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Despite the 'Build Back Better' moniker things seem to be getting worse for a dark winter. Inflation and rising gas
prices are hitting us due to reckless spending and constriction upon the oil industry. Not much has gone right in
foreign policy while Russia and China act as provocateurs over Taiwan, Ukraine and Belarus at a time when there is
a loss of world confidence in the U.S. after the hasty Afghanistan retreat. The administration appears at least
tacit to the labeling of parents engaging school boards over CRT as threats or in some circles possibly as
"domestic terrorists". How have we descended so far in less than a year?...........
Read the rest at: 'Attention Continued'.
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The Commonwealth Party: A Home For Avant-Garde Conservatives & Classical Liberals
Establishing The Principles Of Reservist Political Philosophy And Building
The Commonwealth State.
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Raleigh, NC Capitol
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***anchor for tired***
Are you tired of...
- Corporate welfare and government subsidizing of flawed business practices?
- Bureaucrats denying the poor the means to advance while stealing from the wealthy?
- Factions and politicians taking away your financial and individual rights?
- Environmental negligence and extremism?
- Government waste and mismanagement?
- Big government prone to undue special interests influencing?
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- High taxes?
- Government intrusion?
- An omni-oppressing drug war?
- The policies of the welfare state?
- Social(ist) programs that don't work?
- Inhumane abortion policies?
- Parties and representatives that don't represent you?
- Rigged ballots, canned debates and the campaign monopolies?
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Then the Commonwealth Party is the party for you!
If you believe in the originally intended principles
and country that the first flag has stood for, then
now is the time to begin rallying around the second flag in order to restore
those virtues. We have reached the point where the
powers that be and the two-party stranglehold have
eradicated true constitutional government. We are
under this coup d'etat which has also made the ballot
box ineffective -- instead it functions merely as a virtual rubberstamp of their stay in power. You must
embrace a new symbol and name for the national identity
in order to separate from and confront the occupying force
which has commandeered your original country and flag.
NO UNITY WITHOUT CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE!
When we run for office in the Commonwealth Party, we
won't waste time and money trying to get on the rigged ballot
as an official party -- usually the system is against
that. What we will do is get independents to
run who will identify themselves as Commonwealth candidates
and reference this site in their campaigns. Thus our
resources will be more channeled towards the victory of independent,
grassroots or write-in Commonwealth candidates. Even if the ballot
is closed to your run, do a campaign anyway
to bring to light the issue of the rigged election system in your
community and inspire the voters to consider other choices besides
the Democrat-Republican party.
Voters: Quit defaulting to the lesser of two evils!
Start advancing constitutional, outsider candidates in the
primaries! Waiting just before the general election is too
late and that is why we end up with career establishmentarians
in office who provide little change.
SO WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RUN AS A COMMONWEALTH CANDIDATE?
WHEN WILL YOU REVOLT AT THE BALLOT BOX?......
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Indie Candidates Wanted
To Defeat
The Bankrupting Politicians!
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Commonwealth Party Overview
The Commonwealth Party is a party that favors limited government,
regional/local autonomy and opposes government oppressions such as: over
taxation, prohibition drug policy, overregulation in business, government
waste and mismanagement, the policies of the welfare state and the over
use of government.
We believe in protecting individual rights through
legislation and policies that balance the rights of the individual and
the individual rights of all citizens en masse.
We favor addressing societal
issues utilizing new and innovative ways such as consumer action,
market demand and charitable trusts instead of always resorting solely to
government action and legislation.
We are a party that supports representative
constitutional republics, free markets and we consider
the power and vulnerabilities of both to address the issues in a balanced
fashion.
We will govern under and in accordance with the principles contained in the Constitution of
the United States.
Our style of governing is geared by looking at all
the aforementioned principles and applying them in a way that best serves
and preserves the interests of a free and self-determining people.
REPUBLICANS: The Republican Party claims to be a party of smaller government
and low taxes and fiscal responsibility but this is definitely not the case.
