BLOG OF KEN STREMSKY.

2003-08-11T16:55:00.000-04:00

I am looking for a part-time job in sales.

My Monster.com resume isresume

Graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1992 with a BA Degree in Political Science and a minor in Economics.

I ran for the United States Senate in 2002 from New Hampshire and received more than 2000 votes.

I did not spend much money on advertising.

I may run for elective office in 2004.

The Telegraph of Nashua has an article about me

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Students and their families should be able to deduct the full cost of job training programs, college educations, and graduate school educations from their federal taxes.

Individuals and their families should be able to deduct the full cost of their health insurance and other health care expenses from their federal taxes.

HELPING SOLDIERS

I wrote the following after watching part
of an interview Washington Journal which is on
C-Span had with Michael J. Bennett. He discussed
the GI Bill. Michael J. Bennett wrote When Dreams
Came True: the GI BILL and the Making of Modern
America.

Congress should pass a law that says that for
each year a person serves in the United States
Military the person should be able to obtain a
year of college or graduate school free at any
college or graduate school that accepts federal
funds.

The free year of college or graduate school
should include tuition, room and board, meals,
books, and school fees.

Students should be allowed to attend Ivy League
schools that accept them as well as other
colleges and universities.

College educated Veterans probably pay more in
taxes than non college educated Veterans during
their working years.

College educated Veterans may be most of our
country's leaders in the future.

Soldiers should be allowed to transfer the
educational benefits they obtain to brothers,
sisters, sons, daughters, grandsons, and
granddaughters.

The payments to the colleges and universities
should come from federal tax revenues.

Some websites on selling I recommend are
makingthenumbers.com

joegirard.com

sales.monster.com/experts/lytle

How to Sell Anything To Anybody by Joe Girard is
the best book dealing with sales I have ever
read. He sold more than 12000 automobiles.

I also highly recommend Artful Persuasion: How
to command attention, change minds, and influence
people by Harry Mills.

2003-08-09T22:24:00.000-04:00

Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire discusses improving early education in his Head Start opinion piece from the August 7, 2003 paper.

It is available at unionleader

I hope the budget for Head Start will be at least 30 billion dollars a year. It is currently 7 billion dollars a year. The better we educate young children the better they will probably do in school and in life.

2003-08-05T18:04:00.000-04:00

I hope Congress will build and support many schools and hospitals in poor urban areas and poor rural areas of the United States of America. I think this will strengthen our economy and improve the health of our people.

I hope that students and their families will be able to deduct the full cost of job training programs from their federal taxes.

I hope that students and their families will be able to deduct the full cost of their college educations and graduate school educations from their federal taxes.

I hope that Congress will allow people and their families to deduct the full cost of health insurance and other health care expenses from their federal taxes.

2003-08-05T17:49:00.000-04:00

I hope Liberia will become a safer place for the Liberian people. I am glad African troops have arrived in Liberia.

I hope US advisors and other US troops will only go if Congress votes for this. I am worried Liberia could become another Somalia or Lebanon for us.

I am glad President Bush is trying to reduce the spread of AIDS in Africa. I think this is good for Africa and good for us.

I hope trade with Africa will increase and that this increased trade will create jobs in the United States of America and Africa.

I hope the United States of America will help many African countries become more self-sufficient in farming so that Africa will have fewer famines.

2003-08-03T10:57:00.000-04:00

I hope people have a great month and that the rest of the year will go well for them.

I hope we will have a more secure Social Security system and a more secure Medicare system in the future. I discuss them on my blog. If people like my ideas, I hope they will consider writing to Democratic Presidential candidates, President Bush, and members of Congress about them.

2003-08-02T10:35:00.000-04:00

I may run for elective office in 2004.

I am looking for a campaign manager and a campaign treasurer.

2003-08-02T10:32:00.000-04:00

Today I screwed up several times. I sent out letters to the editor dealing with Liberia that did not make much sense. I e-mailed fixed letters that were not properly fixed. I apologize to the newspapers and people I e-mailed poorly fixed letters. I did send them improved fixed letters.

2003-08-02T01:07:00.000-04:00

I am glad California voters have the ability to recall the Governor. I wish voters in every state had the ability to recall Governors, members of Congress, and the President of the United States of America.

I do not think it should be easy to recall an elected official. It should take at least a sixty percent vote to remove an elected official.

If a Governor is removed from office, the state legislature could pick a temporary Governor who could serve till an election could take place which could be three months after the recall election.

Governors could pick temporary members of Congress until an election could take place which could be three months after the recall election. I think it is a bad idea to allow Governors to pick permanent Senators which is the case now.

If the President of the United States of America was removed from office, the Vice President would become President.

2003-08-01T23:57:00.000-04:00

I do not think President Bush has the power to send troops to Liberia because of Article One, Section Eight of the United States Constitution. ( I realize I am wrong. Sometimes I write stupid things. I think it is bad to do it without Congressional approval.)

I hope Liberia does not become another Somalia or Lebanon for us.

The movie Black Hawk Down discussed how our troops did not have the weapons they needed in Somalia.

Our Marines were murdered in Lebanon.

Article One, Section Eight says Congress and not the President of the United States of America is supposed to declare war. I think sending advisors and/or other troops into Liberia would be a declaration of war.(This also does not make any sense.)

Congress is supposed "To make Rules for the Government of the land and naval forces."

Congress is supposed "To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses against the Law of Nations."

I realize the President of the United States of America is the Commander-In-Chief of our military. Putting land troops in foreign countries without congressional approval is something that worries me. I think the President of the United States of America needs to be able to move our naval power and air power without Congressional approval.

2003-07-21T14:14:00.000-04:00

You may view the August 4, 2002 Telegraph article about me that includes my picture at Telegraph article

2003-07-21T04:48:00.000-04:00

I ran for the United States Senate in 2002 as a Republican. I received more than 2000 votes. I spent little money on advertising.

I may run for elective office in 2004.

I am looking for recommendations for campaign treasurer and campaign manager. Democrats, Republicans, and others encouraged to e-mail me.

My e-mail address is kstremskyforelectiveoffice@yahoo.com

2003-07-21T03:36:00.000-04:00

In 2002, the social security tax was 6.2 percent and it was placed on only the first $84,900 in wages a person made in 2002.

Tne May 11, 2002 Financial Times has an informative editorial with the title "The wages of longevity."

The social security tax is the highest federal tax that people who make under $20,000 a year pay. The suggestions I make in this section will decrease the probability that the social security tax will be increased on people who make under $20,000 a year.

The social security tax should not be greater than five percent for individuals.

The social security tax should be placed on all wages a person makes in a year. The social security tax should not be placed on interest from savings accounts, dividends, capital gains, and estates. If a person makes a million dollars in wages in a year and the social security tax is five percent, the person would pay a social security tax that is $50,000.

If an employer pays an employee stock options, the gain from the sale of the stock options should be treated as wages. If an employee receives a profit of nine million dollars by selling stock options for 10 million dollars that the employee paid one million dollars, the employee should pay a social security tax of $450,000.

Businesses should match the social security tax contributions made by their employees on the first $100,000 in wages an employee makes in a year.

Businesses should pay a three percent social security tax on yearly profits above $10,000,000.01.

The social security tax should not be greater than three percent on the first $20,000 in wages a person makes in a year.

Social security benefits should not be taxed.

I hope the earnings test will never again be placed on people who are at least 65 years of age.

I would prefer that an individual who makes more than $100,000.01 in a year not receive money from the Social Security Administration that year before the "normal retirement age" of 65 is increased.

The "normal retirement age" for social security should stay 65. Black men are less likely to make it to 65 years of age than white men.

People should be allowed to invest at least twenty-five percent of their social security tax into mutual funds and stocks.

People will not need to obtain as much money from the Social Security Administration if the Federal Government stops taxing interest from savings accounts, dividends, and capital gains.

Allan Sloan who works for Newsweek wrote a great article in the August 13, 2001 issue with the title "A Simple Social security Solution." The article discusses allowing the Social Security Administration to buy federally backed mortgages which are backed by the Government National Mortgage Association which is also known as Ginnae Mae.

MEDICARE

In 2002, the medicare tax was 1.45 percent.

The medicare tax should be placed on all wages a person makes in a year. The medicare tax should not be placed on interest from savings accounts, dividends, and capital gains.

Businesses should match medicare tax contributions made by their employees on the first $100,000 in wages the employee makes in a year.

The medicare tax should never be greater than five percent for individuals.

The medicare tax could be two percent on the first $50,000 in wages a person makes in a year.

