DAY 2 OF THE CAMPAIGN IN IOWA
DAY 2 OF THE CAMPAIGN IN IOWA
By Kevin A. Stoda
This writing is sort of a letter to Republican Unionists and Republican Iowa Progressives.
Howdy!
If Jay Leno can renege on his promise not to lay off writers currently on strike, I think it is time that the writer’s strikers support a change of regimes in the USA. I will support writers and all those interested in improving upon the economic status quo Americans have suffered under for far too long.
As of yesterday, I announced that I was running for President of the United States in the Iowa Caucus. I have received a sort of confirmation from the e-Republicans in Iowa just today. Mine is a low budget campaign of ideas meant to return the Republican Party to the era of 1980 when guys like John Anderson could run and take a good percentage of the Progressive Republican and Progressive Democrat vote. (We also voted for Nancy Kassebaum in my home state back in those years, too.)
America and the world need to have a better discussion in the Republican corner in both times of war and in times of (War) Budgets run-amok.
Americans need to have Republicans who are going to demand that leaders not only “talk the talk” but “actually bring values and honor” to the White House and transform business as usual in Congress.
What happened to standards of honesty we esteemed back when WE ALL got Nixon out of the White House in 1974
Over 3 decades ago, the so-called Moral majority messed up a generation of Americans by telling them, “It’s not the economy stupid!”
Come on! All Americans are related—not just the wealthiest, most connected and most powerful!
Stop pandering to those who focus on “logos” words but have no real soul nor heart.
Those messed-up Republicans and Moral Majority types claimed back in the 1980s that the key was to blindly bless the Gods of Shock Capitalism and Trickle Down economics.
Recall how Republicans back then had gumption in the 1970s through 1980.
Back then , even George Herbert Walker Bush wasn’t afraid to call a spade-a-spade and explained clearly that REAGANOMICS was simply voodoo economics and wishful thinking.
WISHFUL THINKING
Enough of this outmoded capitalism which brought America horrible bust and boom cycles from 1981 through 1992!
That was the Reagan model—it was a loser and didn’t get jobs and training nor long-term opportunities for the 21st century for American workers or for American employers within the geographical USA.
Our quality of life dropped. Our purchasing power continued to decline.
Come on you Republicans! You know I have nothing to lose by reminding you of the facts.
That myth of Reaganomics (and all the allied trinkle down mystical thinking) was an illusion that John Anderson, a once-good progressive Republican warned the Party and America about.
The Republican Party needs to return to the progressive eras and fill the plates of everyone as was the goal in the 1860s, early 1900s, and in the 1950s.
Such governance doesn’t strive towards mediocrity and third world status as have the Bush 1 & 2-Reagan era voodoo economies, which Americans have traumatically been suffering through most of my lifetime.
In short, for those who don’t recall the facts on the ground, the 1980 election was an extremely important one where both the conservative and evangelical Democrats and Republicans put the nail in the coffin of American political-economy by voting against their best interests—in terms of wages, jobs, careers and life choices for decades to come.
Admittedly, not only Republicans fell for it.
I recall my own grandfather—a lifelong Democrat—crying in late 1981 as he realized that he had contributed to the worst policy on the future of the American family. In less than a year after Reagan took over, my tearful grandpa knew a calamity was already unfolding before him. (Granpa had joined the many so-called Reagan Democrats and had voted Republican in 1980—ignoring the words of John Anderson and George H.W. Bush who had derided economic theory that was at best fantasy and at worst tumultuously dangerous. He and I had no doubt that had Reaganomics-as-usual, if continued through the whole of the 1990s, America would have led to major Depression, Deflation, or collapsed the economy in other ways—possibly seeing millions more Americans leave the country looking for more work and a better life.)
In summary, if the Soviet Union, i.e. the Evil Empire, had not tripped up first in the 1980s, the Reaganomics policies would have crashed the U.S. economy into 3rd World status in the 1990s.
Luckily, a fiscally conservative Democratic president managed to somewhat delay the economic slide started under Reaganomics until tragically (the Reaganomic’s Disciples) George W. Bush and Dick Cheney took office with their many misguided cronies in 2001.
Within two years many of the best progressive Republicans had quit office.
Thousands of other career civil servants have left government since then—joining the continued exodus of good progressive Republicans from Washington through this very day.
Just look at how hard it is to fill jobs in the U.S. government NOW. Voodoo economics and bad foreign policy have left the once great U.S. government offices in absolute shambles as of 2007-2008.
THE DOLLAR AS REFLECTION OF ILLNESS
Now, the American Dollar is no longer simply being SUPPORTED by good-hearted and self-interested governments in Japan and Europe (as was the case in the 1980s after the Arab economies collapsed).
Now, we depend on Russia, Venezuela, China, Vietnam, African fraudsters, the rich Arab World and Europe. They are trying their best to keep the dollar afloat—even though they make less and less on investments in the USA as each day goes by.
This is disgraceful!
