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Op-Ed                                                                                                 March 19, 2008
 
Liberty and freedom cannot coexist along side hypocrisy and corruption
 
I recently ran for Ohio’s 7th District U.S. House seat that will be vacated in January by Dave Hobson.  I received about five percent of the vote in the March 4th Republican Primary.  The winner of the primary, Steve Austria, received a clear majority against three other candidates.  Austria ran on the track record, not to mention the endorsement of Hobson, the 9-term incumbent.  However, you wouldn’t have known it if you were sitting in the Editorial Board interview with journalists from the Dayton Daily News, who also endorsed Austria, and the Springfield News Sun.
 
The two most significant differences between the Hobson record and the Austria rhetoric were NAFTA and earmarks, Steve Austria distancing himself from Hobson’s track record on both.  Let’s start with NAFTA.  A few voices from the wilderness predicted before 1994 the disastrous consequences of NAFTA, and we were right.  Outsourced jobs, transfer of sensitive military technology to potential adversaries and hard currency in the form of trade deficits to China used to upgrade their military all accelerated with the rush to “free trade” that began in earnest in the early 1990s under Bill Clinton’s watch.  The chickens came home to roost in early March when a foreign company, European Aeronautic and Space Defense (EADS), won a $35 billion Pentagon contract to build 179 airborne refueling aircraft.  The real story is not that Boeing protested with the Government Accountability Office, but the hypocrisy and corruption exposed now that the unintended consequences of free trade have hit Boeing’s boardroom and their stock price, as well as politicians like Hobson who never once met a free trade deal he didn’t like.  Hobson assailed the contract award despite that it was made within the boundaries of free and open competition he and the rest of Congress forced upon the Air Force procurement community.
 
Boeing, like most corporations and virtually all politicians, hate free and open competition, and there’s a strong argument they believed the Pentagon was simply going through the motions to mollify Congress’s need to show U.S. taxpayers were getting the biggest bang for the buck.  But now that a foreign company out-bid Boeing, which probably fattened their bid because they assumed they would win, free trade isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.  The losers complain EADS gets government subsidies, which is true, but what has Congress done lately to eliminate U.S. taxpayer subsidies to Boeing and other corporations who receive subsidies in the form of tax write-offs for relocating offshore, not to mention direct financing from taxpayer-funded Overseas Private Investment Corporation and the Export Import Bank? And let’s not forget the earmarks that are by definition no-bid, noncompetitively awarded subsidies that serve no other purpose than to rake in campaign cash for incumbents like Hobson or aspiring career politicians like Steve Austria.
 
Take for example, the no-bid contract the Dayton Development Coalition awarded to Congressman Mike Turner’s spouse’s public relation’s firm.  Some critics, including the Dayton Daily News, claimed this was more of a sweetheart deal with the Congressman’s wife rather than a legitimate “branding” campaign for Dayton and the Miami Valley.  In any case, the earmark to Lori Turner’s company was a walk in the park compared to Dave Hobson’s and Steve and Eileen Austria’s intervening with The Dayton Development Coalition to misappropriate $1.9 million from Greene County and other Ohio taxpayers.  On the receiving end were The Greentree Group and Paul Magliochetti and Associates (PMA Group), a local defense contractor and a Washington lobbyist, under the pretense both private corporations were required for BRAC support.  At least Mrs. Turner provided meaningful work for her company’s $300,000 payday.  For nearly a year I’ve been trying to learn exactly what Greentree and the PMA Group did to earn $1.9 million.  While campaigning for Greene County Commission before the March 4th primary, Marilyn Reid took all the credit for Wright Patt’s BRAC success, but never once mentioned the $1.9 million earmarked for BRAC support by herself and two other Greene County Commissioners (Madden and Harper) in 2003.  A question Ms. Reid should answer is, “If the Commissioners were that successful in attracting and preserving jobs for Wright-Patt, what did the $1.9 million to Greentree and PMA accomplish?  
            After being pressured by the Dayton Daily News, Mrs. Turner rightfully backed away from the no-bid DDC contract, but the Dayton Daily News continues to stonewall the Dayton Development Coalition’s sweetheart deal with Greentree and the PMA Group.  That’s a clear violation of the media’s responsibility to hold the non-profit accountable to the same standard they applied to Mrs. Turner’s company, the Turner Effect.  It’s also dereliction of duty on the part of local, state and federal watchdogs who have repeatedly been asked to investigate these serious allegations.
            Perhaps I’m wrong.  Maybe the evidence I’ve uncovered leads to nothing more than frivolous allegations.  But if that’s the case, what would it hurt to peel away just the outer skin of the onion?  A brief review of "Who will guard the guards?" archived at www.reformcongress.com may help answer that question.  It’s my guess that just the shallowest inquiry into the Greene County Commissioners’ 2003 earmark for the Dayton Development Coalition and their no-bid contracts to Greentree and PMA would expose hypocrisy and corruption so wide and so deep that when the dominos start falling, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s liaisons with the Empire Club prostitution ring will look like a Sunday School picnic.
 
