for those of you who see themselves in the same predicament in the not-so-distant future, don't read this plan at your own peril. Just continue to sit on your complaining dead asses till November. Then vote for Hillary, Obama or McCain, none of whom have the haziest idea of how to revive the economy and create new jobs.
Platform Issue #25, Section A:
February 2, 2008...the business section of the morning paper screams the headline: "U.S. Economy: January Job Cuts Raise Concerns. The labor department reported job losses at 17,000." This is the worst national job loss since 2003. George Bush and the Republican-Democrat presidential candidates are concerned, but what are they doing about it? They propose the usual stimulus-package suspects!
President Bush and the two-party presidential candidates have issued their Economic Stimulus Manifesto. If President Ronald Reagan were alive today, he would be saying: Well, there they go again, meaning: the same old stuff: tax rebates (welfare), extension of job benefits (no new jobs) and the ubiquitous, nauseating tax-credits ploy. Is that all there is? Is this tired, old, worn-out offering going to create new jobs...make our air cleaner? In a few weeks after this law is passed, we'll be back to step one. And then the President and the candidates with their pricey economic advisers will do it all over again. As one journalist so aptly put it...take two tax rebates and call me in the morning.
So, as an Independent Write-In Candidate for President, I am turning to my campaign advisory staff of two, to develop our own common-sense plan to turn our economy around, create new jobs, and cleanse our air. Since we eschew political contributions (bribes), we cannot afford multi-million dollar economic advisers and PR people, so we will rely on what we call our creative intelligence (some call it common-sense). We are not lawyers nor economists, just a couple of plain old Americans completely ignored by the MSM (main stream media).
In our plan, you spend the taxpayers money in a way that doesn't flush it down the toilet in one fell swoop, but instead, the money goes into programs that develop new technologically and environmentally sound jobs continuously over long periods of time, while simultaneously purifying our air via a Renewable Energy Economy (RenewE), which will begin paying off immediately. We shall begin with the star of our Alternative Energy case...sugar-based Ethanol. Have you ever heard politicians talk about sugar-based Ethanol? In Brazil it has been scientifically demonstrated that sugar-based Ethanol produces significantly less polluting emissions and much more power in each gallon of Ethanol, than any other gasoline additive including corn-based Ethanol. Furthermore, sugar-based Ethanol results in significantly better mileage than corn, soy and others.
Equally important is the fact that Ethanol yields per acre for Brazilian sugar-cane and French beet-sugar are roughly double those of American corn, experts say. What's extraordinary about sugar-cane and sugar-beets as an energy source is that it's so incredibly efficient. Many Ethanol feed-stocks, such as corn, wheat, soy, etc. require as much energy to grow and refine as they actually produce in energy. But sugar production actually results in a huge net positive energy gain...about 8:1 energy output to energy input.
(To be continued in next blog)
Friday, February 29, 2008
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Welcome to our initial offering
For our first blog posting, we would like to show you how desperate the two party system candidates are to gain the presidency and how they will stop at nothing to exclude Independents like me, because we are deemed to be some kind of competitive threat to their candidacy. But as you are about to see, this is slowly changing, thanks to a courageous guy named Ralph Nader. Now all we need to do is figure a way to get the American people to stop complaining, get off their dead rumps and do something about it. My candidacy is your only chance. Those of you who vote for McCain, Obama, or Hillary, will get exactly what you deserve by voting for one of them!
About 20 weeks ago, I officially announced my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States as an Independent write-in candidate (I do not solicit for any political contributions). Little did I know that in addition to the barriers put up by my home State of Nevada and the two party system (please read the copy of my letter to the Nevada State Attorney General with my charges below), I'm also having to deal with being shut out by the Main Stream Media (MSM), and even more discriminated against by our own Nevada media...you decide. To wit: (1) we transmitted 17,000 emails (press releases) to political editors of virtually every major newspaper and TV station in the country...20 weeks later, not one word printed anywhere; (2) on the local level, in the same time frame, we have transmitted three emails (each) with the same press release and one letter by post to the following newspapers: LV Review Journal, LV Sun, and Reno Gazette. To date, not one word printed! (There will be much more coming on this issue in the near future and we will name names.)
