LINDEN MISSION STATEMENT

WHO IN THE

WORLD WOULD?

LINDEN WOULD!

WHAT WOULD LINDEN DO?

HE WOULD ASK YOU TO THINK, POSSIBLY EVEN ACT!


SECTION CONTENTS

1. Mission Statement

2. Ratings

3. Questions & Statements

4. Help Wanted in the US Congress

5. Recommendations

6. Linden's Books

Child Linden

Adult Linden (photo by Jack Burlison)


As a poor old retiree, I believe that love of our country is essential to the well being of all.
I believe that the Republican vision of President Lincoln was practically without fault and I believe that the intent of the Republican Congress of 1994 was derailed by greed.
I believe that Congress is broken and unfixable as presently composed.

To donate to my effort, send cash or check to Lindenwould, Box 203, Plainfield, IN 46168.

Those donating $4.00 or more will be mailed (while supplies last) a copy of my first book. It is not much appreciated by democrats.

Last Update: 09-21-07
Next Update: 10-15-07

PRESIDENTS WHOM I REMEMBER

PRESIDENTS WHOM I REMEMBER
(A total of 100 points are distributed within a group according to desirability)


PRESIDENT - POINTS - LINDEN’S THINKING

1. Reagan (50 points) For a thinking person this rating requires no explanation.

2. Ford (15 points) Vetoed 66 bills within his very short term. Wonderful!

3-9. Nameless (32 points) No need to write about my disappointments.

10. Roosevelt (2 points) His agreement to grant “Uncle Joe” Stalin control of Eastern Europe resulted in untold suffering for millions of innocent people.

11. Johnson (1 point) His “War on Poverty” resulted in effectively wrecking the average black family and creating millions of fatherless children. Strangely, many of the black clergy seem
to think this is just fine.

12. Carter (0 points) His incompetence is only exceeded by his lack of class as a former officeholder.

POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES

NAME - POINTS - LINDEN’S VIEW

1. Fred Thompson (50 points) Did not run for a second term in the senate. Linden likes that.

2. Mitt Romney (12 points) Any person winning as a Republican in Massachusetts bears watching.

3. Newt Gingrich (11 points) Hopefully hasn’t changed too much since 1994.

4. Rudy Giuliani (10) Was a great mayor.

5-12. Nameless (17points) Luckily, it is a long time until decision day.

POSSIBLE DEMOCRAT CANDIDATES

NAME - POINTS - LINDEN’S VIEW, OF COURSE

1. Unannounced (83 points) A dark horse leading an extremely weak field.

2-9. Nameless (16points) Lackluster.

10. Dennis Kucinich (1 point) Even less lustrous.

11. Al Gore (0 points) A potential Carter……

Naturally, this page will be updated from time to time: I will not require your assistance

QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

TO CONTRIBUTE A QUESTION OR STATEMENT CLICK HERE LWDcomment@aol.com
IF USED, YOUR CONTRIBUTION MAY BE EDITED. INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION BY FIRST NAME AND STATE WILL BE ADDED, IF KNOWN. ALL SUBMISSIONS BECOME THE PROPERTY OF LINDENWOULD.

IF AL GORE REALLY BELIEVES IN GLOBAL WARMING WHY WOULD HE PUT ON A LAYER OF PROTECTIVE FAT?

ARE THE SAME "SCIENTISTS" WHO PREDICTED A LOOMING ICE AGE 30 YEARS AGO NOW PREDICTING GLOBAL WARMING?

HAVE YOU BEEN BRAINWASHED IF YOU BELIEVE THE NETWORK NEWS AND MOST OF THE MAJOR MEDIA?

DOES YOUR CONGRESSMAN ACTUALLY RESIDE IN YOUR STATE?

DOES THE CHILDREN OF THE CONGRESSMAN ATTEND LOCAL SCHOOLS?

DID PRESIDENT CLINTON TRADE NORTH KOREA OIL AND NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES FOR A BOWL FULL OF MUSH?

SHOULD SANDY BERGER HAVE BEEN TRIED FOR TREASON? SHOULD CONGRESS INVESTIGATE HIS LIGHT SENTENCE? SHOULD THOSE WHO ASSISTED HIM IN AVOIDING SERIOUS PROSECUTION BE CHARGED AS ACCOMPLICES?

IS THE IRAQI APPROACH TO HANDLING CAPITAL OFFENSES SUPERIOR TO OURS?

