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Original Proposals on Education, Airport Security and NASA stage.

 Good News: Wall Street Journal Report: school choice has been enacted in 13 states

 and pending in 25; Even more choice: Indiana and Wisconsin are working on school

 choice, including, private schools, in addition to, charters, magnetics and regulars.

All programs involve a form of school vouchers. Parental choice is enjoyed in the U.K.;

shouldn't it exist in the no.1 democracy - rhetorical question. Updated throughout, even

when not so indicated.

 Please read: "ATBTC's Action Chain Letter 4 (Updated and

Expanded) which contains vital info concerning our energy crisis - real not U.N. science.

          ACTION CHAIN LETTER 5: Bringing it To Together (Updated and Expanded)

                                              by Richard DePersio

        

(Original publication date and title: Sun, Dec 5, 2010 9:33 pm
 ATBTC: TOGETHER...A NEW BEGINNING*: CHAIN LETTER 5)

(Where did this originate - "Together...A New Beginning"? Hint:

Campaign slogan. Answer at conclusion. Don't peak! Cogitate)}.

(New Proposals after Preface).

PREFACE: Secret Societies: "Knights Templar," "Freemasons," "Illuminati,"

"Skull and Bones," ATBTC ("Americans Taking Back Their Country"; Tea is Bad

for You, ATBTC is Good for You), etc. Mission Statement: Send each Secret

 Chain Letter to at least five family members and/or friends and/or enemies

 and/or co-workers and/or  whom-ever-you-choose for we comprise an Association

of Individuals in a loose association with a Common Cause - Constitutional

Government. Suggestion: We phone and/or leave a message (s) at the websites of

our two U.S. Senators and one congressman, as well as,

other members of congress who serve as chairmen or ranking members

or just plain members of committees or sub-committees

that interest a member. ATBTC:no membership card or dues but we are working on secret

 cyber-space handshake; as the late Steve Allen would say:

"All seriousness aside.") such as, Science and Technology, NASA, Appropriations,

Budget, Energy, Rules, etc. You can discover the names or names and phone

numbers of your congressional members (you need not know their names when

you call but you are required to know the name of the state in which you live!) and

 the names or names and phone numbers of committee members (just tell Capital

Operator the committee that concerns you). Phones: 202-224-3121 and 202-226-7200.

Websites: Example - www.jones.senate.gov/public/ and smith.house.gov/public/ Some

 names, Phone #s and websites are recommended in Chain Letters 9, 8, 7, 6, 2, 1 at

 groups.google.com/group/rickcosmos-eclectic, /group/newfederalism, /group/

nasa-our-way. Now, Let's Do Ourselves a REVOLUTION!!!

PROPOSAL 45  Stop punishing achievement and try rewarding it.

President Bush's successful "No Child Left Behind" (you know that it is successful

because school unions hate it!) has substantially reduced but has not

completely eliminated (mainly via national standardized tests): the mainstreaming

of the physically and/or mentally crippled (Citizen Journalist is non-P.C. cripple

 but not when he was a school boy chasing school girls

in plaid skirts) who require extra attention - attention diverted from those

better equipped to handle the workload and are, thereby, held back; social

promotions - the promoting of a child from, say, 6th to 7th grade in order

not to deflate the child's ego and in order for the teacher to prevent

herself from looking bad: look - over half of her students have failed.

Instead of saying: we care about you; we want you to master grade

before you advance. Child is promoted and lost, needs extra attention,

deserving students are short-changed. Update: It appears that teachers are

figuring out how to return to doing social promotions.

There are public schools which no longer post

'A' test papers for fear of hurting the feelings of those who didn't attain an

'A.' Old-fashioned thinking: Stroke the ego of the 'A' student to encourage

him to a repeat performance and motivate the others to work harder

in order to see their paper on the bulletin board; some schools - non-competitive

activities in gym class, whatever, that is. It sure prepares child for

capitalistic society; there are schools which have done away with grading and

determine whether or not child is promoted predicated on effort,

social development and projects - stupid, nonsensical liberal thinking.

We have already proposed converting all regular public schools

into charter and magnet schools: on average charters (no union control)

 out perform magnets  while mags out do regulars (mags

semi-union control, regulars - nearly complete union control;

by the bye, regulars are budgeted more than mags and mags more

than charters - fascinating! Yet, libs tell us that the problem

with regs is that they don't receive enough money - - the problem

is unions!). On average students in mags and charts perform as well in

well-to-do safe neighbors as they do in poor, dangerous ones.

      Don't hold back our brightest stars. A big problem: boredom

and a feeling of not being challenged. ORIGINAL PROPOSAL:

There is no reason that

elementary school can't be 7 instead of 8 years (8 is largely review)

for the well-behaved 'A' and 'B' students. Further, those who

were As and Bs in grades 5, 6, 7 should go to high school for 3

instead of 4 years. Freshman who earn an 'A' can transfer to

advanced program; no transfers after freshman year. These

students would earn academic-regents diplomas or an

associate degree (if school can afford it; it presently takes 2

years to earn an associate in college, it would take 3 in high).

