See Saw

The concept of Citizens in the Center, a third party movement, is that of balance. Two parties on a see saw go up and down. One party is on the ground - the other is high above. Unless the two parties move toward the center, the one on the ground is powerless, cannot move, stuck and the one on the high end is unable to propel the other.

The simile is plain. The down helpless end must move toward the center in order to bring action about, and the high end position must move forward towards the center to achieve a balance and not be dropped to the bottom.

The center position for both parties is a new maneuver or a new third party Citizens in the Center who can bring balance to all citizens. For going on six years, the Democrats have been at the bottom, helpless to improve their prospects. At the top have been an elite wealth seeking class of Republicans, getting all the benefits, above all the pleas from the bottom, out of reach of the poor, the working class, the average American, the peace seekers, the young and the old.

The move toward the center, the new party of Citizens in the Center must organize, elect representatives to Congress and the Administration branch and build enough weight to return the power to the people and balance the board. The correct operation of our country is three fold, a system of checks and balances that is now out of balance. A third party must emerge from the rank and file of our fellow citizens. They will be those who see and saw and get the country going again.

Harris Is Spending Her Inheritance

U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris has said she will spend $10 million of her own money in her campaign to win the post of incumbent U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (FL). This was the inheritance left to her by her father. It makes a body wonder how rich is the Senate seat and how much will this lady have left to devote to serving the needs of her native state. Since she has declared that she will not own anything, once the $10 million is gone, will she then be a Citizen like the rest of us, pinching pennies to buy gas and pay bills and keep our homes insured. And what father would want to see his fortune spent on politicking.

To the ordinary Citizen, the buying of a political office, the squandering of $10 million, to gain power and prominence is not what this country was ever about. The basic integrity of the election system is at risk.

Citizens in the Center

This is an invitation to join me in forming a new third party, Citizens in the Center, and to be known as a Citizen. Be neither left wing or right wing but centered under the Constitution and upholding the Bill of Rights to return America to its original values and freedoms and to let the people command the direction of its future, the use of their taxes and resources, for the good of all.

Let us restore our rights and freedoms to speak out in civility to bring about the American ideals envisioned by our forefathers. Without oppression or suppression, we must seek to end poverty and provide prosperity, jobs, health care, security, and opportunity for all. We must spend our tax money on our country, on a healthy environment, on our children's education, on our citizen's right to expect justice in the courts, care for the ailing and the elderly, affordable homes and a government that will help us in disaster. Let us do this by willing the people to rule for the common good.