Mr. Romney: Instructions On How To Save America

Free Republic Original Content | October 25, 2012 | By Laz A. Mataz

[Lazamataz]

A while back, some of my more faithful readers may remember I wrote an editorial with instructions detailing how the common, average man could save America. It was largely spiritual in nature, and while I feel it was (and is) spot-on, the President has a different role. The President is a nuts-and-bolts, rubber-meets-road operator. Spirituality is essential for such a man, but so are concrete objectives. I propose to offer Mr. Romney some of these objectives.

When -- and make no mistake, it is no longer if, but WHEN -- Mister Romney is named the next President of the United States, here are some very important ways he can shape America for decades to come, and possibly forestall the imminent financial and societal collapse that is stalking America like an obsessive, malevolent butler.

FIRST, ROLL BACK THE OBAMA TIDE.

1. Carpet-bomb all executive orders issued since Jan 20, 2009. Every last one. Do not even read them, which would waste too much time. Obama's directives have, to a fault, been harmful to America and her interests.
2. Dismiss all Obama appointees and any hires he has recommended, to a person. Do not overlook judges, if possible, though some of them will not be able to be removed. However, concentrate on removal of all persons who Obama has conspired with in the following departments: The Department of Justice, the Environmental Protection Agency, and any intelligence agency. It will not be enough, but it will be a start.
3. Address Voter Fraud. This is a cancer that will kill America. Collect every shred of evidence of voter fraud, including a recent discovery that Rep. Jim Moran's son is complicit, then go before Congress and the Senate (and the American People) and demand the legislative bodies fix this. Photo identification must be nationwide. If necessary, offer Federal Voting cards, which must be as difficult to obtain as a US Passport. Offer them for free to squelch the cries of liberals who rely on fraud, but the proof that you are actually you AND ONLY YOU, must be present.
4. Address the issue of the news media abuse and propagandizing. While the Pravda Press has been consistently biased throughout American history, it is only since 2008 that they have been actively campaigning for a given candidate. Clear and unequivocal lies by the Democrat have been ignored, while fake 'scandals' or 'gaffes' by the Republican are front-page news through several cycles. It is time to address this problem, but to be honest, I'm not sure how you would do that. Market forces will certainly ease the situation, and lawsuits might convince those who prevaricate or distort facts on the airwaves and in print -- by omission OR commission -- might be a viable approach.

MAKE FAVORABLE, ONCE AGAIN, THE CONDITIONS FOR BUSINESS TO OPERATE IN AMERICA

1. Neuter the Environmental Protection Agency. Neutering the EPA will be mandatory for a recovery. There are various articles wherein which the plans of the EPA -- starting in 2013 -- would seriously hurt American business. Suspend their operations via Executive Order or by Federal lawsuit and Stay-Order, then work with congress and the senate to achieve a 'declawing' of these harmful bureaucratic regulations -- all of which are intended to strangle business, large and small.
2. Remove Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke immediately. In this way, and in all other ways, shut down the monetary printing press. Informally back the American dollar at a rate of 0.01 grams of gold per dollar, but push for the Congress and the Senate ratifying a full-on and permanent gold-backing of the United States Dollar. It can be a very small amount of gold that backs each dollar. That part doesn't matter. What matters is that the bills would be stabilized. The two most pernicious of the Horsemen of the Financial Apocalypse -- Hyperinflation, and collapse of the US Dollar internationally -- would likely be turned back.
3. Assure Business that Obamacare is a transitory threat. Announce to the business world that great care will be taken by this administration to minimize the impact of Obamacare. Start by vigorously challenging each item line by line, in court and by Executive Order, and when possible putting a court-mandated Stay Order on the item in question, until such time as the item can be removed legislatively.
4. Start scaling back the giveaways. Truncate and remove, to the best of your ability, any Federal giveaway program you can. Why do people who are poor need a cellphone and free minutes? The poor call them ObamaPhones. Get rid of them!
5. Grow out of our budget deficits. Reagan performed this miracle, even with a hostile Congress. Use your Vice President Ryan! Use his plan. Try to grow our way out of falling off the fiscal cliff.

MAKE AMERICA CITIZEN-FRIENDLY AGAIN

1. Obama will leave you a Tax dog pile. Clean it up. Obama, certainly and out of spite, will allow all the so-called 'Fiscal Cliff' taxes threatened to take effect on Jan 1, 2013, to become realized. It is your goal to immediately mitigate, repeal, and disassemble these little fiscal booby traps. Use that Executive Order pen like it is a hot knife, and the taxes are butter.
2. Suspend much of the domestic surveillance and start cutting these programs. Americans are not America's enemy, Mr. Romney. Cut these programs; stop the deployment of drones; and desist with the eavesdropping and the mining of public data targeted at common citizens. We would very much like our freedom back. Thanks!
3. Put a leash on the Transportation Security Administration. No more groping people's 'junk'. The Israelis don't, and they have a remarkable record. Learn what they do, and replicate it here. Further: Order the TSA to stop eyeing other domestic transport venues as places they can 'take over', especially as regards public roads and personally-owned vehicles.

