Politicians and Political Parties Agree On One Issue!
The 2010 midterm elections are only weeks away.
At stake are all the seats in the House of Representatives and over thirty senate seats.
Polling research determined the menu of the issues, but as always the primary goal of each candidate is election or reelection.
This midterm really focuses on the side dishes of regional and local preference, since the federal government's iron chef competition won't occur until 2012.
TV's Iron Chef requires contestants to feature a secret ingredient as the primary source of their finished dishes.
Just as in pre-scripted professional wrestling matches those competing are actually told that their featured ingredient will be one of three items.
The show's producers apparently have made a judgment that the show is edgier by misrepresenting the amount of choices.
Now our primary political parties are employing the same production tactics.
Pretending that government legislative conduct is limited only to poll-winning issues empowers politicians to continue business as usual.
When television ratings for a particular show decline the result is modified content or cancellation by the network.
As ratings of government legislative participants continue lower and lower, both parties spice up the action by infusing a minor ingredient into their political concoction.
This year's spice of choice for Republicans is the Tea Party, a dicey element that does not have a consistency of desired change.
The Tea Party is truly American goulash seeking a different dish.
Some are from the camp wanting to feature smaller government.
Others want to change our tax system.
They are in agreement that change is needed.
The Democrats changed tactics because (thanks to the 2008 election) they were turned loose to cook up the final dream dish dream that progressive liberals have dreamed about for almost a century.
Stunned that the American populace has turned up their noses at the ultimate perfect concoction, they truly believe that with more time those same voters will appreciate their work.
A suggestion for the political Iron Chef showdown in 2012 is to introduce a totally foreign base ingredient.
It could be something removed from the prep kitchen in the 1960s by President Johnson, something that strikes terror to all political operatives.
What is that ingredient? Accountability is an oxymoron when married to the word federal government.
Some states do have limited accountability; however, elected members of Congress who suggest using accountability as a base ingredient are almost extinct as the dinosaurs.
In fact oftentimes they are referred to as dinosaurs.
To prep accountability for the 2012 contest is so simple even Einstein could do it.
It is a five-step process, two of which will be revealed here.
They are truly the stock needed for the accountability battle.
The other three steps are just as critical but have no value without the first two.
First, one of the best pieces of legislation in this decade was a bill of less than one hundred pages - the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
Corporate accountability was legislated almost organically.
The Enron panic extinguished lobbying; pig squeals were heard far and wide across the land.
The choir singing in unison was led by the chambers of commerce and other palace guard serving special-interest groups.
It is significant to note that the Supreme Court ruled Sarbanes-Oxley constitutional, and not a single company (public or private) compelled to follow Sarbanes-Oxley's mandates has failed.
The black swans of the financial destruction were all flying with an exemption from SOX.
Banks and financial institutions, primarily headquartered on Wall Street, were given an accountability bypass in the bill.
The Federal Reserve Bank, an institution with more secrets than the CIA, certainly could not be entertaining any kind of accountable conduct mandates.
Fannie and Freddie, those twin sons of different mothers, along with the insurance companies were also outside the law's coverage.
In those short days of yesteryear we didn't realize they were outlaws because they presented themselves as our in-laws.
Amending Sarbanes-Oxley requires only one sentence: The federal government, the Federal Reserve Bank, insurance companies and all investment banking or banking institutions are required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Consider how discomforting the squeal of the corrupt corporate pigs was.
Magnify that a hundred times because that one sentence will turn up a chorus of hogs.
Step two concerns conduct required in Sarbanes-Oxley that must be restated to guarantee compliance and produce true accountability.
It's also one sentence in length: All institutions that now fall under Sarbanes-Oxley as amended must use generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to compile mandated filings.
For over 15 years the Association of Certified Public Accountants has requested that GAAP be used for federal government accounting.
They did not request this system for the Federal Reserve Bank because it is unknown what they account for.
Those two short sentences guarantee a 2012 election that will feature meaty issues for the first time in fifty years.
If our new Congress will legislate these two modifications, along with three others to be revealed later, our grandchildren may have a future.
Refusal guarantees the circus tent collapsing on our society.
Demand certified organic government and financial information.
It's critical to your health, and to the health of your grandchildren.
