Interview with a Presidential Candidate: Marijuana Party's Cris Ericson

Cris Ericson is a relative unknown from the state of Vermont. She is currently organizing the Marijuana Party so she can start getting campaign money. Her grassroots campaign (pun intended) is starting off small with the first goal of being on the ballot in her home state of Vermont. I have to say, I didn't know if I wanted to post this interview. I am not fond of the stuff. What I am fond of is free speech. Voltaire once said "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death yourright to say it." And that's what it's all about- everyone's message deserves to be heard and we think Cris Ericson is a great candidate. Check out the interview, pass it along, and help Cris Ericson make some noise.

What kind of changes do you want to make if elected president?

We have millions of homeless Americans and millions of unemployed Americans, so I'm all for packing up the illegal aliens and telling them to take a hike.

We can't compete on a global scale without more and more education for each person. We have to start with the basics, math and reading and communication skills. The No Child Left Behind Act isn't forceful enough: We must battle the teachers' union and fight them in court for fraud for failing to teach children the basics. Test scores in Vermont prove that too many children are not learning the basic necessities of math and reading skills. To allow a child to pass to the next higher grade who has not learned adequate skills for the grade the child is in, is fraud on the part of the teachers. We must charge the teachers and the teachers union with fraud in court. You wouldn't give someone a license to drive a car if they didn't pass the test.

The only way to compete with "out-sourcing" of jobs is to really educate people, all people, regardless of age. Education must be free for all grade levels, for college, for medical school, for law school, etc. The more educated people are, the more they will re-imburse the government for their education by higher earnings.

I have a lot of issues, but I won't go into them until October 2007 because right now I am concentrating on trying to form the Marijuana Party.