Introducing The Longhouse Coalition

LHC Longhouse Coalition — INTRODUCTION :

Dear People,

The USA has some real troubles. So does the world. Big troubles, and

at the same time this country is run by some folks who seem determined

to make them even worse. War in Iraq, terrorism, out-sourced jobs and

the economy, Global Warming, Katrina, and so on. A litany of woes.

It seems that only if we make immediate and major changes that global

disaster can be averted, yet our government doesn’t appear to have either

the will, or plan, to bring things back into balance. On the contrary,

it appears the people who bribe our politicians are actually profiting from

the mayhem and economic hardship most of the rest of us are experiencing.

Both major political parties, Republican and Democratic, receive tremendous

financial support from corporations, so it’s no surprise their voting is to

the advantage of corporate interests.

With both parties bought out by corporations, how can we fix things?

We’re continually confronted with the choice of taking the lesser of two

evils, but we’ve come to the point where we can’t take any more ’evil’,

even if it’s ’lesser’. BUT, were a third party with great ideas to happen

along, say for example, the Green Party, the first thing we’d hear from

the Democrats is, "You can’t afford to vote for the Greens because you’ll

split the ’Left’, so the Republicans’ll win everything. Problem is, too many

Democrats are really as ’conservative’ as the Republicans, they just wear

a different-looking logo. I call them ’Republicrats’, or ’Dee-publicans’.

Still, it appears we’re stuck in a rut. Fortunately, there’s a solution—

the Longhouse Coalition, a non-partisan coalition, not a third party.

That’s the key—it’s not a third party, so it can’t divide the ’Left’.

It’s a means for people who want basically the same thing to cooperate

across party lines, based on a simple and effective platform neither

designed nor paid for by corporations, that gives people what they want,

not what corporate elites want.

The Longhouse Coalition (whose name is derived from the English equivalent of the Iroquois Six Nations’ government, the Haudenosaunee-

– more on that later) platform offers people a workable, win-able,

and near foolproof alternative. A Democrat who’s really ’Progressive’,

or ’moderate’, will have little difficulty backing the Platform (which

follows shortly). Whoever promises to support the Longhouse Coalition

platform will receive our full support. There’ll be no division of the ’Left’.

So, we can’t hurt the ’Left’, or ’Center’. But for those instances where

the ’Democrat’ is as ’conservative’ as today’s Republican Party, we’ll

present the People with a good alternative. Then we’ll let the conservative

Republicans and conservative Democrat split the conservative vote,

guaranteeing a sweeping victory for the good alternative, the Longhouse

candidates who had the will, moral caliber, and guts to stand up as an

Independent candidate when the country most needed them.

After you’ve read the platform and said, "Well, this is great, but

what chance do we have of having it really happen?", remember this—

it’s already been done. This isn’t the first time, nor is it unique. It’s been done recently, too. This isn’t from a musty old page of history.

It’s yesterday’s news. In the 1990’s Poland was ruled by an oppressive

totalitarian ’Communist’ regime, which in many respects is mirrored by the

Bush/corporatista regime today. A bunch of shipyard workers went on

strike in Gdansk, led by a young man named Lech Walesa. A series of

dramatic events followed, and a grassroots movement named Solidarnosc

(Solidarity) was birthed. It grew like wildfire because the idea was right,

the time was right, and the Polish people were ripe for change. And it

was done, peacefully, democratically, and legally. PEACEFULLY, people.

There are a few charts following that show how simple, logical, and

do-able this is. You’ll find that the vast majority of seats in Congress

up for election have either natural allies such as Progressive Democrats

or Greens already on the ballot, or else leave us with the opportunity to

run a Peoples’ Write-In candidate. Write-In ballots will provide us with

a more tamper-proof vote record than electronic voting machines, and

because this is a popular movement, word will spread so that everyone

will know who the Longhouse candidate is in their own district.

People, in a single election we can retake the House of Representatives

and a third of the Senate! Over the course of the next two years moderate

incumbent Democrat senators (& even some Republicans) will come over to

our side as they see which way the winds of public opinion are blowing, and

thus, their careers. So, we can stop the administration dead in its tracks

at first, and over the following period complete the steps needed for a

peaceful, legal, and democratic, shift to a sustainable and just society.

For those worried about the late start—starting late in the season

isn’t a disadvantage—it’s an advantage. It’s deliberate, a tactic. The

’opposition’ has loads of money, and controls the media. Had we started

earlier, that money would have bought loads of lies and disinformation.

Time would have given them the opportunity to do it most effectively,

and time for the poison to do its work. Now there isn’t enough time for

these folks to mount an effective, fully thought out smear campaign.

It’ll be a knee-jerk reaction at best, and it’ll work for us, not against

us. In the end, it’s the best way to accomplish something like this.