To be competitive within the two-party stranglehold, Republicans embrace big
government and pork to please various factions in order to stay in
power. They offer the voter similar social programs that Democrats bribe
their constituents with. The Republicans are the more mercantilist of the two
parties and get support from the moralist and religious strains of society.
Some Republicans want to use the government to enforce their moral, religious and patriotic
authoritarian views on the personal habits and lifestyles of citizens. Republicans have no
true intention of instituting a truly free market place, of preserving personal
freedoms nor practicing constitutional rule. They abandon our
border security and certain of our citizen rights while saying that's what our troops are fighting for overseas.
The GOP is rightly or wrongly perceived as plutocrats & country clubbers. They constantly fail to fight for
reform despite having had a majority. Brittle weak
Republicans fear substantial change to the status quo.
They are the draconians who gleefully support the war on drugs which
exacerbates the problem and the unintended consequences like higher black market profits for
narco and Islamofascist terrorists. The destruction of the opium and coca cash crops
in Afghanistan and Latin/South America causes resentment from the simple war-torn peasants trying to make a livelihood
who will consequently give cooperation to the enemy. This type of meddling undermines
any just causes we have for being there. At home, we suffer the Republican malignancy of our trampled rights by their abusive, police-state tactics
in the name of ending all drug use which is tactically impossible and unnecessary in a
free, tolerant country of personal liberation. Note especially the former Nixon, Reagan and Bush administrations' crackdowns
which in effect disproportionately impacted minorities and blindly persecuted medically valid medical marijuanna users caught in the dragnet who simply wanted to medicate themselves from the ravages
of chemotherapy and other ailments. Why would tolerant people in this regard bother to vote Republican? Probably because in the two-party entrapment
it is easier to hide drugs from the intrusive Republicans than one's paycheck from the Democrats.
DEMOCRATS: Democrats are the Marxist wing of the two-party system and
masquerade as restorative challengers to restrictive social impositions of government
and society. They also embellish themselves as the sole defenders of civil rights and the
harbingers of social justice. In fact, what they mainly do is institute theft
by confiscating earned income and redistributing it inefficiently or ineffectively to those who are unwilling to
be self-sufficient or to those who have been indoctrinated into submission and dependency on government
social programs -- thus ensuring a considerable mass of bribed or intimidated voters
for Democrats. These methods are further used in the arenas of racial scapegoating,
anti-corporate theatrics and parasitic business overregulation. Though they act
as the defender of the common citizen, they themselves* are more involved in questionable business
deals, corruption, fraud, trickery, racial bias, impoverishing the masses and tyranny
over the individual all through government immunity. Democrats are sympathetic
to the questionable antics of trial lawyers and union thugs. Despite supporting or initiating brazen military campaigns, they ultimately pursue a paper-tiger foreign policy
which encourages the enemy to hold out and continue to fight us. In a war notable Democrats approved,
the Democrats are abandoning victory and creating a quagmire via appeasement talks, military cuts, softened interrogation, attempted transition of military tribunals to civil courts and just plain lack
of focus or inconsistencies. Their governing policies are blatantly anti-constitutional while using sublime rhetoric or loud demagoguery to dupe unknowing citizens
to the contrary. They pride their cleverness in constantly twisting lies to resemble the truth.