      We hear you: you're saying: "In Japan and Western Europe,

where in many of those countries Americans are being

out-performed in international comparisons, they spend more

days per year in the classroom. They don't get 12 weeks off in

the summer. Instead, they receive a week here and two weeks

there totally (it varies from country to country) 6 to 9 weeks." Fine;

if a state can afford it. We think our plan is even better. Let

us continue and stop interrupting us by thinking out loud (
A.D.D. distracting).

       Stop poorly-behaved, slow students and class clowns from

holding back our brightest. Motivate them to want to attend

class with a livelier curriculum: electronics, plumbing, home

economics, book keeping, basic computer, house painting,

gardening, a lot more physical education, shop, etc. Challenging

courses - a lot of poorly behaved students are brighter than you

think (just ask CJ). Their not college material, give them the

skills for the real world. Also: business math., dance, map-reading,

the production of graphs. End remedial courses in college.

Those students don't belong in college. Many states are and are saving $s.

       In college, associate degrees should take 1 1/2 years not 2;

bachelors, 3 not 4. Reduce the core requirements: these students

should have acquired the basic skills in elementary and high school.

They should be focusing on their major and minor: specializing not

so much general subjects. You're interrupting and saying, "Colleges

 will lose money because students

will be spending less time there. But, more students will want

to attend college and that's what we want. Imagine graduating

high schools at 16 instead of 18. What are you going to do? You

have an academic-regents diploma and you're being offered the

opportunity of earning an A.A. or A.A.S. when you're 17 or 18;

you might go for two associates (or three, if you were able to earn

one in high school). Graduating with a B.A. or B.S. at 19 or 20,

you have time for a second B.A. or B.S.(second takes 2 or less years) or

starting a master's or doctorate program). We must take into account the

taxpayer and student debt: no second associate accept for 'A' and 'B'

students - same for Bachelor's. More students might have to

work while in college - grants should be reduced to reduce

the deficit. We will be producing more graduates with more degrees

wherein they focused on their discipline of choice.  America will be more

competitive on the world stage for our students will be better educated

and no longer the victim of the liberal policy of homogenization:

bundling the able bodied with the disabled, the bright with the slow,

the well-behaved with the delinquents. College degrees and debt aren't

for everybody. ITT and other trade/specialized schools should be

encouraged for certain students.

PROPOSAL 46: Return student loans to banks, It was unconstitutional

of Obama (17 constitutional infractions thus far by our count) to have

fed gov assume responsibility for student loans - private sector activity.

Just look at gov involvement (unconstitutional in nature) with Fannie,

Freddie and Amtrak.

PROPOSAL 13:

LUCKY 13 for CHILDREN. We should  phone our governor's

office and speak to a staff

member (supplying name is optional; they keep records of

citizen's position - a tally of pros and cons - and report most

interesting statements to their boss) and/or leave a message at

his/her website. Ditto OUR representatives in state legislators

and/or county exec and/or mayor and/or council member.

       Convert all regular public schools into charter and magnet

schools. On average,  children in private schools (most of which

our Christian, especially, Catholic) score higher    on national 

standardized and state-wide tests (which helps prevent teachers

from awarding social promotions) It is virtually impossible for 

principals to fire incompetent teachers due

 to union. You digress; on verge of A.D.D. attack) than

home-schooled, magnet and charter kids who in turn score

higher then regular public

school youngsters. Regulars have improved somewhat due to

Bush's "No   Child Left Behind" (liberal-dominated media has

 lied about policy and results) but not enough and won't progress

 any further due to

teacher's unions. Public schools were nearly as good as Catholic

schools - academics and discipline - prior to the early 1960s.

What happened? In early '60s, the first and biggest teacher's union

 formed! Since then, on their orders, states pumped hundreds of

billions of additional dollars into public schools and they got worse!

 Albert Shankor, the former head of union, said in 1985: "We'll care     

     about the kids when they're old enough to pay union dues."

(By the way, on average it costs $10,000 a year to 'educate' a

regular public school child; $6,000 Catholic).

      The problem with regular public schools: teachers aren't paid

 enough and most schools don't have the latest textbooks and/or

computers and/or etc. They earn only an average of 10% less than

 firemen and cops and their benefits and retirement packages

are better than theirs! Pay more and you'll have better teachers

and better-performing kids...Debate in progress...Charter and magnet

 school teachers are paid less than regular public school teachers and

can easily be fired for poor performance. Charters and Magnets

aren't as well-equipped as regulars.