So, this is fully do-able. Americans were at one time known as the

"Can-Do" nation, a nation of individuals with gumption, energy, and spirit,

a people with the will to accomplish the ’impossible’. We can be that

again. Our choice if we don’t is very unpleasant. An earth heartlessly,

ruthlessly, exploited. People heartlessly, ruthlessly exploited. Wars.

Dare I say it—the fundamentalists’ Armageddon. I say, give ’em what

they want. Let’s send the whole gang of Corporatista politicians home,

whether they wear Donkey ears, or Elephant ears. Let’s give them a real

political Doomsday, let their political stars go down in flames, instead of

having them sending more bombs and death to the rest of the world.

In order to successfully pull off another ’Solidarity’, it’s important

we use some basic techniques to accelerate growth of the movement, so

the Corporatista regime is always a day late and a dollar short. If we

really want change, some effort is needed. Not a whole lot, mind you,

but some. Start by copying the platform to your computer’s ’desktop’.

Print out some paper copies, and perhaps burn it onto a CD or two.

Then, immediately after reading this, think of which of your friends will

really like the platform. Send it to them. Then, call them by phone.

Explain to them what you’ve read here, then encourage them with

enthusiasm to do likewise. Keep the chain growing. This will greatly

accelerate distribution, and gather momentum.

I apologize, but for emphasis, here’s part of the earlier paragraph

repeated, along with some new stuff. In order to successfully pull off

another ’Solidarity’, it’s important we use some basic techniques. Start

by copying the platform to your computer’s ’desktop’. Print out some

paper copies, and perhaps burn it onto a CD or two. Then, right after

reading this, think of which of your friends will really like the platform.

Send it to them. Then, call them by phone. This is so very important.

Not everyone looks at their computer every day, so e-mail may sit for

days or weeks before being read. Further, a phone call is personal, and

getting an idea across in person, rather than writing, is often more

effective. But put both e-mail & phone call together, and a powerful

message comes across of support for the movement. This enthusiasm in

turn encourages others. So please, explain to them what you’ve read

here, then encourage them with enthusiasm to do likewise. Keep the chain

growing. This will greatly accelerate distribution, and gather momentum.

Then, send it to whoever you can think of who might be willing to help. By the way, this gives people who aren’t millionaires an excellent

opportunity to have a say in Congress. Write-In candidates will be

elected largely through the popularity and togetherness of the American

home-grown version of Solidarity—the Longhouse Coalition.

If you’d like to be a Longhouse Coalition Write-In candidate please

send an e-mail to LonghouseCoalition@yahoo.com. Our website should be

up shortly at www.LonghouseCoalition.org, too, but maybe not till later

this coming week. So for now, applications have to be by e-mail sent to

the first address. There were three of us who really got this started,

and this expanded to a council of seven, but the period of three or seven people deciding things has to be gotten over with very quickly—

like now!—if this is to be democratic.

We’ll handle this issue right now, so no one need concern themselves

about it further. We’ve decided—unanimously—to accept candidates on

a first-come, first-served basis*(with one exception—next paragraph),

trusting Creator will send us the people meant to be here at this time.

We expect multiple applicants for many districts, so the tie-breaker will

be who applied first. However, we don’t want a boatload of Republican

infiltrators hopping on board and be forced to keep them, either. So, to

emphasize democracy yet still have a safeguard, the council of seven will

be increased to include the first twenty four coalition candidates and

myself, co-writer of the platform and one of the original three. This

council of 25 will then be responsible for approving the later candidates,

the sole criteria being whether the person is genuinely for the platform.

A simple majority will suffice to approve a candidate. If an applicant scares

over half the people, it’s probably better we go in a different direction.

The one exception to the first-come first served rule is that in order

to prove clearly we’re non-partisan, and will work with ’good’ Democrats

(to walk the walk of our talk), a grace period up to October 7 (1 month

before the election) has been granted for members of the Green Party, the Progressive Caucus, Russ Feingold’s Progressive Patriots group,

Democrats.com’s slate of progressive Democrats, and the Black Caucus.

The two attached lists should clarify that. One shows who the protected

candidates are, and one which districts are completely open right now.

If for any reason the lists aren’t included with your copy, just e-mail

LonghouseCoalition@yahoo.com and we’ll be happy to send them to you.

There. That’s it. Short and simple, as uncomplicated and democratic

as can be. Just one last thing—a little bit about where our name comes

from. Originally, a ’longhouse’ was a long and narrow Native American

dwelling in which all the families of a clan lived together, each with their own family area. The Haudenosaunee (Longhouse) was symbolic of

all member tribes living together as one family. That’s what we want to

see happen in America today.

