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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:17 AM
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My Questions for Obama (and Hillary)
Edited on Sat May-03-08 11:06 AM by mac2
-Why haven't you protested the off-shore prisons which torture people in our name? We are not a country who approves of torture. Our tax payer dollars are funding it so to say we aren't responsible for them legally is just insane. Close them and remove the bribes from those leaders and countries. We the citizens (and the world community) do not approve.

Amnesty International and the Red Cross gives you data and information about abuse by us yet they are ignored. The high court is ignored too.

-Why aren't you demanding the law and Constitution be acknowledged in all cases violated by this government? Will you your first day of power bring back our laws, rights, and Constitution as you first swore under oath as a public servant of the people? The government has the ability to spy with a warrant. Doing it on your political enemies is self defeating and dangerous.

-Will you announce we are a nation not an Empire and look after our best interest regarding foreign policy? We are not the world's or corporation mercenaries. No more secret armies in S. America to protect Rev. Moon's water, etc. These are not approved by Congress and the people. It is abuse of power and a waste of our tax dollars. It makes us enemies around the world. To send our family to be killed for corporate or self wealth is illgal and unethical.

-Will you demand our media allow all voices not just RWers? Remove the de-regulation/merger of media legislation by President Clinton. It has not served us well. Radio has been destroyed really.

-Will you acknowledge our treaties passed by previous administrations both Democratic and Republican and approved by the citizens? We can not be lawless for Empire.

-Why do you not want to know the true reasons and criminals who did 911? It was one of the most horrific crimes in our history. We base all our "wars" and security on it. The President and Cheney have denied us documents, testimony, and the families of 911 victims well research question. The interfered with an investigation. The two 911 commissions were Bush approved and manipulated. No Mr. Hamilton on this next committee. He did a terrible job of covering up for Bush. It should be a committee approved by the families of 911 otherwise results will not be accepted. http://www.forward-usa.org/id4.html\

The truth is out of the box and to deny proper investigations is just plain treason. It also allows those we did it to do it once again in the future. The Nixon criminals are still in our government doing the same things.

-Why hasn't the Congressional ethics committees been able monitor their own lawlessness and criminal activities? If there is a suspicion send it to the courts. Seems to be an understanding to look the other way. It is a big frat house type mentality. "Change of face" law is not justice. Just leave with your bag of plunder criminal activity.

-Why are we allowing Canada and Mexico to make a profit off our resources when we as tax payers set them aside for our future use and enjoyment? We should control the railways, roads, and airlines for securities sake. Mexico wants to invade us for their own and Canada wants to profit off our resources (remove them from energy sources, our railways, and gold fields). Imagine the boldness of this government to sell off our Common Wealth? It is robbery.

-Why not get out of NAFTA now? It has not been in our best interest and no one is going to give us the advantage in the long run. NAFTA is an idea by the European royals to destroy our economy and wealth for themselves. No road from Canada to Mexico either (foreign owned is a security threat). We can do better on our own. Only the few profit not any citizen of the three countries. They have lost their good jobs to China and India too.

NAFTA/WTO is illegal under the Constitution since Congress with permission of the deal from the people allow it. The President and his trade representative do not have the power to do trade behind closed doors. It is not his Constitutional duty since it would dangerous like now.

NAFTA negates our Constitution and laws. It opens our borders and makes their own rules and unions. It is invasion by a few world elite over our country. We have no democracy only a shell of one.

To insure better working conditions, rights, and environmental improvements in other countries is just plain folly since we can't do it in our own. It won't work and you all know it. We Americans don't want to be a global anything. It only leads to wars, poverty, and tyranny. We should bring them "up" not us down to them.

It can not be re-negotiated with Canada and Mexico for the above reasons.

-Why are Democratic leaders (and yourself) so intent on open borders and illegal immigration? It is dangerous to our security. Not to mention it is union busting. We now have huge numbers of S. Americans who need education, health benefits, criminal incarceration, job training, etc. It is a huge drain on our state and federal government budgets. We can not take in the world and expect to be prosperous and "one". They already want us to be part of Mexico. It is an invasion from the South to steal all we have as a country for themselves. They are not the usual immigrants of the past who come to be part of us. It is too many too soon. Even previous amnesty Hispanic groups who are citizens now protest. We have few jobs for citizens let alone foreigners. Globalization is causing a huge and dangerous shift of populations to a few countries in the world.

There are refugee camps and immigants in the millions fleeing from enviornmental, economic, and war situations.

We have exceeded any time in history our immigrant numbers. We have increased immigration to record levels with guest workers, etc. So no one can say we don't welcome immigration in America.

The impact on education in the high immigration states have caused a crisis in many ways. We are not helping them let alone our own children. Congress just hides their head in the sand and tells us it will be OK when we know history shows it will not.

