DOING WELL, BY DOING GOOD.
what is Balance America?
Balance America, a group of lifelong friends with varied political orientations, taking the commonalities that bind us together as Americans to start the process of healing our country for future generations while holding our elected officials accountable. Together we will reunite our beloved lake community, our Badger state and this great nation. We ARE the Sons and Daughters of Lombardi!*
*We are not Packer fanatics! We are in love with Vince Lombardi's core philosophy of "Work together, Win together". This is the attitude that America needs so we can All Move Forward Together.
Island City of Minocqua, Wisconsin.
-Benjamin Franklin
WE HAVE A SIMPLE, NON-PARTISAN PLAN TO PUT AN END TO THE DESTRUCTIVE AND DANGEROUS CULTURE WAR IN AMERICA.
WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP AN APP FOR SOCIAL MEDIA THAT INFORMS AND EMPOWERS VOTERS WITH THE VITAL INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED TO VOTE THEIR VALUES.
THIS APP OFFERS THE ABILITY TO ENTER YOUR ADDRESS, AND AT A GLANCE, FIND ALL THE VOTING INFORMATION YOU NEED TO CAST THE BALLOTS IN ALL ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS TO WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED. IF YOU FILL OUT BALANCE AMERICA’S 20 QUESTIONS, VALUES-BASED QUESTIONNAIRE, THE BALANCE AMERICA APP WILL ALSO HELP YOU DETERMINE WHOM YOU SHOULD VOTE FOR BASED ON YOUR SHARED VALUES.
BALANCE AMERICA ASKS YOU TO FOLLOW OUR FOUNDING FATHERS EXAMPLE AND REBEL AGAINST A SYSTEM THAT IS NO LONGER FAIR, JUST, RATIONAL, OR SUSTAINABLE. THERE IS NO ONE COMING TO SAVE US, SO IT IS UP TO US TO SAVE OURSELVES. THE LOWEST LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT IN THE UNITED STATES IS THE VILLAGE BOARD. IT IS THE SINGLE IN BASEBALL OF POLITICS IN AMERICA. THERE IS LITTLE MONEY AND GLORY DOWN THERE. BUT THERE IS POWER. THERE ARE 15,000 VILLAGE BOARDS IN AMERICA—ENOUGH TO START AND SUSTAIN A PEOPLE’S REVOLUTION. THIS IS OUR POINT OF ATTACK.
BALANCE AMERICA’S 7-POINT PLAN TO AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2.0: ESSENTIALLY, IT IS ONE PART POLITICAL EHARMONY AND ONE-PART POLITICAL CONSUMER REPORTS.
1) ORGANIZE EDUCATORS, STUDENTS, AND VILLAGE BOARD LEADERS TO IMPLEMENT COOPERATIVELY BALANCE AMERICA’S VALUES VOTING PLAN.
2) HAVE FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS SUBMIT BALANCE AMERICA’S VALUES BASED QUESTIONNAIRE TO SITTING BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
3) HAVE FOURTH-GRADE STUDENTS POST THE SITTING VILLAGE BOARD’S MEMBERS’ VALUES BASED QUESTIONNAIRE ANSWERS.
4) WITH HARD DATA POINTS IN HAND, IN THE FORM OF THE SITTING BOARD MEMBERS ANSWERS TO BALANCE AMERICA’S 20-QUESTION VALUES-BASED QUESTIONNAIRE, DETERMINE, BASED ON NUMERICAL DIFFERENCES, WHAT SITTING BOARD MEMBER OR POTENTIAL CANDIDATE’S BEST REPRESENTS YOUR VALUES AND INTERESTS.
5) VOTE TO UPHOLD YOUR INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY BELIEFS AS WELL AS NORMS AND
TRADITIONS BASED ON KNOWN VALUE DIFFERENCES THAT DISCOVERED BY BALANCE AMERICA’S 20 QUESTIONS, VALUES-BASED QUESTIONNAIRE.
6) HAVE FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS MONITOR AND GRADE SITTING VILLAGE BOARD MEMBERS BASED ON HOW THEIR WORDS AND DEEDS MATCH UP WITH THEIR STATED VALUES ON BALANCE AMERICA’S 20 QUESTIONS, VALUES-BASED QUESTIONNAIRE.
7) HAVE FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS POST PERFORMANCE GRADES OF SITTING VILLAGE BOARD MEMBERS.
This is the rebellious act that we are urging America to take. It is a simple plan that can grow vertically to higher levels of government and horizontally from rural, conservative communities to urban, liberal cities. Most importantly, with this act, we personally take responsibility for teaching our children to respect and work with others in their community as they perform the patriotic duty of holding our elected officials accountable.
The best part of Balance America is that you don’t have to join us.
It would be nice if you did, but the backbone of Balance America’s educational and political proposal is respecting individual and community beliefs, norms and traditions.
Balance America wants you to defend democracy and your cherished beliefs, norms and traditions by simply voting your values.
Democracy is not inevitable. Democracy is not self perpetuating. Democracy depends on people to uphold its beliefs, norms and traditions.
The Gadsden flag is an important part of American history dating back to the Revolutionary War. In recent years, the Gadsden Flag has been co-opted by armed and violent extremist groups, who are exclusionary by nature.
Balance America is taking this banner of freedom back for ALL Americans.
We are proud to present Balance America’s values-based, “Don’t Tread on Me” political questionnaire.