* {i.e. cash-in-freezer William Jefferson, Valerie Plame's Joe Wilson, cop-slapping Cynthia McKinney, secret-documents-in-pants Sandy Berger, former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin,
Duke lacrosse prosecutor Mike Nifong, former New York governor/prosecutor/john Elliot Spitzer, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, riot and Tawana Brawley promoter Al Sharpton,
former Senator Al Franken, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the late KKK alum Sen. Robert Byrd WV, scholarship scandal representative Eddie Bernice Johnson TX, impeached Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, race card loons Sheila Jackson Lee TX & Maxine Waters CA, luxurious green-schemer Al Gore, hacker-backer & primary-rigger former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, smashed hard drives Hillary Clinton, recall governor
Gavin Newsom CA, COVID-Cuomo NY governor, rotting Big Apple's mayor Bill de Blasio, Urban Quagmire mayors: Jenny Durkan, Seattle - Ted Wheeler, Portland - Lori Lightfoot, Chicago - Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore..........}
GREENS: The Green's main focus appears to be saving the environment and protecting the masses
against the ravages of big business. Yet in actuality, the Green's radical environmental
plans are built on shaky evidence and their designs for the economy would bring a communist-inspired
economic implosion. Their imperative is to progressively barrage business capital
for the cause of living wages, 'corporate responsibility', secure living standards and negative
income tax for society's co-dependents. This would be done to distribute resources for the 'right' to food, housing, medical care
and education. They call for a RADICAL PARADIGM SHIFT in order to "restrict the
accumulation of excessive individual wealth". This is something Marx and Lenin would
envision and would bring us to the state of economic collapse that the former
Soviet Union experienced and which Cuba and various socialist African nations
enjoy today. Harsh restrictions on industry would be justified of course by the impending environmental disasters
that the Green movement warns about, but little true scientific justification exists
for such radical change -- especially when it is utilized by the ecoMarxists. While they may address some true environmental
concerns and social freedoms and civil justice, their system as a whole would
result in tyranny and economic disaster despite their well-intentioned altruisms.
Note too, that socialist/communist countries throughout the world have some of the worst environmental records and human squalor.
To be fair, there are actually two Green parties -- one more extreme than the
other. If a candidate or faction arises that is more free-market friendly and pursues
only applicable environmental concerns more so at the local and regional levels, then there is a more desirable third-party Green movement.
Desirability increases if they pursue a centrist to reasonably strong defensive foreign policy, personable social policy
based on individual responsibility and originalist constitutional intents mixed with their
current human rights concerns and opposition to the drug war. Invoking such a movement that realizes that only adequate
government - not social programs government - will allow for a cleaner environment and enable the
masses to bring about the commerce that will sustain their needs. Such a pro-business, pro personal property rights
Green faction would be more attractive as an alternative.
REFORM: In its first incarnation, the Reform Party did capture the
imagination of the American electorate desperate for something else than the
usual two-party fare. While substantial reforms were touted, the Reform
movement had no solid constitutional approach to governing. It still accepts
unconstitutional programs like Medicare and Social Security (in reformation) and seeks to abolish
the electoral college. After power struggles and implosion, the party was captured by more right and theocratic
forces that too could be susceptible to using overbearing government on some issues. The various
reforms and shifts of the party are more populist in nature and can not adequately
guarantee a real adherence to a constitutionally limited government. Still, they
do have good ideas and with their penchant for proper change certain forces within the
party could be considered assets in heading towards a generally reservist government.
CONSTITUTION PARTY: While this party
has had a past suspect to instilling theocracy, some of their later planks more emphasize fulfilling the
constraints of constitutional governance.
There is nothing wrong with a party or
its candidates giving credit to God or to the Judeo-Chrisitian ethic but by past incarnation of the party
and processing some of their stances today, one cannot be blamed for taking into consideration that
this party may still have a theocratic bent on some issues. Their plank at last check advocated for drug prohibition but
they do advocate removal of federal involvement in domestic drug enforcement and want to protect against
unreasonable searches, seizures and asset forfeiture plus investigating unconstitutional practices of the DEA. Their 2016 presidential candidate
Darrell Castle who was edorsed by the Commonwealth said he personally favored decriminalization of drugs. The party does however
wish to enforce laws against obscenity and the 'proliferation of the pornography and sexually oriented business industries'.
While the party's stances are generally for increasing freedom of the citizen, in some areas a religious authoritarianism may still be suspect
under the Constitution Party. Laid-back members
who adhere more towards personal religious freedom in the political arena are more preferable to those advocating for policing against vice.