ARE HASTINGS, MOLLOHAN, MURTHA, JEFFERSON AND PELOSI PART OF THE "CULTURE OF CORRUPTION?"

DO YOU KNOW WHY MARK FOLEY LEFT CONGRESS IN DISGRACE AND BARNEY FRANK CONTINUES TO "SERVE?"

SHOULD STUDENTS WHO ARE DISRUPTIVE IN THE CLASSROOM, CARRY CELL PHONES OR REFUSE TO LEARN ENGLISH BE EXCLUDED FROM TITLE ONE BENEFITS?

SHOULD A LISTING OF SOCIAL SECURITY TYPE BENEFITS WHICH ARE PAID TO ILLEGAL ALIENS BE INCLUDED IN EVERY MAILING MADE BY THAT AGENCY?

SHOULD THOSE BORN TO ILLEGALS IN THIS COUNTRY AUTOMATICALLY BECOME CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY?

HELP WANTED IN THE U.S. CONGRESS

Starting salary about 170k with frequent raises expected, great benefits, working hours, support staff and retirement plan. Frequent travel should be required.

The ideal candidate will know that it is necessary to keep America strong, that waste of taxpayers money should not be tolerated, that baseline budgeting is a disgrace, that the candidate and his family should live in the district represented, and that they should serve in this position no longer than 12 years.

The Secretary of State in your state may have some eligibility restrictions.

If you are concerned about having the start up money, consider forming a group of others who would also be interested in applying, each member agree to place some money in a pool and to support the selected candidate and make a selection by any method from within this group. Utilizing this approach, a local group of bridge players could field a candidate. Consider that some campaigns have been started for less than $1,000.00.

I expect to make a small donation to any Republican who becomes a general election candidate in the districts listed below. Remember, I said I was old and poor.

Shown are state, district, general location and the current Democrat officeholder. This officeholder had no Republican opposition in the last election. If a Republican candidate is selected to run in the next general election, the candidates name and contact information will be added below.

Even in those areas where they are few in number, those who can no longer stomach what the democrat party has become deserve the opportunity to vote for an alternative.
FIND A CANDIDATE!

Alabama
5 Huntsville and area counties: Cramer
7 Birmingham and adjacent counties: Davis

California
20 Parts of Fresno, Kern, King and Tulare counties: Costa
31 Part of Los Angeles county: Becerra
33 Part of Los Angeles county: Watson

Florida
2 Tallahassee and adjacent areas: Boyd
3 Jacksonville and other areas: Brown
17 North Miami area: Meek
19 Boca Raton: Wexler
20 Pembroke Pines area: Wasserman-Schultz
23 Fort Lauderdale & West Palm Beach area: Hastings
GeorgiaAtlanta area: Lewis

Illinois
12 East St. Louis and adjacent areas: Costello

Maryland
5 Includes Calvert, Charles and St. Mary’s counties: Hoyer
7 Baltimore and adjacent counties: Cummings

Massachusetts
1 Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and other counties: Olver
2 Springfield area: Neal
3 Bristol and three other counties: McGovern
4 Bristol and three other counties: Frank
5 Essex, Middlesex and Worcester counties: Meehan
7 Middlesex and Suffolk counties: Markey
8 Middlesex and Suffolk counties: Capuano

Michigan
13 Wayne county area: Kilpatrick
15 Detroit area: Dingell

New Jersey
1 Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties: Andrews
10 Essex, Hudson and Orion counties: Payne

New York
5 Queens and Nassau countie: Ackerman
6 Queens: Meeks
9 Brooklyn and Queens: Weiner
22 Delaware and seven other counties: Hinchey

North Carolina
1 Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount and other areas: Butterfield

Pennsylvania
1 Philadelphia area: Brady
14 Pittsburgh area: Doyle

Rhode Island
2 Warwick area: Langevin

Texas
9 Houston area: Green
16 El Paso: Reyes
20 San Antonio: Gonzalez
28 Laredo area: Cuellar

Virginia
3 Newport News area: Scott

In recent ratings the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste considered 32 of the above Democrats to be hostile, 6 unfriendly and 1 lukewarm to taxpayers. The National Taxpayers Union granted a grade of “F” to 36 of this group while 3 of them rose to a “D”.

RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDATIONS

These members of The House have been identified as big spenders. Of course the best recommendation is to get rid of them. Those previously listed as being unopposed by a Republican in the last election are not shown here.

