The Healthy Party: Objections/Objectives
Dedicated to John Wiggin and Charles McWilliams
by R. Martin Oxman

“The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine through.” — Edna St. Vincent Millay

A leading Stanford University neurologist tried to prescribe Zarontin for our eight-year-old son today. He warned the whole family about what might happen if we didn’t agree to his recommended pharmaceutical treatment. Outright lies.

Me: Any side effects possible from this drug? Any downsides?
Doc: Oh… some electrolytes might get out of balance temporarily, but nothing whatsoever, really.

Pure mendacity from beginning to end in our 30 minute session.

The problem — for the doc — was that I knew better than to submit Marcel to such an unnecessary, barbaric solution. Most citizens would have quickly succumbed to the scam. Yes, scam, like what was pulled on the public by the cigarette industry for so many decades (but with much greater ramifications). Intentional disingenuousness for profit. The doc was on the take*. Huge numbers of medical professionals are merely bamboozled by pharmaceutical marketers, but this esteemed neurologist — so typical — was lying.

*With the full support of the American Medical Association and FDA.

His prescribed medication has frightening possible side effects. And Marcel’s condition, by no stretch of the imagination, demanded such a roll of the dice. This article is very much about how citizens of California can position themselves to put Big Pharma’s ongoing horror and many other abominations to bed… for good. About how sweet, innocent souls can be rescued from much of the disgusting momentum of our society.

Without fundraising and without media support.

And with no time required of you… unless 5 minutes every 4 days for a year is time.

Like I recently told a well-intentioned doctor shirking a challenging proposal (designed to expose The American Cancer Society)… one has to dream the impossible. Not put up with what’s said to be possible… by authorities… or out of habit.

Special Note: I have a much longer, well-documented version of this article for those who are interested in details. This is intended to simply introduce readers — telegraphically — to the idea of putting “our person” in the Governor’s seat in Sacramento, California in 2010… for new purposes. I have every reason to drop this notion like a hot potato since I’ve been trying to drum up interest for quite some time, and it’s deeply resonated with only two people out of over a thousand to date. Nevertheless, I’m convinced this dream is meant to be realized. That might have something to do with the fact that the two positive (raving) responses which I received came from individuals who I consider geniuses. It has more to do with the sound of my sacred heart beats. Directly below are a number of typical objections:

1. “I have no interest or faith in politics.” These people are spot-on-target. Politics as we know it is usually less than worthless. But I have a way to easily use it to our (great) advantage. To further any noble agenda.

2. “I’m too busy trying to survive.” These people are being practical. Political activity takes people away from important daily concerns. But my idea requires few heartbeats.

3. “No third party has a chance against the two major parties.” These people are correct if efforts are limited to old approaches. But I have an unprecedented paradigm to offer. I wouldn’t refer to the Healthy Party as a third party, but rather as an unprecedented party.

4. “If I did vote, I’d want to vote for one of the major parties so that my vote was not wasted.” Since candidates from either of the two major parties simply tell different lies, your vote — in terms of your most demanding true needs/interests — is wasted. How many times in your lifetime has a politician accomplished — not spoken about — something of value for you? That, I should think, is the litmus test. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that virtually any honest candidate* could do at least as well as what’s routinely offered up at the voting booth. You’ll be able to vote your conscience AND support a victorious, admirable soul.

*Our person would not be a career politician. And he/she would make ALL decisions in consort with twelve others. To be explained upon request.

5. “Voting machines are rigged today.” At the very least, it’s safe to say that the integrity of our voting is vulnerable. In question, compromised. We have come up with a way to circumvent that problem, that impediment to asserting the people’s will.

6. “Any good Governor elected would be undermined by lack of cooperation among other politicians.” Right, gangsters will not cooperate with well-intentioned souls. However, any Governor of California can implement miraculous changes in the state UNILATERALLY. Take actions that would immediately (and positively) affect our lives. Life-altering examples upon request.

7. “Our greatest problems cannot be addressed solely in California.” If we put our person into the Executive Office in California (and we accomplish that without any fundraising, no media support and with only a write-in electoral status) it will have an historic impact virtually overnight, not only on the state and the nation but worldwide. Even if we only came remotely close to our goal, edging out merely one major party or setting a record for third party numbers, the election would be a true watershed in American history. And the ripples would resonate in astounding ways. Use your imagination here.