They can still be 'fishers of men' sharing their faith while letting
God sort everyone else out. Then there would be less resentment towards their message.
This is how they should share in a coalition government. It's the best approach since only the individual can truly repent on their own accord and
only God can run a Theocracy!
INDEPENDENCE PARTY: The Independence Party was notably membered by Jesse Ventura who used
to associate with the Reform Party. The Independence Party too dabbled with
some populist proposals that would not bring true constitutionally limited government
nor eliminate government involvement in the economy ( i.e. ensuring high-speed internet access across Minnesota
and public support of certain agricultural products ). The party platform though innovative, is
a platform determined of populist degrees more so than principles. After Ventura won office, he reneged
on cutting taxes. Still, they call for important improvements and seem genuinely
interested in preserving America and solving problems. Today it is a loose collection of a few state parties.
WHIG: Today's Modern Whig Party applies itself generally as a pragmatic,
centrist party emphasizing methodology over ideology and focuses on administrative
ethics instead of issues concerning personal morality. Their declared virtues
are independent thought, merit and integrity. Federalism and state sovereignty
are advocated.
There are good parts to their platform like non-partisan redistricting, term limits,
electoral reform and they have their own in-house support organization -- Veteran Affairs Advocacy. However,
not all planks are constitutionally relevant or sound. Cases in point: According to a previous visit to their site they
did oppose racial affirmative action but talked of applying such by income level.
They desired a campaign finance reform through public subsidization of political media time.
The electoral college would be proportional to population only or abolished
altogether. Hate crime classifications would apply to assaults on homosexuals.
Illegal aliens would be conscripted as a condition towards
citizenship, but while innovative that facilitates a conditional amnesty. More recently, their platform
seeks to only simplify and reduce the income tax code burden while considering other sources of
untapped revenue instead of explicitly calling for a flat or FairTax. They have fallen for the global
warming agenda that blames man's fossil fuel activities and they advocate some form of government-centric
health care.
Hopefully when engaged with reason by the electorate they could function as an acceptable centrist
party in the more purple constituencies.
LIBERTARIAN: The Libertarian Party is perhaps the most sincere about adhering to
constitutionally limited government and they deserve much credit for their advocacy of civic freedom and
economic reason. However, some factions within constrain it as a more permanent Burning Man debate-society rather than a
viable option to the two-party state. This leaves potential voters concerned that the party would not retain some of the systematic orders and safeguards
in our governing infrastructures that keep the order of freedom intact. For example,
the overemphasis of the 'right' to immigrate, the aversion to
pre-emptive strikes and perhaps unchecked trade with adversarial nations makes the Libertarian system an easier target for insurgent invasion,
enemy attack or subjection to hostile foreign forces that are strengthened by trade with the domestic economy.
Note too, their plank has had some good proposals for border control yet it was quoted: 'Repeal all measures that punish employers for hiring undocumented workers.'
All of this can come about even though the constitution has not been violated. What
is needed is to keep check on these scenarios while still following the constitution.
They would serve as an ideal part of a coalition
government if properly mixed with other officeholders for oversight on some issues
or through favoring the election of other Libertarian factions for office.
OTHER PARTIES: To investigate and compare even more parties, visit
Politics1 for party listings and descriptions. They
also have election coverage for all states with candidate listings and a wealth of other election
information.
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Despite our differences with the other
third parties and with appreciation for our similarities, we encourage you to begin exploring them and
selecting from them an amalgamation of candidates who will best construct a reservist government.
We look forward to debating and competing
with them and even governing with them when America one day embraces multi-party elections and has vanquished Republican
and Democrat tyranny.
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.....Do you like the reasoning you have been exposed to so far?
To greater your understanding
of the Commonwealth Party, introduce yourself to the party's stance
on the specific issues listed below. Hyperlinks following certain topics
will bring up a web page that further describes
the stance of the party on those issues.
