OPEN LETTER TO THE REPUBLICANS

Open Letter to the Republicans

It is astonishing that you have taken a purely political stance in your vote of "NO." It is clear where you and your peers stand in NOT helping America prosper.

Your group were only interested in appearing strong under a united NO vote, but it only showed how weak you and your peers are.

Your NO vote made you an embarrassment and have made you appear naked before the Nation and your Florida Constituents.

It is a shame that you clenched your fists and fain a smile at the extra and out of the ordinary extension of bi-partisanship that President Obama extended to you and your colleagues.

Remember the President knew he didn't need your vote to pass the Stimulus Package, but he went out of his way to get your input, and you failed.

President Bush did more to show graciousness and openness than you or your colleagues did.

You miss the point of the stimulus plan. You view it as spending. NO, it is an Investment. It is a down payment on the investment on the re-building of this country.

You have politicized Our desire to invest in America. What the Republicans for the last eight years have done is spend on other countries, wars, on the elite, giving tax breaks when it was not needed, and dug US into a hole. You created a climate of gluttony and greed and it exploded in Our faces.

It is time we spend on our selves, our nation, our cities, our schools, our universities, our infrastructure, and everything else that is crumbling in our Nation.

Our nation's mall needs to be the shining example of this country. Yes let's re-sod our Capital. It should be a kept like a jewel. Sod farmers in Florida, Georgia would be thankful for a 20 million contract. Yes, lets spend a few million dollars on contraception to keep our population from exploding like China.

It keeps our clinics and doctors employed, our pharmaceutical's operating. Let's keep our nation healthy and keep STD from becoming as dangerous as AIDS, but you view that as pork. No, it is an investment in ourselves.

You miss the point-a dollar invested in America is a dollar well invested in America. Ok lets use your term; A Dollar spent in America is a dollar well spent in America. No matter what it is-it is an infusion into the American economy, and that is what WE need.

You have used the carrot of tax breaks to create gimmicks to benefit a few at the detriment of the middle class just for purely political gain.

We are tired of receiving the bait and switch, and eating the crumbs you have been spilling off of your table, and drinking the drops of water that comes off your chins.

Tax breaks are like giving a starving person a fish it only means death is staved off to another day.

We need good paying long term jobs/careers instead of tax breaks to spur this economy. Long gone are the jobs you can hold for thirty-fifty years.

Our businesses have exported out those type of jobs creating this volatile economic climate, and hence the instability on our economy.

Tax breaks are great when a person is making money and is gainfully employed, that spurs investment, but when the majority of people are unemployed, or are under employed, we get what we have today, deflation and a looming depression.

Receiving a tax break with our current economy just delays the in-inevitable; a horrible depression racked with disease, crime, poverty, and futility.

We are in the Golden Hour of reckoning, and our nation needs a massive infusion of Capital Work projects. We don't want to squander our resources or our planet, but you have done that.

NPR reports: Even as the Fed wants to use all tools available to battle the crisis, it is mindful that there are dangers: the potential to put ever-more taxpayers' dollars at risk; sow the seeds of inflation in the future; and encourage "moral hazard," where companies feel more comfortable making high-stakes gambles because the government will rescue them.

Our Federal Reserve Bank is at its brink, and there is nothing it can do anymore to fix this crisis. Nor do WE want or expect them to squander our money over to bad. It is time for huge government intervention in the form of public works programs, and long term job creation.

We have seen The Industrial Revolution—1771; The Age of Steam and Railways—1829; The Age of Steel, Electricity and Heavy Engineering—1875; The Age of Oil, the Automobile and Mass Production—1908; The Age of Information and Telecommunications—1971. What age will be known for? The age of greatest social-economic catastrophe; what age will we usher in?

The American people should not shoulder or encourage bad business practices for the sake of the whole. No, those businesses should sacrifice for the whole.

We are now battling a three headed snake: the housing crisis, the bad credit market, and a crumbling financial market, and to kill it we must chop off its heads and break up its body into several pieces so that it never rears its ugly heads again.

You don't understand that WE want to rebuild America, WE wan to re-invest in American technology, WE want to build a transportation grid that DOES NOT use fossil fuels.

WE want to contribute to the energy grid and with a solar panel on every home in America we can, but that is not politically expedient to you because your vote has been bought by those entities that want to keep this country hostage to eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century cronyism.

Your view is myopic. Republican and Democrats spent us into this recession. You are used to spending on pork, but when we want you to invest in America, you VOTE NO.

