OP-EDs

November 20, 2022

OP-Ed: "The government you voted for"

DOJ investigating former Republican President, Donald Trump. House Republicans set to investigate Biden family business  deals.

   Well!

I'm glad my tax dollars are being used wisely and my public officials working on things to benefit America.

   Ahh yes, the internal wars of the establishment. Which side can bloody the other more by November 2024.

   This IS the government you voted for.

   Yet! The American people are told that 'third parties' aren't serious enough or capable of governing.

  It was literally two years ago, that I decided to join the Constitution party and think about runnng for Congress.

Now the election is over and America will continue to suffer political and economic stagnation.

   Now that I have ran for Congress, let me share where I'm at.

I'm EXACTLY where I was before, America needs vast amounts of genuine Leadership.

   The following five items are what Congress needs to do the next 23 months. These things must happen, not because they're my ideas, because These are fundamentals  for saving a Free Republic.

1. Pass the Economic Democracy Act, as proposed by the Center for Economic & Social Justice, since 1984.

2. Scrap the 75,000 page 'establishment sustaining' monster, that is our federal tax code. Replace with a nice simple Single-Rate tax code, so working class/middle class Americans have a fighting chance.

   We can then take 60% of IRS employees, and train them as border patrol agents. 

  Take another 10% of IRS employees and transfer them to the GAO,

3. Freeze government spending at current level for 3 years. There is at least $100 Billion waste in DOD and  HHS, each. With the newly minted larger GAO, they should be able to help DOD & HHS 'find' that money.

4. DOD can now work on increasing their Gerald Ford CSGs from 11 to 15, over the next 10 years.

HHS can take $50 Billion of the money they found and start privatizing Medicare. The other $50 Billion in 'found' money will go to NASA.

5. Ah Yes, the sauce for the government's goose. The U.S. Congress currently has 200 committees/sub-committees.

This is where the 'daily work' of the establishment happens on Capitol Hill.

  I've offered up a 70 Committee/sub-committee structure.

    These five items should keep Congress busy.  Real Leaders should be able to do this. real Leaders would do this. 

   I'm very worried about our Constitutional republic. Large solutions need to be done right now. It is a necessity.

January 24, 2023

OP-ED 01.24.23: Documents for all

I'm here to offer a very simple and painfully obvious solution, to the classified documents problem.

Well, half a solution. The other half has to do with voters.

If I were President right now, I'd appoint the following people to a procedures and processes review committee:

National Security Advisor

Director of National Intelligence

NSA Director

Director of the National Archives

Administrator of the General Services Administration

White House Counsel

White House Chief of Staff

Plus whatever junior members needed from each office or department.

90 day review on the processes and procedures for moving a President and VP out of the White House complex, OEOB and Naval Observatory.

It's about what engineers call, “Best Practices.”

Asking a series of questions and refining the current process and procedure.

Here are some basic questions to start with:

If we have 14 days to move the President and VP out, what is the minimum number of total staff we need?

If we have 10 days to move the President and VP out, what is the minimum number of total staff we need?

And so forth and so on.

Do we assign packing/moving staff per room?

Do we assign packing/moving staff per category?

How many White House staff members will be involved? Who will be their supervisor?

How many GSA staff are involved? Who will be their supervisor?

How many National Archives staff are involved? Who will be their supervisort?

What is the chain of command?

What is the chain of custody?

What is the procedure for classified documents found during packing? Who do they go to? Who is in charge of this procedure?

What is the chain of custody?

Are there National Archive and GSA staff assigned to each team, each room? Each team? Each building?

What is the chain of custody?

What is the process, time-line, for a 'second audit' of any materials taken to the President's and VP's residence(s)?

Should that audit be conducted once a year? Once every 2 years? Once every 37 years?

Within the teams of packing/moving staff, does anyone have a security clearance?

How often are the processes and procedures, for moving a President and VP reviewed? Once every 4 years? Once every 22 years?

These are just a few basic questions I would start with.