     What possibly can explain this state-of-affairs? Unions have no

control over charter schools and only limited control of magnets.

Citizen Journalist has a niece, Alexa (age 9) in a magnet plus is in Delta

 program and another niece, Katie, 13, in a magnet. Brag: They are

super-smart!

Charter teachers are creative and innovative, their principals don't

spend most of school day

 in their offices but in classrooms helping students they suspect are

falling behind and they can call teachers at home with homework 

questions (truly dedicated teachers!). Less then 20% of schools in

most states are charters and magnets. Deplorable! Encouraging:

some states are experimenting with virtual academies which

are sort of charter/magnet/home school combos. Discouraging:  Some

states where home schools are legal want to rescind their

legality claiming parents aren't qualified and don't possess teacher's

 licenses. But, they are outperforming your regular public school

teachers! The real reason: Most parents who home-school are

 religious and object to immoralities being taught in public schools and

incorporate religious training as part of 

curriculum. How dare they! Liberals object: they must be indoctrinated

 into liberalism like good, little brain-washed regulars.

     The hell with the socialist unions. Let's do what's right by the kids.

                                                                                                                                                       

Proposal 14:

Prohibit Unsupported Mandates. Fed gov dictates to states that they

 must do a particular thing and fed gov contributes between 0% and 65% of the 

necessary funds. It shouldn't be retro-active but we already proposed something to

make up for that fact in previous Chain letter: Reduce budgets for unconstitutional

 federal  departments of Education, Agriculture, Housing, Interior, Transportation

by over 75% over a period of ten years with three-quarters going toward reducing

 deficit/debt and the remainder being added to what fed gov already gives to the states

 in these areas - and with no strings attached! The new fed committees (no longer

departments) should monitor how money is spent (without dictating how it is spent),

propose programs to states in these areas and if state is interested, fed gov must fully

 fund it! Returning to Mandates: Fed gov must prove that they have the constitutional

authority (no more abusing commerce clause) to order it and then fully fund it,

 preferably, each state would design its own program to carry it out. (Healthcare too!;

it is not constitutionally within the domain of  national government -  while fed     

  gov is responsible for billions of debt and fraud due to their mismanagement of these       

 programs). Restoring powers to states unconstitutionally stolen by an increasingly

distant and powerful and incompetent dictatorial Washington D.C. (Washington must

be rolling in his grave for he had left us a Federalist Republic with an Amendment 10 in

the Bill of Rights). Gov unions will object. Who ever heard of (public) servants on

average making 25% more than those they serve!- salaries and benefits.

This is bad for America: private sector workers produce, gov workers spend and spend

and spend. We borrow and borrow principally from China and the Federal Reserve Bank

orders Treasury Department to print more money (Federal Reserve Notes; Fed Reserve

Bank Funny Money) but, you say, inflation is at a record low of .9 (under brand new

 system  inflation figure no longer includes rise in food and energy costs! - go back to

old system      and stop trying to fool citizens/consumers;  since Fed was created  in

1913 the value of $ has declined 85% in value and 20% since 1999 - - these are the real

inflation numbers - - - read them and weep!  An A.D.D.-ing, we will go!

Proposal 15:

Student Loans, Water, and more commerce clause abuse.  In a recent power-grab,

Obama took student loans away from banks - think Fannie and Freddie - and

announced that  all water in and around the U.S., including, the puddle in front of

 your house belongs to fed  gov! Even intra-state water: rivers, streams, lakes,

 ponds that aren't shared by more than      one state will be regulated by

overweight Uncle Sam.  Americans put him on a diet!      Pregnant with power

 'his' water is  about to break.

Proposal 16:

Just say "no!" to 'stimulus' packages. According to the Federal Reserve Bank

 branch in San Francisco the $1 TRILLION-PLUS 'stimulus' created zero000zero

 new jobs!; Obama claims that it created or saved 2 million jobs - according to

Fed branch: the actual figure was much less and were all temporary jobs that

those who had them have waved 'goodbye' to them. There are 1 million fewer

jobs today than there were in 2001.

Proposal 17: Just say "No" to porno pix and feel-ups!!! Original Proposal:

Privacy vs. security. Union of Socialist Secular States of America. Citizen Journalist

doesn't fly; doesn't go outside. In exile in the former United States of America.

Nonetheless, is concerned about cyber-friends experiencing the unconstitutional,

 immoral, unnecessary breach of privacy and rights. Being treated like a criminal

without a search warrant or probable cause which can be easily rectified by 

exercising some common sense. Proposals: 1) Place SENTINEL which was at

"Reagan International Airport" back there and at other airports - it kind of sniffs:

you walk through and feel puffs of air, a vacuum device sucks in air with particles

 dislodged from head to shoes or socks before particles hit the floor, it can

 determine if person was near a bomb or materials used to make bombs within

the last 36 hours; 2) Randomly (say, every 7th traveler) use metal-detecting wand

 which guard runs 'all over your body' at a distance of about half a foot, no contact;

 3) Profile! Not babies and blue-haired old ladies. Security should keep a closer

eye on Arab-looking males 18-45, question if circumstances warrant followed by

no action or feel-up or full-body scan or both. Our proposal is unconstitutional

but much less so than present system. 100% safety is impossible.