We hear YOU. But, if we were to stop buying 700 billion dollars worth of fossil fuel, we would in one year pay off this minuscule stimulus plan.

Rather than joining the thinking and saying OK what can I do to spur the economy in my state, and how can I invest in Florida wisely and with transparency through this stimulus plan-YOU have opted to VOTE NO. Nothing will come our way because of your NO VOTE. It is stingy thinking.

We will remember your NO VOTE, and when it comes time for re-election we will VOTE NO for you.

USA.CAN POSES AS THE NEXT STEP IN OFA 2.O

Attention all Newbies and Sincere Political Stalwart's

Trust has been violated - USA.CAN over steps boundaries. Presents National Agenda as Part of MyBO, as the next step to MyBO, and OFA (Organizing for America) 2.0, and it is not.

USA.CAN is not OFA period. OFA-Organizing for America 2.0 Under Mitch Stewart is the future of the Movement and it is not USA.CAN.

The Future of the Movement is:

Mitch Stewart

Campaign Manager David Plouffe recorded a short message for your group with Mitch Stewart, Executive Director of Organizing for America. Please take a moment to watch the video. You can watch the Video at MyBO here: http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/neworganization.

Mitch Stewart is the Executive Director of Organizing for America(OFA) not Lisa Lindo or Mr Currier. MS. Lindo and Mr. Currier are directors of the group they started called USA.CAN.

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The CAN Original Email:

Hello Wonderfully Active People:

You're invited to join a group on My.BarackObama.com:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/FloridaCAN

We are writing to invite everyone to please come out and join the President's Grassroots Team to support Barack as we roll out Government 2.0.

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This is not the President Grassroots Team nor is it his roll out, nor is this a message from David Plouffe or Mitch Stewart! But It sure seems like it, they go on.
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In his recent video (http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/thefuture) Go to this and it is a Blank Page-this is dishonesty! Barack Announces Organizing For America. He mentioned that in a few days you would get instructions by email. These are the instructions.



HERE IS THE CONFUSION CREATED:

> On Jan 25, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Connie wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm new to this group and from Massachusetts. I have been
> > "awakened" by
> > President Obama, but still very much a "newbie" when it comes to
> > organizing
> > and politics. I knocked on doors, donated and raised $, attended
> > events,
> > made phone calls and wrote letters to elect our President - never > > have I
> > done any of those things before. I have energy to give and I have
> > several
> > friends who want to be part of this movement - but we don't know
> > what to do.
> > I went to two events during the early Dec. round of meetings, but
> > there has
> > been no follow-through from those. So, my questions for this group:
> >
> > 1. is there a "chapter" for Massachusetts?
> >
> > 2. If not, should I start one?
> >
> > 3. How do we get started?
> >
> > I've signed up for USACAN and OFA - still confused where one starts
> > and one
> > takes over.
> >
> > Connie Bair-Thompson
> >

HERE IS THE BACKGROUND ON CAN VS. OFA

Message: 2
Original Message: http://my.barackobama.com/page/group/USACAN/listserv-message/tlwgmtmC
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:26:25 -0500
From: Chris Savage
Subject: [USACAN] USA.CAN is NOT an official OFA initiative
Message-ID: <331356.10065.qm@web82501.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I doubt this will get through the USA.CAN moderators but I'll give it a shot anyway.
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Two days ago, I received the email below from Lisa Lindo via the
MichigandersforObama listserv. She and Paul Currier have
been blanketing the My.BO listservs with this email. They have also set up My.BO sites for USA.CAN as well as all of the so-called state Community Action Networks and one for every county in California.

While I am very appreciative of folks who take initiative to organize
themselves and others, there was a comment in Ms. Lindo's email that threw up a very big red flag for me:


"In his recent video (http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/thefuture) Barack Announces Organizing For America. He mentioned that in a few
days you would get instructions by email. These are the instructions."

This is, in fact, a lie. That may seem extreme but, frankly, there's no other way to describe it. These are decidedly NOT "the instructions" that Barack Obama was talking about and Ms. Lindo has no business suggesting that they
are. I am appalled that someone claiming to work for progressive
change and using the OFA resources would presume to speak for Barack
Obama and his organization when they are not authorized to do so.

After
looking into the CAN groups and going so far as to set up
Washtenaw.Michigan.CAN, I sent an email out to folks involved in
organizing OFA 2.0. This morning I received a response from Jeremy
Bird, one of the top coordinators of OFA, someone who works closely
with David Plouffe, Jon Carson, and, assume, Stewart Mitchell, the new head of OFA:


These CAN groups are not official nor did anyone associated with those groups discuss them with OFA leadership.