Now the other half of the solution involving voters.

Well now, that is much harder.

You see, we need to elect better leaders. Maybe some of those leaders should come from other parties, besides the Donkey and Elephant show.

May 16, 2023

Changing the dynamic of how the media covers elections.

Good morning

Intellectually, I'm always hopeful that voters will start doing deep research into how government really works, politics, history and looking at all candidates and make a true independent decision.

It just never works in reality.

Please read the following 14 points I post every week on my FB page:

I think one of the conversations we need to have as a nation, regarding voting, is this:

#1. 98% of people who vote will vote for the two major parties.

#2. The RNC & DNC that control their respective parties know this.

#3. Most people want some level of change within government, yet most people will vote for candidate within the major parties.

#4. The RNC & DNC know this.

#5. 40% of people who vote will always vote for Democrats. 40% will always vote Republican.

#6. The RNC & DNC know this.

#7. The majority(say 90%) of candidates that run in both parties, want to gain power and money. They know the best way to do this, is inside the two party system.

#8. The RNC & DNC know this, and always back those candidates, because they're loyalists. They can count on those candidates to support the party machine.

#9. Most voters will tell candidates like me, that I need to 'work within the 2-party system' if I want to get anything done.

#10. The RNC & DNC know this, and please reference #7 & 8.

#11. If a True Independent, Patriotic Constitutionalist gets into Congress, then that is one less member of the establishment, the needle will move and things will start to change.

#12. The RNC & DNC know this.

#13: 30% of eligible voters do not vote.

#14: The RNC & DNC love these people, because they don't have to spend money to sell candidates to them.

When you look deep inside your Political Intellect, you know this is true.

There are plenty of 3rd parties out there already, besides all the newer movements, like “No Labels.”

If you take the time to assign my website to one of your staff members, for review.

You will see that some of us 3rd-party candidates have far more than just 100% fidelity to the Constitution. In fact, I consider that a baseline, If you're a Patriotic candidate in a smaller party.

What comes next? Does any individual candidate have serious detailed policies, plans, ideas for how to structurally change 'the establishment' within America's governments.

Does a candidate have a true grasp of scale, specific offices, agencies and departments that need to be consolidate and/or eliminated.

Does a candidate understand how much time, work and partners will be needed,, to cut the federal government's power and authority by say, 40%?

This is where candidates like me are, in that realm.

You are part of an impactful media outlets in America.

Please take the time and initiative, to cover all political parties out there. There are 44 registered parties and 420 overall, at some level of organization.

Do your part, cover one per week, over the next 15 months.

You can be the one who brings true independent political discussion to a large voting demographic. Possibly reaching non-voters and getting them invlved.

Be the media-change that America truly needs.

I'm available at any time, to discuss any subject.

Chris Dardzinski: 2024 Candidate, District 13.

May 24, 2023

OP-ED: Baseline knowledge & changing federal office age requirements.

Quite possibly, I have spent too much time thinking about baseline knowledge and changing age requirements for federal public officials.

Let me give you a thumbnail impression of my thinking, the last 15 years.

I'm one of those very strange people, that likes too read a public official's life resume.

I find myself less than satisfied with the general knowledge level for most public officials in the federal government.

I'll remind everyone, this has nothing too do with party affiliation.

The world is endlessly complex and so is our federal government. It should be far less complicated, but reality remains a constant.

In a perfect world where I get everything I want, I would change the age requirements too: 40 for Representative, 45 for Senator and 50 or 55 for President and Vice President.

It takes time to gain 4-dimensional thinking & knowledge in economics, government operations, the humanities, geo-politics, history and international relations. Just too mention a few categories that make an adult ready too handle national and global decisions.

I also think it is critically important for any federal public official, to spend at least 20 – 30 years post high school or college, holding jobs, working and understanding big-systems. Maturing as a cognitive, logical and rational human being.

Consider this fact: there are 535 voting members of Congress, for a nation of 338,000,000. Let that sink in.

