https://rcpt.yousendit.com/1310937236/b8301eb38d59f1c2bd6d1c7e9f4bbfc1 Congressional Campaign Announcement
Ease The Pain Campaign
http://indypolitics.org/ media/RevAjabu12052011.mp3
I want to take this opportunity to announce my candidacy to represent the 7th Congressional District for the State of Indiana. This run is history. To my understanding there has never been an Independent Congressional Candidate on the Indiana ballot. The signatures on these petitions will put this campaign in the annals of history. The reasons for my decision to run are very simple.
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For me my family, besides my God, is the most important thing to my worldly existence. No matter what a person does, family should always support them. Washington will not make me lose my family values.
Party candidates have put the party’s mud before family blood. Washington DC will not make me turn my back on my family. I am experienced. I am mature. I know who I am. Because of my knowledge of self I will not get mired in Washington’s corruption. I value my family. You all are aware how I stood with my son in his times of trouble. And, here I want to define my family as being larger than those who we share the same blood.
As humans, we have to define our family as our immediate and extended family members, neighborhoods, communities, nation and finally, the human race. Right now the very son that our family will always support is being subjected to torturous behavior in the Pendleton Correctional facility. If you live in America, and are of African descent, then you know someone that is in prison and quite possible the person is a relative. Can I get an Amen!! Those that are incarcerated are still of the human race. They are our brothers, sons, and fathers. These days we can’t leave out females. Those locked up might be mothers, daughters, or our sisters. Just because they have made a mistake does not mean they should be subjected to torturous behavior.
No visits, or no contact visit, brought to a visit in chains this is psychological torture. Clothes removed so our relatives are naked in an isolated cell. This is torturous behavior. Amnesty International is pushing for former President George W. Bush to be arrested because he tortured non citizens. Shouldn’t someone be held accountable for torturing America’s citizens? Incarceration does not make one lose their humanity. They should be treated humanely. I am unbought, unbossed, and unafraid to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, SO HELP ME GOD!! I pledge not to let Washington persuade me to turn my back on our family. Should we turn our backs on our family? Should we not support our family?
Right now in Washington they are trying to attack a specific part of family that we cannot turn our backs on: our seniors, our disabled and our poor. Our country’s budget needs to be balanced. However, in my efforts to balance our country’s budget, Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security would not be in line to get the budget ax. I am adamantly against balancing the budget off of the backs of our most needy family members. Our seniors are not to be used in their youth and thrown away in the twilight of their lives. Our disabled are not to be discarded as if they are unimportant and useless to us. Our poor are not to be deserted, rather than supported to help improve their circumstances.
The budget should be balanced by eliminating the fighting of these unnecessary wars. I emphasize, the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya is unnecessary. The money spent on these wars would have been giant steps toward balancing the budget. The Institute for Policy Studies report the following:
- $375 Billion/year could be raised if new taxes were placed on Wall Street, Corporations and millionaires.
- $252 Billion/year could be saved:
- End the war in Afghanistan as we end the war in Iraq ($122 billion) ($400/gal gasoline)
- Reduce the sprawling network of overseas U.S. military bases (1000 bases in the world. Eliminate 1/3 saves $10 billion)
- Eliminate remaining operations in Iraq ($11 billion)
- Eliminate programs that are obsolete and/or wasteful.
- Reduce nuclear warheads on the way to abolishing nuclear capability ($21 Billion)
- Stop R & D of unnecessary weapons systems ($22 Billion)
- Eliminate two active Air Force wings and two carrier groups ($8 Billion)
- Use savings from eliminating inefficiencies to reduce overall military spending ($20 Billion)
- Cut outsourcing to defense contractors by 15 percent ($30 billion)
- Cut spending on portions of the nuclear weapons complex budget, such as a new bomber, tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, and two new nuclear production facilities, as well as unnecessary military space programs ($2 billion)
- Cut State Department Foreign Military Financing ($6 billion)
The defense budget should be spent on securing the homeland not spent on being the world’s police. Do we want to continue to be the killers of the earth?? NOOO!! Protecting America is the military's job. Repel any enemy that comes to the shores. Leave other people to fight their own fights.
Speaking of money, America must take back control of its currency. The Federal Reserve bank must be abolished. American dollars must be put back on the gold standard. Otherwise the bankruptcy of the country is inevitable. The Federal Reserve continuing to print money based on nothing of value is creating a house of cards that will eventually cause the collapse of America’s economy along with the rest of the world’s economy. The Federal Reserve bailout of Europe is expediting a world econimic collapse. The international bankers on Wall Street and the Federal Reserve on orchestrating the collaspe so the world has to depend on the Federal Reserve. In 1965 I could buy a gallon of gas for $0.28 cents. Now if I pay $3.28 cents for that same gallong of gasoline I think I got a bargain. Why did that same gallon of gasoline now cost so much. It is because in 1972 Nixon took the American dollar off of the gold standard. The Federal Reserve had already taken over the printing of the country's money. Now with the money not based on anything of value the mass printing of dollars by the Fed made the dollar lose value. This is called inflation. It is still happening right now!! The U.S. government must take itself back from the Federal Reserve by issuing United States currency based on its gold reserves.
America must truly begin to valuing our veterans. Today 25% of the homeless are veterans.
America sends our soldiers to wars where the stress causes them not to be able to deal with the life they left and when they come back from that war to that life the country will allow them to be homeless. Shame on you America!! There should be no homeless vets!! It gets worse than that. The December 2, 2011 edition of the Indianapolis Star reports an audit on the Veterans Administration (VA) finds that 18 soldiers a day are committing suicide because they haven't been able to make the transition from war back to civilian life. Shame on you America!!
How do you treat your soldiers as if they are worth nothing? I have been exposed to agent orange through the Viet Nam war. I have broken out in a skin rash. I submitted a claim more than 2 years ago. As of this writing I have not heard of a decision on my claim. When I asked Andre Carson's office for assistance Donna told me VA doesn't respect him anymore than they respect me. Why is he a Congressman if the VA doesn't respect him as one? What is that telling us? Andre is in over his head. He is riding on the coat tails of Julia. He doesn't have Julia's knowledge or savvy. I love him to life, but he doesn't know what he is doing.
I am experience. I being fighting these fights for over 40 years. YOU KNOW IT. I will not have to go to Washington DC to try and find myself. I know who I am. I will not be bought, bossed or afraid to stand with what is right. I will stand with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
My campaign is about easing the pain. As Americans, we must start to be real with ourselves. Being a super power does not mean being a bully on the world stage. We truly must have change which we can believe in. We have to ease the pain of our families, communities, nation and the human race. Specifically, we have to ease the pain of our seniors, disabled and poor. We have to stop wasting our resources on wars. We have to balance the budget. We have to take our currency back. These are all changes we can truly believe in! They are changes that, with commitment, honesty and transparency are possible! I want to fight with you for that change by being the next representative for the 7th Congressional District of Indiana. It is time to have mature leadership that won't be swayed to do what is wrong because of inexperience. Andre is a neophyte on a major stage. I love him, but it is time for a change. I am unbought, unbossed, and unafraid to stand on the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth SO HELP ME GOD!! I pray that you will stand with me. Leave your contact info. I will get back with you. It's time to get busy. YOU READY??
Ease the Pain!