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[patty guerrero (pattypax]

Hi,  an email i received from another person.   Maybe we could discuss her 
points about Tina  Smith.  

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> pax
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> From what I am reading, of the buttons that Tina “hit” at her rally with 
> Bernie Sanders and Keith Ellison she entirely missed the ones that are 
> essential to the survival of the human species: Did she just forget about the 
> climate crises and the grave threat of nuclear weapons?
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> Was there NO mention of surveillance, USA corruption and of false flags used 
> to justify USA intervention, of USA funding of extreme terrorists, USA as 
> Israel’s middle east proxy, of USA “ meddling” & intervention in South 
> America, of $1 trillion funding of Nuclear Weapons industry putting earth at 
> risk, of the USA support for the Nazi/Fascist government in Ukraine, of the 
> USA Prison Nation with more people locked up in America than prison 
> populations globally, of the new Jim Crow, of the dismantling of public 
> education and the impoverishment of college students for life, of the illegal 
> and criminal assault against Assange, of deadly toxins in the environment, of 
> the GMO crises, of the disappearance of keystone species, of the corruption 
> of the Democrat party & Hillary’s “deal” to take over party decision-making 
> and candidate vetting, of mainstream news as handmaiden to the Corporate 
> Government, of the Democrat’s near single-handed poisoning of the well 
> against Russia for all the wrong reasons, all THEIR reasons, corporate 
> funding of America elections, loss of Net Neutrality, censorship and 
> incarceration of whistleblowers, continued asphyxiation  of our oceans and 
> waterways with plastics and radioactive waste, a health system replaced by a 
> medicalized system, USA’s global reputation as a liar and a bully… and of the 
> USA pushing the peoples of the world into massive suffering while fattening 
> up the bloated rich during these deadly last stages of global capitalism.  
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> But got the thought to make a check-off list. 
> Just like the famous surgeon’s list, or the nuke Command and Control center. 
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> Then, each candidate would get their own list of our expectations: 
> They would be rated in each category.
> Something like this: 
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> Politician’s name:________________________________________
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> Rating 1>5
> Poor>bad
> Date inquiry 
> Brief summary of their position/actions with expanded information links to 
> that politician’s record
> This category could be links and resources for learning more about that issue
> Suveillance
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> Border Wall
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> Middle East Proxy
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> South America Intervention
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> Nulear buildup
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> GMO proliferation
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> Health Care
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> Chemicals in environment
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> Corporate funding for news, politicians
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> Net Neutrality
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> Small Farmers
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> Regenerative farming
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> Early childhood health 
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> Plastic waste sent to poor nations
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> Israel
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> Palestine
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> Saudi Arabia
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> I realize how little I know about any of these candidates….
> It would be nice to have their positions and actions formatted in a way that 
> would increase our ability to hold them responsible for at least stating 
> their positions….
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> Probably someone is already doing this.
> Let me know where I can find such a genius form.
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> PS: Tina is running at the NATIONAL level.  But I know next to nothing about 
> her stand regarding international issues…
> I don’t know.  Maybe I want too much…
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