I want candidates for office that can give me a reasonable assessment of middle-eastern tensions. Candidates that understand the federal reserve system, global banking. Candidates that actually know Nigeria now has the world's largest oil refinery.

I want candidates who look at $12.5 Billion for the new Geralf Ford class aircraft carrier and say, “We need to shave $1 Billion off each carrier, and here are my 5 ideas on how we do that.”

I do believe it takes time to mature into a Leader at a national level. Understanding cultures, religions, society needs, technology and the human condition.

As you get older, the main things you accept as reality, are the fundamentals. Changing paragraph 7, of section 4a, of any CFR is not good policy.

Fundamentally restructuring the tax-code to a single-rate system, and knowing how to go about that. It's something that takes years too understand.

Proper governing is an intellectual persuit. It takes time.

I sometimes wonder how many members of Congress think about the Comptroller General of the GAO, and is their 15-year term too long.

Anyways, enough said.

OP-ED May 28, 2023

OP-ED: Public Debt, “Ceilings,” Political theater on parade.

It is Friday May 26, 11:28am.

I'm not sure why this “debt ceiling crisis” annoys me more than the others. The political theater component is the same.

There will be a deal in time, the ceiling will be pushed past the November 2024 elections, and the RNC/DNC political establishment keeps rolling forward.

Like nearly every other political/economic/social story in America, this debt ceiling “crisis” is a manufactured story, for drama purposes only.

The politicians, MSM, DNC, RNC all want you mad, angry and willing to donate dollars to one of the two major parties and candidates.

There wasn't even a “public debt ceiling” until Congress created one in 1939. I'll bet Alan Greenspan's bank account, that not one out of a hundred voters know that.

Article One, Section 8, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution is very specific on how this situation is supposed too be handled.

ANY member of Congress that doesn't understand this should resign. This may sound harsh, but we have to demand some standards here.

Listen too me please. As a society we must reject all these manufactured political dramas. Ignore them completely.

As a side note, evoking the 14th Amendment does not apply here and many Constitutional experts agree not too try it.

Let's use this as an opportunity to get beyond the political theater, in regards to public debt.

I encourage everyone to study that specific clause in the Constitution. It is one of the most critical powers granted to Congress.

Study the federal reserve, treasury notes, public debt offerings, Interest payments schedules, T-Bill sales, maturity dates of securities, etc.

The more educated voters are on this matter, then politicians can't use this as a division issue to create drama.

Logic, sound economics, good finances and rational thinking should rule the day. That kind of mature and informed mindset, will start too take away the influence of the small-minded media outlets.

OP-ED June 6, 2023

OP-ED: If I could organize Congressional workflow

Let's set aside the work members of Congress do in Committee. If you have reviewed my website, you know my recommendations on this topic.

If we're going to fundamentally restructure the federal government, shoehorn it back in the Constitution; then there absolutely must be 4-Dimensional thinking.

If I were to organize Congressional workflow, here is where I would start:

Item 01:

You can 'free up' a HUGE amount of Member and staff time, by drastically cutting back on how many meetings they take with lobbyists.

Item 02:

I would organize all 538 members into ten working groups, each group working on solutions, DETAILED plans/ideas and implementation schedules for restructuring.

Item 03:

Here is a beginning list of structural topics, assigned one per group.

Group 01:

Government contract deep review. Contracts up to $2 Billion. Looking at every aspect, figuring out the waste, fraud and in-efficiency of each contract.

This will take two years, maybe more.

Group 02:

Government contract deep review. Contracts $2 Billion - $5 Billion. Looking at every aspect, figuring out the waste, fraud and in-efficiency of each contract.

This will take two years, maybe more.

Group 03:

Government contract deep review. Contracts over $5 Billion. Looking at every aspect, figuring out the waste, fraud and in-efficiency of each contract.

This will take two years, maybe more.

Group 04:

Reviewing every purchasing officer. Yes, you read that right. I'll bet you Alan Greenspan's bank account, that no one in Congress has ever considered this.