The medicare tax could be three percent on wages made between $50,000.01 and $100,000.

The medicare tax could be five percent on wages made above $100,000.01 a
year.

Businesses should pay a two percent medicare tax on yearly profits above $10,000,000.01.

Prescription drugs should be covered by Medicare. Medicare might want to charge Medicare's participants who make more than $20,000 a year a $5 or $10 co-pay for each prescription.

I would like Medicare to be more like the Federal Employees Health Benefits program which is discussed at http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.htm

2003-07-09T14:26:00.000-04:00

It is raining today.

I am watching tv today.

2003-05-23T10:51:00.000-04:00

I hope Congress will allow people to deduct the cost of health insurance and other health care expenses from their federal taxes.

2003-05-23T10:18:00.000-04:00

I have realized that my comments dealing with non voters on my website are not logical. People should not be punished for not voting. Freedom includes the freedom not to vote.

2003-05-07T18:28:00.000-04:00

That 70s show is an enjoyable program and I plan on watching it and American Idol tonight.

2003-05-07T18:27:00.000-04:00

Several years ago, the McDonald's in Hooksett had a very funny sign up for a while. I think it was a month. It said something like now hiring Losers. Obviously, the C had fallen off. I wish I had taken a picture of it and submitted it to newspapers.

2003-04-23T14:34:00.000-04:00

I have not written in a while. I may write more regularly. I dropped out of the race for President in 2004. I will continue to talk about issues that I think are important.

I hope our country will elect people in 2004 who support a national health care system similar to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program that federal government employees participate in. The greatest country in the world should have a national health care system as an option for its citizens.

2003-03-26T17:37:00.000-05:00

I am glad our troops are doing well. I think President Bush is doing a good job as Commander In Chief now. I wish Congress had Declared War against Iraq and not just passed a resolution authorizing the usage of force.

I enjoyed last night's espisode of Buffy a lot. I am glad Spike did not kill the Principal.

I hope people will check out my positions on the issues, compare them with other people who run for elective office, support what you like, and go against what you dislike.

I dropped out of the race for President because I do not think a person should continue running for an elective position if the person no longer has the desire to do the job at this time.

2003-03-25T07:05:00.000-05:00

I have decided to drop out of the 2004 Presidential race because I no longer have the desire to be elected President in 2004.

2003-03-17T14:05:00.000-05:00

I am glad high school students in several states have asked me for information about my Presidential campaign.

I hope high school students will vote a lot more often in the future.

If teenagers and people in their twenties want their representatives to listen to them, they need to vote a lot more often than they do now. Senior citizens have a great deal of political power because they vote.

I hope many teenagers and people in their twenties will run for Aldermen, Mayors, and State Legislatures. A person can be a representative in the United States House of Representatives at 25 years of age. A person only has to be 30 years old to be a United States Senator.

We need more young people in the United States House of Representative and the United States Senate.

I hope more Veterans will run for the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. I do not believe Congress is representing our Veterans well now. Our Veterans were promised decent health care and Congress has not made sure that Veterans get decent health care.

2003-03-12T10:49:00.000-05:00

SmartMoney.com has an article "FDA Cracks Down on Cheaper Drugs From Canada" which you may read at article

The Federal Government should enforce Bayh-Dole which allows the Federal Government to reduce the prices of drugs based on Federal Government research.

You may read about Bayh-Dole by typing Bayh-Dole on Duke University's search engine located at www.duke.edu

The information on Duke University's website is located at information

2003-03-08T15:55:00.000-05:00

The March 8, 2003 Union Leader said on page D8 that "Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the "Great Dissenter," was born in Boston."

The following quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr who lived 1841 to 1935 was on page D8

"If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought - not free thought for those who agree with us but freedom for the thought that we hate."

2003-03-05T18:22:00.000-05:00

I received negative feedback today and I added the feedback to my negative feedback link which is located at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/negative.txt

I post comments after the letter.

2003-03-05T17:41:00.000-05:00

I watched The Ring today. It is a very good scary movie. I kept my eyes closed for parts of it.

I have had a mustache and a beard now for more than six weeks. I will probably shave them off when the weather gets warmer.

I am looking forward to watching Angel because Faith will be on. I hope a series based on Faith will be on next year.

2003-03-04T17:33:00.000-05:00

I have worked part-time for a national video store rental chain for more than three years.

I highly recommend that people watch The Wrong Man and 12 Angry Men. Both movies star Henry Fonda and deal with our justice system.

The Wrong Man is directed by Alfred Hitchcock and it is a true story. It is my favorite Alfred Hitchcock Movie and it is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM

Article 2, Section 2 of the United States Constitution gives the President of the United States of America the "Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for offenses against the United States, accept in Cases of Impeachment."

I would like an amendment to the United States Constitution to be passed that gives the United States Senate the "Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."

I would like an amendment to the United States Constitution to be passed that gives State legislatures the "Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment."

I support the death penalty for certain crimes.

I believe innocent people have been executed because of poor defense lawyers and racism.

The United States Senate should have the power to free people who have been convicted of crimes including those involving the death penalty and life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

State legislature(s) should have the power to free people who have been convicted of crimes including those involving the death penalty and life imprisonment without possibility of parole.

2003-02-28T23:24:00.000-05:00

The February 27, 2003 Union Leader on page A14 says

"Liberty House the future transitional Homeless Veterans home on 75 W. Baker St. in Manchester is seeking funds and volunteers to help repair the building.

"Donations are being accepted so we can get our veterans into the building as soon as possible," said director Don Duhamel, "so we can get them into a warm building."

Liberty House is in need of electricians, plumbers and carpenters to put up sheet rock. Painting is ongoing in an effort to get the rooms ready for occupancy. One of the projects is making the home handicap accesible so all veterans can be attended to.

A grand opening is tentatively set for May 31. To make a donation or to volunteer please contact Duhamel at 75 W. Baker St., Manchester, NH 03103, 622-8158.

All checks should be made out to Liberty House Building Fund."

I hope people will consider making donations to Liberty House.

I have been concerned about Homeless Veterans since I watched a program dealing with the homeless in the late 1980s hosted by Tom Brokaw.

2003-02-26T13:02:00.000-05:00

I wrote the following to Richard E. Berg-Andersson of The Green Papers

Dear Richard E. Berg-Andersson:

I liked your defense of Ms. Stormont very much.

I hope many more people in their teens will get active in politics and vote. Citizens who are able to vote have the ultimate responsibility. You said this very well when you wrote "In the end, Democracy is only as good as the People who live under it: thus, it is often not the leaders who are the principal threat to the democratic process so much as it is the attitude of the led."

I think our country would have fewer problems if more people voted and wrote letters to members of Congress.

Our country would probably not have millions of citizens without affordable health insurance if many millions more people voted and wrote to members of Congress. Citizens only have power if they exercise the power that they have.

Sincerely,

Kenneth Scot Stremsky
Republican Presidential candidate in 2004
http://www.kenstremsky.blogspot.com

2003-02-20T18:46:00.000-05:00

If we go to War with Iraq, I hope we will handle things at least as well as we did in Japan after World War 2.

After World War 2, we allowed the Emperor to live and we allowed Japan to rebuild its economy.

We allowed Japan to choose its leaders via elections.

The sooner we allow Iraq to choose its leaders via elections the better off I believe we will be.

The Iraqi people should be in control of Iraq's oil. We should not be in control of Iraq's oil.

I hope that we can improve our relations significantly with Iran. We have done a great deal of harm to each other over the years. We replaced Mossadegh with the Shah and supported the Shah for more than twenty years while he was butchering Iran's citizens. Iran hates our guts. Hopefully, we will treat each other a lot better than we do now.

2003-02-20T10:15:00.000-05:00

Two good movies are Jason and the Argonauts and Ulysses.

Jason and the Argonauts has nice special effects. The movie was made in the 1960s.

Ulysses has Kirk Douglas.

2003-02-17T21:31:00.000-05:00

I recommend people check out the website of Retired Army Colonel David H. Hackworth who is one of our country's most decorated soldiers. His website is hackworth.com

I recommend people especially check out his columns which are located at www.hackworth.com/archive.html

He discusses homeland security and how to make our military better.

I recommend people check out the disaster preparedness kit that the American Red Cross recommends at www.redcross.org

If another terrorist attack takes place, I recommend

One.

Thinking

Two.

Stay calm

Three.

DO NOT PANIC. If you panic, your chances of surviving will decrease significantly.

Consider doing the following now.

Buy several flashlights.

Buy a lot of batteries.