Because of high immigration from Catholic countries the religious groups are now pushing their agenda to control public funding and agenda. The President illegally supplies them public funds (not approved by the Congress or people...billions of dollars). There is a religious war for power and their own representatives in government. They are flush with wealth and our leaders who want that religious vote for themselves why not?

You and any other American are allowed freedom of religion because we separate the government from powerful religious organizations (unlike old Europe). Religious wars rage the earth and populations even today. Stop this folly before it ruins our already stressed democracy. Politicians shamelessly use god for their own self interest.

-Why not bring back our troops from the illegal wars for oil? We won't win but you in Congress profit. It is horrible and evil. Bring them back now to prevent any more American deaths and foreign hatred. As Colin Powell said, you broke it now you fix it.

Bring accountability for all the plundering of our and their wealth. We know who did it and who has it.

-Fire lawless Blackwater, Halliburton, etc. They are profiting off war and are self serving. We lack over sight of these for profit war organizations. Death for profit is evil and dangerous. It could be us in the future under the World Order Government.

-Why do you and your wife belong to the CFR when it violates the Logan Act? Secret organizations meeting behind closed doors deciding our fate with other foreign leaders and elite is just plain treason. If you are a representative of the people you should not be involved in such organizations. They don't serve our best interest but the leaders of those organizations. They are out of power and non-elected mostly.

Henry Kissinger and David Rockefeller, etc. should be told they are violating the Logan Act as Americans. They are not elected officials to determine or negotiate our future with any world elite or corporate heads.

-Why aren't you promising election reforms once you have the ability to do so? Remove all computers and news corporation control over voting. Make them shorter (about a year shorter) and less expensive so you can get back to your real job as representatives. We are sick to death of this long primary.

-Why are you and Congress allowing this President to destroy our Civil Service system (set up to work over many years). It prevents cronyism. It is cheaper and more trustworthy to have lifetime public servants. It also functions on a higher level of knowledge and over sight. Privatization of government is just plain cronyism and robbery of our wealth. Even our government jobs and data have been moved to India. That makes me very nervous and I suspect there could be fraud in the end. We in America don't need these jobs?

-Why can't you promise the people proper notice and access to any hearings or decisions made in our name? No behind the door trade plans or agreements. If we don't know we can make informed decisions? If they are made without our input we won't trust our leaders and remove them. We can't set our own goals.

If foreign relations or intelligence information is critical to be in secret than they are not good plans. The enemy usually knows before we the citizens and leaders.

-Would you form a Department of Waste and Recycling? We need to set up funds to start businesses and waste product disposal. We could use plastics, oil, paper but have the same type that could be recycled, etc. We are destroying our world with pollution and waste.

Children's plastic toys are in landfills and destroy their future. All food is not safe in plastic. Either make them of the same plastic so they can be recycled or make them illegal.

It's almost like we as a society knew we were going to have to stop this waste sooner or later but have been on a binge. Life to the fullest attitude not caring about our children's future.

-Will you as President demand all the privatized for profit prisons be changed to public once again? Prisoners for profit is just plain evil and unethical. We have more prisoners in our jails Than China. All voting rights should be restored once they serve their term (not for illegals but sent back). The long prison sentences for some minority Americans is just cruel and unjust.

-Will you make sure white collar crime is punished in this country? We can not stop it unless we do. Criminals such as Tom DeLay and Rove should be in jail for treason, etc. A court of law should put them there. Judges putting representatives in jail for the ruling political party is reason to lose their jobs and legal license. Justice denied is...well you know since you have a very good legal degree.

-Will you do better over sight of our agricultural lands, food, air, fresh water, and drugs?

-Will you assure punishment for drug corporation CEOs who knowingly keep harmful drugs on the market, push up prices, etc.

-Why aren't you joining the demand for Cheney and Bush impeachment? Impeachment is not too late. We can not allow them to leave and not be held accountable for their criminal and treasonous activity. They will return and continue to destroy our democracy and wealth...safety. I don't want to fund their pensions and security when they have destroyed our country in just eight years. It will take us generations to recover and even then we will never be the same country.

-Will you assure us that the Government Accountability Office be funded to monitor all our agencies, etc.?

-Why can't you Senator and Presidential candidate Obama promise to do the above and when will it happen? We demanded many of these things in the 2006 election mandate but have been ignored. We need new party leadership since they let our win in 2006 slip away.

Why aren't you Democrats demanding answers to these questions? When you meet with representatives for office them ask. Coordinate a group to ask each question.

