My name is Carl Sheeler and I want to be your next US Senator in RI

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Fri Feb-10-06 11:24 AM
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My name is Carl Sheeler and I want to be your next US Senator in RI

I'm a 45 year old, father of five whose a Marine veteran, business owner, finance professor, and Democratic political outsider who is so freakin' tired of the soft leadership that has eroded my family's hope for the American Dream. I'm fed up with the field of "me too" candidates who poll test every response and can't see that solid leadership begins with connecting with and genuinely representing everyday Americans, not special interests. That's why it's called public service.

My modest beginnings taught me that when we're on the equivalent of the economic and social Titanic, that empty promises don't mean squat without experience and conviction to jump in and save those who are below the water line. That's the underrepresented.

These are the tens of thousands of families whose lives are disrupted in ways I personally know because of the War built on lies and greed. So we need to declare victory and reunite these troops who have done more than their duty with their families. We need to fund our education and health care with the monies diverted to this war. We need to roll back the tax cuts benefiting wealth income for the majority of individuals earning $250,000 or more annually; whether it is estate, dividend, capital gains or income taxes. We need to make large corporations pay their fair share. We are talking hundreds of billions of dollars annually here.

If we want to remain an economic superpower we need to put democracy before capitalism, which means big business, their lobbyists and those entrenched with them need to be given the boot as unpatriotic leeches. Our government is of, by and for the people, which means our government needs to invest in the kind of industries that will create stronger infrastructure in our communities. This means improved funding of small businesses locally and alternative energy and biotechnologies nationally. The availability of some of the brightest and best is right here in the US in business and academia, so let's not talk about energy independence, let's invest in it. Our future, while watching China, India and the EU depends upon it. Yes, and we do need domestic security, which means investment in first responders like police, fire and rescue.

Finally, I am fed up with the discriminatory practices of our government that singles out peoples sexual orientation, reproductive rights or ethnic ancestry to create political wedge issues that does anything but bring us together to address real kitchen table issues. The equality of all our citizens must be diligently advocated for and protected by our elected officials, if for no other reason then it's the moral thing to do. I an think of no more recent reason than the threat of overturning Roe v. Wade and the threat of deporting millions of undocumented immigrants living peacefully and productively in the US. These issues and their solutions are non-negotiable and I will expose any elected official on either side of the aisle that compromises on these inalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

I'm not taking any crap from the GOP, their media machine. Chafee's a nice guy, but it's time to send him home and hire elected officials who are in touch with our issues, say what they mean and do what they say. This means not sitting on my hands when Alito was nominated, but showing him to be the executive power enabler he has been. This means send Jack Abramoff to Abu Ghraib until he tells the American public what we already know... that Bush stole the election in 2000 and likely in 2004 and he has helped his elite friends rape the American public of our rights and finances and putting the burden on our families and that of our kids and their kids.

This is why I am running and want to see the whole lot of these folks impeached. I hope you will tell me how I can help you and US Representative John Conyers (D-MI) in his impeachment proceedings. Please share your thoughts on my Be Patriotic Impeach Bush US Senate campaign. I promise to regularly respond to your comments and thoughts. We can't do this without each other and we really do need to take back our Congress in 2006. We can blend the best parts of Paul Wellstone and Dean and kick some GOP ass. I'm on the progressive side. I'm on your side. We can do it. We just need to do it together. Lets start today. Right now!