STO POLITICAL HATE CRIMES: LET'S REFORM OUR POLITICIANS

Hate crimes or bias-motivated crimes are a perpetrated against targets due to his or her perceived (generally recognized as true) membership in a certain social group. While a hate crime is generally recognized as crimes perpetrated against racial groups or individuals due to their sexual orientation, there are additional factors which constitute a hate crime. These factors include crimes committed against an individual or group due to their religious affiliation, political affiliation, a disability, their age, class or even a victim’s gender.

Violent bigotry targets more than a single victim, or a small group of victims being physically injured; hate crimes create an outreaching and lingering psychological effect on the human community. These crimes are meant to intimidate a person or group; making them feel more vulnerable than a person not amongst the group at which the violence had been targeted; resulting in a fragmented community and increased violence potential.

Despite Hate Crime Legislation, I have been reviewing several persons who I believe should be arrested, convicted and jailed (long-term) for hate crimes; yet the DOJ (Department of Justice) simply sits on their hands, ignoring the crimes being committed on a daily basis. Let’s take a look at the criminals and their crimes:

Sarah Palin: Has targeted a list of Democratic members of Congress she intends to see defeated this year. Her crime: marking each of the targets with a reticle, a network of fine lines or fibers in the eyepiece of a sighting device; more commonly known as crosshairs. Why should this be a hate crime: the targets are a political group; marking the targeted victims with a reticle is inciting violence.

Is this really a crime? Contact local and state law enforcement officers, the DOJ, FBI and Department of Homeland Security. Remain calm throughout your conversation. State that you are seeking advice because you do not want to break the law; then, explain that you have a problem with either the Democratic or Republican Party and you want to make sure this group does not win in the upcoming election; therefore, you plan on posting you opinion on every conceivable online forum. Tell them your plan is to say, let’s get them; and you want to mark your targets with crosshairs; then request to know if you could get arrested for doing this. Make more than one call on different days of the week, during different time periods; you will find that the response to your question will change with the person answering the telephone. In the end, you will learn that you can be held criminally responsible should anything happen to any of your targets. You should also learn that you may be arrested for inciting violence. Once you learn this; ask this question: Then why hasn’t Sarah Palin been advised to remove her Democratic targets marked by crosshairs; or arrested for attempting to incite violence.

It will take more than one person and more than one telephone call; but will be doing something responsible and you will be doing it responsibly. If you believe Sarah Palin is correct; if you believe that violence is the answer; go to this location (Google Books) http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS356US357&q=war%20of%20rebellion&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=bks:1&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wp and begin reading about the American Civil War (AKA: War of the Rebellion and War of Northern Aggression). If that maneuver has not changed your point of view, go to the Library of Congress’ website http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwarquery.html and search under death, dead, killed. If after all of this you still prefer violence; leave the country, permanently, commit yourself to a mental institution, or pack all of your belongings and move into a cave as far away from civilization as possible because people like you do not deserve to be called American.

Of course, Sarah Palin is not the only person inciting violence; have you listened to Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck? How about the outright lies and fear mongering utilized by the NEWLY REVISED Radical Republican Party (I believe that Ronald Reagan is probably rolling in his grave to think he ever associated himself with this party; in fact, every time I see a Republican running through the rain I have to smile; because all I can picture is Reagan pissing on them!). Why, you may ask did I say newly revised; go to Google Books and search for radical republicans & reconstruction that should give you at least a tiny piece of understanding.

Now, take one more step before hearing how you can stop this political violence; take another trip to Google Books and check out the Nuremberg trials. If you can honestly read trial information and not see that the Bush Administration, specifically ex-VP Cheney are not guilty of war crimes; well, once again, leave the country, permanently, commit yourself to a mental institution, or pack all of your belongings and move into a cave as far away from civilization as possible because people like you do not deserve to be called American.

STOPPING POLITICAL VIOLENCE & RECREATING A GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE:

This will be a long, dragged out process; but, if enough individuals give a damn about the United States, it can be achieved. First, you have to hit the politicians where it will do the most good; their pocketbooks! There is no way that the law I am suggesting will even be considered by Congress or Senate; this has to be done on the street level.

The only means by which to force Politicians to work for the people rather than Corporations and the wealthy is to take away the ability of lobbyist to fund a political candidate! Without money in their pockets, without the ability to open their hands to those who can pay; elected officials would once again be forced to open their eyes and ears to their constituents. Political reform is possible, it has happened before and it is time that it happens again. (For those of you who do not believe in eternal return {All this has happened before, and all this will happen again} check out the Panic of 1857; if you look at it with your eyes wide open, you should realize that the Panic of 1857 is terrifyingly similar to the recent collapse on Wall Street.