Already, annually 30+ million Americans have to go abroad and work, too, just to support mortgages. Many of these include soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some, like my own sister, have to go abroad to help their husbands who serve in war.
Why aren’t we investing Americans’ money now in America--and the moneys of our children on developing our own country or building a more secure, economically sound, and energy efficient land??????
A beacon on the hill does much more to move the world than a bull-dozer filled with bombs.
Noble causes keep American going, but mismanaged wars and incompetent peace treaties and development projects are a waste
BLEEDING IN IRAQ AND ELSEWHERE
The so-called wars on poverty of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were not carried out as seriously and faithfully as they should have been.
However, aside from the fact that only 3000 to 5000 people died on 9-11 [and shortly thereafter], the success outside the U.S. has been minimal—even after spending trillions of dollars on security measures since 2001.
Not only are more troops (including U.S. citizens) dying in both Iraq and Afghanistan than ever before, we still see no formation of stable governance in any of these 2 lands after 5 years of throwing money and weaponry at what the Reaganomics practitioners claimed was most important to undertake in a never-ending-war on terror. Nor have we seen progress in stability in Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, nor Iran.
We need to call it a day and regroup, America!
In short, the Republican administrations of the past 28 years have had a worse record in gaining security for America than the Democratic governments of the 1960s. At least, the war on poverty had at least a progressive goal to it.
At least, the progressive Republican Nixon, was willing to join the Green Environmental movements of his era.
What have the Republicans of Reagan and the Bushes been able to claim in pride after all these decades in this department?
A PLAN
I came across a great plan for progressive Republicans to support in terms of kick-starting a better America in 2008 and 2009.
http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2007/strategic_drift.html
Check it. I will adopt it as the corer to my policy platform on the War in Iraq and War on terror or elsewhere, too. I recommend the Republicans start debating now on this seriously. Otherwise,--and need I remind you--, Hillary will switch parties and run as a Republican—then you other Republican presidential candidates will find your race dead.
Sure, she’ll keep spending on an endless war but she will have the Progressive Republicans and socially concerned evangelical Christians hands down.
NOTES
“1980 Debate Transcript”, http://www.debates.org/pages/trans80a.html
“John Anderson: The Nice Guy Syndrome”, http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198002/john-anderson/2
“John Schmitz”, http://www.johngschmitz.com/_files/koplinski.pdf
Stoda, Kevin “I Decided to Run for President in the Iowa Caucus and Why You Should Run, too”, http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alone_071130_i_decided_to_run_for.htm
“Three’s a Crowd”, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/dod/1980-broadcast.html
By Kevin A. Stoda
This writing is sort of a letter to Republican Unionists and Republican Iowa Progressives.
Howdy!
If Jay Leno can renege on his promise not to lay off writers currently on strike, I think it is time that the writer’s strikers support a change of regimes in the USA. I will support writers and all those interested in improving upon the economic status quo Americans have suffered under for far too long.
As of yesterday, I announced that I was running for President of the United States in the Iowa Caucus. I have received a sort of confirmation from the e-Republicans in Iowa just today. Mine is a low budget campaign of ideas meant to return the Republican Party to the era of 1980 when guys like John Anderson could run and take a good percentage of the Progressive Republican and Progressive Democrat vote. (We also voted for Nancy Kassebaum in my home state back in those years, too.)
America and the world need to have a better discussion in the Republican corner in both times of war and in times of (War) Budgets run-amok.
Americans need to have Republicans who are going to demand that leaders not only “talk the talk” but “actually bring values and honor” to the White House and transform business as usual in Congress.
What happened to standards of honesty we esteemed back when WE ALL got Nixon out of the White House in 1974
Over 3 decades ago, the so-called Moral majority messed up a generation of Americans by telling them, “It’s not the economy stupid!”
Come on! All Americans are related—not just the wealthiest, most connected and most powerful!
Stop pandering to those who focus on “logos” words but have no real soul nor heart.
Those messed-up Republicans and Moral Majority types claimed back in the 1980s that the key was to blindly bless the Gods of Shock Capitalism and Trickle Down economics.
Recall how Republicans back then had gumption in the 1970s through 1980.
Back then , even George Herbert Walker Bush wasn’t afraid to call a spade-a-spade and explained clearly that REAGANOMICS was simply voodoo economics and wishful thinking.
WISHFUL THINKING
Enough of this outmoded capitalism which brought America horrible bust and boom cycles from 1981 through 1992!
That was the Reagan model—it was a loser and didn’t get jobs and training nor long-term opportunities for the 21st century for American workers or for American employers within the geographical USA.
Our quality of life dropped. Our purchasing power continued to decline.
Come on you Republicans! You know I have nothing to lose by reminding you of the facts.
That myth of Reaganomics (and all the allied trinkle down mystical thinking) was an illusion that John Anderson, a once-good progressive Republican warned the Party and America about.
The Republican Party needs to return to the progressive eras and fill the plates of everyone as was the goal in the 1860s, early 1900s, and in the 1950s.