An interesting question arises when we look at the Haudenosaunee’s

history a little closer. The founders of the Haudenosaunee were the great

Huron/Mohawk prophet known as the Peacemaker, and his assistant,

Hiawatha. Because the Peacemaker was viewed as a prophet sent from

God, the law he gave the Iroquois was considered holy, and thus, the

government a sacred place, and governing a sacred function. Service to

the people, not self-enrichment, was the goal. Interestingly, the law of

the Haudenosaunee, in which equality and democracy were emphasized,

served as the primary model for the United States’ Constitution, so at

least from one perspective, the holy law of the Iroquois present in our

Constitution confers holiness on it, too. This may help explain why many

folks treat the Constitution as a holy document. Intuitively, they

understand that it is! They just didn’t know the holiness came through a

Native American prophet. It also puts an entirely different spin on George W. Bush calling the Constitution a worthless scrap of paper.

If the Constitution is sacred, then its house—Congress—is also sacred.

And since the White House is a part of it all, it’s a ’holy place’, too.

So, Christians who are into prophecy, that means George W. Bush

claimed Creator’s law worthless in the holy place. May be a good idea

to impeach him, don’t you think?

Blessings,

Robert Leon Mendelson

LONGHOUSE COALITION

contact; LonghouseCoalition@yahoo.com

or visit our website at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Longh...

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LONGHOUSE COALITION PLATFORM

– 1: Impeach Bush/Cheney & lesser officials for treason,

the one charge the president can not grant a pardon for.

– 2: Pull out of Iraq/Afghanistan

and allow UN Forces to do the job of peace keeping, rebuilding.

– 3: Rescind the Unconstitutional Patriot Act.

– 4: Call for sharp reductions in Defense spending

with the savings going to essential social/environmental programs

– 5: Support the Kyoto Treaty as a necessary first step to control green-house

emissions, with rapid development of solar/wind power in every home.

– 6: Support the right to choose for every woman in the world, and as a

step toward sustainable populations, make funds available for education

and non-abortion birth control, including ’morning-after’ pills.

– 7: A single payer national health insurance program is badly needed now.

– 8: Immediate arsenic reductions in our drinking water now.

– 9: Due to the racial bias, failure to deter crime, widespread errors,

and humanitarian objections, we oppose the death penalty.

– 10: We demand a livable wage, strong unions, repeal of the Taft-Hartley

restrictions, and increase of minimum wage so people have the honest

means to support themselves.

– 11: We oppose trade pacts, agreements, and institutions including NAFTA,

FTAA, CAFTA, and WTO as written only for the global corporations

without protection of the small business or local populations.

– 12: We call for democratic reform to strengthen participation and minority

representation, including proportional representation, instant run-off

voting, monitoring of elections and public financing of elections.

– 13: We stand for citizen controlled open debate between all legal candidates

for President as well as all public offices. Not just between Republicans

and Democrats, but all legal candidates.

– 14: We oppose deregulation of telecommunications companies, and support

increased non-profit use of airways and public access to telecommunications.

– 15: We are opposed to bank deregulation.

We call for creation of community investment banks to give low income

people low cost loans and first time small business a chance to borrow

at low rates.

– 16: We are for legalizing all natural substances in their unrefined, un-distilled,

natural form. They have a better safety record than do alcohol or

cigarettes. We are spending billions losing the war on drugs and jailing a

lot of people who otherwise would be good hard working citizens. Control

it and tax it like you do alcohol and create new business and tax sources.

All criminal ’strikes’ related with such natural substances will be expunged

from criminal records.

– 17: To help restore the balance with the Native Nations, we are for giving

back to the tribes 30% (equal to 2 Pennsylvanias) of the National Forests

with the creation of a Ecology Council of the major ecology groups to

help them develop a sustainable income and land use program. If Mixed

Bloods with 1/8 Native American heritage are accepted as tribal members,

the amount returned is to be increased to 45% (3 Pennsylvanias).

– 18: Create a Dept. of Peace with Congressional oversight, and full access

to the daily briefings from the various intelligence agencies including

the DOD (Department of Defense) agencies.

– 19: Doing away with the Presidential Emergency Powers.

No more writing laws by the Executive Branch.

– 20: Shift the USDA priorities to all help for farming has to go to those

who make less then one million dollars a year.

– 21: Put in place a recall mechanism for all Federal Office Holders.

– 22: We support the New Covenant Peace Plan for Israel/Palestine, which

perfectly conforms to requirements of Hebrew Tribal Law, Jewish Law

from the Torah & Prophets, Muslim Law from the Qur’an & hadiths,

and New Testament Law, too. It leaves what’s today called ’Israel’,

the West Bank, and Gaza, as One federal state, composed of two

tribal districts, Judah (Israel), & Ephraim (Palestinians—West Bank &

Gaza). Jerusalem is shared as national capital. Right-of-return issues

are addressed, too. For more details, visit either

– http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Longh...

or LonghouseCoalition.org.