I ran across a website requesting that we write letters to the next President. It is called Letters to the Next President . It is by a Chritian group called North Point Ministries. Here is their intro:
Who Are We?
North Point Ministries (NPM) is a worldwide Christian organization that began in 1995 with the launch of North Point Community Church near Atlanta, Georgia. The mission of NPM is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ by creating environments where people are encouraged and equipped to pursue intimacy with God, community with insiders, and influence with outsiders.
Here is the intro video by the Minister Andy Stanley:
Andy Stanley Intro:
So... I thought I'd write a letter.
Below my folded arms, here it is. And I'd suggest you write them one, too. (I had to put it in two letters because I wrote too much.)
Dear Mr. President,
The first thing you should do as our new President is engage in a thorough investigation and prosecution of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney for war crimes and treason. They will no longer be immune from prosecution and not subject to impeachment so you can give them the fair trial in our judicial system that they denied hundreds of others accused of similar crimes.
The second thing you should do is restore the constitution from its shredding by the two aforementioned criminals. It’s just a goddamn piece of paper." was GWB's attitude towards our beloved constitution.
This constitutional restoration should include a very much clarified and stringent separation of church and state to protect the citizenry from the treasonous religious right that wants to impose a theocracy in the United States. They are trying to fundamentally change the nature of the government in the USA, and the vast majority of our citizens want no part of it.
The USA is legally and officially not a Christian Nation as ratified by the US Congress in the treaty of Tripoli and Barbary and ratified on June 7th 1797, and signed into law by John Adams.
After that the easy part will be stopping the war, fixing the economy, fixing social security and healthcare (please make Hillary Secretary of Health and Human services), reigning in military spending (Wesley Clark as Sec. of Defense), improving international relations (Bill Richardson as Sec. of State). Also put somebody FROM labor as Sec. of Labor (Harold Schaitburger from the IAFF), put somebody honest as Atty. General (Morris Dees), a veteran in charge of Veterans Affairs (Paul Hackett or Tammy Duckworth), a Nobel economist as secretary of the treasury (Joseph Stiglitz, unless you make him the next Fed Chairman), and please, please put Jim Hightower as Sec. Agriculture.
Dear Mr. President,
The first thing you should do as our new President is engage in a thorough investigation and prosecution of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney for war crimes and treason. They will no longer be immune from prosecution and not subject to impeachment so you can give them the fair trial in our judicial system that they denied hundreds of others accused of similar crimes.
The second thing you should do is restore the constitution from its shredding by the two aforementioned criminals. It’s just a goddamn piece of paper." was GWB's attitude towards our beloved constitution.
This constitutional restoration should include a very much clarified and stringent separation of church and state to protect the citizenry from the treasonous religious right that wants to impose a theocracy in the United States. They are trying to fundamentally change the nature of the government in the USA, and the vast majority of our citizens want no part of it.
The USA is legally and officially not a Christian Nation as ratified by the US Congress in the treaty of Tripoli and Barbary and ratified on June 7th 1797, and signed into law by John Adams.
After that the easy part will be stopping the war, fixing the economy, fixing social security and healthcare (please make Hillary Secretary of Health and Human services), reigning in military spending (Wesley Clark as Sec. of Defense), improving international relations (Bill Richardson as Sec. of State). Also put somebody FROM labor as Sec. of Labor (Harold Schaitburger from the IAFF), put somebody honest as Atty. General (Morris Dees), a veteran in charge of Veterans Affairs (Paul Hackett or Tammy Duckworth), a Nobel economist as secretary of the treasury (Joseph Stiglitz, unless you make him the next Fed Chairman), and please, please put Jim Hightower as Sec. Agriculture.
The most vital job you will have is filling Supreme Court positions. These will be people that protect the constitution for what it says, not what the right wants it to mean. These people should be really good. Hillary Clinton and Morris Dees would be good to move up into the court. So would Diane Pamela Wood. So would Richard Paez. So would Johnnie B. Rawlinson. Make Colleen Rowley or Valerie Plame head of the CIA. Make Sibel Edmonds head of the Justice Department. Make Joseph Wilson Ambassador to the UN.
Rescue the White House Press Secretary job from being a paid-to-lie position.
Don't start any wars. Make Dennis Kucinich Sec. of Peace. If you have to finish them, don't shoot civilians and finish them quickly and don't occupy. Make us friends of the world again. Stop the Cuban embargo. Bring Colombia and Venezuela and Bolivia and Brazil to the White house for a sit down and fix things. Treat genocide in Africa with the same concern as genocide in Europe, and back it up with troops. Whatever you do, rescue us from the devilish nightmare of George W. Bush.
Make us proud of our government again. Make us proud of you.
Yours,
Mikel Borg,
Citizen