Commonwealth Party Planks:
- CONSTITUTION: Commonwealths support a domestic system of government and policies that
abide by and fulfill the Constitution of the United States.
- APPROACH TO GOVERNING: The Commonwealth Party is a party that advocates smaller
government and favors allocating the distribution of power
towards local and regional rule. Indepth.
- FEDERAL STRENGTH: Even though we believe that federal government should be smaller,
lean and efficient; we still want a federal government that is strong
within constitutional bounds. Indepth.
- BEYOND GOVERNMENT: Instead of only relying on acting through legislation and branches of
the government, the Commonwealth Party will affect change fairly
through other venues such as consumer action, education, market demand,
community opinion, social/cultural fabric, leadership example, bully pulpits and
charitable action. Indepth.
- INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS: The Commonwealth Party is a party of preserving and defending individual
rights and private ownership. Indepth.
- RELIGION: Commonwealths defend the rights of citizens to practice their
religion in accordance with the Constitution and resist the
official establishment or prohibition of any religion in accordance with the
Constitution. Indepth.
- 2ND AMENDMENT: The Commonwealth Party supports the 2nd Amendment right of the
populace to keep and bear arms. The Commonwealth Party does not
support laws that categorically ban guns but does support appropriate,
common sense, civil and criminal liabilities upon gun sellers and gun owners that
do not unduly transfer blame upon them.
Indepth.
- TAXES: Our country began as a revolt against high, oppressive taxes and
Commonwealths intend to continue in that tradition by eliminating high,
abusive tax rates. We endorse the FairTax. Indepth.
- BORDERS: National borders will be better secured with armed
troops and even walls if necessary. The border may never be 100% unpermeable,
but it should not be so easy for illegals, criminals, terrorists, WMDs and cranky
tourists to penetrate.
- SILVER/GOLD CURRENCY: A currency that is backed by silver, gold
or other commodities will be returned to as directed in the Constitution. The un-backed paper money we have today
is an 'I.O.U.' from bankrupting politicians. Federal Reserve Notes are akin to credit card
cash advances perpetually indebting the nation and world. Politicians and predatory banksters
cannot 'cook the books' as effectively with a gold or silver currency keeping check.
Indepth.
- ELECTORAL COLLEGE: We support the preservation of the electoral college while
considering revamping it at state level to more closely resemble the congressional House and Senate
compromise.
Indepth.
- DISCRIMINATION: Minorities should have the same
inalienable rights and enjoy the same general privileges as the rest of
society. Accordingly, affirmative action and racial quotas will be eliminated
allowing minorities to experience the same privilege of merit-based performance
compensation that the majority society enjoys and competes for.
Only when an organized or de facto embargo exists upon some
faction of the community will action be taken without resorting solely to
government.
Indepth.
- COMMON LANGUAGE: English will be declared as the official language.
Having one official language will best enable opportunity for all and save
the populace from confusion, hazard and added expense.
- CORPORATE WELFARE & GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZATION: The practice
of corporate welfare and the government subsidization of poor business practices for the
purposes of comforting private enterprise or propping up unfruitful industries
at the expense of the taxpayer will be abolished.
- OVERHAUL JUSTICE SYSTEM: The Commonwealth Party seeks to overhaul the justice system by
supporting methods and resources to ensure that defendants get quick and
speedy, accurate due process. Indepth.
- PRISON REFORM: The Commonwealth Party will reform the prison system into an
institution of rehabilitation and stern discipline instead of just a flat program of
non-constructive and inhumane punishment.
Indepth.
- THE MENTALLY ILL: The Commonwealth Party will also support the better housing and/or
sequestering of the mentally ill who cannot support themselves
and/or put themselves and society in danger.
Indepth.