John Mitchel
Beavercreek, Ohio
(937) 427-8442
 
Note: John Mitchel is an Air Force veteran and former fraud, waste and  abuse investigator for the Department of Defense.  He wrote and self-published America at the Abyss: A View from the Heartland.


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( Special Thanks to Jim Welch of The Reform Party of Texas for the cartoons)

 


The Trust is gone! When Congress give themselves raises, but cuts Veterans services, give welfare, green card, food stamps, SSI benefits, health care benefits to illegal aliens, there is something wrong with this picture! The answer is very simple, your government officials are bringing them here to get their illegal vote, then we taxpayers foot the bill for every service they give them while cutting health benefits to our loyal Veterans. "Virginia Brooks"

 

Ross Perot is no longer involved with the Reform Party, and neither is Pat Buchanan, and as this gentleman states, people understand the reason these gentleman came into our party, and what their purpose was.  We must make certain this does not happen again. We want a person that is a true Patriot to run with us for President, and if we get these veterans to join our party, we can be sure they are true and wonderful patriots that will never sell us out...they will join in our fight to save this great country of ours, to return it to a Constitutional and Representative Republic.  Please read this in its entirety, and thank God for Patriots like Steve Mungie. Please forward this far and wide, to every patriot group out there who is also working for the same thing the Reform Party is!

Steve is responding to a letter I sent out trying to get help orgainizing our counties in Ohio! 

Virginia Brooks, Reform Party of Ohio, State Chair 

Please forward this letter to the ....

 

To the Leadership of the National Headquarters of the
Reform Party..... even Perot!


Just a note from a "little guy", someone even the backdoor guard would ignore.  Would you care to listen to a little "dose of reality", and a few suggestions?     It could make all the difference in the world.... unless of course, like the Republicrats and Democrooks, you ignore the "nobodies" of this nation.

All I can do is try, and hope the recipients of this letter will forward it to those who care .... and can make decisions, that could change the direction of our fallen nation.

We all know that the Republicrats and the Democrooks have forsaken their mandate, to represent the people of America.  We all know that they are "in it for the money", and to put it bluntly, have developed the attitude:  "piss on the people".

The present Republicrat administration has committed almost every known act of treason they could dream up, and for all intent and purposes, has usurped the Republic.  And courtesy of a very corrupt
US Supreme Court, staged a true "coup d'etat" in November of 2000, by handing the presidency to the most incompetent and lying loser in the history of the nation (but then again, Herr Gore-sky is too, and one wonders, who would have really been the "lesser of the two evils"???)

We are at this point in time, on the "brink" (as you put it) of becoming a fascists-police state, in which the freedoms we once enjoyed, now no longer exist.  Our economy is in the toilet, and the likelihood of any true recovery is a joke.   "The Great Depression II" is in its death grip on the American economy ... if there really is one left .........

When you have a "leader" who is beholding to his buddy's overseas.... guess where the jobs, the money and the economy go .....????   With   abominations like GATT, NAFTA, WTO and every other gimmick the BUSH-whacker and Clintons could dream up, what can one expect???  They have sold America's soul to the devil, for their own personal  gain.