ARIZONA – Grijalva, Pastor.
ARKANSAS – Ross, Snyder.
CALIFORNIA – Baca, Berman, Capps, Cardoza, Davis, Eshoo, Farr, Filner, Harman, Honda, Lantos, Lee, Lofgren, Matsui, Millender-McDonald, George Miller, Napolitano, Pelosi, Roybal-Allard, Linda Sanchez, Loretta Sanchez, Schiff, Sherman, Solis, Stark, Tauscher, Thompson, Waters, Watson, Waxman, Woolsey.
COLORADO – DeGette, Udall.
CONNECTICUT – DeLauro, Larson.
FLORIDA – Davis.
GEORGIA – Bishop, McKinney, Scott.
HAWAII – Abercrombie, Case.
ILLINOIS – Davis, Emanuel, Gutierrez, Jackson, Lipinski, Rush, Schakowsky.
INDIANA – Carson, Visclosky.
IOWA – Boswell.
KANSAS – Moore.
KENTUCKY – Chandler.
LOUISIANA – Jefferson.
MAINE – Allen, Michaud.
MARYLAND – Cardin, Ruppersberger, Van Hollen, Wynn.
MASSACHUSETTS – Delahunt, Lynch, Tierney.
MICHIGAN – Conyers, Kildee, Levin, Stupak.
MINNESOTA – McCollum, Oberstar, Sabo.
MISSISSIPPI – Thompson.
MISSOURI – Carnahan, Clay, Cleaver, Skelton.
NEVADA – Berkley.
NEW JERSEY – Holt, Pallone, Pasacrell, Rothman.
NEW MEXICO – Udall.
NEW YORK – Bishop, Crowley, Engel, Higgins, Israel, Lowey, Maloney, McCarthy, McNulty, Nadler, Owens, Rangel, Serrano, Slaughter, Towns, Velazquez.
NORTH CAROLINA – Etheridge, McIntyre, Miller, Price, Watt.
NORTH DAKOTA – Pomeroy.
OHIO – Brown, Jones, Kaptur, Kucinich, Ryan, Strickland.
OREGON – Blumenauer, DeFazio, Hooley, Wu.
PENNSYLVANIA – Fattah, Holden, Kanjorski, Murtha, Schwartz.
RHODE ISLAND – Kennedy.
SOUTH CAROLINA – Clyburn, Spratt.
SOUTH DAKOTA – Herseth.
TEXAS – Doggett, G. Green, Hinojosa, Jackson-Lee, E. Johnson, Ortiz.
VERMONT – Sanders.
VIRGINIA – Boucher, Moran.
WASHINGTON – Baird, Dicks, Inslee, Larsen, McDermott, Smith.
WEST VIRGINIA – Mollohan, Rahall.
WISCONSIN – Baldwin, Kind, Moore, Obey.

LINDEN'S BOOKS

LINDEN’S BOOKS

Previous pages have been devoted to asking you to think and to providing some avenues which if acted upon could improve our country in several different ways.

On this page are some links to other sites which may be of interest to you and a mention of another matter that is certainly of interest to this writer: book sales.

Some years ago, even before fully retiring, this writer started a small publishing and writing endeavor so he would always have something to do. Unfortunately, tax law requires that a profit be shown in 3 out of every 5 years of operation. Sales are not my strong point. I need your help. My fear is that when I die, my children will be saddled with a large supply of unsold books. Ordering information appears below.

Go to http://www.secondhandstoriesinc.com/ or www.amazon.com/shops/dmgrosvenor

Type the book title and click on go. Order one or more books. Make me smile.

Linden’s Titles

An Old Man On The St. James Way = A 75 year old man on a long Spanish pilgrimage.

Letters To God = Actual written prayers and the answer given, if known.

Bible Based Puzzles = 78 cryptograms based on verses in the St. James Bible.

Bout Firteen Country Childern Rimes = 20 illustrated poems about children, for adults.

Outstanding National League Baseball Pitchers Of The Last 42 Years = A 1987 book that compares the relative effectiveness of the pitchers of those years.

Mind Over Fatter = This book is available only as a gift, as outlined on a “Mission Statement” page.

Other Secondhand Stories Selections
1. The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw
2. Bill and Hillary - The Marriage by Christopher Anderson
3. Ziglar on Selling by Zig Ziglar
4. Primary Colors by anonymous author
5. Do I Stand Alone by Jesse Ventura
6. The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
7. The Real War by Richard Nixon
8. Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy

Lindenwould books are also available at The Uncommon Corner Bookstore in downtown Plainfield, Indiana.