- EMINENT DOMAIN ABUSE: Corporations should not be able to take possession
of private lands or property simply to profit or to furnish better tax revenue for
the government. Eminent domain should be used sparingly for necessary
military and civic infrastructures with proper compensation.
- IMMIGRATION: Absolutely no more amnesties for illegal aliens.
Instead, those applying for legal immigration will be given precedence
and their waits reduced. Proper background checks will be performed and productive,
assimilable immigrants admitted.
- PETROLEUM POLICY: We want to lessen the cost of oil for the consumer and the reliance on foreign
sources. Drilling for domestic oil will help prevent the financing of terrorist states overseas and provide
incentive for environmental oversight while tapping black gold in our own backyard.
Indepth.
- ABORTION: The Commonwealth Party seeks to abolish all inhumane abortion
procedures. We seek to abolish partial-birth abortions, medically unfounded latter and late-term abortions. Policies to
discourage and lessen abortion in general pursued. However, no all-encompassing
draconian legislation against all abortions in all cases will be decreed though
humane considerations and alternatives will be kept. Indepth.
- ATTORNEY GENERAL SEPARATE SELECTION: Removing Attorney General as a presidential appointee
and from need of senatorial approval will better insulate against any appearance,
temptation or fruition of an Attorney General selectively prosecuting law in bias for
partisan, political or administration concerns.
Indepth.
- APPOINTMENT OF JUDICIAL OFFICIALS: All judicial officials such as judges, attorney generals, clerks of court are to be
appointed by the executive and/or legislative branches, hired/nominated by or promoted from within the
judicial system or selected by an associated body of law enforcement as opposed to being
popularly elected.
Indepth.
- ALTERNATING SELECTION LAW ENFORCEMENT: Because law enforcement has such direct contact with the populace while carrying the ability
to use force upon the people, this alternating cycle of appointment and popular election
of the law enforcement heads will incur some checks and balances to both popular and institutional biases.
Indepth.
- ANTI-GERRYMANDERING: As many districts as possible shall strive to be convex thus eliminating snaky or jigsaw-puzzle districts
within the core of states or counties where some exception is made for border districts and about natural obstacles. Indepth.
- EXPULSION: When a state becomes unmanageable and violates the federal
pact enough in frequency or degree then the House (by 2/3)
and half of all state legislatures approving invokes the expulsion process
of that state from the Union.
Indepth.
- BILL TEXT PROTOCOLS: All bills shall be limited to a certain number of
pages with a standard size for their particular fonts and/or a limitation on the text of a bill to a certain number of words or characters.
Indepth.
- NATO TO NAMTO: In light of all this we would convert NATO into a more informal and flexible NAMTO -
the North Atlantic Military Training Organization.
Indepth.
- FEDERAL LANDS: Since the federal government has amassed way too much land, then
except for D.C. all other federal land accumulations by purchase or lease are subject to reduction. Indepth.
- OFFICEHOLDER RESIDENCY: Because of the recent radical propositions concerning open borders, amnesties and mass migrations we
hereby suggest these just and reactionary parameters to better acclimate potential officeholders
who are naturalized citizens. Indepth.
- IMPEACHMENT GRAND JURIES: In order to protect against frivolous impeachments based on mere partisan, political, establishment or other undue interests
-- all impeachments can only be invoked in the Senate after some grand jury concurs that the particular charge(s) have
merit. Indepth.
Capitol War Memorial - Raleigh, NC
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- GENDER TRANSPARENCY: When mutually engaging in short or long-term, casual or serious, romantic or physical dating and relationships -
no one may misrepresent their congenital birth sex.
Indepth.
- VICE: There will be no laws prohibiting vice such as prostitution, drugs or gambling.
Indepth.
- BATHROOM ACCESS: Private and independent entities will determine their own bathroom assignment policies concerning binary &
non-binary users or whether to have traditional or unisex or single use bathrooms, etc.
Indepth.
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- MINIMUM WAGE: Government shall have no power to tell any employer what they must pay
their employees.
