About Fixing America:

What if regular Americans were asked for their ideas on how to fix America’s problems?

That’s not the plot for a fictional movie, it is what Fixing America, an emotional and inspiring grassroots documentary shows, laying bare what everyday Americans realize; the political elites of both parties have destroyed the country financially.

Fixing America takes the viewer on an extraordinary journey across the byways of America where seemingly ordinary, yet truly exceptional folks bare all and offer solutions to fix this great country.

Information on OCG’s Forum is as follows:

A free public forum on

The Rhode Island Fiscal Crisis

Sponsored by Operation Clean Government

May 14, 2011, 9:00 to 11:00 AM

Varnum Memorial Armory

6 Main St., East Greenwich, RI, 02818

Keynote Speaker: Steve Laffey

Edward Mazze, Distinguished University Professor of Business Administration and Former Dean of the College of Business Administration at URI

Gary Sasse, former Executive Director of the Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council (RIPEC)

Stephen Hourahan, Senior Advisor to the Governor

Dan Yorke, WPRO radio talk show host has agreed to moderate the discussion.

Laffey’s production crew for Fixing America will be filming on site. OCG’s program, called $earching for $olution$, will run from 9 to 11 AM. Armory doors will open at 8:30, and there is no charge to attend.

OCG President Margaret Kane describes the forum as an opportunity for key stakeholders to discuss solutions with the taxpayers of Rhode Island. OCG is concerned that we can no longer put off the tough questions without jeopardizing Rhode Island’s future.

Questions OCG hopes will be addressed include: How do we balance the budget? Do we raise taxes, cut spending, or both? Is there any effective way to correct the serious problem of unfunded liabilities in our public employee pension plans? What must we do to create new jobs?

RSVP at info [at] ocgri [dot] org

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Press Release: Fixing America

The German historian Oswald Spengler once famously stated that “Optimism is for cowards”.

National Review columnist John Derbyshire will be coming in to speak to the Providence College Republicans about why he believes that optimism should be reserved for the political left.

Mr. Derbyshire will be tackling many issues, all the while explaining why the right should embrace “conservative pessimism” to counter the falsehoods of our modern age.

Video: WPRI-TV Ch. 12

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhTykw58Ua0[/youtube]

Source: Robitaille for Governor

It simply asks “What Else?” (is he lying about)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q1I9PrxtE4[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlaihqMbFxs[/youtube]

Source: Robitaille for Governor

1. The president said he is committed to Afghanistan. Except he made no mention of defeating the Taliban. How can that be? Does he honestly think we can end the al Qaeda threat in South Asia without defeating the Taliban? And why does he keep mentioning the timeline for withdrawal if he is committed to victory no matter what? No one believes Afghanistan will be ready for the kind of transition that just took place in Iraq by 2011. His commitment is rife with caveats and vague. It could mean he will stick it out. It could also mean he will come up with some kind of bogus plan to deal with al Qaeda that justifies cutting and running before finishing the job in Afghanistan.

2. The president said we have entered a new phase in Iraq. But he did not specify what that means. Everyone expects a new Iraqi government to ask the troops to stay beyond 2011. It is not clear whether the president would do that or just cut and run and say “mission accomplished.”

3. The president promised us the finest military in the world. He never said, however, what that meant. He did blame the poor economy on spending money to protect the nation (bogus) and the only “important” defense spending he talked about was about taking care of veterans, which is important, but not defense spending. Thus, he made no real commitment to defense. The “finest military in the world” could mean what ever he wants it to mean and that could mean a really second-rate military that he just calls the finest in the world.

The president in fact managed to make an entire speech without one concrete commitment to securing the freedom, peace, and security of the American people.

He did, however, promise to make the economy his most “urgent” task (as if he can just forget about national security now). Given what he has achieved with the economy so far…we should probably be afraid, very afraid.

Source: Quotations from Big Peace