Buy decent battery operated radios that can pick up AM broadcasts.

Consider buying a radio that can pick up television broadcasts.

Consider buying a radio that does not require batteries.

If you buy a shortwave radio, make sure it can use batteries.

Consider buying a television that can use batteries.

Have can openers that do not require electricity.

Have canned meats and canned fruits.

Consider having juices that do not require refrigeration.

Buy cereal you like to eat without milk.

Have plenty of water.

Have a decent first aid kit.

Buy a quality pocket survival tool. Leatherman, Gerber, and other companies make them. I own a Leatherman Wave Tool.

Buy quality hiking poles and rubber tips for them.

Buy a quality backpack.

Buy a quality sleeping bag.

Consider buying a Therm -A- Rest mattress. The website for Therm-A-Rest is www.thermarest.com

I bought my Therm-A-Rest mattress from L.L. Bean several years ago. L.L. Bean has a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee and its website is www.llbean.com

I highly recommend people check out Eastern Mountain Sports for supplies. The company has a 100 percent satisfaction guarantee. I bought my Wave Tool and several other things there. The website is easternmountainsports.com

2003-02-17T13:12:00.000-05:00

The Department of Homeland Security may want to give promotions and more power to people in the Federal Emergency Management Agency which has the website www.fema.gov

who have experience dealing with natural disasters. I think they have more common sense and experience than many of the top people heading the Department of Homeland Security now.

The website of the American Red Cross is www.redcross.org

I took CPR courses and an Advanced First Aid course taught by the American Red Cross when I was a teenager. I highly recommend that people take courses from the American Red Cross. If our country is hit by another terrorist attack, the American Red Cross may be far more useful than the Department of Homeland Security.

I took a Hunter Safety Course taught by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department when I was a teenager. If your State offers a hunter safety course, I recommend you take one. I have never gone hunting and I may never go hunting. I took the course because I wanted to learn about dealing with the outdoors because I enjoy camping.

I recommend people buy a copy of the US Army Survival Manual. I bought a copy at Barnes and Noble. The book does not discuss terrorist attacks. It does discuss dealing with survival in the outdoors.

You may also want to read information provided by the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. I was a Cub Scout, a Weblos, and a Boy Scout.

I hope the Department of Homeland Security will have its own intelligence agency.

You may read some of my thoughts on Success in War and Homeland Security at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/war.txt

2003-02-16T17:49:00.000-05:00

The most enjoyable job I have ever had and the most unenjoyable job I have ever had was as Bingo the Clown at The Ground Round from July 1992 to February 1993.

It was the most enjoyable job I have ever had because I made many kids laugh and smile.

It was the most unenjoyable job I have ever had because many children get very scared when they see clowns. Sometimes, I had to crawl on my hands and knees to avoid kids who were scared of me.

I wore a clown costume, clown make up, a red nose, and a wig.

I made balloon animals for children and adults.

2003-02-14T23:03:00.000-05:00

If I am elected President of the United States of America, I will be a very different kind of President. I do not think I will win in 2004. I hope to win. If people compare my views on the issues with those of the other Presidential candidates, I think my chances of winning will be very good.I think I will be elected President of the United States of America in the future.

I doubt the other Presidential candidates will discuss the issues in great detail because they will not want to risk losing votes. I think providing leadership is more important than winning elective office.

I hope some Republican Governors and some Republican Senators will place country above party and run for President of the United States of America in 2004. Right now, I wonder if any of our current Republican Governors and current Republican Senators have the guts and backbone that a President of the United States of America should have because none have announced that they are running for President of the United States of America in 2004.

If I do win, I will demand that Congress fulfills its Article One responsibilities that it is not fulfilling now. I think the President of the United States of America often has far more power than the President of the United States of America is supposed to have.

Congress is not fulfilling its responsibilities dealing with trade with foreign countries.

Congress is not fulfilling all of its Article One, Section Eight War Making responsibilities.

Citizens of the United States of America need to read the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution, demand that Congress fulfill its Article One responsibilities, demand that Congress and the President of the United States of America defend the Bill of Rights and stop spitting on the Bill of Rights, vote, and run for elective office.

2003-02-14T12:03:00.000-05:00

Matthew A. Crenson and Benjamin Ginsberg who are professors of political science at John Hopkins University wrote an article with the title "We are watching the slow-motion collapse of citizenship" that was in the November 5, 2002 Union Leader on page A13.

An interesting website is electionmethods.org

I hope citizens will participate a lot more than they do now in our Republic.

If people live in a State that does not allow voters to write in the names of candidates on Presidential primary ballots, I hope they will write to their State Legislators and ask them to allow write in votes on Presidential primary ballots.

I hope people will write to State Legislatures and ask them to stop requiring filing fees and nominating signatures for candidates for United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and President of the United States of America.

I hope that people will write to members of Congress and ask them to create a Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission that candidates for the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, President of the United States of America, and Governor could choose as their treasurer. People would mail contributions and the information that the Federal Election Commission requires to the Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission. The Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission would file information electronically with the Federal Election Commission. If a candidate chooses the Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission as treasurer, the Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission would receive a percentage of campaign contributions.

2003-02-13T11:45:00.000-05:00

You may read what the American Bar Association says about enemy combatants at http://www.abanet.org/leadership/recommendations03/109.pdf

I believe citizens of the United States of America always have Amendment Six rights. When the government detains a citizen of the United States of America for any reason, the government can not take away the citizen's Amendment Six Rights. When the government detains a citizen, the government has to allow the citizen to have a lawyer present during questioning. Citizens of the United States of America may not be tried by military tribunals if they are not part of the military. A citizen may not be held by the government when the person has not been charged with a crime. A citizen has to be able to confront witnesses against the citizen. Citizens who are charged with being enemy combatants are being charged with a criminal offense because helping an enemy of our country is a criminal offense.

Article Two, Section 1 says

"Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemny swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and I will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

President Bush has broken the oath because he has denied Amendment Six Rights to citizens of the United States of America.

Article One of the United States Constitution gives Congress the ability to remove President Bush from office. Congress should remove President Bush from office because he has denied citizens their Amendment Six rights.

You may read the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution on the website of the National Archives and Records Administration at www.nara.gov

2003-02-12T10:20:00.000-05:00

President Bush's Administration has denied Amendment Six Rights to citizens of the United States of America the administration calls enemy combatants.

The Bill of Rights are in existence in peace time and war time.

If we win every battle against terrorists and lose our civil liberties in the process, we will have lost the War for Freedom.

Amendment Five of the United States Constitution says

"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise, infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation."

Amendment Six of the United States Constitution says

"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defense."

Enemy combatants who are citizens of the United States of America are protected by Amendment Six of the United States Constitution which means citizens may not be detained by the United States Military without a speedy and public trial. Citizens may not be denied lawyers.

2003-02-11T18:17:00.000-05:00

I hope President Bush, the Democratic Presidential candidates, and others will read "THE GI BILL CAN SAVE THE WORLD: The Legion-born program that triggered America's postwar prosperity is a proven model for macroeconomic recovery. Now is the time to take it global" written by Michael J. Bennett. The article was in the August 2001 The American Legion Magazine. I ordered the article and received it today. The e-mail address is magazine@legion.org

The article talks about the GI Bill which was the most successful domestic policy of the 20th century.

The article discusses why many of our domestic policies and foreign policies have been huge disasters.

It is one of the best articles I have ever read dealing with domestic policy. It is one of the best articles I have ever read dealing with foreign policy.

You may read my ideas dealing with a modern GI Bill at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/militaryissuestext.txt

2003-02-10T14:02:00.000-05:00

Congress should spend at least $50 billion over the next five years on research dealing with hydrogen fuel cells and other alternative sources of energy.

I think it is very stupid for our country to buy oil from countries that hate us. We are helping countries that hate us by weapons.

I doubt Iraq would be a problem for us now if we had made reducing our dependence on foreign oil a national security priority immediately after the Iranian hostage crisis ended.

You may read part of my energy plan at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/energytext.txt

The tax deduction for new hybrid automobiles should be at least $5000 for individuals and businesses. The tax deduction is currently not greater than $2000. The Toyota Prius is a hybrid automobile.

2003-02-07T22:09:00.000-05:00

I hope Congress will fund a Marshall plan for the inner cities and rural areas of our country that will benefit us the way that the Marshall plan benefitted Europe after World War 2.