We do appreciate all supporters and love the energy of this proactive online work.

However,
the CAN email I received yesterday erroneously claimed to be "the next
steps" of the OFA organization. This is simply not true.

Watch your emails from us and we will continually update you as we progress together.

Thanks,

Jeremy

The final piece for me, the one that made me realize this was coming
out of left field, is that the only other moderator on the USA.CAN My.BO page (besides Paul Currier) is Ms. Lindo who goes by the name
"ConcernedMilf" on My.BO. No OFA person would ever be so crass as to
refer to
themselves in public like this, much less on a national community
organizing network.

You
all may do as you feel is best, of course, but I would highly recommend
that you wait until the official OFA organization is rolled out rather
than sign on to USA.CAN or Michigan.CAN. The working going in to this official initiative is extensive and the final product will be far more impressive, functional and effective than what has been put together here.

If you can wait for the official OFA network to be assembled (and it won't be much longer), you will be
able to tap into far more dedicated resources, be far more effectively
networked and be far more effective in your work than if you get
involved with an ad hoc group like the Community Action Networks being
promoted by Mr. Currier and Ms. Lindo. What they are doing, in fact,
has the real potential to have a negative impact on what OFA rolls out if people have already begun going down a different path.

I would encourage you to spread this message to others in other states that may not realize that USA.CAN is NOT an official OFA program.

Regards,
Chris Savage
chrissavage123@sbcglobal.net
Dexter, Michigan

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USA.CAN is a Group under MyBO but they are not representative of OFA as they alluded, and that is the deception, and confusion. Be Strong, Stay Connected, and Defeat Deceit.

Charles Carlos Wheeler
"Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse." - Cervantes

OBAMA THE TRILLION DOLLAR PRESIDENT

The Rebuilding of America by President Obama will require “Guts” by himself and politicians to reinvest in “Trillion Dollar” terms, and in the legacy terms of long term thinking and planning. Let’s face it the nation knows our country is in dire straights. The nation has just undergone a multi-system trauma, and we are bleeding economically with no end in sight. We need resuscitation.

According to the US House of Representatives Committee on the Budget, report dated February 4, 2007, Bush inherited a 5.6 Trillion Dollar ten year surplus, and the Bush’s Republican policies took the nation’s coffers to a 8.8 trillion dollar nose dive into the red, ending with a 3.2 trillion dollar deficit, and we are arguing over a measly 825 billion dollars.

The Golden Hour

Poetically, “We” are at deaths door and there is no bright light at the end of the tunnel. The end of our republic is near, and congress is operating in the twentieth century of stinking thinking, partisan short-term positioning for the 2010 elections, and not in the long term survival of the nation. If we all survive this trauma then that means both the Democrat and Republican will survive.

If “We” as a nation were a patient loosing blood at the rate of economic loss-one would know we are about to die-and so it is with our economy and our nation. Our economy is critically injured and “We” have arrived at the critical juncture between life and death called the “Golden Hour.”

R. Adams Cowley, MD, from the University of Maryland states, "There is a ‘Golden Hour’ between life and death. If you are critically injured you have less than 60 minutes to survive. You might not die right then; it may be three days or two weeks later -- but something has happened in your body that is irreparable." The University of Maryland (http://www.umm.edu/shocktrauma/history.htm), tribute to Dr. Cowley also states,” the “Golden Hour” emerged based on the importance of speed and as well as in the skill in operating procedures.”

Doing nothing and not using skill in the “Golden Hour” of the implementation of our “stimulus procedures” or of deploying the stimulus package would be tantamount to negligence. It can mark the beginning of the end for President Obama’s presidency if he allows the Republicans to keep him in the mire of short term thinking, and partisan politics. If we don’t get this right we will be squandering the “Golden Hour” we have to infuse the economy with the Trillions “We” need to keep us from falling into irreparable damage, and it will be the Republican’s who will be at fault, if they keep blocking or delaying this measure.

It is Time We Invest in Ourselves.

President Obama has reached out during this economic catastrophe, and continues to reach out not to further the Democratic agenda, but because he knows why he was elected, to save the nation from economic catastrophe. President Obama is thinking of America’s best interests and its survival not politics-he wants this to work, and “We” know this. “We” the people also see who is undermining his efforts, and we will let our voices heard in the poll booths. Speed and skill is needed to pass this stimulus package and “We” understand that we need to invest “Trillions” not billions.