Plan for the worst - pray for better!
At stake are all the seats in the House of Representatives and over thirty senate seats.
Polling research determined the menu of the issues, but as always the primary goal of each candidate is election or reelection.
This midterm really focuses on the side dishes of regional and local preference, since the federal government's iron chef competition won't occur until 2012.
TV's Iron Chef requires contestants to feature a secret ingredient as the primary source of their finished dishes.
Just as in pre-scripted professional wrestling matches those competing are actually told that their featured ingredient will be one of three items.
The show's producers apparently have made a judgment that the show is edgier by misrepresenting the amount of choices.
Now our primary political parties are employing the same production tactics.
Pretending that government legislative conduct is limited only to poll-winning issues empowers politicians to continue business as usual.
When television ratings for a particular show decline the result is modified content or cancellation by the network.
As ratings of government legislative participants continue lower and lower, both parties spice up the action by infusing a minor ingredient into their political concoction.
This year's spice of choice for Republicans is the Tea Party, a dicey element that does not have a consistency of desired change.
The Tea Party is truly American goulash seeking a different dish.
Some are from the camp wanting to feature smaller government.
Others want to change our tax system.
They are in agreement that change is needed.
The Democrats changed tactics because (thanks to the 2008 election) they were turned loose to cook up the final dream dish dream that progressive liberals have dreamed about for almost a century.
Stunned that the American populace has turned up their noses at the ultimate perfect concoction, they truly believe that with more time those same voters will appreciate their work.
A suggestion for the political Iron Chef showdown in 2012 is to introduce a totally foreign base ingredient.
It could be something removed from the prep kitchen in the 1960s by President Johnson, something that strikes terror to all political operatives.
What is that ingredient? Accountability is an oxymoron when married to the word federal government.
Some states do have limited accountability; however, elected members of Congress who suggest using accountability as a base ingredient are almost extinct as the dinosaurs.
In fact oftentimes they are referred to as dinosaurs.
To prep accountability for the 2012 contest is so simple even Einstein could do it.
It is a five-step process, two of which will be revealed here.
They are truly the stock needed for the accountability battle.
The other three steps are just as critical but have no value without the first two.
First, one of the best pieces of legislation in this decade was a bill of less than one hundred pages - the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
Corporate accountability was legislated almost organically.
The Enron panic extinguished lobbying; pig squeals were heard far and wide across the land.
The choir singing in unison was led by the chambers of commerce and other palace guard serving special-interest groups.
It is significant to note that the Supreme Court ruled Sarbanes-Oxley constitutional, and not a single company (public or private) compelled to follow Sarbanes-Oxley's mandates has failed.
The black swans of the financial destruction were all flying with an exemption from SOX.
Banks and financial institutions, primarily headquartered on Wall Street, were given an accountability bypass in the bill.
The Federal Reserve Bank, an institution with more secrets than the CIA, certainly could not be entertaining any kind of accountable conduct mandates.
Fannie and Freddie, those twin sons of different mothers, along with the insurance companies were also outside the law's coverage.
In those short days of yesteryear we didn't realize they were outlaws because they presented themselves as our in-laws.
Amending Sarbanes-Oxley requires only one sentence: The federal government, the Federal Reserve Bank, insurance companies and all investment banking or banking institutions are required to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley.
Consider how discomforting the squeal of the corrupt corporate pigs was.
Magnify that a hundred times because that one sentence will turn up a chorus of hogs.
Step two concerns conduct required in Sarbanes-Oxley that must be restated to guarantee compliance and produce true accountability.
It's also one sentence in length: All institutions that now fall under Sarbanes-Oxley as amended must use generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) to compile mandated filings.
For over 15 years the Association of Certified Public Accountants has requested that GAAP be used for federal government accounting.
They did not request this system for the Federal Reserve Bank because it is unknown what they account for.
Those two short sentences guarantee a 2012 election that will feature meaty issues for the first time in fifty years.
If our new Congress will legislate these two modifications, along with three others to be revealed later, our grandchildren may have a future.
Refusal guarantees the circus tent collapsing on our society.
Demand certified organic government and financial information.
It's critical to your health, and to the health of your grandchildren.
Plan for the worst - pray for better!