Moving on: I move that every citizen in the United States with an net income of less than $250,000.00 work for the following referendum; Lobbyist will no longer be allowed to fund a politician or his campaign. Additionally, any individual, or family with a net income of $250,000.00, and any company or corporation will no longer be able to fund a politician or his campaign. I further suggest that a ten year average (when possible) based on the previous ten year period; or an average based on the past ten political donations for all lobbyist, all companies and corporations, or individuals or families with a net income of at least $250,000.00 be made public and the aforementioned be responsible to continue their past donations; but to a collective pot rather than an individual candidate. I propose that this pot be split into quarters to be used in the following manner; 25% be used to fund social programs throughout the United States, those programs being temporary assistance, Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Food Stamps, Heap, etc. I propose that 25% be used to pay down the government deficit. I propose that 25% be used to bring jobs back to the United States. I propose the remaining 25% be split amongst the politicians for their campaigns.

Furthermore, I propose that any politician caught accepting money from any of the aforementioned sources, or manipulating funding by using persons with a net income below $250,000.00; immediately forfeit his position and any future benefits he may have earned. I also propose that these politicians spend three years in a Medium – Security State Correctional Facility, in general population. Properly paying for a crime will make crime less attractive.

If a politician commits a moral crime; but has broken no laws; I propose that politician’s life no longer be dragged into the national spotlight. I further propose that the politician’s family alone shall judge the person; providing that the politician has done the job he was elected to do and has not used taxpayer money for his tryst; no one has a right, be it Democrat or Republican to judge that politician. Furthermore, I propose laws against media coverage of such incidents unless the politician campaigned on moral values. If that he the case the politician if national shall be judged by the national public, if state by the state public and if local by the local public alone.

I propose that all politicians, rather it be local, state or federal have their wages readjusted. Many politicians work on a part-time basis; yet they make far more than the average working man. I believe that all wages should be voted on by their constituents, as should any future raises, any benefits, any per diem accounts, as well as any expense accounts. If the constituents have a larger role to play in the political arena; politicians would be less likely to get out of control as they seem to have become over the last twenty years.

I propose that any politician who knowingly lies to his constituents, or utilizes fear mongering as an approach to further his political agenda, or continue in his political arena; immediately be brought up on charges and dismissed without pay until the nation, as a whole considers whether or not he be allowed to retain his position.

PROPOSED LAWS TO SIMULATE ECONOMY:

I further propose that all tax credits presently given to companies who outsource jobs to other countries be rescinded; and a tax be levied against all companies based on their employment averages from 1998; before continuing I feel it necessary to explain. Since 1998, 3 million manufacturing jobs have been lost to U.S. citizens due to outsourcing; an approximate 500,000 professional/informational jobs have also been lost for the same reason, during the same time period. To return jobs to America, I propose the following; every company must make public the number of jobs they have outsourced since 1998. In order to return America’s jobs, my proposal is thus; once the outsourcing information has been made public, each company who has outsourced United States jobs must pay a .05% of their annual net income fine for each outsourced job, up to 50% of the jobs they have outsourced. In addition, for each job a company brings back to the United States (again up to 50% of their outsourced job rate) they will receive a .1% tax deduction on their annual net income.

Additionally, I believe that any company within the United States that employs 100 or more persons must allow a union into their establishment to protect the workers. The Union is to negotiate no more than 1% wage increase per each contract calendar; the Union will also be responsible to see that companies of this size provide a reduced health insurance option for their employees and must allow each employee the opportunity of a 40 hour work week. Unions should also be responsible for allotting sick days and vacation days; personal days, hot days and the like are not necessary. Companies must allow an employee to use these sick days without doctor’s note. (This should assure that companies such as Wal-Mart who brag about their employees being insured, when the principal insurer is the tax-payer (Medicaid).

Further more, I propose child support laws be reviewed. After discussion with several non-custodial parents (both male and female) and a great deal of research, it is my belief that these laws meant to benefit the nation’s children have gotten out of control and have torn the community fabric.

Finally, I propose that the Blue Laws be restored. Families have been torn since their repeal; if a family is forced to spend one day per week together, society may change for the better.

As usual, if you wish to comment, feel free to email me at: mindyourspeak@hotmail.com. I will post any and all emails, including personal information given. If the writer feels it necessary to use vulgarities, I reserve the right to use symbols in place of the vulgarity. I also reserve the right to comment.