“Billion dollar” thinking ended when our governments budget reached the Trillions, and our GDP hovers in the Trillions, and John Boehner arguing over “Other projects included in the stimulus proposal are: funding for contraceptives, $50 million for the National Endowment of the Arts, $44 million for repairs to the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters, $200 million for the National Mall, including $21 million for sod, and $400 million for "national treasures," is chicken feed. It is small thinking compared to the trillions we need to get this right.

Just to get the economy to base we have to spend at least 3.2 Trillion dollars just to break even. Let’s put this in real terms and think in terms of economies of scale. What will do the most good for the most people? If we stopped spending 700 Billion dollars on imported oil in five years we would recoup the 3.2 Trillion needed for a real Stimulus Plan, and one year to recoup the paltry 825 billion Congress is now working to pass.

Investment vs. Spending

Some Republican’s and people like John Boehner are stuck in the twentieth century. President Obama has repeatedly stated that he does not want pork, and some Republican’s are screaming “bloody murder” because we want to repair our Department of Agriculture, make our National Mall a jewel to see and visit, avoid a population explosion like China, support the Arts-our culture and our “national treasures,” but it is obvious they have not travelled the country and have seen our decaying cities like Detroit, Philadelphia, or our crumbling infrastructure-they live in a bubble.

Cities like New York seem “Old World” compared to Beijing, Madrid, Paris, Dubai, and Shanghai and Singapore. Philadelphia gave birth to the American Revolution and American Independence, and Philadelphia should be a showpiece of early American history, because they made the hard decisions despite politics, but the unfortunate thing is it is not. Today, it is run down and worn out. Our founding fathers legacy to us was to provide the framework in their long term thinking to see who and what we are today.

Our legacy can be that at the “Golden Hour” of our greatest needs our generation made the hard decisions to invest and see our country thrive and prosper well into the 23rd century. If our economy was a person it will take action, the right medication at the right time, and right now we need a massive infusion of 3 Trillion Dollars “stat.” Like blood we need it typed and crossed and ready to go.

The Republican’s view this as “Spending” and this is where they miss the mark. “We” see this as an “Investment” to a more prosperous nation. “We” need the stimulus package skillfully constructed and know it is the foundation of the figurative house President Obama is gutting and rebuilding. Like President Truman reconstructed the White House President Obama will be carefully and skillfully re-constructing our nation.

“We” are Patient but Exacting

“We” the people know this will take a long time to recover and we are willing to “hunker down for the long haul” if we have accountability and transparency. “We” are willing to forgo immediate tax relief if the foundation we set today will carry the nation to long term prosperity. “We” can shoulder the current tax burden if there is fiscal responsibility in the “Investment.” “We” can endure austerity if Congress and the states and our nation’s cities are willing to implement an austerity plan with us and use performance measures to improve government.

We have seen runaway spending in the Republican lead era of the eighties and in the Bush era and that is what Politicians have become accustomed to when they take power. We have seen the resurgence of the $5,000 dollar toilet seat, the crazy junkets, the gaudy spending of the rich and famous. “We” are willing to go “Quid pro Quo” but only if what is required of “Us” is not squandered by short term thinking, and unmeasured and unbalanced double standards.

Tax Breaks and tax relief have become political ploys and gimmicks to gain our vote, and we are tired of short term political efforts to reduce taxes when it just digs the nation into a bigger grave. All tax incentives should be removed from the stimulus package and be discussed when the tax reconciliation period ends in 2010.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published this article titled: JOINT TAX COMMITTEE ESTIMATE SHOWS THAT TAX GIMMICK BEING DESIGNED TO EVADE SENATE BUDGET RULES WOULD INCREASE LONG-TERM DEFICITS; By Joel Friedman and Robert Greenstein. The Minutiae of tax reform can be discussed when the Bush tax cuts expire. Right now, the patient needs a massive 3 Trillion dollar infusion not a prescription on tax policy or a paltry 825 Billion.

“We” need Home Values stabilized. Our colleges and Universities need funding. “We” need a plan to create jobs that is part of the “Investment” in America. “We” need our manufacturing sector restored. “We” need to see our infrastructure, and our cities rebuilt. “We” need mass transportation and electrical grid re-configured. “We” need to bring train travel into the 21st century by creating new hubs of 300-400 mph Maglev trains. But more than anything “We” need the government to think in the terms of economy of scale that “Trillion Dollar Thinking” can do to create opportunities, by demanding our economy to be off of fossil fuels, in the next five-ten years. Here is where the nation and our businesses can create the opportunity in “New Industry,” but first we need resuscitation.