I personally believe that the BUSH-whacker and gang, should it appear they will lose the next election, may likely declare marital law, and seize the nation.  What then?   Likely, another revolution?   Another civil war?

The Reform party's Ross Perot is just about as bad, having deliberately served as George the First's lackey, by splitting the vote, in the election between the first Bushie and his Democrook challenger.... by having done so, ensured that Bush the First would steal the election.

We have all come to the reality that the Bush family, George the First, "Dubya", brothers Neil and Jeb and others .... are literally comparable to the Mafia, the Italian "Cosa Nostra", made famous in America in the 1930's.      They have proven beyond doubt that they (along with their sidekick, Dickhead Cheney) can rob America blind, of untold billions, possibly trillions..... and along the way, commit so many unbelievable acts of treason against the American people, and laugh about it, knowing that they will get away with it, simply because the American people have lost their will to fight back.

You're right:  we are on the brink of disaster!     But ... for the sake of reality, the Reform party by itself CANNOT win, and cannot stop this rolling avalanche nightmare..... unless you are willing to listen to suggestions of the "little guy" .... a "nobody" like .... little ol' me!

Obviously, the greatest goal is that about 90% of the BUSH-whacker's executive orders must be abolished immediately (as well as those put forth by his predecessor, Comrade Klinton-sky), and the abominations we have come to know as the "Homeland Security Act", the "Patriot Act", and its clone "PA-II" .... must be immediately repealed and those responsible,  held accountable to their constituencies.  ALL are unconstitutional, usurping from the people, their rights under the most of the Bill of Rights.

The Reform Party could win the White House and half of Congress, by one simple plan.  Stand up for the men and women who have given their all in the defense of this great nation.    To whom do I refer, you ask?

Are you aware that "Candidate Bush", on the steps of the courthouse in Charleston SC, in September 1999, and again, the day before his Inauguration (Jan 19, 2000) , made the same speech (almost verbatim):  "... promises made .... will be promises kept!"

What he referred to was the promises that were made over the past 100 plus years,  to America's veterans, military and retirees, concerning the promise of lifetime medical care in return for 20 or more years of fidelity to and service to, this unthankful nation.    It also was intended to keep further promises, specifically, the proper support and compensation of the veterans who were disabled in combat, in the service of the nation and also, promises kept to the retirees and their families, for the long years of separation while serving far from home.

And like his father, Bush lied, and when it came time to honor the promises he made, he stopped it all, ordered the decrease in benefits to disabled veterans, cut funding to the Veterans Administration and in general..... dumped on the men and women who believed in him, again, just like Clinton did......

Now listen closely:  there is a (living and voting) community of veterans in this country, numbering approximately 27 million.  Add to that, their families (spouses and their adult voting kids), their supporters and others.  Again, add the following:  another 1.5 million active military and again, their families.... and then, yet another million or more retirees, all of whom have been disillusioned by the lies and the false promises of the present administration and their continuing theft of the money originally earmarked for the veterans.  .    Consider the men and women, lost in a war in the deserts of Iraq, for what?  The personal financial gain of a clique of thieves, all of whom circle around the Bush Crime Family.

In reality, the potential of about 80 to 100 million votes exist, a resource that if properly tapped, by someone who is willing to keep the promises, and willing to prove to the men and women concerned that they mean what they say.... consider that gentlemen:  we are talking about roughly one-third of the population of the nation, a truly formidable force, for the good of the nation, if ..... properly exercised.

Enough ... truly is ... enough.  Consider the families who lost their kids, a daddy, a mommy, or a son, or daughter  .... so that the Cheney-Bush gang could steal Iraq's resources for themselves and their friends.   

Who do you think would back the Reform Party, in return for a return to common sense and the return of the nation, to the people???

My suggestions are simple: 
ONE-  organize with all of the other known "Third Parties"  (the Reform Party cannot do it alone!), into a realistic coalition, and fight the theft and graft of the two parties now in control, by exposing them both for what they are, and for what they have done to the Republic.