Group 05:

DOD & VA, top-down review. Consider folding VA into DOD as an agency. Eliminating the top three layers of the VA. Implement best practices. Combine the computers systems, so that information on any soldier or civilian employee, is readily available from day one until the day they die.

Group 06:

HHS, Education, Agriculture. Top-Down review. Consolidate into one department, like it was back 60 years ago.

Group 07:

Review and simplify the ENTIRE federal government permit process. 5 years to bring a pipeline online? Come on.

Groups' 08 – 09:

Drum Roll Please!!!

Simplify EVERY federal government form. Can I get a witness!!!

Group 10:

The National Energy Grid, transmission, capacity, etc. Nuclear, Natural gas, oil. We need a serious policy and we needed it 20 years ago.

Look at that, I ran out of working groups and I still had so many things that need attention.

If a member of Congress is not capable of working at high sophisticated level, big-picture and big-systems; then they need to go.

If current Congressional leadership is unwilling or unable to organize members at this level, then we need new leaders.

Voters have to start demanding candidates and current members articulate ideas and policies at this level.

If they cannot, they need to go.

America, demand better.

I remain at your service.

Chris

OP-ED June 13, 2023

OP-ED 4: The Presidential Records Act, the “process” & Political Speech.

The first in a 5-part series on the PRA, the process and protected political speech.

I'll start with former President Trump and his situation.

President Trump, as I see the current evidence, may have some technical legal issues, that may violate sections in the PRA.

Mainly in regards to the care and quality of finding files quickly and with a routine process.

I'd caution everyone to re-read those above sentences and remember them for parts 4 & 5. “Spoiler & Foreshadowing Alert.”

Trump has become part of two very small groups, former presidents and former public officials that the establishment is afraid of.

Being hunted by the government-establishment is a serious matter. Most people don't have the fortitude to stand tall through it.

There are about 2700 – 2800 positions in the top levels of the federal government. 1200 of those are appointed/Senate confirmed. Trump knows who those people are, and he knows they need to go, if the establishment is too be downsized. I also think Trump has an immediate list of people who can walk into those positions, bring teams with them and start digging through the waste, fraud and corruption.

Jack Smith has made several critical errors, the biggest being a charge of violation the espionage act. With a jury that will weigh all evidence, this is where the case completely breaks down.

Just because MSNBC wants it to be true, Trump is not a Russian agent. It's a claim that borders on insanity.

It is also proof of the political and historical intentions of Jack Smith.

There are two very powerful addictions in this world, power and money. With power being the one that seduces the most. Smith is now becoming a historical figure. He will be the first lawyer to prosecute a former U.S. President. His name will be in history books, and this fact cannot be dismissed.

I think there was a specific point, where Smith left the law behind, and started thinking about his place in history. It is very seductive, and you must acknowledge this keep aspect. You may not agree, but being a lawyer and becoming a historical figure, is a huge evolution. It would seduce most lawyers, no matter how dedicated they are to the law.

Trump is truly a unique bull in a very small China shop. He has a relentless need for attention and could be labeled a narcissist.

Public office and the seduction of power, tends to draw people with big egos. Good and bad.

I have thoroughly reviewed the PRA's major aspects. I believe Trump is well aware of his personal, political, Constitutional, legal and “Presidential” rights/protections.

The FBI, DOJ and special counsel have gone way beyond established guidelines and legal precedent. Trump knows this.

Trump's personality is a singular experience for political America.

It serves him well more than not, when you look at the whole picture.

That is the crucible, removing emotions and looking at this with a rational intellect regarding legal precedent.

I do believe there is a slim “5%” chance that Trump goes to prison.

Mainly I stick with the obvious political reasons this is happening.

The RNC is fine to let the DNC, courts and MSM do their dirty work for them.

As long as Trump gets to the Republican convention with under 50% of the delegates. Then the RNC can broker multiple floor votes, until the nomination goes to someone 'other than Trump.'