THE OBAMA POWER NAP: The answer to late nights, long hours in Obama White House

President Obama and his incoming staff will inherit daunting and extra ordinary challenges that will require both peak and optimum mental and physical performance from his staff and his cabinet.

President Obama is known for his physical and mental strength because he works at being fit physically, and mentally. He is known for working long hours into the night calling his staff at 11pm and working on speeches and reading, sometimes until 2 am.

The White House is expected to revolve around this schedule, by all accounts his Chief of Staff; R. Emanuel can burn the candle at both ends. He is often calling his staff as early as 6 am, and working late into the night, as well. Coming of a grueling campaign schedule, enduring the transition, and then stepping into power Pres. Elect Obama may find his people cascading like dominoes.

A partial answer to maintain peak mental performance can be the Obama Power Nap! The second equation to this conundrum is requiring a series of physical activities for White House Staff, where staff can choose any number of physical activities that allows them 30 minutes of aerobic activity each day.

The Power Nap has it origins in the siesta, but is far from being a siesta, in its truest form; the Power Nap is truly American. Imagine a nation that works out for 30 minutes, eats for 30 minutes, and naps for 30 minutes, and produces more, while combating fatigue, in an hour and half lunch break.

Unlike, a siesta in Spain, Mexico, and other Latin American countries a siesta shuts everything down for 3 hours that is un-American. “The siesta for shops and businesses is from approximately 2pm until 5pm while bars and restaurants close from about 4pm until about 8 or 9pm, according to about.com.”

The answer: The Obama Power Nap! A nap after lunch is proven to improve your performance according to research web site Health, they say:

Therefore it is true; a nap after lunch can improve your performance. There is a wealth of evidence and research to support the validity of this claim. Napping is a very effective way of combating fatigue and lifting productivity in the work place. Only 15 minutes can lift someone's performance and concentration levels greatly.

"We actually have a dip in our core body temperature rhythm after lunch and that coincides with the sleep patch we have after lunch. And that happens even if we don't eat anything at lunchtime. So we're physiologically programmed to slow things down in the early afternoon," says Adelaide-based sleep researcher, Dr Sally Ferguson.

So, it is no surprise then that over 60 percent of workers are actually sleep deprived. Most other animals on the planet nap and humans have not evolved past this basic need.

So, it is no surprise then that over 60 percent of workers are actually sleep deprived. Most other animals on the planet nap and humans have not evolved past this basic need.

People are not getting nearly enough sleep at night and it's causing us to be less effective at work and bringing with it a whole host of health problems, which ultimately can lead to increased costs for businesses.

New York entrepreneur Arshad Chowdury has come up with the ultimate corporate kip — nap pods for rent.

"For the last 50 years in the western world we've been working longer hours and sleeping less every single year. This is the trend that's not going anywhere and something has to give," says Arshad.

If you nap for more than 20 minutes during the day, you'll slip into the deep sleep cycle, which means it'll take you longer to recover so a nap pod is designed to induce faster sleep by recalling your favorite nap settings, from music to contour preferences. By the time you freshen up after your nap, you'll be in and out in just 30 minutes.

According to Arshad, one in three Americans nap and he thinks this holds true for much of the western world. Therefore if we are given the opportunity to take a nap during the workday, one in three of us would choose to. He says, it's things like work culture that actually prevents us from doing so.

Nap pods are making their way to Australia.

A wise Pres. Elect Obama will see the benefits of a “Power Nap” and Nap-Pod’s may make their way into the White House especially if the grueling schedule continues, and if he wants to keep his staff from flailing, and falling like flies.

What Does this Inauguration Mean to You?

It means: Inspiration to me!

Intangible yet real, it springs from a persons deepest core. It is a feeling that emanates from the sub-conscious to make you aware of the achievable. It is the amorphous inducing substance that makes you sob, smile, and shout all at the same time.

It means in essence that I have entrusted my life, the well being of my country, and of future generations into the hands, mind, and heart of the incoming President.

The inauguration means I have given him my trust: Which has my unselfish care for change, and it carries my charge, custody, and confidence with the positive expectation of our hope.

Charles Carlos Wheeler

I have participated, and so can you.

If you missed her email, Michelle Obama writes:

Nothing could be better than having you there to be a part of this historic event.

Thank you for everything you've done to bring us to this moment,

Michelle

P.S. -- The opportunity to be part of this historic event is open to everyone, regardless of whether you make a donation. Participate now by telling us what this Inauguration means to you.