Congress should have the Department of Housing and Urban Development tear down many of the buildings that it owns and replace them with apartment complexes that will have libraries, computer clusters that will have high speed internet access, classes teaching k-12 subjects, classes teaching college and graduate school subjects, offices for Small Business Administration personnel which will help people start businesses, employment offices that will help people learn job skills and help people obtain cooperative education work assignments, health clinics, daycare centers, and trees. The website of the Department of Housing and Urban Development is www.hud.gov

Congress may want many of the apartment complexes to have playgrounds.

Congress may want the Department of Housing and Urban Development to have mini malls that will have grocery stores and small businesses in some of the apartment complexes.

Congress may need to increase our Federal Debt to get our economy in very good shape again. I do not have a problem with Congress increasing our federal debt if tax dollars are spent more wisely.

Congress should be reducing tax rates for all income groups including the wealthiest groups. The tax cuts Congress adopted in the 1980s increased tax revenues significantly and grew our economy significantly. The Federal debt increased significantly in the 1980s because spending increased at a faster rate than tax revenues came in. The luxury tax that was placed on boats caused job losses for many people who built boats because consumption of luxury boats decreased.

You may read about the benefits of the tax cuts in the 1980s at russp.org/taxcuts.html

and
www.nationalreview.com/balance/balance018701.shtml

You may read part of my plan to reduce poverty and increase economic growth at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/poverty.txt

You may read my comments on Social Security, Medicare, and some comments on federal taxes at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/taxes.txt

You may read many of my economic policies at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa

2003-02-07T13:25:00.000-05:00

I hope the United States of America will spend at least $50 billion over the next five years fighting AIDS and other deadly diseases in Africa.

Michael Kelly wrote a great commentary about AIDS in Africa which you may read at article about AIDS

AIDS and other highly contagious deadly diseases are some of the most significant threats to our national security.

I think AIDS started in Africa. I know Ebola comes from Africa. If we do not help Africa fight AIDS and other deadly contagious diseases, I believe we will lose many people to deadly diseases in the future that we would not have lost if we had helped Africa fight AIDS and other deadly diseases.

A movie that shows what could happen if a highly contagious disease similar to Ebola comes to our country is discussed in the movie Outbreak.

You may view the website of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at www.usamrid.army.mil

You may view the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at www.cdc.gov

The United States of America should help Africa build and fund hospitals, help Africa pay for drugs to fight AIDS, help Africa improve water quality, help Africa improve sanitation, and help Africa become more food self-sufficient.

On The West Wing this week, the sending of troops to Africa was discussed to stop a genocide. I hope the writers of The West Wing will discuss the fact that Somalia was a disaster because our troops were sent into battle without the proper supplies when they could have been properly supplied. I realize that sometimes troops have to be sent into battle without the proper supplies. The movie Black Hawk Down discusses the Somalia disaster.

2003-02-07T11:58:00.000-05:00

Unemployment compensation should not be taxed.

Government should not make it harder for unemployed people to pay their bills by taxing unemployment compensation.

2003-02-06T21:31:00.000-05:00

The message is more important than the messenger.

Messengers often have short life spans.

Messages may last thousands of years.

I do not care if people take me seriously because I could die on any given day. I came to terms with my own mortality after a friend of mine was murdered in 1980 by a drunk driver.

I hope people take my positions on the issues seriously and compare them with current Presidential candidates, past Presidential candidates, past Presidents of the United States of America, and other people who have run for elective office.

A leader has to be willing to tick people off. Many people who run for elective office are unwilling to tick people off because they are afraid to lose votes.

Anyone who thinks I have a problem ticking people off when I want to obviously has not read my comments dealing with non voters which is located in
www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/militaryissuestext.txt

and my comments dealing with bioterrorism located in www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/bioterrorism1.txt

I am running for President of the United States of America because of Iran Contra. I believe that Oliver North and John Poindexter committed treason during Iran Contra. If a President of the United States of America orders you to commit treason and you commit treason, it is still treason. It greatly displeases me that John Poindexter has been given a high level position in the Pentagon by President Bush's Administration. I do not know if President Reagan knew what was going on during Iran Contra. I do not know when President Reagan's judgement started being harmed by Alzheimer's.

I discuss the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution more than most people who run for elective office.

I hope the media will discuss the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution a lot more than they do now. Members of the media and others may view the Bill of Rights and the United States Constitution at the National Archives and Records Administration website at www.nara.gov

Congress passed McCain-Feingold which is not constitutional because of Amendment One of the United States Constitution.

Congress passed Trade Promotion Authority for the President of the United States of America which is not constitutional because of Article One of the United States Constitution and Article Two of the United States Constitution.

Congress should Declare War before significant numbers of land troops are sent to Iraq. A Resolution authorizing the usage of force is not acceptable. I think Congress should Declare War against Iraq.

Many States require Presidential candidates to obtain nominating signatures and pay filing fees to get on Presidential primary ballots. It is not constitutional to require nominating signatures and filing fees because they are not discussed in Article Two of the United States Constitution.

Many States require United States Senate candidates and United States House of Representative candidates to obtain nominating signatures and pay filing fees to get on ballots. It is not constitutional to require nominating signatures and filing fees because they are not discussed in Article One of the United States Constitution.

Many States do not allow people to write in the names of candidates on ballots. It is not constitutional to keep people from writing in the names of candidates on ballots because this infringes on freedom of speech guaranteed by Amendment One.

2003-02-06T10:11:00.000-05:00

I would like the budget of the United States Coast Guard to be at least $30 billion a year. It is now less than $10 billion a year. The United States Coast Guard helps keep drugs and many dangerous things from coming into our country.

The United States Coast Guard is one of the most important components of homeland security and it is still not being given as much priority as it should be given. The Department of Homeland Security will not do us much good if the budget of the United States Coast Guard is not increased significantly. It is too easy for terrorists to get harmful cargo into our country. Increasing the budget of the United States Coast Guard will decrease the probability that terrorists will harm us.

The website of the United States Coast Guard is www.uscg.mil

You may read an article that was written by a fellow of The Brookings Institution in November 1991 at www.brook.edu/views/op-ed/ohanlon/20011119.htm

2003-02-04T14:34:00.000-05:00

Why do drugs based on Federal Goverment research cost so much?

The March 29, 2002 Union Leader on page A19 has a commentary by Peter Arno and Michael Davis with the title "Unenforced federal law means Americans pay too much for prescriptions."

The following is an excerpt from the commentary.

"Bayh-Dole is a provision of United States patent law that states that practically any new drug invented wholly or in part with federal funds will be made available to the public at a reasonable price. If it isn't, the government can insist the drug be licensed to more reasonable manufacturers, and, if refused, license it to third parties that will make the drug available at a reasonable cost."

You may find information about the Bayh-Dole Act on Duke University's website at www.duke.edu/web/ost/policies/pbayh.htm

The Federal Government should be enforcing Bayh-Dole which was passed many years ago and use it to reduce the prescription drug prices of drugs based on Federal Government research. Taxpayers have helped out prescription drug companies significantly and they are currently being significantly overcharged on prescription drugs based on Federal Government research.

When is Congress going to make sure that prescription drug companies stop overcharging us on prescription drugs based on Federal Government research?

2003-02-03T11:25:00.000-05:00

The survival of the human race may well depend upon human settlements on other planets. Asteroids have killed off many life forms on the Earth several times in the past.

The sooner we have settlements on the Moon and Mars the better. We should also set up settlements in other parts of our galaxy. Hopefully, human settlements will someday be in many galaxies.

Experiments in space may lead to the creation of drugs to fight cancer and many diseases.

Experiments in space may lead to the creation of materials far superior to the materials that we have now.

Our country should work with Japan, Russia, China, and other countries on space exploration.

Earth's countries should have more human missions into space and more non human missions into space.

The Astronauts that died on Challenger and Columbia are heroes and hopefully they will never be forgotten.

I hope our country continually improves math and science education so that we get better and better at space exploration.

2003-02-01T14:13:00.000-05:00

President Bush gave a great speech dealing with the Columbia tragedy. Some people in politics fake emotion. President Bush does not fake emotion.

2003-02-01T13:04:00.000-05:00

I watched Challenger blow up in 1986 when I was in high school.

I hope God is with the crews of Challenger and Columbia.

Hopefully, Earth's countries will figure out ways to design Shuttles and other spacecraft out of better materials and better technologies.

Hopefully, citizens of Earth will someday have human settlements on many other planets.

2003-01-31T12:27:00.000-05:00

I added the following to my discussion of The Federalist Papers today. You may see what I have done so far at Part One of The Federalist Papers

The following excerpt comes from Federalist Number VIII and is on pages 114 and 115 of The Federalist Papers.