I see that as the endgame. The establishment has to work every possible angle, too make sure he never becomes President again.

Thank you

Chris

June 17, 2023

 OP-ED 5: The Presidential Records Act, the “process” & Political Speech.

The second in a 5-part series on the PRA, the process and protected political speech.

Let's discuss former Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Vice President Pence did a voluntary review of all the papers, files he took with him, after he left office.

He had classified documents. The DOJ did a review.

The DOJ stated they found no problems with VP Pence, and there would be no charges .

Hold on a minute. He violated the law. Vice Presidents have no authority to de-classify, no authority to take ANY classified government papers after leaving office.

I guess DOJ is telling America, that this was just a clerical over-sight by the staff who packed up Pence's office.

Right? I mean, that's what this boils down to with his situation.

Former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is a separate universe.

She had to give approval for a private server to be set up in her home, using a non-secure e-mail.

That means government employees or contractor, doing the installation, also broke the law. No one ever talks about this.

She received, reviewed and stored tens of thousands of government e-mails at home.

Federal government property, information and files were destroyed; when she gave the order to have a hard-drive destroyed.

DOJ brings here in for a friendly chat.

DOJ concludes she never “intended” to break the law.

Secretary Clinton has broken many federal laws, and is compromised by the Russians and Chinese. That much we can document.

DOJ response: Move along, nothing to see here.

At the very least Pence's staff broke the law by packing, concealing and transporting classified documents. No legal proceedings, move along.

Sec. Clinton is untouchable, and the DOJ is protecting her crimes.

Are we not constantly told by the media, that these are the best and the brightest. All these establishment people, with their fabulous life resumes.

Why can't they stop packing up classified documents? They are marked.

I'm sorry this wasn't 'more sexy.' The facts are facts, and politics is politics. The two shall never meet.

Thank you

Chris

June 18, 2023

 OP-ED 6: The Presidential Records Act, the “process” & Political Speech.

The third in a 5-part series on the PRA, the process and protected political speech.

Let's discuss President Biden's situation.

14 years.

That is the minimum amount of time President Biden had classified documents in his possession. As a Senator, Vice President and private citizen.

The part I find most compelling, was the documents found at the Penn-Biden think tank, inside his personal office. The lawyer hired to go through that office and clean it out did not have security clearance.

That tells me the Biden family or staff that hired the firm, didn't know there would be classified documents.

Too that lawyer's credit, he called and said they needed a another lawyer with a security clearance, to handle those documents.

The lawyer's first calls should've gone to the U.S. Marshals Service, FBI and the National Archives.

He should've told the Marshals and FBI to send someone to guard that office door, until the proper people could arrive.

That didn't happen.

I will not explain why, either you understand, or you don't.

This is a true testament to the randomness of a chaotic world, that blind dumb luck; kept classified documents from being taken over a 14=year period.

Why did a then Senator Biden, think it necessary to keep classified documents in his possession?

Why did a then Vice President Biden, think it necessary to keep classified documents in his possession?

Why did a then private citizen Biden, think it necessary to keep classified documents in his possession?

14 years minimum. Does this bother you?

I've followed Biden for decades, 40 years plus.

I don't find him particularly smart, intellectual or to have nuanced views on any topic.

I'm astonished, considering the institutional value we place on lawyers, that he practiced law.

None of this takes away from a person's ability or skills at being cunning and/or devious.

At any time during the minimum 14-year period, did any staffer, advisor or assistant say “Sir, these documents cannot be taken by you.”

I give you my personal political guarantee, the DOJ will find a way to mitigate the damage here. I've thought about every aspect this for months now, the DOJ may not be able to make it all go away.

The 14-year period is just mesmerizing to me. Surely there is a mid-level staffer from years gone by, that DOJ can hang on a meat hook.

14 years minimum Biden has broken the law.

If DOJ makes all of this go away, then we might as well start spelling America with a “K.”

June 28, 2023

OP-ED 8: The Presidential Records Act, the “process” & Political Speech.