As stated, I am not asking for any monetary help, only a few minutes of your time to read this missive and the following information. I'm not the only person being deprived of their constitutional rights by these multi-billion dollar politicians and the MSM. Voters everywhere are being deprived of an alternative candidate who could change your life, and your family's lives. Since I would lay odds that the controlling Nevada media will not print a word re: my complaint to Atty. General Masto, I am counting on you. The American people are all I have left in this struggle. (Please read my Platform and see what the word change really means. Log onto http://www.flowers4prez.com/)
The four other states that are pimping for the two party systems candidates are: Louisiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Hawaii. (Residents of these states are being screwed by the pols and MSM of those states and not even getting to enjoy it!)
Dear Attorney General Cortez Masto,
In accordance with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and Article I, Sections 1,2 and the first sentence of Section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, I hereby request that you accept this petition as my official statement to seek redress of my grievances, regarding the abuses and violations of my Federal and State Constitutional rights by the State Government of Nevada.
It is my understanding that the primary duty and responsibility of the State Attorney General is the protection of the state's taxpaying citizenry.
As an announced Independent Write-In candidate for President (see official Press Release enclosed), it is my charge that the State of Nevada is depriving me of my constitutional and civil rights and consequently the same rights of the legal residents of Nevada, by prohibiting me from running as an Independent write-in candidate.
Additionally, it is my charge that the State of Nevada is violating my free speech rights of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 9 of the Nevada State Constitution, which states: "Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press."
Recent information indicates that there are 45 states that grant independent candidates access to the write-in process. How are Nevada citizens protected from the state's pernicious practice of shielding the two-party system's candidates from fair competition from Independents like myself, while depriving the public of a viable alternative candidate?
As the approval rating of Congress sinks below the 20% level, many Americans shrink from the electoral process because "there's no real difference between Democrat and Republican candidates." Yet the State of Nevada has errected functional (petition requirement), and monetary barriers (filing fee), that are depriving Nevadans of access to non-party member alternative candidates with an opposing agenda!
Up to now, there has been no clear-cut legal precedent for taking legal action to remedy this discriminatory behavior of several states, however, recently longtime independent candidate Ralph Nader brought a civil lawsuit against the Democratic Party for allegedly sabotaging his 2004 campaign, by charging that: "The Democratic Party is going after anyone who presents a credible challenge to their monopoly over their perceived voters" (McClatchy Newspapers, 10-31-07. All italics herein are mine).
Furthermore, the article went on with another statement which appears to support my complaint, to wit: "This lawsuit was filed to help advance a free and open election process for all candidates and voters," he stated. "Candidates rights and voter rights nourish each other for more voices, choices, and a more open and competitive democracy."
Even before the Nader lawsuit, there has been plenty of Constitutional ammunition to support my complaint. Perhaps one of the most important and egregious violations of my rights is the abridgment of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states: "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
It is my charge that I am being denied equal protection of the laws by the State of Nevada, because as an independent candidate whose campaign eschews political contributions, I cannot compete on legislative issues and in election campaigns with unscrupulous lobbyists and the two-party system's money sucking machines. At the same time, the Democrat and Republican candidates, flush with millions of special interest bribe money (contributions) will be on the ballot without having to pay a filing fee or go through the petition process. There is neigher equal protection nor level playing field in my case.
Having aired my complaint as best I can--I am not a lawyer and my campaign boasts a total of two (my wife and yours truly), I hereby formally request that the Nevada Attorney General strike down the no "write-in" law/rule. That action will provide me equal opportunity to provide my platform message to my neighbors and fellow Nevada citizens and allow them to write me in as their choice should they so choose.
Unlike Mr. Nader who is seeking compensatory and punitive damages in his suit against the Democratic Party (for which I'm sure he's justified), I am only asking for a fair shake from my home State of Nevada (as a resident for 18 years), and for taxpayers of this state.
Arthur Flowers
Independent Write-In Candidate for President
About 20 weeks ago, I officially announced my candidacy for the Presidency of the United States as an Independent write-in candidate (I do not solicit for any political contributions). Little did I know that in addition to the barriers put up by my home State of Nevada and the two party system (please read the copy of my letter to the Nevada State Attorney General with my charges below), I'm also having to deal with being shut out by the Main Stream Media (MSM), and even more discriminated against by our own Nevada media...you decide. To wit: (1) we transmitted 17,000 emails (press releases) to political editors of virtually every major newspaper and TV station in the country...20 weeks later, not one word printed anywhere; (2) on the local level, in the same time frame, we have transmitted three emails (each) with the same press release and one letter by post to the following newspapers: LV Review Journal, LV Sun, and Reno Gazette. To date, not one word printed! (There will be much more coming on this issue in the near future and we will name names.)