"This picture is not too highly wrought; though, I confess, it would not long remain a just one. Safety from external danger is the most powerful director of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations the most attached to liberty to resort for repose and security to institutions which have a tendency to destroy their civil and political rights. To be more safe, they at length become willing to run the risk of being less free."

MY COMMENTS

People often give up their rights for a little bit more safety.

People often do not question the competency and behavior of their leaders when War is taking place.

The media often does not question the competency and behavior of the nation's leaders enough when War is taking place. There are often too many lapdogs in the media when War is taking place. I find it very disturbing when a person who has been incompetent and corrupt is made out to be a competent Saint when War is taking place.

People show that they do not care what happens to them and our country when they are able to vote and they usually do not vote.

2003-01-30T23:52:00.000-05:00

Does anyone know how to widen the column that has my links on it? If you would like to give me some free advice, please e-mail me at kstremskyforpresidentusa@yahoo.com

I would like the column to be wider so that the text in the column is easier to read.

2003-01-30T22:49:00.000-05:00

You may read my comments on Social Security and Medicare at www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/taxes.txt

You may read what the National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare says at www.ncpssm.org

You may read what The Concord Coalition says at www.concordcoalition.org

2003-01-30T18:08:00.000-05:00

I enjoyed last night's Angel episode very much. I hope that Angel and Buffy will be on for several more years.

I think Angel is getting better and better.

I hope old episodes of Angel will be shown the way that old episodes of Buffy are shown.

2003-01-29T18:38:00.000-05:00

Why is NATO not far more involved in the War on Terrorism than it is?

NATO is an entangling military alliance and an attack against one of NATO's members is supposed to be considered as an attack against all NATO members.

The United States of America should make sure that all NATO members fulfill the promises they made when they joined NATO.

The NATO charter may be read at NATO

2003-01-29T18:02:00.000-05:00

I believe it is not constitutional for a State to say that voters may not write in the name of a candidate on Presidential primary ballots because of Amendment One of the United States Constitution. I believe freedom of speech includes the right to write in the name of a candidate the voter likes.

I also believe it is not constitutional for a State to have requirements for Presidential candidates that are not discussed in Article Two of the United States Constitution. Filing fees and nomination signatures are not constitutional because they are not discussed in Article Two of the United States Constitution.

South Dakota does not allow voters to write in the name of a candidate on a Presidential primary ballot.

I hope that Congress will create a Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission that candidates for elective office may choose as their treasurer. The Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission would file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission. The Federal Campaign Treasurer Commission would receive up to fifty percent of the contributions that a candidate receives that do not come from the candidate. You may read my thoughts on Campaign Finance Reform at
www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/campaignfinance.txt

You may read some of my thoughts on Election Reform and Amendments I would like to see added to the United States Constitution at
www.geocities.com/kstremskyforpresidentusa/amendments.txt

2003-01-29T15:52:00.000-05:00

I did a telephone interview with KSOO radio which is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota today. The website for KSOO is KSOO

The interview lasted about ten minutes.

It was my first radio interview.

2003-01-28T19:00:00.000-05:00

I hope Malden Mills will do very well in the future. Its website is www.maldenmills.com

I own three lightweight thermal tops made from Polartec Powder Dry. They have been very useful to me this winter.

Malden Mills has treated its employees very well since the company was harmed by a major fire several years ago.

2003-01-25T00:37:00.000-05:00

I have read some negative feedback on a blog commenting on the fact that I have said females instead of women on my blog. I did not know I was being offensive when I said females instead of women. I have several women friends. I have dated several women since a girlfriend broke up with me when I was 12 years old.

2003-01-24T23:46:00.000-05:00

I received an e-mail today that included the following

"And if you really want to be president, perhaps you should try to work your way up the ladder. Maybe get yourself elected to city counsel in your town, etc, so you can back up your statements with experience."

My thoughts on the previous comment are the following.

When I was ten years old, a friend of mine was murdered by a drunk driver. If a person thinks there is something the person must do, the person should do it because most people do not know when they are going to die. I am running for President of the United States of America because I believe this is something I must do.

I have discussed more issues in greater detail than most people who run for elective office.

I have discussed the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights more than most people who run for elective office.

I have welcomed negative feedback from The Green Papers

many times.

I have discussed controversial issues in greater detail than most people who run for elective office.

Taking logical positions on issues and discussing them in great detail is more important than experience. Our country has elected many Presidents of the United States of America, many Representatives, and many Senators who have spit on the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Do you think it is more important to elect someone who supports the Bill of Rights and wants Congress to fulfill all of its Article One, War Making Responsibilities or do you think it is better to elect a person who has significant elective office experience who has shown disdain for the Bill of Rights and Article One of the United States Constitution?

2003-01-24T23:02:00.000-05:00

I hope Democratic Presidential candidates and their campaigns will check out Local Victory

and the following links I have created

How the Democrats may Beat Bush

Why The Democrats Did Badly in 2002

How Candidates May Want To Answer Questions From Reporters

Campaign Strategy and Other Topics

Political Strategy and Other Topics

I hope they will read my other topic links as well.

I hope they will read books dealing with selling, marketing, guerilla warfare, and guerilla marketing.

I hope they will read The Art of War by Sun Tzu translated by General Samuel B. Griffith, the Second Revised Edition of Strategy by B.H. Liddell Hart, and other books dealing with military strategy. I discuss The Art of War and Machiavelli significantly on my topic links.

I hope that Republicans who put country above party will encourage Republican Governors and Republican Senators to run for President of the United States of America in 2004.

I hope that several Republican Governors and several Republican Senators will show that they put country above party by running for President of the United States of America in 2004.

I hope that several Republican Governors and several Republican Senators will show guts and backbone by running for President of the United States of America in 2004.

If people want to run for President of the United States of America, they should read the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights and say

What they stand for and why
What they are against and why
What they are willing to do and why
What they are unwilling to do and why

If people run for President of the United States of America, they should vary their message for different audiences while having consistent themes. If they do not have consistent themes, they will probably not be trusted.

If you change your mind on an issue, be able to discuss why in a logical way.

If people run for President of the United States of America, they should be good at sound bites as well lengthy topic discussions.

If people run for President of the United States of America, they should be able to discuss topics that having nothing to do with politics so people do not think of them as boring.

If people run for President of the United States of America, they should be very, very thick skinned and they should welcome negative, truthful attacks by the media and others.

If people run for President of the United States of America, they should know how to attract attention. I am doing a very good job of this. I have received coverage in several states, Australia, and Brazil.

2003-01-24T13:37:00.000-05:00

You may view some of the art work that the Louvre has at Louvre Museum

You may view some of the works by Michelangelo at Michelangelo

You may view some of the works by Leonardo da Vinci at Leonardo da Vinci

You may view The Glass Flowers that are located at Harvard at The Glass Flowers

The Glass Flowers exhibition is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen in my life.

I mention several art websites and many other websites on my recommended website list. Page One of my recommended website list is located at Page One of recommended websites

I have been a fan of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and several other artists since I was a child. I gained my appreciation of art and my artistic abilities from my grandmother who was a phenomenal painter. I also gained my interest in politics and war movies from her.

I have enjoyed many forms of art including the nude art form in paintings since I was a child. I may pose nude for adult art portrait classes in different decades of my life. I might do it even if I become very disfigured in an accident some day. A person can loose his/her good looks in an automobile accident. A person's character and good deeds are more important than a person's looks, race, education, IQ, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, and age. One of my favorite films and my favorite film dealing with character and good deeds is A Man For All Seasons which discusses the life and death of Sir Thomas More who died because he stood up to King Henry VIII. A man For All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, and Orson Welles.

I think our country would have lower drop out rates and that many students would do far better in school if we increase funding for art education and music education significantly in our k-12 public schools and k-12 private schools. Creating works of art empower the individual. It can give a natural high. Art and music education can boost a person's creativity and logical thinking ability. Leonardo da Vinci's love of art contributed to his genius in other areas.

2003-01-23T18:48:00.000-05:00

Rockport, Massachusetts is one of my favorite places to visit. You can find out about Rockport, Massachusetts at rockportusa

If you visit Rockport, Massachusetts, I highly recommend you take a ride on a ship. I took a ride on a Tall Ship that had an engine in 2002.

I have been to Rockport, Massachusetts several times in my life.

If you go, bring a camera and plenty of film because Rockport, Massachusetts is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen.

Rockport, Massachusetts has the best looking fire station I have ever seen.

I highly recommend people check out the art galleries, pewter store, candy stores, and Toad Hall bookstore. You may find books at Toad Hall bookstore that you have not seen any place else.