Such governance doesn’t strive towards mediocrity and third world status as have the Bush 1 & 2-Reagan era voodoo economies, which Americans have traumatically been suffering through most of my lifetime.
In short, for those who don’t recall the facts on the ground, the 1980 election was an extremely important one where both the conservative and evangelical Democrats and Republicans put the nail in the coffin of American political-economy by voting against their best interests—in terms of wages, jobs, careers and life choices for decades to come.
Admittedly, not only Republicans fell for it.
I recall my own grandfather—a lifelong Democrat—crying in late 1981 as he realized that he had contributed to the worst policy on the future of the American family. In less than a year after Reagan took over, my tearful grandpa knew a calamity was already unfolding before him. (Granpa had joined the many so-called Reagan Democrats and had voted Republican in 1980—ignoring the words of John Anderson and George H.W. Bush who had derided economic theory that was at best fantasy and at worst tumultuously dangerous. He and I had no doubt that had Reaganomics-as-usual, if continued through the whole of the 1990s, America would have led to major Depression, Deflation, or collapsed the economy in other ways—possibly seeing millions more Americans leave the country looking for more work and a better life.)
In summary, if the Soviet Union, i.e. the Evil Empire, had not tripped up first in the 1980s, the Reaganomics policies would have crashed the U.S. economy into 3rd World status in the 1990s.
Luckily, a fiscally conservative Democratic president managed to somewhat delay the economic slide started under Reaganomics until tragically (the Reaganomic’s Disciples) George W. Bush and Dick Cheney took office with their many misguided cronies in 2001.
Within two years many of the best progressive Republicans had quit office.
Thousands of other career civil servants have left government since then—joining the continued exodus of good progressive Republicans from Washington through this very day.
Just look at how hard it is to fill jobs in the U.S. government NOW. Voodoo economics and bad foreign policy have left the once great U.S. government offices in absolute shambles as of 2007-2008.
THE DOLLAR AS REFLECTION OF ILLNESS
Now, the American Dollar is no longer simply being SUPPORTED by good-hearted and self-interested governments in Japan and Europe (as was the case in the 1980s after the Arab economies collapsed).
Now, we depend on Russia, Venezuela, China, Vietnam, African fraudsters, the rich Arab World and Europe. They are trying their best to keep the dollar afloat—even though they make less and less on investments in the USA as each day goes by.
This is disgraceful!
Already, annually 30+ million Americans have to go abroad and work, too, just to support mortgages. Many of these include soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some, like my own sister, have to go abroad to help their husbands who serve in war.
Why aren’t we investing Americans’ money now in America--and the moneys of our children on developing our own country or building a more secure, economically sound, and energy efficient land??????
A beacon on the hill does much more to move the world than a bull-dozer filled with bombs.
Noble causes keep American going, but mismanaged wars and incompetent peace treaties and development projects are a waste
BLEEDING IN IRAQ AND ELSEWHERE
The so-called wars on poverty of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s were not carried out as seriously and faithfully as they should have been.
However, aside from the fact that only 3000 to 5000 people died on 9-11 [and shortly thereafter], the success outside the U.S. has been minimal—even after spending trillions of dollars on security measures since 2001.
Not only are more troops (including U.S. citizens) dying in both Iraq and Afghanistan than ever before, we still see no formation of stable governance in any of these 2 lands after 5 years of throwing money and weaponry at what the Reaganomics practitioners claimed was most important to undertake in a never-ending-war on terror. Nor have we seen progress in stability in Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Palestine, Turkey, nor Iran.
We need to call it a day and regroup, America!
In short, the Republican administrations of the past 28 years have had a worse record in gaining security for America than the Democratic governments of the 1960s. At least, the war on poverty had at least a progressive goal to it.
At least, the progressive Republican Nixon, was willing to join the Green Environmental movements of his era.
What have the Republicans of Reagan and the Bushes been able to claim in pride after all these decades in this department?
A PLAN
I came across a great plan for progressive Republicans to support in terms of kick-starting a better America in 2008 and 2009.
http://www.americanprogressaction.org/issues/2007/strategic_drift.html
Check it. I will adopt it as the corer to my policy platform on the War in Iraq and War on terror or elsewhere, too. I recommend the Republicans start debating now on this seriously. Otherwise,--and need I remind you--, Hillary will switch parties and run as a Republican—then you other Republican presidential candidates will find your race dead.
Sure, she’ll keep spending on an endless war but she will have the Progressive Republicans and socially concerned evangelical Christians hands down.
NOTES
“1980 Debate Transcript”, http://www.debates.org/pages/trans80a.html
“John Anderson: The Nice Guy Syndrome”, http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198002/john-anderson/2
“John Schmitz”, http://www.johngschmitz.com/_files/koplinski.pdf
Stoda, Kevin “I Decided to Run for President in the Iowa Caucus and Why You Should Run, too”, http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_alone_071130_i_decided_to_run_for.htm
“Three’s a Crowd”, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/debatingourdestiny/dod/1980-broadcast.html
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