I'm inviting you to add to them.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:27 AM
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1. K& R This is why I'm still supporting Kucinich
I want him to remain in the House so that he can attempt to make our party and our nation responsive to these questions. I invite all who agree to support him and other progressive candidates for Congress.
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:30 AM
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3. I do support Progressives and the country cried for them in
2006. But the party ignored us. When a candidate says they are a Progressive but do otherwise when elected shouldn't we demand they be explosed or asked to leave office by our funding groups?

Even Kucinish now supports amnesty. His religious group of illegals?

I'm sick of being betrayed.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:29 AM
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2. Good questions for both candidates, save for the
immigration stuff. I think that if we focus on getting our industry back and punishing corporations for shipping jobs overseas and products back home, we'll have enough good jobs for *everyone*--including the illegals. We definitely need to work on border security, but if we fix our security issues and increase *legal* immigration, people would be less likely to come here *illegally*.

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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:31 AM
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4. No we don't.
Even college graduates can't find good jobs. Unions are being busted and their members laid off.
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:39 AM
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7. Sorry you feel that way,
I disagree with you, and I consider that point of view to be counter-productive to finding a practical, realistic solution. If we continue the easy-way-out of blaming the illegals, we get nowhere. The problem is not too many workers--the problem is not enough jobs, and THAT is a problem that can be laid squarely at the doorstep of Profit-Before-All Corporate America. Their utter lack of national loyalty and their warped and twisted ethical standards are, by far, the biggest reason that we've lost our industry. That is where we should be focusing our attention--not punishing poor immigrant people who are only trying to keep their families from starving. It's not their fault that they weren't born American citizens, after all. In the end, we are all human beings. If we want to claim to be progressives--compassionate and concerned with the *earth*, not just our own little corner of it--then it would be prudent to recognize that common bond of humanity sooner rather than later.

Peace,
Oktoberain
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:41 AM
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9. Even Hispanic Americans agree with me.
It is a huge problem to invite open borders to any other country.
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TragedyandHope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:34 AM
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5. Once we get our candidate in office
we can press them on these issues and more. With McCain, forget it.

:kick:
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:36 AM
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6. That will be too late since they won't feel we care enough.
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TragedyandHope Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 11:39 AM
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11. Well, it's the chicken and the egg problem
Can we get them into office if they support everything we want? Look at Kucinich and Gravel.
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:17 PM
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14. They've taken everything that made us a democracy.
I don't think demanding that is asking too much. Or expecting too much. No other administration would have dared to do the things they do today. It is treasonous not just a different way of running our country. It violates our very founding...the Constitution.

If that is too much all previous fights for independence and freedom meant little. My ancestors would turn over in their graves let alone our founding fathers.
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Booster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:40 AM
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8. Excellent questions. Of course you know they aren't going to
answer even one of them.
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 10:42 AM
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10. Can't we try?
The questions I hear from our party members are so polite and unimportant. It's like a pep rally.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 11:52 AM
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12. I'll add one:
If you really care about the health care crisis, why haven't you adopted HR 676?

:kick:
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:19 PM
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16. Right. It was a mandate of 2006 was it not?
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:26 PM
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17. How many of those "mandates" materialized in '07?
:(
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:54 PM
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19. emmm can't think of one.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 01:40 PM
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21. I can't either, which is why
I have no patience for people who tell me that "if we just get Democrats in office" THEN we'll see some action. :eyes:
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 11:58 PM
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22. We have to get 75% of the Democrats in Congress with a
Edited on Sun May-04-08 12:01 AM by mac2
Democratic President (Progressive) apparently since so many of them ignore us and do what they want. How many elections will that take with them giving up the fight to win and not count all the votes? Our party leaders screwing up primaries? Dems running for office who are/were "Repubicans" (moderates)? How much power do they need to get a Democratic agenda? In the states who voted in Democrats they still don't have it do they?

It's that carrot on a stick that we never can catch.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-04-08 10:21 AM
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23. That cycle of perpetual frustration
is exhausting and drains enthusiasm for the whole process.
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eallen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:15 PM
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13. Obama has promised as one of his first acts as president...
To review all Bush executive orders, for those that are unconstitutional. That covers some of the most egregious examples on your list.

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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:19 PM
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15. Right since they violate the Constitution and separation of powers and duty.
Edited on Sat May-03-08 12:25 PM by mac2
Obama stopped short of impeachment and accountability. Why is that?

As the newly elected President Jefferson did against John Adam's Sediton Act, negate the Patriot Acts, Military Commissions Act, and FEMA abuse of property and rights. 1st thing.
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eallen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:39 PM
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18. No. Obama has said his AG would investigate Bush's administration for criminal liability.
Especially with regard to its policies on torture.
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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-03-08 12:55 PM
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20. Good.
Not just criminal liability but send him to the Hague for genocide.
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