Rockport, Massachusetts also has several fine restaurants.

2003-01-23T10:03:00.000-05:00

The February 2002 Playboy has an informative interview with former Senator Gary Hart and an article about the Navy Seals. I recommend that people read them.

2003-01-23T09:55:00.000-05:00

Some advice for General Hospital

1.

Make Lane Davies and Nancy Grahn a couple on General Hospital. They were great on Santa Barbara. Let Lane Davies use his sense of humor. He was very funny on Santa Barbara.

2.

Bring back A Martinez and let him be as good as he was on Santa Barbara.

3.

Bring back Stephen Nichols and let him be as good as he was on Days of Our Lives. His story line on General Hospital was often pitiful.

4.

Bring back the old Ned. Have him realize he has screwed up his life and Kristina would not be happy with the new Ned.

5.

Give Mac a front burner story line and a new love interest. It is ridiculous that one of the best actors and nice guys on General Hospital does not have a better story line. Consider having Mac run for Mayor of Port Charles.

2003-01-23T08:36:00.000-05:00

How candidates may want to answer questions from reporters.

1.

Do you support partial-privatization of social security?

I do support partial-privatization of social security because I believe people who are at least 18 years of age should be able to take risks and make bad decisions. I would like the social security tax placed on all wages that a person makes in a year and not just the first $87,000 to decrease the probability that the "normal retirement age" will not be 65 years old. In 2002, the social security tax was placed on the first $84,900. Right now, the social security tax is 6.2 percent. I would like the social security to be five percent or less on the first $50,000 in wages a person makes in a year.

2.

Do you support school choice?

I support school choice because I believe competition usually produces better results than the results obtained from a monopoly or an oligopoly. If people truly cared about education, they would want parents to be able to use public funds to send their children to the schools that the parents choose. Smart people want to be able to see the Doctors that they want. Don't our children deserve the benefits of competition?

3.

What do you think we should do about the War on Terrorism?

NATO should be a full partner in the War on Terrorism because NATO is an entangling military alliance. An attack on one country is supposed to be considered as an attack on all the countries in NATO.

Citizens of the United States of America who are called enemy combatants may not be denied their Amendment Six rights which include the ability to have a lawyer and the ability to have a trial. Fighting for an enemy of our country is a criminal offense.

4.

Do you think we should go to War with Iraq?

I think Congress should Declare War against Iraq because it is better to defeat an enemy when it is weak than to go to War with it when it is powerful. People appeased Hitler when he was weak and millions of people died when he was strong. I believe significant numbers of land troops should only be sent to Iraq if Congress Declares War against Iraq. A Congressional authorization for the usage of force is not acceptable. Congress and not the President of the United States of America is supposed to Declare War.

5.

Do you support a prescription drug benefit in Medicare?

I support a prescription drug benefit in Medicare. I believe Medicare should be more like the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program.

A prescription drug benefit in Medicare would probably improve the lives and the length of the lives of many senior citizens and might decrease the number of hospital stays taken by senior citizens.

6.

Do you support our current War on Drugs?

I do not support our current War on Drugs. I think people who are at least 18 years old have the right to take illegal drugs and ruin their lives. If a person who is at least 18 years old gets high at home, the government should not care. If a person drives an automobile when the person is high, the government should care because the person is endangering the lives of others. I think it is ridiculous that our country often gives longer prison sentences to non violent drug offenders than it does murderers and rapists.

7.

Do you support Trade Promotion Authority for the President of the United States of America?

I do not support Trade Promotion Authority for the President of the United States of America. According to Article One of the United States Constitution, Congress and not the President of the United States of America is supposed to regulate commerce with foreign nations. If Congress wants the President of the United States of America to negotiate trade treaties, Article Two of the Constitution has to be followed and the Senate must be able to provide its Advice and Consent on Treaties. Trade Promotion Authority denies the Senate its Constitutional responsibility to provide Advice on Treaties.

8.

Do you support luxury taxes?

I do not support luxury taxes. After Congress placed luxury taxes on ships, many people in the shipbuilding industry lost their jobs. When government tries to soak the rich, many middle class people and many poor people loose their jobs because consumption of goods and services decrease.

9.

Do you support the elimination of the capital gains tax?

I support the elimination of the capital gains tax. People will be encouraged to invest if the capital gains tax is eliminated. Millions of Middle Classs Americans who have money invested in mutual funds will benefit from the elimination of the capital gains tax. Rich people are more likely to save more, invest more, and consume more after the capital gains tax is eliminated.

10.

Do you support the elimination of the estate tax?

I support the elimination of the estate tax because I do not believe that the government should benefit financially when a person dies. If the estate tax is eliminated, more families will be able to keep their family farms and their family businesses.

11.

Do you support the elimination of taxes on dividends? I support the elimination of taxation on dividends because this will encourage more people to invest. Millions of Middle Class Americans who have mutual funds will benefit from the elimination of taxation on dividends. Rich people will probably save more, invest more, and consume more after the elimination of taxation on dividends.

12.

Do you support the elimination of taxation on savings accounts?

I support the elimination of taxation on savings accounts. I think people should be encouraged to save and invest. I think it is ridiculous that our government punishes people for saving by taxing interest from savings accounts. The more money that people are able to save and invest during their working years the less dependent they will be on Social Security.

13.

Do you support allowing people and businesses to deduct the full cost of college tuitions, graduate school tuitions, college related expenses, and graduate school related expenses from their federal taxes?

I support allowing students to deduct the full cost of their college tuitions, graduate school tuitions, college related expenses, and graduate school related expenses from their federal taxes.

I support allowing parents to deduct the full cost of their children's college tuitions, graduate school tuitions, college related expenses, and graduate school related expenses from their federal taxes.

I support allowing businesses to deduct the full cost of their employees college tuitions, graduate school tuitions, college related expenses, and graduate school related expenses from their federal taxes.

I support allowing businesses to deduct the full cost of the college tuitions, graduate school tuitions, college related expenses, and graduate school related expenses of the children of employees from their federal taxes.

I support allowing businesses to deduct the full cost of the college tuitions, graduate school tutions, college related expenses, and graduate school related expenses of others from their federal taxes.

I believe that the more people who attend college the stronger our economy will be and the higher per capita income will be.

I believe that the more people who attend graduate school the stronger our economy will be and the higher per capita income will be.

College graduates often pay more in taxes in their life times than non college graduates.

2003-01-22T14:18:00.000-05:00

I have worked for part-time for Movie Gallery which is a video store rental chain since 1999. During the Q4 discount card sale, the goal for my store was 900 cards. I sold more than 500 cards.

A great book about selling is The Accidental Salesperson: How To Take Control of Your Sales Career and Earn the Respect and Income You Deserve by Chris Lytle.

I have learned various ways to overcome the first and second no's in many sales situations involving the discount rental cards.

I sold 324 of the $19.99 discount rental cards that are worth $27 and 72 of the $49.99 cards that are worth $75. Each $75 card was worth 3 cards.

I used the following technique to sell the cards.

If a customer's purchase was $7.98, I would say for another $12.01 more, you can buy our $19.99 card, use it today, and have $19.02 left over.

Some great sites dealing with selling are

My Sales Consultant resume

Chris Lytle

Jack Falvey

Joe Girard

Nancy Michaels

Mike Stewart

Lenny Laskowski

Huthwaite

American Management Association

McKinsey Quarterly

2003-01-22T12:34:00.000-05:00

My favorite book is Last of the Breed by Louis L'Amour. The Haunted Mesa by Louis L'Amour is a great book.

Last of the Breed deals with Major Joe Makatozi fighting for survival in Siberia after his plane goes down.

The Haunted Mesa deals with the Anasazi.

My favorite Robert Ludlum book is The Road to Omaha.

Stephen King, Eric Van Lustbader, Michael Crichton, Tom Clancy, and John Grisham are some of the authors I like.

2003-01-22T11:59:00.000-05:00

The following excerpt comes from the Preface of Artful Persuasion: How to command attention, change minds, and influence people by Harry Mills and is on pages x and xi. The ISBN is 0-8144-7063-7. The book costs $17.95. I ordered the book from the American Management Association and received it a few days after I called. The
web page for book

One of the main reasons I am the man that I am today is because of the Operation Enterprise seminar I went to in 1989. I received a scholarship to the 10 day seminar. I learned a lot about leadership and management during the seminar. I went to the Baseball Hall of Fame during the 10 days. I was usually very shy before the program. The program made me a lot more extroverted. Operation Enterprise is conducted by the American Management Association and it is open to high school students and college students.

