Our Agreement among We, the People

Our Agreement among We, the People
May all true Americans come to know, understand, appreciate, and fulfill our Agreement among We, the People.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Wanted - "True American" Journalists

Wanted
True American
Journalists


A complimentary copy of Human Rights Capitalism was sent to each of the following individuals.  As one reflects upon the multiplicity of public comment on political action, particularly by those entrusted with the exercise of freedom of speech on behalf of Americans, the question arises:  “As Americans, are political journalists and other commenters on political action seeks to solve the challenges we face as the sovereign (We, the People), or simply engaging in selling their non-substantive rhetoric for personal gain?”  So, the publisher sent each a complimentary copy with this statement (or one that is similar): 
To one who often comments on the actions and inactions of the “leaders” of American government as well as the political actions of other Americans, please allow me to say – “May all true Americans (especially those exercising freedom of speech on behalf of Americans) come to know, understand, appreciate, and fulfill our Agreement among We, the People.”  If political action by or in America is not consistent with or in fulfillment of our Agreement among We, the People, then is such political action not Un-American and a breach of our sacred Agreement?  Shouldn’t our Agreement among We, the People always be the touchstone for measuring the worth of any and all American political action?  Isn’t all other comment outside the parameters of such touchstone merely non-substantive rhetoric? 
Respectfully,
John F Halbleib

It is unclear whether each will read Human Rights Capitalism or comment on its content.  Given that

(1)  the book is about our Agreement among We, the People, 

(2)  each of those receiving a complimentary copy is a member of We, the People (or comments on political action affecting other members), and

(3)  each should be genuinely concerned about solving those challenges facing all Americans,

it would follow that each should read about our Agreement and comment on it. 

Let’s see if those who purport to be genuinely concerned about Americans are in fact concerned enough to respond.  This list will be updated periodically as their feedback arises. 

If those receiving a complimentary copy do not respond, doesn’t their failure to respond imply that each who fails to respond is simply engaging in selling their non-substantive rhetoric for personal gain?  Does this not also imply that the wellbeing of all Americans is not their concern?  If so, why should Americans buy what they are selling?

Michael Albert, Z Magazine
John A. Allison, President & CEO, Cato Institute
Brian C. Anderson, City Journal
Daniel Backman, Harvard Political Review
Scott Baker, TheBlaze
Robert Baldwin, Journal of Politics & Society, Columbia University
Martin Baron, The Washington Post
Eleanor Bartow, The American, American Enterprise Institute
Monika Bauerlein, Mother Jones
Glenn Beck, an American television and radio host, political commentator, author, etc.
James Bennet, The Atlantic
Gary Benoit, The New American
Joel Bleifuss, In These Times
Patrick J. Buchanan, The Human Events Group
Julie Chen, CBS’ The Talk
Ken Chandler, Newsmax
Ruth Conniff, The Progressive
Anderson Cooper, CBS’ 60 Minutes and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360°
Katie Couric, ABC’s Katie
Noelle Daly, The American Interest
Paul D'Amato, International Socialist Review
James S. Denton, World Affairs
Christopher Dolan, The Washington Times
James A. Dorn, Cato Journal
Peter Dreier – The Huffington Post, E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, and Chair of the Urban & Environmental Policy Department, Occidental College
William Falk, The Week
David Firestone, The New York Times
James F. Fitzgerald, The John Birch Society
Thomas J. Fleming, Chronicles
William A.Galston, Wall Street Journal
Adam Garfinkle, The American Interest
Jonathan Garthwaite, Townhall Magazine
Nancy Gibbs, TIME
Malcolm Gladwell, a journalist, bestselling author, and speaker
Jonah Goldberg, National Review and Fellow – American Enterprise Institute
David Michael Gregory, NBC’s Meet the Press
Richard N. Haass, President – Council on Foreign Relations
Suzanne Hanney, StreetWise
David Harsanyi, The Federalist
Jacob E. Heilbrunn, The National Interest
Chris Hughes, The New Republic
Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post
Jim Impoco, Newsweek
Clara Jeffery, Mother Jones
Holman W. Jenkins Jr., Wall Street Journal
Alex Jones, INFOWARS.COM
Michael Kazin, Dissent
Larry King, CNN’s Larry King Now
William Kristol, The Weekly Standard
Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect
Dan La Botz, New Politics
Matt Lauer, NBC’s Today
David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman
Rush Limbaugh, The Rush Limbaugh Show
Tod Lindberg, Policy Review
Rachel Maddow, MSNBC
Bill Maher, HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, and one of the producers for the HBO newsmagazine series Vice, etc.
Richard Markosian, Utah Stories
Daniel McCarthy, The American Conservative
Norah O'Donnell, CBS This Morning
John Oliver, HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
John Podhoretz, Commentary
David Remnick, The New Yorker
Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs
Ellen Rosenbush, Harper’s Magazine
David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Bob Schieffer, CBS’ Face The Nation
Kristen Schmidt, Columbus Monthly
Ahmed Shawki, International Socialist Review
Dimitri K. Simes, President & CEO – Center for the National Interest
Susan Smith Richardson, The Chicago Reporter
Sam Stein, The Huffington Post
George Stephanopoulos, ABC’s Good Morning America and This Week with George Stephanopoulos
Howard Stern, Author, actor, talk show host, etc.
Bhaskar Sunkara, Jacobin
Art Thompson, The John Birch Society
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., The American Spectator
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
Peter Van Doren, Regulation, Cato Institute
Matt Welch, Reason
Robert Whaples, The Independent Review
George F. Will, The Human Events Group
Julia Wrigley, New Politics
Paul Young, The New Islander

If any of these iconic individuals in their respective area feel that they are being singled out and would prefer not to participate, please let the publisher know by clicking here, and your name will be added to the Those Who Opted Out list.  At present, no one has opted out.

If any of these iconic individuals did not receive a complimentary copy (or misplaced it), please click here and request that the publisher send another copy (and provide the best mailing address to which you would like it to be sent).