"In the presence and under the blessings of the Supreme Being (...), ignorance, forgetfulness and scorn against human rights are the only causes of public un-happiness and the corruption of Governments" Preamble of the Declaration of the Rights of man, the founding constitutional bedrock upon which the First French Republic was created, (26 août 1789) and upon which all of the remaining other 4 French Republics have withstood the passage of time).
In Washington State, an agricultural state, food banks can’t keep up with demand, deserts and arid land are growing as are the conditions that lead to mis-development, economic upheaval and social uprising. Moreover, factory farming (“industrial farming”) threatens to further erode the family farms and the general quality of life in rural areas. The consequences of factory farming are devastating. Open pits of putrefying animal wastes are allowed to discharge into rivers and streams, degrading water and air quality, killing aquatic life and posing serious threats to human health and the environment. Corporate industrial farming practices are inhumane and cause unnecessary suffering to animals. Industrial farming has changed the type of food we eat, and studies are now demonstrating that nutritional value has been decreased, with resultant immune system impacts and diseases generation.
MEASURE 1 . ECO-SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND FAMILY GARDENS: To meet the hunger challenge, it would be helpful to benefit from a legislative package which would promote residential gardens, compost bins, family farms, organic agriculture (including but not limited to permaculture agriculture and Steiner's biodynamic approach) & organic viticulture, (for grapes and wine), food tree plantations, grey water systems, additional food banks and free and-or affordable health restaurants for the needy and holistic health and nutrition workshops so that People will better understand how to best increase their energy reserve and stay healthy.
MEASURE 2. TREE PLANTATION, GREEN MANURE & LOGGING RULES. To meet the desertification challenge, the candidate will push for legislative action to triple the rate of tree plantation, (that which brings back rain and the birds) to quadruple the efforts to spread green manure (nitrogen capturing plants like clover) on land susceptible to aridity and losing its fertility, to double the efforts to replace synthetic chemical fertilizers and pesticides with natural ones, (i.e., the goucho pesticide that kills bees was banned in Europe, so the Washington State Legislature could do the same, bees are humankind's flower pollinators), to better enforce the rules that prohibit logging on steep slopes and flood prone areas, to better prepare the State to meet the forest fire and carbon emission risks and to increase the protection of national forests and recreation land from greed, pollution, ignorance and recklessness.
MEASURE 3 . A NATIONAL GUARD CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD HELP TO SOLVE THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND CARBON EMISSION ISSUES: On the world misery and international terrorism and illegal immigration fronts, if elected, as commander in chief of Washington State's military forces (Section 8, Article 3 of the State Constitution) and with the State Legislature's blessings (cooperation), and the People's referendum-based internet approval, i would redirect the State military forces (national guards) from the the un-declared and people disapproved war in the Mid-East (which already led to over one million people having been sacrificed on the altar of militaro-industrial-oil greed) to the "war" against world poverty and famine, so they could join forces with civil volunteers and the student " Green Berets peace-corps " soldiers (See below) in helping Third World Nations and People to satisfy their basic needs with appropriate technology in the development of carbon emission regulation, in the sustainable management of their natural resources and forests and in the diffusion of organic agriculture, medicinal plants sanctuaries and detox sweat lodges built with eco-material.
By doing this, there would be a significant contribution to climate normalization, carbon emission reduction, water restoration, American prestige restoration and the eradication of many diseases and famine, with the bonus connected to the transformation of potential Third world terrorists to civil rights activists. And a second bonus of deterring immigrants from entering and staying in the US illegally.
If the future immigrant (Third World foreigner) had the option to not sell an organ (e.g. kidney, liver, a baby) to pay his bills as a result of the combined pressure of the World Bank and the IMF’s (International monetary fund) neo-liberal policies on world industrial development, he or she would not be encouraged leaving his native locality for a developed nation thereby losing his roots, his mental balance and often, his health. Therefore Washingtonians would be blessed by contributing in reinforcing the "third world terrain". To harvest genuine Security from foreign terrorism, violence, trans-frontier epidemics and international conflicts, it would be more reasonable to contribute in planting trees so that Third World deserts flower rather than in creating deserts via bombs and hubris.
Moreover, to deter illegal immigration, it would make sense to exert pressure on the Federal government to base the granting of the status of immigrant on merit. By showing motivation and skills (or willing to learn and excel), an immigrant should be fairly considered immigration status and all the more so if he or she has a family member in the US who is a resident or if the candidate is a political victim of his country. This could be done on a probationary period.
MEASURE 4 . A STATE “ GREEN BERET PEACE CORPS” FOR NATIONAL AND WORLD ECO-COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTION. Concomitantly, if elected, i would propose to the State Legislature and to the Youth (via a secure internet system, see ultra) the institutionalization of a Youth “green berets peace-corp” public service. In this perspective, after 6 weeks of sustainability training, our young adults would have the possibility to participate for a few months in Washington State in eco-village development, organic Garden generalization and climate normalization via tree planting, ecosystem restoration and green building work in this State, via empty big barns pilot projects, arid land pilot projects, kudzu picking for fuel pilot projects and more. Green beret peace corps activists should be paid for this service rendered (salary amount to be determined democratically and collectively).
The student Green berets would also have the option to participate instead in the International community in order to help different Nations better meet their basic needs. That which would help to redress American prestige abroad, thereby deterring terrorism and contributing in spreading our founding fathers' good word on civil rights, on Christianity and on the magnificent dream of having for one's country the world and for one's Nation, Humanity.
MEASURE 5 . A WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF PEACE EDIFICATION. In this context, a Washington State Department of peace and reconstruction may be useful. To be pondered upon after the primaries elections. If the People will it, then a task force will study this possibility as well as the possibility to amend the State Constitution (with Olympia’s Supreme Court's benediction) so that the State Legislature may have the freedom to vote on the progressive return of all Washingtonian national guards from undeclared and nefarious wars that serve more the oil and weapons barons than international peace, national interest and Washington State's prosperity. And second constitutional amendment to foster domestic welfare for all, equal access to holistic health, to justice, to relevant knowledge and to eco-sustainability (See the bottom of the homepage for an illustration).
While we have rights in these matters, we also have duties. Not only because we can participate in alleviating the world misery of 40,000 children who un-necessarily die each day (a Unicef figure) because of the callous way the West in general and Washington D.C. in particular self-servingly mis-manage precious resources and participative democracy. But also because we have incorporated General George Washington and his mother Mary names to our State, both of whom resisted British imperialism. Thereby bestowing upon all Washingtonians the fundamental duty to say"no" to arbitrariness, to misery, no to persecution and no please to tyranny.