Harry Mills writes on pages x and xi

"The second reason why most people remain ignorant about how persuasion works is that they refuse to admit they are influenced by politicians, salespeople, and advertisers.

It is remarkable how many people believe they are immune to persuasion. They insist that they don't watch ads, that they never listen to politicians, and that they are resistant to all forms of persuasion.

Given that we are bombarded by as many as 1,600 commercial messages a day - that's 100 every waking hour - the claim to immunity is remarkable.

The fact is, none of us is immune to influence (see page xi). Advertisers, for example, typically flatter those who believe they are too individualistic to fall for a pitch aimed at the mainstream. The simplest trick is to use flattery. The Nike ads or MTV tell the "rebels" they want to win over, "We understand you; your're special. Don't do what everyone else does. Be unique and join us."

There is a moment in Monty Python's The Life of Brian that sums up the approach perfectly. The messiah shouts to the crowd, "Don't follow anyone. Think for yourself. You are all individuals." And the crowd shouts back, in unison, "We are all individuals."

Ironically, because of their naivete, this "rebel" group is often the easiest to persuade - and in the process, they become willing accomplices in their own seduction.

I wrote this book to show that there is nothing inherently mysterious about persuasion. We can all be skilled persuaders if we are prepared to master the techniques and understand what works, what doesn't work, and why

Moreover, I passionately believe that the best defense against manipulation, propaganda, and ultimately tyranny is a fundamental knowledge of how persuasion works. You only have to visit the Auschwitz and Dachau concentration camps to know the human price we pay for naivete, gullibility, and ignorance."

2003-01-22T10:10:00.000-05:00

The following except comes from the Preface of The Second Revised Edition of Strategy written by B.H. Liddell Hart and is on pages xx and xxi. The book deals with military strategy and Patton and Rommel where big fans of B.H. Liddell Hart. The ISBN is 0-452-01071-3 and the paperback costs $15.95. The book is worth a lot more than that.

"When in the course of studying a long series of military campaigns, I first came to perceive the superiority of the indirect over the direct approach, I was looking merely for light upon strategy. With deepened reflection, however I began to realize that the indirect approach had a much wider application-that it was a law of life in all spheres: a truth of philosophy. Its fulfillment was seen to be the key to practical achievement in dealing with any problem where the human factor predominates, and a conflict of wills tends to spring from an underlying concern for interests. In all such cases, the direct assault of new ideas provokes a stubborn resistance, thus intensifying the difficulty of producing a change of outlook. Conversion is achieved more easily and rapidly by unsuspected infiltration of a different idea or by an argument that turns the flank of instinctive opposition. The indirect approach is as fundamental to the realm of politics as to the realm of sex. In commerce, the suggestion that there is a bargain to be secured is far more potent than any direct appeal to buy. And in any sphere it is proverbial that the surest way of gaining a superior's acceptance of a new idea is to persuade him that it is his idea! As in war, the aim is to weaken resistance before attempting to overcome it; and the effect is best attained by drawing the other party out of his defences.

The idea of the indirect approach is closely related to all problems of the influence of mind upon mind-the most influential factor in human history. Yet it is hard to reconcile with another lesson: that true conclusions can only be reached, or approached, by pursuing the truth without regard to where it may lead or what its effect may be-on different interests.

History bears witness to the vital part that the 'prophets' have played in human progress-whichis evidence of the ultimate practical value of expressing unreservedly the truth as one sees it. Yet it also becomes clear that the acceptance and spreading of their vision has always depended on another class of men-'leaders' who had to be philosophical strategists, striking a compromise between truth and men's receptivity to it. Their effect has often depended as much on their own limitations in perceiving the truth as on their practical wisdom in proclaiming it.

The prophets must be stoned; that is their lot, and the test of their self-fulfilment. But a leader who is stoned may merely prove that he has failed in his function through a deficiency of wisdom, or through confusing his function with that of a prophet. Time alone can tell whether the effect of such a sacrifice redeems the apparent failure as a leader that does honour to him as a man. At the least, he avoids the more common fault of leaders-that of sacrificing the truth to expediency without ultimate advantage to the cause. For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.

Is there a practical way of combining progress towards the attainment of truth with progress towards its acceptance? A possible solution of the problem is suggested by reflection on strategic principles-which point to the importance of maintaining an object consistently and, also, of pursuing it in a way adapted to circumstances. Opposition to the truth is inevitable, especially if it takes the form of a new idea, but the degree of resistance can be diminished-by giving thought not only to the aim but the method of approach. Avoid a frontal attack on a long established position; instead, seek to turn it by flank movement, so that a more penetrable side is exposed to the thrust of truth. But, in any such indirect approach, take care not to diverge from the truth-for nothing is more fatal to its real advancement than to lapse into untruth.

The meaning of these reflections may be made clearer by illustration from one's own experience. Looking back on the stages by which various fresh ideas gained acceptance, it can be seen that the process was eased when they could be presented, not as something radically new, but as the revival in modern terms of a time-honoured principle or practice that had been forgotten. This required not deception, but care to trace the connection-since 'there is nothing new under the sun'. A notable example was the way that the opposition to mechanization was diminished by showing that the mobile armoured vehicle-the fast moving tank-was fundamentally the heir of the armoured horseman, and thus the natural means of reviving the decisive role which cavalry had played in past ages."

I discuss The Art of War written by Sun Tzu and translated by General Samuel B. Griffith on my links. The Foreword of the book I own is written by B.H. Liddell Hart. The ISBN of the paperback is 0-19-501476-6. The book costs $9.95 and it is the best book I have ever read dealing with strategy and logical thinking. I have read other translations of The Art of War by Sun Tzu and none was as good as this translation.

2003-01-21T18:48:00.000-05:00

The best fried chicken and potatos I have ever had were at the Shakey's which used to be in Nashua, NH. The food was awesome and the atmosphere was great. Shakey's played old television shows on its film screen which made the experience very enjoyable. I hope more restaurants will show old television programs on televisions. Watching sports is nice. I think watching classic comedy television programs instead of sports is often more enjoyable in a restaurant. I hope Shakey' s will have restaurants in New Hampshire again.

2003-01-21T13:33:00.000-05:00

I hope Faith will be on Buffy this year. She was mentioned this year. I hope if she is brought back she will still have attitude. I also hope she will fight for good and not try to sleep with Spike.

The suprise hit for me this year is Everwood.

I am surprised Charmed killed off Cole. I think Charmed had it right when Cole became human and was no longer part demon. I think Charmed screwed up making him evil again. The actor who played Cole did a very fine job. Few actors have played a role on television as well as he did. Stephen Nichols played Patch Johnson very well on Days of Our Lives. I think Days of Our Lives screwed up when they took away the eye patch.

I hope General Hospital will bring back Justice Ward and the Ward family.

2003-01-21T13:24:00.000-05:00

Adventures in website creation.

I started posting information on the Internet with Yahoo! resumes. After trial and error, I learned that sections could not be more than a certain length and that the resumes could not be more than a particular number of pages.

I then learned about Geocities.com and used Page Wizards. If you put too much text on a Geocities.com page, the text gets very messed up. A short time before the September primary, I did some editing work on my site and ended up with a very screwed up index page. Geocities.com was experiencing technical problems and my index page ended up being one word per line.

I learned how to use cut and paste after this and moved the pages to Yahoo! resumes. When you used cut and paste, you did not have to worry about the number of pages that a resume had.

After Yahoo! resumes became Hotjobs resumes, HotJobs told me that they were deleting my political resumes. After a period of time, I learned how to use Geocities.com Page Builder and how to upload text files to my Geocities.com website.

A friend of mine mentioned Blogger.com to me and after searching on the site for a short period of time I learned how to add some text to my right hand column and many links to my right hand column. I think my Blog has all the links that are on the main page of my website.

I hope to have a better website someday that will have my high school transcript, college transcript, pictures of me, pictures I have taken, and drawings I have made.

2003-01-19T23:41:00.000-05:00

What is up with Ned on General Hospital? He used to be a great guy. Now he is trying to steal his former girlfriend's child. He blames Sonny for the death of his former girlfriend's sister. Ned has more responsibility for her death than Sonny does because he said he was the father of his former girlfriend's child and not Sonny.

I have been watching General Hospital since the early 1980s. I did not watch General Hospital in the late 1980s. In the late 1980s, I watched Days of Our Lives when Stephen Nichols portrayed Patch Johnson brilliantly.