As stated, I am not asking for any monetary help, only a few minutes of your time to read this missive and the following information. I'm not the only person being deprived of their constitutional rights by these multi-billion dollar politicians and the MSM. Voters everywhere are being deprived of an alternative candidate who could change your life, and your family's lives. Since I would lay odds that the controlling Nevada media will not print a word re: my complaint to Atty. General Masto, I am counting on you. The American people are all I have left in this struggle. (Please read my Platform and see what the word change really means. Log onto http://www.flowers4prez.com/)
The four other states that are pimping for the two party systems candidates are: Louisiana, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Hawaii. (Residents of these states are being screwed by the pols and MSM of those states and not even getting to enjoy it!)
Dear Attorney General Cortez Masto,
In accordance with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and Article I, Sections 1,2 and the first sentence of Section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Nevada, I hereby request that you accept this petition as my official statement to seek redress of my grievances, regarding the abuses and violations of my Federal and State Constitutional rights by the State Government of Nevada.
It is my understanding that the primary duty and responsibility of the State Attorney General is the protection of the state's taxpaying citizenry.
As an announced Independent Write-In candidate for President (see official Press Release enclosed), it is my charge that the State of Nevada is depriving me of my constitutional and civil rights and consequently the same rights of the legal residents of Nevada, by prohibiting me from running as an Independent write-in candidate.
Additionally, it is my charge that the State of Nevada is violating my free speech rights of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article I, Section 9 of the Nevada State Constitution, which states: "Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press."
Recent information indicates that there are 45 states that grant independent candidates access to the write-in process. How are Nevada citizens protected from the state's pernicious practice of shielding the two-party system's candidates from fair competition from Independents like myself, while depriving the public of a viable alternative candidate?
As the approval rating of Congress sinks below the 20% level, many Americans shrink from the electoral process because "there's no real difference between Democrat and Republican candidates." Yet the State of Nevada has errected functional (petition requirement), and monetary barriers (filing fee), that are depriving Nevadans of access to non-party member alternative candidates with an opposing agenda!
Up to now, there has been no clear-cut legal precedent for taking legal action to remedy this discriminatory behavior of several states, however, recently longtime independent candidate Ralph Nader brought a civil lawsuit against the Democratic Party for allegedly sabotaging his 2004 campaign, by charging that: "The Democratic Party is going after anyone who presents a credible challenge to their monopoly over their perceived voters" (McClatchy Newspapers, 10-31-07. All italics herein are mine).
Furthermore, the article went on with another statement which appears to support my complaint, to wit: "This lawsuit was filed to help advance a free and open election process for all candidates and voters," he stated. "Candidates rights and voter rights nourish each other for more voices, choices, and a more open and competitive democracy."
Even before the Nader lawsuit, there has been plenty of Constitutional ammunition to support my complaint. Perhaps one of the most important and egregious violations of my rights is the abridgment of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which states: "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
It is my charge that I am being denied equal protection of the laws by the State of Nevada, because as an independent candidate whose campaign eschews political contributions, I cannot compete on legislative issues and in election campaigns with unscrupulous lobbyists and the two-party system's money sucking machines. At the same time, the Democrat and Republican candidates, flush with millions of special interest bribe money (contributions) will be on the ballot without having to pay a filing fee or go through the petition process. There is neigher equal protection nor level playing field in my case.
Having aired my complaint as best I can--I am not a lawyer and my campaign boasts a total of two (my wife and yours truly), I hereby formally request that the Nevada Attorney General strike down the no "write-in" law/rule. That action will provide me equal opportunity to provide my platform message to my neighbors and fellow Nevada citizens and allow them to write me in as their choice should they so choose.
Unlike Mr. Nader who is seeking compensatory and punitive damages in his suit against the Democratic Party (for which I'm sure he's justified), I am only asking for a fair shake from my home State of Nevada (as a resident for 18 years), and for taxpayers of this state.
Arthur Flowers
Independent Write-In Candidate for President
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