Indepth.
- POSTAL PRIVATIZATION: As Japan privatized their postal system -- a system that already piggybacked with banking and
insurance services -- we propose somewhat similar but while making a combination newsprint-postal industry.
Indepth.
- BALLOT CAPS: Limiting the number of publicly elected office positions allows voters to better focus on the core races to get
a more exact government in place - carrying out voters' overall intent and doing same in the appointment of all remaining offices.
Indepth.
- TERM, FALLOW PERIOD AND TIME ACCRUAL LIMITS: Limits will subdue the accumulation of careerist perks and lessen the incentives of those seeking the goodies of long-established political positions over everything else. It will be more likely that voters will have greater focus on the passing batons of policies and ideas amongst a higher refresh rate of officeholders than the current mesmerization by the status quo's established cult of personalities.
Indepth.
- DRUGS: The Commonwealth Party supports decriminalization of drug use and
possession. Indepth. Although we call for the decriminalization of drugs, this is
not to say that we have no drug policy.
Indepth.
We do support medical marijuana just as we support medical morphine or medical
OxyCotin. No plans to outlaw all hospital drugs that give patients a buzz, whereas
anti-drug warlords would have to do so just to have an honest argument. See:
DrugSense, Law Enforcement Action Partnership
- HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS: We will preserve the individual rights of homosexuals that are
granted to everyone else in our society. However, homosexuals will not
be granted any special rights or considerations above any other groups.
Same-sex marriage not officially recognized nationally like marriage until constitutional amendment or all states compact
since the word 'marriage' was legally defined as one man and one woman beforehand. Further, we advocate
the end of licensing marriages (or unions) and see such declarations a matter of contractual
law with common law applications. Contracts are to be established by religious, civic, familial or
individual institutions.
Indepth.
- HATE CRIMES: No special laws or special judicial proceeding will be applied to
crimes categorized as hate crimes, lest the emotion of hate becomes criminal and our jails overflow. Instead, the hateful actions themselves should
be criminal.
Indepth.
- CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM: McCain-Feingold was bogus and
unconstitutional. Instead of suppressing private funding of campaigns and
1st Amendment free speech, the Commonwealth Party will eliminate state
funding of the campaigns of the two-party regime.
- OPEN BALLOTS: Ballot access requirements should be liberalized enough
to provide more choice, allow for write-in candidates but be short of too much dilution. Primaries, campaign funding
and the election system should provide more open and equitable channeling towards a final majority
victor as opposed to the current system. Tangible paper trails should be part of the vote counting process. America should possess a more varied
political choice like other multi-party nations. See:
Coalition for Free and Open Elections
- RANGE VOTING: We endorse range voting,
a voting system used in Olympic competitions. Everyone can express their opinion
about all candidates by rating each on a scale without having to worry
about impeding their favorite one or "wasting" votes on underdogs. It encourages more
honest results, protects against exaggerations and chooses the overall best candidate. See:
Center for Range Voting
- INDUSTRIAL HEMP: There is no valid reason to outlaw the
cultivation of hemp. Hemp has many economic, industrial and environmental
advantages. The founders encouraged hemp cultivation. We will consider printing our
future commodity-backed currency on it or a combination / hybrid of hemp-polymer notes. See:
industrialhemp.net
- ENVIRONMENT: Commonwealth environmental policy will focus on up-front issues
that are not theoretical in nature but can have more of an immediate
impact and thus preserve environmental integrity for everyone.
Indepth.
However, we will not unduly shut down or unduly infringe upon valid
industries or make ridiculous regulations in the name of environmental
extremism. Indepth.
- FOREIGN & DOMESTIC INITIATIVE: Our party advocates representative
republics under constitutional rule (or similar) that function like a commonwealth. We promote capitalist, free-enterprise economic systems
both at home and abroad.