I wonder what Sonny will do when he finds out that Jason is dating his sister. I wonder if Jax is ever going to grow up and trust Brenda.

2003-01-19T23:12:00.000-05:00

I hope new episodes of State of Grace will be made in the future. I doubt they will be on the ABC Family Channel. When the ABC Family Channel was called the FOX Family Channel it was a real Family Channel. Now it is mainly used for ABC re-runs. It should be called the ABC re-run channel instead of a Family Channel.

I hope old episodes of Early Edition will be on television on a regular basis. I hope that Early Edition movies will be made.

2003-01-19T23:08:00.000-05:00

Today is Sunday. I often work on Sundays. Today was a very busy Sunday at work.

2003-01-18T21:36:00.000-05:00

Several years ago, I was an expert on Galaga on the Game Boy. I got the highest possible score on it. On the big Galaga machines, I do not think I ever did better than 300,000. I think I was significantly better playing on a small machine than a large one because it is easier to concentrate on a small view screen. It was also a lot easier to get all the bonus points in the bonus rounds. I rarely play Galaga now. I used to play a lot.

I have played other video games. I have not enjoyed any others as much as Galaga.

2003-01-18T18:54:00.000-05:00

Many of the most important things in life involve selling. Selling products involves selling. Selling your abilities in a current job involves selling. Selling your abilities to employers you want to hire you involves selling. Selling yourself to someone you want to date involves selling. You have to believe in yourself, the product you are selling, and the benefits of the products for sale. When you want to sell yourself, you need to believe in yourself and the benefits that you can provide an employer or a date. If you do not believe you have much to offer a date at this time, there is not much point in dating.

Overcoming rejection is important thing to do in selling products.

Trying to overcome rejection in dating situations can lead to harassment charges so my advice is do not try to overcome rejection in dating situations.

You may read one of my sales consultant resumes at Sales resume

2003-01-18T18:44:00.000-05:00

Someday, I hope to check out Chicago, Illinois. I have heard the University of Chicago has a great economics department and a great geography department.

It is too bad Walter Payton died so young.

My favorite football team is the Miami Dolphins and I have been a fan of the Dolphins since the 1970s.

My favorite baseball team is the Boston Red Sox. If they had played Don Baylor at first base in 1986, they would have won the World Series. My favorite baseball player is Jim Rice. I hope he will someday be in the hall of fame. I visited the hall of fame in 1989 when I went on a trip with my fellow participants in Operation Enterprise that year. Operation Enterprise is conducted by the American Management Association and it is open to high school students and college students. I received a scholarship to it. I was usually very shy before I attended it. I did sing the words from a text book when I was a student at Spring Street Junior High School because I wanted to impress a girl I liked with my daring. It did not work.

My favorite basketball player is Dr J. He was an acrobat. The only other athlete who has amazed me the way that Dr J has is Lynn Swann who played for the Cowboys. I hope Bill Parcells will give the Cowboys another Superbowl. I hope Bledsoe will help the Bills win a Superbowl in the future. It is too bad the Dolphins did not run the ball a lot more when Marino was quarterback.

2003-01-17T11:49:00.000-05:00

Some advice for reporters

One.

Read the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights on the National Archives and Records Administration

Two.

When a candidate says what the candidate's policies are, ask yourself if you think they are constitutional. My Republican Senate competitors in the 2002 New Hampshire Senate primary have both been strong supporters of Trade Promotion Authority for the President of the United States of America. Trade Promotion Authority is not constitutional because of Article Two, Section Two of the United States Constitution which says that Senators have to give "Advice and Consent" on Treaties. Article One, Section Eight of the United States Constitution says Congress is supposed "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations."

Three.

Ask Presidential candidates how they plan on keeping the Social Security fund properly funded while keeping the "normal retirement age" at 65 years old and keep the social security tax at less than seven percent on the first $50,000 in wages a person makes in a year.

Four.

Ask Presidential candidates how they plan on reducing our dependence on foreign oil without more drilling in Alaska.

Five.

Ask Presidential candidates if they think our current War on Drugs in constitutional. I believe the War on Drugs is not constitutional because of Amendments Four, Five, and Eight of the United States Constitution.

Six.

Ask Presidential candidates if they think Japan should spend more money on its defense and if they think Japan should have nuclear weapons. I think Japan should spend more money on its defense and I think Japan should have nuclear weapons.

Seven.

Ask Presidential candidates if they think citizens of the United States of America may be denied lawyers and trials if they are called enemy combatants. I believe that citizens of the United States of America who are called enemy combatants may not be denied lawyers and trials because of Amendment Six of the United States Constitution. I believe that fighting for an enemy of our country is a criminal offense.

2003-01-16T20:36:00.000-05:00

Dear Abby has a great column in today's paper about the right of pregnant girls to obtain a quality public school education. I hope that more public schools will make sure that pregnant girls obtain a quality public school education. You may read about the rights of pregnant girls at California Women's Law Center

The Document on the website has the title "Model Policy on the Civil Rights of Pregnant and Parenting Students."

I hope our country does a better job prosecuting males over 18 years of age who get girls under 13 years old pregnant. I do not think males over 18 years of age should be having sex with females under 18 years of age.

2003-01-16T19:45:00.000-05:00

I have not had a girlfriend since I was 12 years old. She dumped me for a soccer player.

I probably could have had girlfriends if I had asked out females out on dates on a regular basis. I have not asked many females out on dates.

I have not seen the point in asking females out on dates because I do not make much money, I do not own a car, and I live with my dad.

I hope there will be non alcoholic single events in Manchester, NH during the day on Saturday afternoons.

The Bar scene does not interest me because I am not interested in having sex with a drunk woman.

I think one of the dumbest things a human being can do is have sex with someone the person just met. Sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy often result from one night stands.

2003-01-16T19:30:00.000-05:00

I have worked part-time for a video rental store chain for more than three years. I created a very long recommended movie list because many of my customers have asked me for recommedations for themselves and their children.

I do not recommend that young girls see the Shaggy Dog because a couple of young girls were scared by the movie after I recommended it.

I do not recommend that parents allow their children to see The Bounty with Mel Gibson. The movie has a PG rating. It has more nudity and sex than many of the X rated movies I have seen. It is also one of the most violent movies I have ever seen. I think it is a great movie for adults.

One of my favorite customers now is a customer who called me "brain dead" shortly after he became a new customer when he was having a bad day. If you work in the customer service field, it is important to realize that customers often have bad days.

I have been the top seller of discount rental card in many of the sales my store has had because I am very good at explaining the benefits of the product up for sale after the customer has said no.

2003-01-16T10:35:00.000-05:00

The Burger King on Daniel Webster Highway in Manchester, New Hampshire near Kentucky Fried Chicken has been flying a very torn American flag for a while now. I hope they will dispose of the current flag properly and get a new flag.

I have mentioned the situation to several New Hampshire papers.

2003-01-16T09:35:00.000-05:00

Some recommendations for employees of restaurants

One.

If you have handled trash, please wash your hands with soap and water before handling food.

Two.

If a customer has ordered salad and a steak, bring out the salad before the steak if the customer has not asked you to bring them out at the same time. Twice within the past week I had to ask servers to bring me my salad after my steak had arrived.

Three.

Make sure salads have more than one piece of tomato.

Four.

If a person asks for a medium well steak, make sure the steak is medium well.

Five.

Consider offering customers the salad dressing that the Hilltop Steak House in Saugus, MA offers. It is my favorite salad dressing.

Some advice for waiters and waitresses

One.

Do not ask "Do you need change?" I have reduced tips because of this stupid comment.

Two.

Keep water glasses and soda glasses filled unless customer asks you not to. In Chinese restaurants ask the customer if the customer wants more tea.

Three.

If you work for a Chinese restaurant and the customer is ordering pork spare ribs on bones and/or beef terriyaki, ask the customer if the customer would like the type of flame that comes with a Pu Pu platter.

Four.

If the person orders a salad, ask the person if the person would like the salad dressing on the side.

Five.

Bring out the check fast if the person does not want a desert.

Six.

Smile some of the time. I have given decent tips to waiters and waitresses when the food has tasted mediocre because of an authentic smile.

I gave a six dollar tip to a waitress on a $12 meal because she did a great job. I have given $5 tips on $15 meals when the waiter or waitress has done a very, very good job. I have given less than a 15 percent tip when the waiter or waitress has screwed up when the food has been great.

2003-01-15T16:21:00.000-05:00

I have watched a lot of television.

I have watched many movies.

I have read many books.

I prepare and cook many of the meals I eat.

I enjoy walking.