Let us Change Change

During these times of looking for the next leader of our great nation, we hear from every candidate on how they will bring change. Frankly I’m tired of hearing the word change. What has happened to our country over the last seven years clearly demonstrates what one administration’s changes have brought to this nation! What I want hear from the person that I want as my President is the word RESTORE. This country needs to restore a fiscal policy that doesn’t put a two trillion dollar debt on all Americans so that  our future is owned by China, Japan and Middle East Countries.

We need to restore a foreign policy where we don’t invade sovereign countries that don’t attack us.

We need to restore our manufacturing jobs that have been lost to cheap foreign labor. Paper Magic in Troy is closing and losing 65 jobs just in the past week. This is happening all across this nation to rural and urban communities, but this will only stop when the President and Congress restore us to a time before NAFTA and the WTO. We need to restore trade tied to human rights and hold other nations to the same labor and environmental standards as ours. Also, Congress should never allow any President to have Fast Track to avoid their responsibility of setting trade policies.

We need to restore an energy policy that was set back 30 years ago that would not have us funding Arab Sheiks who financed the attack on 9/11 and would have had us allot closer to true energy independence today. Last week Bush was bribing the Saudi’s with over 30 billion dollars worth of our latest and most sophisticated weaponry and asking them, “Please lower your price of oil”. Weren’t 17 of the 19 hijackers Saudi’s?

We need to restore a nation that would never have torture as a matter of policy.

We need to restore our education system to where our children are number one in the world, not near the bottom of other industrialized countries.

We need to restore the meaning of “Support the Troops” by giving those returning the healthcare, both physical and mental care that they truly need. Having them living in squalor in our nation’s capital across from Walter Reed is a national disgrace. Our soldiers should be more than just a back drop for a President, who uses them to support his illegal war,

We need to restore the ballot box, not the computer box from corporations, and go back to paper so there can be verifiable recounts.

We need to restore our airwaves and print media so that it is owned by many corporations who are just media companies and not weapons manufacturers, Mickey Mouse, or by just one Australian named Rupert Murdoch.

We need to restore the accountability of Congress to hold hearings on War Profiteering as President Truman did.

We need to restore the value of our America dollar so that it is worth more not less than even the Canadian dollar.

We need to restore the rule of law so that no longer will any of the President’s underlings be able to ignore Congressional subpoenas when the possible crimes make Watergate look like a speeding ticket.

We need to restore to a time when Americans knew that their government was not listening to their phone calls, reading their emails and entering their homes (Sneak & Peek) without a warrant.

We need to restore our image to the world that sets us as an example of what is right and moral.

We need to restore a tax policy that doesn’t give millions back to billionaires while average Americans are losing their homes, paying over $3 per gallon for gas, and can’t afford healthcare.

We need to restore New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to before Katrina instead of sending billions of dollars each week to Iraq.

We need to restore a fair bidding for all US Government Contracts, not no-bid contracts for Halliburton and all the cronies of a President and Vice President.

 

Finally, I want to restore us to a time when you couldn’t find an American Flag that says “Made in China,” and restore us to a time where our President brought hope and vision for our nation instead of perpetuating fear and endless war. And less I forget, please restore us to a time when our President could talk in complete sentences.