Proposal 18:

America's Destiny. In  previous chain letters, we discussed NASA's role

 as the premier technological engine of our economy, the future of space

 exploration and the major role our space program should play in what

should be our effort to attain energy independence.

Project NERVA (see previous letters) involved NASA, Atomic Energy

Commission, Los   Alamos Scientific Lab, AreoJet and Westinghouse from

 1963-73. The facilities should be restored and upgraded. They've been neglected.

       The Space Nuclear Propulsion Office might have to be reactivated or

not. It was established so that NASA and AEC could work together in this

 classified program. Last year, Obama signed a directive enabling NASA and

the military to work more closely together. We, unlike Obama, have been

 making proposals toward that end. He might just need to sign another directive

 which he wouldn't be inclined to do, unless, we order him. Of course, this

 raises the issue of the constitutionality of executive orders which

circumvent congress. Congress should reactivate.

     We suggested looking into feasibility of combining Orion/Ares 1 and Ares 5

 with three stages or two stages with two reusable liquid booster (not solid)

rockets. The top stage should be nuclear thermal or VASIMR plasma unlike

 the other stage (s) which would be the traditional chemical. It should be used

 for "Constitution" (our name for what we believe will soon be the operational

 AF X-37B). We propose ascertaining if we can do something unorthodox: creating

 doughnut- or tire-shaped (long) stage for Orion-version so that thermal nuclear

 or plasma stage (aka moon-transfer module and Mars-transfer    module)

 can surround (we build on our proposals with each letter) Orion or Orion-like

craft. Hydrogen or plasma would protect crew from solar wind and cosmic 

radiation (actually not radiation but plasma). H or P would be surrounded by

 magnetic field (to contain it) which would supply much greater protection like

 magnetic field protects us on earth from solar wind and cosmic rays.

     The plasma propulsion system definitely and the thermal nuclear, perhaps,

 can vary exhaust velocity; this can help reduce propellant usage and improve 

acceleration at different stages of flight  - - don't deviate too much exhaust

velocity and vehicle speed  for that would degrade not enhance performance. 

Proposal 19: 

Useless U.N. Exit U.N. and kick it out of U.S.! We pay 25% of its budget and the

majority of nations are enemies or semi-enemies. It passes useless resolutions

which it can't enforce because of pathetic peace-keepers without testicles.

The humanitarian/ charitable programs are fraught with fraud. They still violate

 our laws claiming diplomatic immunity. It serves no valuable function.

We just learned that Obama has been giving-bribing - nations to vote for climate

change/cattle fart/lack of appropriate peer review/

questionable sources/hockey stick graph/george soros, al gore get richer/ global

warming pseudo-science plans.  Obama wants us to do it anyway so your energy

bills can rise and companies won't be able to create as many jobs us they can

 otherwise. Only libs favor useless U.N.- which is another reason to kick it into the

 Atlantic!

Proposal 20:

U.S.-Russia Arms Treaty. Nixon SALT was good; Nixon-Ford-Carter

 Salt 2 was good; Reagan START was better. We would have high-tech

missile shield, with tech benefiting other aspects of economy as well, if Nixon's

 ABM wasn't canceled by dem-controlled congress in '72 and Reagan's SDI had not

been considerably shrunk by Clinton and other dems. Rogue nations and terrorist

 orgs. Bush unilaterally did away with ABM treaty claiming it was signed by U.S.

 and Soviet Union and Soviet Union no longer exists! He finally persuaded our

friends, Poland and Czech Republic, though fearful of Russia, to

put part of shield in their countries during his last year in office and Obama

 undid during his first year by caving to Russian pressure and  a vindictive Russia

 has, nonetheless, promised to punish our two allies. Arms agreement which

Obama signed with  Russia would place unacceptable

constraints on missile defense, will prevent us from converting offensive missiles

to defensive missiles and replacing nuclear warheads on missiles with

 conventional ones which Russia can't afford and doesn't possess the technical

know-how. Giving away advantages U.S. Treason!

       Stop treating Russia as if it were still a super-power. Dictate terms of a treaty

that doesn't forgo our advantages. Don't make our plans subject to a Russian

veto. One more thing: we can only inspect their declared sites for compliance!

Obama sold out U.S.A. in arms treaty he signed with Russians last year!

 *Together...A New Beginning (Reagan's main campaign slogan in 1980).

(Please read                                           which is somewhere in the area).