Take a look at the proposed platform of the Iowa Republican Party. I would like to see Virginia adopt the same.
Require candidates for president to prove that they are "natural born citizens," beginning with the 2012 election. After all, non-citizens serving as president have been a longstanding problem in American politics.Reject the "claims" of global warming, which are "based on fraudulent, inaccurate information" and pushed by people using "extremist scare tactics." The Iowa GOP "recognizes" that policies and laws designed to combat global warming are really "a plan to take our freedoms and liberties away."Oppose "the diabolical collusion of the United Nations" in promoting its Agenda 21, a non-binding global sustainability plan signed by President George H.W. Bush and the leaders of 177 other nations in 1992. Like the Republican National Committee, the Iowa GOP apparently believes Agenda 21 is part of an effort to impose global political control on the U.S.Eliminate the Federal Reserve Act and implement a "sound commodity-backed currency" with a gold or silver standard.Fight the North American Union, "which would do away with our borders and sovereignty, and … [battle] the Amero, which would do away with our currency." Although there actually are no secret plans to merge Mexico, the United States and Canada into a single entity — and replace our dollars with "Ameros" — that hasn't stopped the conspiracy theorists.In the same vein, "oppose so-called 'World Government.'"Entirely eliminate the departments of Agriculture, Education, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Energy, Interior, Labor and Commerce, along with the Transportation Safety Administration, the Food and Drug Administration, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.Likewise, abolish the Internal Revenue Service and repeal the 16th Amendment, which legalized the federal income tax.Require judges to instruct jurors that in addition to judging cases, they may pass on the law at issue. Commonly known as "jury nullification," this is a highly controversial notion that is embraced by the radical right.Pass a "stand your ground" law, like the one that many believe led to the death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. By a large margin, most prosecutors and police oppose such laws, which make prosecuting many killings difficult.Allow parents to refuse to have their children immunized.Reject the teaching of multiculturalism.Only teach evolution as a theory, along with creationism.Repeal compulsory school attendance laws.Eliminate the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which oversees job safety.Repeal smoking bans because, as the platform statement asserts, "We believe this to be an issue of liberty." Air quality in all businesses should be left up to owners' "freedom to choose."Repeal all hate crime laws.Oppose the imposition Shariah, or Islamic religious law, in the United States, along with any other foreign or "United Nations Law."Build a fence along the entire U.S. border with Mexico.Oppose abortion and reject the Supreme Court's decision authorizing it.Build a fence along the entire U.S. border with Mexico.End minimum wage laws.Oppose abortion and reject the Supreme Court's decision authorizing it. Encourage adoption and aid to unwed mothers — but only if every dollar of support comes from the private sector.End subsidies to agriculture.
DeWitt Edwards
"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." ~ George Washington"
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