REESTABLISH TIES WITH INTERNATIONAL ALLIES

1. Get our allies back. Announce to allies, privately, that an adult is back in charge, and then do things that will assure them we are on their side again.
2. Piss off our enemies. Announce, publicly, that Muslim extremist nations are on notice, and then kill the extremists lurking within.

MISCELLANEOUS

1. Put NASA back on track. Order that the mission of NASA no longer is to "conduct climate change research" and "reach-out to Muslims", but to explore space and achieve American dominance in this arena.
2. Retire the delay between Election Day and assumption of the Presidency. Perhaps waiting from November the 6th to January the 20th of the following year made sense when America relied on horses for transportation. Not today. With today's instant communication and travel that takes only hours, this unaccountable period of Presidential control by a recently-defeated candidate may someday prove disastrous. In fact, this particular delay, in 2012, worries many of us a great deal.

Mister Romney, there's a lot of assumptions made in this article, most notably that you will win. Should this come to pass, I earnestly hope you will read this list of possible goals. Some of them are mandatory for your political survival in 2016; others will make America a better place to live. They are many, and they are ambitious.

Nonetheless, reach for the stars, Mister Romney, and I assure you we will follow.

[Lucky9teen]

[tnlibertarian]

Okay, well now I’m sure, but add me anyway.

[Delhi Rebels]

In the first place the president can't remove federal judges. They hold office for life unless they do something that justifies impeachment, and disagreeing with their judicial decisions doesn't fall under that. Greenspan is appointed by the Senate and can't be removed either merely because Romney may disagree with his policies. Voting is a state matter, and the federal government has no business setting up a 'Federal Voter Card'. The beginning of the presidential term is set by the 20th Amendment. And I'm pretty sure your plan to go out and 'kill the extremists lurking within' runs afoul of the 5th Amdendment.

Other than that I can sign on to a lot of it.

[TheOldLady]

Brilliant, Laz! Didn’t Romney say that he’d start dismantling zer0care on day one?

The rest of your advice is spot on, and if R&R do half of it, the country will respond by heading down the road to prosperity again.

Thanks for offering some REAL hope.

[Lazamataz]

You are such a POOKY. And I LUFF you. :)

Thanks for the compliments on the content! :)

[Lazamataz]

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[Lazamataz]

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[Lazamataz]

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[Lazamataz]

In the first place the president can't remove federal judges. They hold office for life unless they do something that justifies impeachment, and disagreeing with their judicial decisions doesn't fall under that.

"Do not overlook judges, if possible, though some of them will not be able to be removed." :)

Greenspan is appointed by the Senate and can't be removed either merely because Romney may disagree with his policies.

True and false. The false part: Greenspan has been gone for a while. The true part: MR will have to work with the Senate. But work, he must. Bernake must go.

Further, the gold standard idea IS in the purvue of the Federal government. We need to back our money with more than promises. The House of Cards will fall, and soon, otherwise.

Voting is a state matter, and the federal government has no business setting up a 'Federal Voter Card'.

You know, the more I think about it, the more right you are on this one. I was inspired by Mexico's voting card, but involving the Federals here allows them to actually be able to interfere and even cancel state elections. The one reason I was confident Obama could not cloud or call off elections this year is due to it being a state-held affair. Consider that one fully retracted. I would have MR insist, however, that all states require ID, by the normal manners in which Feds apply pressure to states. It's a huge deal, Voter Fraud, and IT MUST STOP.

The beginning of the presidential term is set by the 20th Amendment.

The term should be changed, even if a Con Con is required.

And I'm pretty sure your plan to go out and 'kill the extremists lurking within' runs afoul of the 5th Amdendment.

Foriegn nationals in foriegn lands get no such 5th Amendment protections.

Other than that I can sign on to a lot of it.

So let's get this in front of the presumptive winner, MR!

[Lazamataz]

Perhaps you could give a dissertation on the finer points of reloading ;)

Norm, I better, because if my memory does not fail me, you know NOTHING about reloading. ;)

[MHGinTN]

So true, Laz, so true ... but my doctor fixed it with botox don’tchaknow.

[Norm Lenhart]

Your memory does NOT fail you! In fact, I may have that etched on my tombstone...

“Here Lies Normie. He knew NOTHING about reloading!”

;)

[TheOldLady]

You’re my shrinking Laz Bear, and I luff you too.

[SCalGal]

While I am female, my screen name does not reflect my age. But wouldn't that be discriminatory, based on my age?

No worries, Laz doesn't discriminate. :)

[Lazamataz]

Well played, SCalGal.

Very well played.

:)

[tnlibertarian]

*Was it good for you, too?

As Clarence Carter would say, You always leave them sassified.

[APatientMan]

This is a good post. Nice work here.

[Lazamataz]

Thank you, kind sir! Spread it around!

[Colonel_Flagg]

Laz, you know I love you, man, but social conservatism is the basis for all conservatism because it teaches us the difference between right and wrong.

I see none of that here. Why not?

[Lazamataz]

Because without the fiscal rescue, the social remedies are not attainable.

First things first, my friend.