TWO- connect with, and support the Veteran-Military population of America, and give them back the respect, the promises and the support they rightfully deserve.   Return the stolen pensions, the stolen medical care, the stolen promises, that the BUSH-whacker and gang have stolen from them.

Its yours, handed to you literally "on a platter" .... what you do with it, will determine whether the Reform Party is for real, or just another bunch of wannabees,  playing silly little games....... simply folks, "either shit, or get off the pot",  and make room for someone willing to take the challenge .....

Its up to you folks .... the election is only 18 months away.

Responde, sie voux plait.

Steve Mungie
Colorado USA
wndbear@aol.com
wounded bear speaks

PS:  Please make note of the addressees above, in the area marked "Copy to".     Many are veteran groups, some are Patriot groups.  

I have sent this communique out to approximately one-tenth of the existing Veteran groups, on the Internet.   If each would in turn, do the same, consider how many people we will, or can,  eventually reach, in less than a week's time!!!

There's the door,  chief .... its up to you to knock ....

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There is an old Army maxim...
"Be carefull who's canteen you piss in .... someday, you may have to drink from it!"

Consider the reality of that statement.  I think the Republicrats and Democrooks
are about to find out ....


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Excerpt: Original message

(Please forward this to anyone in Ohio that could help us!)

We are on the Brink of Disaster!

With the passage of Patriot Act 1, Homeland Security, and the possible passage of, what some call the Patriot Act 11, our rights are fast diminishing.  What are we going to do about it?  The Ohio Reform Party is covering all 88 counties  to get them organized, so in 2004 we will be running candidates from the very lowest elected job on up..We must start there to be able to have people in place to take our country back.  All over the United States, the Reform Party is revamping and taking charge.  In Mississippi alone they are running candidates in 12 of their 16 districts, a candidate for Governor and one for President.  In Kansas, the same activity, and in many other states, we will be ready in 2004..If we are to succeed, we would be most grateful for your help!  Whether it is running for a candidate, or providing many other services.  On Every Other Monday, we are hitting counties to get them organized. On May 19th. we will start in Canton, Ohio where we will be meeting at the Athens Restaurant at 9 A.M. with breakfast and speaking with many people who are at the end of their rope, and they have decided to do something about it. We will set up a county coordinator there to take over to get Stark Co. organized, from there we are heading south and will pass out literature to anyone who is interested in hearing the Reform Party views on jobs in Ohio, Health Care, Education funding & reform of our school teaching, and other problems faced by Ohioans.  We will end up at 5 P.M. that evening in St. Clairsville, Oh. to get their party energized there. We invite anyone to follow the route with us, and join in the fun of talking with our fellow Patriots, who desire to return our country to a Constitutional and Representative Government. 
 
I speak to you and ask your help as the State Chair of the Reform Party of Ohio.
I would also like to introduce you to our other new State Officers: 
Ted Stratton, V. Chair, is from the Cincinatti area of Ohio.  Jack Campbell is our new Treasurer, and hails to us from Loudonville, Oh. also a past candidate for several offices, and is a small business owner.  Barbara Strain is our new Secretary, who is a retired teacher from St. Clairsville, along with Bob Strain who is the County Coordinator in Belmont Co. Please step up to the plate and help in the organization of Ohio in your county.  It is as easy as the All American Apple Pie, just contact us to help in your area, meet with us and we all will go from there. The best day for us is on Mondays, where we will start meetings at 9 A.M. in an area and head on to the next county. Please arrange to meet with us, discuss the issues!
I would be so grateful if you would respond to my message and also fill out the enclosed brochure and send it on to me.... or even just use one of the links & send me an e-mail. Thank you for listening!
 
Sincerely Yours
 
Virginia Brooks, Reform Party of Ohio, State Chair
vareforms1@bright.net  419-368-6074
Check out the call for reorganization of the nation organization at: www.reformpartyusa.org
(FYI  We are not currently affiliated with any of the competing factions that claim to represent a national Reform Party organization.)
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