BALANCE AMERICA’S MISSION IS TO BE A NONPARTISAN ARBITER OF AN HONEST AND FAIR DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA. ANYTHING LESS WOULD MEAN FAILURE TO THE WORLD’S CITIZENS. THIS IS WHY WE ARE HIJACKING THE NAME, LIKENESS, AND IMAGE OF WALTER CRONKITE. WE NEED OUR “UNCLE WALLY” IN THIS FIGHT. CRONKITE, KNOWN AS THE MOST TRUSTED MAN IN AMERICA, DELIVERED DECADES OF BALANCED, IMPARTIAL NEWS TO AMERICAN AUDIENCES. THROUGHOUT HIS LONG CAREER, HE REMAINED ABOVE THE FRAY. LIKE CRONKITE, OUR ONLY MISSION IS TO USHER A NEW ERA OF EMPATHY, FAIRNESS, AND FUNCTIONALITY INTO OUR POLITICAL PROCESS. BALANCE AMERICA WILL ALWAYS REMAIN ABOVE THE FRAY AND TAKE NO POSITIONS OR SIDES. WHILE BALANCE AMERICA IS A COMPLETELY NON-PARTISAN, HONEST-AND-OPEN, WE DO HAVE FIRM POSITIONS ON TWO TOPICS OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
topics of national importance, according to Balance America
1. THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY MUST STOP NATION BUILDING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS WORLD. FOR FAR TOO LONG, WE HAVE BEEN HEMORRHAGING BLOOD AND TREASURE IN LANDS WHERE THE LOCALS ARE CERTAIN THAT THERE IS INDEED A HELL AND EQUALLY CERTAIN THAT ALL OF OUR ANCESTORS ARE THERE. COME HOME, AMERICA. THE AMERICAS NEED YOU. THE VERY BEST WAY TO SECURE OUR BORDERS AND OUR FUTURE IS BY HELPING OUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS. IF WE WANT TO DO WELL, WE MUST FIRST DO Good. THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME FOR A MARSHAL PLAN FOR ALL OF NORTH AMERICA: A WAR ON child POVERTY THAT BEGINS IN THE UNITED STATES AND MARCHES SOUTH THROUGH PANAMA. THE UNITED STATES MILITARY HAS A MASSIVE BUDGET. STABILIZING LATIN AMERICA IS IN THE UNITED STATES BEST DEFENSIVE INTERESTS. WITH GLOBAL DEMOCRACY IN RETREAT, THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND REMIND THE WORLD THAT WE ARE THE “RETCHED REFUSE.” WE INVENTED MODERN DEMOCRACY. THE BORDER WALL BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO IS A MONUMENT TO THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENTS, PEOPLE, COMMON SENSE, IMAGINATION, MORALITY, AND HUMANITY. THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, WORKING WITH THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT, NEEDS TO POUR “LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY” INTO OUR REAL SOUTHERN WALL, THE MEXICAN PEOPLE. WE NEED TO RAISE OUR SOUTHERN BROTHERS AND SISTERS UP TO OUR LEVEL OF GOVERNMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIETAL FUNCTIONALITY. MOST US CITIZENS WOULD SLEEP BETTER IT THERE WERE TWO UNITED AND STABLE
AMERICAN CONTINENTS, WITH THE UNITED STATES NESTLED SAFELY BETWEEN TWO EQUAL PARTNERS IN FORTRESS NORTH AMERICA. WE SAVED THE WORLD WHEN IT ALL WENT TO HELL, NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE. WE HAVE BEEN TO THE MOON WITH LESS SOFTWARE THAN A MODERN MICROWAVE OVEN. WE BROUGHT THE SOVIET UNION TO ITS KNEES WITHOUT FIRING A DIRECT SHOT. A UNITED, FAIR, AND DEMOCRATIC AMERICA IS THE FUTURE THAT THIS WORLD NEEDS.
2. FISHBONE WILL BE IN THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME ONE DAY. WISE MEN NEED TO STEP UP, SO THAT THEY ARE NOT INDUCTED POSTHUMOUSLY. AND THAT’S THE WAY IT IS
* ALL PROFITS GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF ALL BALANCE AMERICA HATS, FOODIES, T-SHIRTS AND COFFEE MUGS WILL GO DIRECTLY TO LOCAL TEACHERS.
Balance America hats and t-shirts coming in May at our retail and online stores. Profits go to local teachers.
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Staff
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Lisa Gammon Olson
EditorCoon Valley, Wisconsin
Tracy Mason
ManagementWheeling, West Virginia
Karen McKanna
AdvisorMichigan City Indiana
Dan Inzeo
AdvisorLives inside his heart
Sean "Snuff" Smith
Podcast/Sales/MarketingMerrimac, Wisconsin
Seth Powers
Editor/WriterDes Moines, Iowa
Anson Rogers
Social Media/WriterMerrimac, Wisconsin
Nick, Kari French
Social MediaPortland, Oregon
Frank Cordero
Spiritual AdvisorDes Moines, Iowa
Mike Mccabe
Political AdvisorColombus, Wisconsin
Professor Travis Cox
Political/Corporate EthicistBoulder, Colorado
Julie Westegaard
Educational CoordinatorBaraboo, Wisconsin
Aubrey Beck
Educational AdvisorMilwaukee, Wisconsin
Lea Larsen
Educational AdvisorMadison, Wisconsin