The last in a 5-part series on the PRA, the process and protected political speech.

A deep analysis on the Presidential Records Act. The Process and Procedures for packing, transporting and maintaining Presidential papers and records.

The 1978 PRA changed the definition of Presidential Papers from 'private' to 'public.' Here is the key, the National Archives became the government agency responsible for collecting, filing and maintaining Presidential Papers.

So that means from 1979 to January 1981, the National Archives was LEGALLY responsible for putting together a process and procedures, for handling, filing and maintaining Presidential papers.

I have now placed my second call to the National Archives, asking for a copy of the process and procedures, for how they handle Presidential papers.

Surely after 40 years, a refined cohesive process and procedure is in place.

Some very basic questions:

Q1.

Who is the one person at the National Archives, that has it in their JOB DESCRIPTION, that every 4 years, they are in charge of Presidential papers?

Q2.

Is there a dedicated group of NA staff that are mobilized every 4 years?

Q3.

Does this 'Presidential papers guru and staff' have dedicated lines of communication to GSA and West Wing staff?

Q4.

Who is the person at GSA, that co-ordinates with NA?

Q5.

Who is the person in the West Wing, that is given the task to co-ordinate with NA and GSA?

Q6.

At what point after the November election, does the NA Presidential papers guru contacts the GSA and West Wing, and put together the first planning meeting?

Q7.

Who is the person in charge, onsite at the White House complex and OEOB, once packing, handling of presidential papers begins?

Q8.

Does the NA and GSA have a person, who is constantly onsite with the Q7 person?

Q9.

How are packing teams assembled between NA, GSA and West Wing staff?

Q10.

How many NA people are onsite, that have security clearance, Top Secret and above, to review boxes as they are being packed?????????

Q11.

What is the National Archive vetting process and procedure for Presidential papers?

Q12.

What is the NA vetting process for NA, GSA and West Wing staff that will be doing the work?

Q13.

Is the packing process broken down by category, location or a hybrid?

Q14.

How many State dept, CIA, NSA, DIA, DNI, DOD assets are on hand to vet documents, after they have been vetted by the National Archives group?

Q15.

Who is the person keeping a master list of each box and what is in each box?

Q16.

Does the NA give a copy of that master list to the out-going President?

Q17.

What is the level of security, when boxes are loaded onto trucks and taken to the National Archives?

Q18.

Who is in charge at NA destination?

Q19.

Who is the person that documents each box being unloaded? Does this person marry up their master list, with the person who was in charge at the White House complex and OEOB?

Q20.

Does NA give a copy of that master list to DOD, State, CIA, DNI, ONI, NSA, DIA and the in-coming administration?

Q21.

Is each 'packing team' supervisor given a tablet to document their packing? Do they use worksheets on a clip board?

Are the tablets using encryption?

Q22.

What is the process and procedure in place, for how often the National Archives contacts former Presidents and VPs, to see if they can check for any missing classified document?

Q23.

How often does the National Archives review and refine their process and procedures, for packing, handling and maintaining Presidential Papers?

We the People, have been hammered for 2 ½ years, as to the sensitivity of Presidential Papers. Surely the National Archives, after 40 years, has a procedure in place equivalent to the sensitive nature of the task.

Q22 is a glaring problem, If you recall, after Biden was found to have classified documents. The NA asked all former VPs and Presidents to check their records and files.

HOLD ON!!! You are the National Archives, responsible for handling, protecting and maintaining Presidential papers. It is YOUR legal responsibility to have a procedure in place.

There will be a bonus OP-ED #6, if the National Archives ever retuirns my call.

July 6, 2023

OP-ED 9: What do voters really want? Do they know?

On July 4, 2024, we will know the two major candidates going into the RNC & DNC conventions.

If everything goes according to what the establishment wants, Trump will have less than 50% of the delegates. Biden may still be the DNC choice, but do not rule out them finding a replacement, like Governor Newsom.