- EXPANSIONIST POLICY: The Commonwealth Party is an expansionist party that seeks to
expand the borders and territory of the United States through peaceful
means -- namely non-coercive purchases of foreign or foreign-controlled
lands that may be beneficial to the U.S. strategically or
economically. Indepth.
- CLOSE RESERVATIONS: Some sort of Homestead Act or tax amnesty
should be given to Native Americans who have been ravaged by the reservation system.
Reparations considered and implemented in such a way as to enable them to
function as self-sufficient citizens.
- VETERAN COMPENSATION: Better funding and support of military
personnel and veterans should be a top priority. Disabled veterans should
get much better compensation than they do now. Enact proper acknowledgment and treatment
of Gulf War syndrome and the like. We favor coverage of pertinent veteran & active duty health
care at private facilities where possible.
- ISLAMIC LAW: Commonwealths will speak out and stand
against the establishment of Sharia or Islamic Law within our home territories.
Any threat of force to establish such order will be dealt with as a conspiracy
to insurrection and will be dealt with by whatever force is deemed necessary.
- TERRORISM: Acts of terrorism on the Commonwealth will be
answered with great retaliation. Sources of such acts will be hunted
down and killed. Pre-emptive strikes on groups that plan, resource and harbor
future attacks will be carried out. Unholy defilement of particular lands or of
the participants to terrorism will be utilized as weapon or deterrent.
Nations that supply and cooperate with pertinent terrorist groups are subject to attack
by the Commonwealth.
- SECESSION: In the interests of preserving a union that fulfills the principles of the Constitution, the
Commonwealth Party will support states and territories should they secede in order to
recapture those Constitutional rights and freedoms. Indepth.
- NUCLEAR POWER: We support nuclear power as the best means
to meet today's power demands and surprisingly the best method regarding environmental
impact. How so? Follow the link to find out..... Indepth.
- NUDE BEACHES: Though a toy issue for the party, Commonwealths nonetheless will support the categorization
of beaches or parks or land for topless or nude swimming, sunbathing, colonies, etc. where
there is adequate demand. We ask an open question: On what grounds are laws against nudity?
Should Europeans or Brazilians be freer than us in this regard? We look to your reasoned debate
for delineation. See: American Association for Nude Recreation
- FREER TRADE: We support free trade where possible making exception to situations where hostile
governments use the fruits of free trade as a means of exploitation of any peoples or factions in
question or use it to breach or undermine the security of our nation. In some cases, this may only pertain
to a specific area of trade or to a particular type of industry.
- CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: The Commonwealth Party supports capital punishment for applicable crimes but we also
support any moratoriums on its practice in places where it has been shown to be unfairly and
inaccurately administered. Indepth.
- CORPORAL PUNISHMENT: The Commonwealth Party supports the application of corporal punishment for certain crimes
and certain types of offenders. Indepth.
- EDUCATION: Education and appropriate proportions of its funding should be given back to the control of
local communities and the parents. Indepth.
- METRIC SYSTEM STANDARD: It's absurd to chastize a presidential candidate over supporting the switch to the metric system
while colleagues seriously put forth crackpot ideas like: universal basic income, democratic socialism, defunding police, printing trillions of dollars in debt and solidarity to the
Cuban regime. Yet switching to the metric system is just so unreasonable? Hogwash! So it is time without excuse to adopt the metric system as the standard
system of measurement for all regulation and commerce. See: US Metric Association
- SPACE EXPLORATION: Endorsement and promotion of privatized
space exploration that brings a return in the form of space manufacturing,
mineral prospecting and new technologies from research and development will
be pursued. Remote robotic mining and construction will be key means to
those goals. We will weaponize space. See: Ansari X Prize
*Browne section anchor*
- Browne Plan: Financial author and
2000 third-party presidential candidate Harry Browne wrote excellent
expositions of the unconstitutional, crooked and inefficient programs the
government has run. To provide more information, we link you to his bio and bibliography: http://www.harrybrowne.org
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