Tony Zirkle for Congress

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Terror/Cultural Wars and Porn-Prostitution

1. Iraq

Voters deserve to know how each congressional candidate stands on this issue. Iraq represents a gray area. Without a crystal ball or the gift of prophesy, anyone who is 100% for invading Iraq or 100% against it probably isn’t examining all the facts. If Iraq successfully develops a representative government, then President Bush will go down in history as a courageous hero. If Iraq devolves into civil war or if our invasion serves as powerful anti-west “crusader” propaganda that catapults the militants to the power reigns of the mostly peaceful Islamic world, then he will be judged as a reckless cowboy.

The second scenario is in noone’s best interest. We have passed the point of no return, so we should all unite behind our president and present to the world a unified front. Accusing the president of fraud without evidence will in no way encourage other nations to join us and will only place our troops at higher levels of risk. I see no possibility that Bush intentionally deceived us about WMDs. Would any rational person lie about that knowing that the world was watching? The Republicans have failed in this respect. They have allowed the democrats to define the debate to center on WMDs. The point about invading Iraq was that Saddam had violated 17 U.N. resolutions including 1441. We could have justified regime change based on that fact, based on his past genocide of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, or even his comforting and supporting of current terrorists like Abu Nidal (sp?).

Iraq was a judgment call, and Bush had powerful arguments for acting now. For instance, if Iraq were to acquire nuclear weapons like North Korea or Pakistan, invasion for regime change would no longer be possible. Iraq would continue its dictatorship, and after Saddam died, his sons would likely have taken over for another 40 years or so. Iraq would continue to pay $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers and peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis would never materialize.

2. Israeli-Palestinian Peace

I’m not convinced a two state solution will work. I am proposing a three state solution. First, Israel will withdraw from the Gaza strip. This will become the state of Palestine. Next, the U.N. will delegate to China (and possibly North Korea as a way of integrating them into world politics) the responsibility for security in the disputed areas of the west bank and the Golan Heights. I pick China because they are the super power who probably has least offended Muslims in the past. China is an economically emerging economy and easily has the manpower and resources to serve in this capacity.

Israel will withdraw back to the 1967 pre-war borders. The west bank and the Golan Heights will become a third, mixed-race state with a constitution that protects minority rights. East Jerusalem will serve as the capital and it will include the temple mount.

Both sides will renounce both violence and revenge. The current situation is unsolvable because no remedy at law exists for attacking the other. Money could serve as a remedy like it is in the U.S. courts. However, a better remedy might available that would provide a greater incentive to peace. Land. For every Israeli that a Palestinian suicide bombs, Israel’s land will increase by an acre. For every Palestinian that an Israeli Apache helicopter bombs, Palestinian territory will increase by an acre. The details are certainly open for debate.

3. North Korea and Iran

North Korea has called us moral lepers and Iran sees us as the great Satan. We call them the axis of evil. We should ask our selves if North Korea and Iran have a point when we consider the following statistics:

1. 100,000 Web sites linked to child porn. www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_255927.html 2. A 50% plus divorce rate 3. 2,200,000 U.S. citizens in prison 4. 3,000,000 teenagers acquire an STD each year 5. 50% of our youth pick up an STD by the age of 25 6. 7 trillion dollar debt 7. a constitution that has been interpreted to protect abortion on demand and even partial-birth abortion 8. Mass public gambling 9. A porn-prostitution industry that occupies about 50% of the Web and that is projected to increase from a $4 billion industry in 2001 to a $70 billion industry by 2006

Perhaps the better way to fight this war on terror is to clean up our own house a bit. We are throwing stones at the world, yet we live in the biggest glass house in it.

4. Porn-prostitution

What I’ve seen as a deputy prosecutor in the three largest Indiana jurisdictions along the Chicago-Detroit drug trade corridor has convinced me that our society is self-destructing. We have tripled our prison population since 1975. Why? Fifty percent or more of all crime in drug related in some way. Robberies, burglaries and thefts are usually committed to fund drug habits.

The initial question we should ask is why are so many people addicted to drugs. My theory is that drugs are often used as a poor substitute for the lack of a quality intimate sexual relationship. Marriage has broken down over the last generation, and it is no accident that the sex revolution of the 1960s was accompanied by the drug epidemics we are now experiencing.

The porn-prostitution corporate industrial complex is perfecting its techniques in attacking marriage by the use of the internet and media representatives like Howard “porn stooge” Stern, who may be as much of a long-term threat to this nation as Bin Laden, who with his kidney failure, will likely die on his own in the next decade anyway. For instance, the 3,000 who died in 9-11 is a terrible tragedy, but if we expand the definition of “death” to include mass STD-creating infertility, then we are losing far more citizens and potential life because of people mimicking what they see in porn-prostitution videos than we are to terrorism. Noone should be able to profit from exploiting the sex lives of what is often the mentally ill and drug-addicted. I am proposing a nationwide task force of police and prosecutors who wish to supplement their salaries at virtually no cost to tax payers. They will engage in civil asset forfeitures of 3-10 times the attempted profits plus the costs of collection for any porn-pimp that seeks to exploit the sex lives of others. Many porn “stars” have been diagnosed with manic-depression and part of their struggles revolve around hyper-sexual tendencies. Many of these porn “actors” like Savannah have eventually committed suicide.

Porn-prostitution is no longer run by a mom and pop shop that is protected by the Gambino crime family. It has gone corporate and is located on virtually every high hill video store in this nation. Porn-prostitution is prostitution. Is there any logic in arresting the South Bend $20 crack addicted prostitute but not the $1,000 a scene San Fernando Valley, California crack addicted prostitute? Is not selling porn-prostitution videos promoting prostitution since much of the money returns to California and is used to hire more prostitutes? Porn-prostitution represents what economists would call “negative externalities.” The industry does not pay for the harms that it causes such as higher STD rates, increased crime, the costs of marital breakdown and the loss of respect for the U.S. in international relations.

It was just last Friday that a kid 3 months over 18 years old tested positive for H.I.V. Sixty-five partners now realize they have been put at risk. One other female has already tested positive. We need to educate the public on the economic implications of STDs. Imagine the health care costs that raise premiums for treatment for 50% of all of our youth. One surgery alone to remove HPV cervical cancer cells would cost thousands. One relative of mine chose the gay lifestyle and eventually acquired H.I.V. He has informed me that after going on social security disability, all of his medical bills, which numbered in the several hundred thousand dollar range, have been paid for by tax dollars. For one individual still under 40, tax payers have paid $100,000s. If this trend continues, social security will go bankrupt far before it is projected to and benefits will not be available for seniors. He also told me that it’s unfair for him to only have to pay $2 for his medicines while his grandmother has to pay $200 a month.

Additionally, when other nations observe the fruits of our constitution with our current near-complete undisciplined liberty, why would they want to be like us?

Throughout this campaign, I have proposed reforms for ceasing the public promotion of gambling, for treating the root causes of drug crime and today for reducing the public porn-prostitution culture that we are becoming.

In my opinion, porn-prostitution should be understood as a national security threat both economically and politically because it saps us of vital economic power and because it causes other nations to view us with contempt.

I have many other ideas about the above 4 issues; however, space and time will not permit them to be included here. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me on my cell phone at (219) 308-1673.

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