So! Come July 4, 2024, is this what you want America?

Yet another Presidential race where there are only three goals:

1. Make sure Trump doesn't win.
2. All the political consultants make hundreds of millions.
3. Political Ad buys top $2 Billion.

Can we take a deep breath and dig deeper? Can we actually care about the direction of the deep-state and how America can return to a limited republic?

Many polls of voters, say they want a third-party candidate, they want something different.

I find this comical, since I'm a member of the Constitution party, and we have been offering up candidates for 50 years.

Then comes the cliched one-liners. Lets review them:

1. If you vote for a third party you're wasting your vote.
2. Third party candidates have no chance to win.
3. Third party candidates are all weirdos.

I've heard these very words or variations thereof, for 47 years.

I think it is laziness, on the part of most eligible voters. Let me list my observations of the last 47 years:

#1. 98% of people who vote will vote for the two major parties.

#2. The RNC & DNC that control their respective parties know this.

#3. Most people want some level of change within government, yet most people will vote for candidate within the major parties.

#4. The RNC & DNC know this.

#5. 40% of people who vote will always vote for Democrats. 40% will always vote Republican.

#6. The RNC & DNC know this.

#7. The majority(say 90%) of candidates that run in both parties, want to gain power and money. They know the best way to do this, is inside the two party system.

#8. The RNC & DNC know this, and always back those candidates, because they're loyalists. They can count on those candidates to support the party machine.

#9. Most voters will tell candidates like me, that I need to 'work within the 2-party system' if I want to get anything done.

#10. The RNC & DNC know this, and please reference #7 & 8.

#11. If a True Independent, Patriotic Constitutionalist gets into Congress, then that is one less member of the establishment, the needle will move and things will start to change.

#12. The RNC & DNC know this.

#13: 30% of eligible voters do not vote.

#14: The RNC & DNC love these people, because they don't have to spend money to sell candidates to them.

#15: There are at least 75 million adults in their 40s & 50s without knowing how government works. They have spent the last 20 – 30 years paying as little attention to how the world works, as possible. Most of these 75 million would never admit this, not even to themselves. So they go the rest of their lives, without understanding politics, government, economics, foreign affairs or even the Humanities.

#16: Most adults think they are smarter about the world, then they actually are.

When you look deep inside your Political Intellect, you know this is true.

Your vote belongs to you. It does NOT belong to a party, any party.

If your candidate does not win, then you need to work harder for that candidate next time.

When is the last time you read every idea, plan, outline and all the stuff candidates put on their websites?

I've grown tired of most eligible voters. You have this computer in your hand, that will give you all the information on any candidate you want.

Forget the media, forget EVERY political campaign commercial. Forget the analysts, experts and political scientists telling you ehst to think and how to vote..

Educate yourself on the politics, candidates, government operations and economics.

When it comes to voting, be an informed leader in your community.

Be the change America is looking for.

Don't be a lazy mindless statistic.

July 10, 2023

OP-ED 010: Questions, Questions and more Questions.

I was thinking how dandy it might be, to go in a different direction.

Below is a series of questions, that I believe the government should be asked by all Americans:

Q01:

Can you explain what percentage of annual inflation, the $475 Billion debt service interest payment is, for budget year 2024?

Q02:

Why is there no annual audit of the Department of Defense?

Q03:

Why is the Government Accountability Office allowed to get away with Q2?

Q04:

Why is the nuclear weapons budget in the Dept. of Energy?

Q05:

Why do we need 5,000 employees in the Dept. of Educaion?

Q06:

Are federal government student loans Constitutional? Its a good question, because they're not offered to everyone.

Q07:

Who specifically, decides how much foreign aid will go to which nations?

Q08:

How many purchasing officers are there in the federal government?

Q09:

How many steps are there, for a non-military government contract?

Q10:

How many steps are there, for a military government contract?

Q11:

Why are members of Congress allowed to get away, with operating under continuing resolution, for the budget process of the federal government?

Just a few basic things we should address.