8. “It’s too idealistic. People won’t go for it.” Don’t worry about what others might do. Ever. Please.

What am I asking you to do? Register to vote as an Independent, and make sure that you keep in touch with me (give me your contact info?) until we have a candidate in place for both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor positions… so that I can give you the write-in names. Beyond that it would be great icing on the cake for you to encourage others to contact us whether or not they live in California. And everyone’s ideas concerning what should be included in a platform… and who should be considered as candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor are very welcome. Ditto concerning the twelve advisors mentioned above. There will be paid jobs available for a number of people, drawing from the Governor’s and Lieutenant Governor’s salaries.

This concept has zero to do with past and (other) present attempts to mobilize voters. It is entering the back door of the powers-that-be, not playing their game, and making full use of the element of surprise. We won’t be cut off at the knees.

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“If you say human nature is this or people and life are that, you can only look forward to growing very fat, ugly and lonely with your excuses, never knowing the Sacred Heart.” — Flannery O’Connor

“I beg you not to speak to me of choosing ‘lesser evils’. It’s like a parent faced with five children on the verge of drowning in a wild sea… with someone on the beach offering to rescue three of the five only…. Imagine that there’s a lifeguard with one hand tied behind his back who claims to have a shot — admittedly a long shot — at returning with all five, but maybe none. You can’t swim. What do you do? Do you decide in terms of three being a lesser evil? I think not. For there is a force at work which directs the parent to try to save them all, demands that no cowardly, unconscionable compromise rule. That is the situation with which we are faced.” — Carson McCullers

I have three major problems as I approach my readers. One, they don’t see their children as drowning. Two, the soul is for sale. Three, few see how lonely they are… or why they are….

Healthy Party?

As in
adj. health·i·er, health·i·est 1. Possessing good health.2. Conducive to good health; healthful: healthy air.3. Indicative of sound, rational thinking or frame of mind: a healthy attitude.4. Sizable; considerable: a healthy portion of potatoes; a healthy raise in salary.

How many times have you heard someone say, “As long as you have your health you’re fine.”?

Physical health. Spiritual health. Planetary health. And so on. All needed.

But… health and politics? Well, there’s party politics. And then there’s healthy party politics.

Imagine the sweetest face and voice addressing you, bathed in natural glow, authentic to the bone like, say, Melville’s Billy Budd. Actually singing to start, and then seamlessly shifting into a speaker’s voice. An intrepid non-politician underscoring matters which — once addressed in public, in full — will encourage her/his audience to jump outside of the self-serving propaganda of our dominant culture.

[Why do we do things like drive ourselves crazy trying to subsidize pharmaceuticals when it would be so much better (and easier) to eliminate Big Pharma's stranglehold? Invented syndromes/diseases function much the same as hyperbolic terrorist threats... in terms of our health and pocketbook.]

Our exquisite person (with twelve apostles) will conduct a daily session in which issues of the day, ongoing trauma/solutions will be delineated from a singular point of view. In diametric, compassionate contradiction to mainstream media outlets’ offerings. Incessantly. As Angel Governor of California in 2010.

Giving people an opportunity to self-educate.

And to offer up their own sacred hearts and inspiring ideas.

R. Martin Oxman can be reached at headburg@yahoo.com.
Marcelle Cendrars, consultant for this article, can be reached at bcendra@yahoo.com.
P.S. There was a lot of serendipity today (July 18) surrounding the above. A number of people began to come out of the woodwork and the woods, signing on for an upcoming first meeting… wherein we intend to get the ball rolling. John offered up some great ideas concerning reduction of energy costs in the state (easily accomplished in ultra green fashion), among other things. But his most intriguing suggestion was that we consider having a cam follow The Guv around from morning through the night, recording virtually everything. Including ALL discussions wherein decisions are formed regarding public policy, formal and informal. For the purposes of promoting healthy transparency. Anyone with a healthy imagination will be able to see what that will do for citizens, for the health of the state.