Thom Prentice
Green | Texas
Candidate Profile
Liberal
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Thom Prentice
Party
Green
Election Year
2016
Election
General
Race
U.S. Rep., Dist.30
Incumbent
No
Links
EDUCATION
UT-AUSTIN, Austin, BJ, 1974
UT-AUSTIN, Austin, M.Ed., 1980
UT-AUSTIN, Austin, Ph.D., 1995
WORK & MILITARY
Teacher, Lecturer, Associate Professor
Journalism, government, teacher education
AFFILIATIONS
Too numerous to mention
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Mayor, San Marcos TX, 2012
Council, San Marcox, TX, 2013
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)
None sought, none conferred
OTHER INFORMATION
QUESTIONNAIRE
OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES
Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.
Strongly Disagree
I am in favor of construction of a wall and other necessary infrastructure on our border that gives complete control over entering and exiting the United States.
Strongly Disagree
The U.S. military should wait for militant Islamic groups to directly threaten our national security on our shores, rather than eradicate them now wherever they may be worldwide.
Strongly Agree
The United States must maintain a nuclear arsenal that is safe, reliable, modern and numerically superior to those of potential adversaries.
Strongly Disagree
I support legislation such as the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) that would prohibit discrimination against individuals, organizations and small businesses because of their belief that marriage is only a union of one man and one woman.
Strongly Disagree
The federal government should establish Common Core as a nationwide academic standard for high school graduation.
Strongly Disagree
I oppose the resettlement of Syrian refugees into the U.S. without proper vetting.
Strongly Disagree
Current regulations on domestic oil exploration and drilling are more restrictive than are necessary.
Strongly Disagree
It is the government’s responsibility to be sure everyone has health care and a livable income.
Strongly Agree
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.
Strongly Disagree
More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.
Strongly Agree
The founders established pure democracy in the Constitution because they believed that it is the best form of government to ensure the safety and equitable treatment of all citizens.
Strongly Disagree
Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self-interest into the most productive economic system there is.
Strongly Disagree
Governments should pay to develop wind and solar energy solutions until they are economically feasible.
Strongly Agree
Religious liberty is at risk in the United States.
Strongly Disagree
Governments should define marriage as between one man and one woman; no other definition of marriage should be legalized or supported with public funds.
Strongly Disagree
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Agree
The United States should help defend Israel from attack by its enemies.
Strongly Disagree
Planned Parenthood should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments.
Strongly Disagree
Marijuana should be legalized and regulated like tobacco and alcohol.
Strongly Agree
Islamic law (Sharia) does not pose a threat to the United States and its Constitution.
Strongly Agree
Based on the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, please arrange the following entities, starting with the highest source of authority, and continue the list in descending order of authority, skipping any that do not apply: Academia, Congress, Constitution, God, Industry, Media, Professional Sports, Supreme Court, Voters.
As it is or as it SHOULD BE? AS IS: Corporate Neoliberal Austerity Financialized Federal Reserve Immiserating Capitalist INDUSTRY. AS IT SHOULD BE: Individual human conscience, democracy, conscience, empathy, compassion, Grow Food, Not Lawns
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
ON DEMAND. Same with condoms and The Pill and vasectomies et cetera and hand them out at school. And on repealing Obamacare, there should be SINGLE PAYER MEDICARE-FOR-ALL. You know. like Canada. And those other white countries like Norway and Sweden.
What in the nature of mankind caused America’s Founders to carefully define, separate, and limit powers in the Constitution?
A proud(vain) look; A lying tongue; Hands that shed innocent blood; A heart that deviseth wicked acts; Feet that be swift in running to mischief; A false witness that speaketh lies; He that soweth discord among brethren and GREED, GREED, GREED, GREED, GREED. This branch for THESE opulent plutocrats, this side of this branch for THESE opulent oligarchs, this side of this branch for THESE opulent, locally-based autocrats, and this branch for THESE opulent skullduggerers, userers & thieves
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Baptized and confirmed Lutheran. Now sitting with the Quakers. Jesus: "The Kingdom of God is within you." KJV. Also a book by Leo Tolstoy. You might want to read the book entitled "The Quaker Reader". The spirituality of Nature: “We are a part OF Nature, not apart FROM Nature” – thom prentice. Inspired by the Earth itself – and White Rock Lake and the Great Trinity Forest -- and from early American Romantics like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau who justifiably repudiated Puritan Calvinist Christendom. The Bible is full of condemnations of the practice of usury -- usurious interest rates. Yet not one question in this survey about it like payday lenders, the Federal Reserve, giant Banks like Goldman-Sachs and Chase and Citigroup, credit card interest rates, auto loan rates, the whole nine yards. PLEASE UNDERSTAND: BANKS, CORPORATIONS AND CAPITALISM ARE TOGETHER THE UNHOLY and SATANIC TRINITY OF THE ONE, TRUE ANTI-CHRIST. Suggested film: "The Corporation."
Considering all issues (social, economic, national security, etc.), which of these best describes you?
No Answer
Please defend your answer to the previous question by referencing your publicly available track record.
I took one of those online surveys that showed me to be Libertarian/Left. I would NEVER consider myself a liberal any more although I grew up as a John F. Kennedy liberal. I voted for Ron Paul in the GOP primary of 2012. The liberals now, like Hillary Clinton, are NOT liberal in the old sense: they are corporate capitalist banking Hedge Fund Wall Street War Industrial Profit Complex capitalist whores & hypocrites who centralize power to wage war and make profits for the war/banking industry without a Congressional Declaration of War (to be fair, both Bushes, LBJ, Eisenhower, Clinton all did the same. The three most recent declaration of War were in 1941. And WHY has the US NOT won a war since 1945?) Back to the liberals: they abrogate the Bill of Rights and push useless, cosmetic social reforms which are like putting lipstick on a capitalist pig. Plus the WORSE presidents have been lawyers, not including Bush/Cheney: Nixon, Clinton and Obama and NOTE WELL THAT HILLARY is a LAWYER.
E-mail address and phone number for voters to reach you.
thomprentice@gmail.com 512-923-7211 (AND please BE AS NICE AS JESUS WAS ...)
Additional comment from candidate:
Q 13 is Just STUPID. 1. There is NO SUCH THING as PURE DEMOCRACY. 2. the US founders were plutocrats, oligarchs and slave-owner-breeders who burned Indian villages and stole Indian land upon which to establish the United States. 3. As Plutocrats, they determined to "protect the interests of the opulent" to quote James Madison at the Constitutional Convention and further resolved that "government of the nation should be by its OWNERS," AGAIN quoting James Madison. 4. The government was TOTALLY ANTI-DEMOCRATIC such as the President was NOT elected by the voters but by electors. 5. The Senate was elected by state legislatures which were controlled by local oligarchs, plutocrats, slave owner-breeders and Indian-killers and further had special powers. The courts were immune from democratic accountability. The House was the only one to have ANY semblance of democracy. And women weren't allowed to vote. Q18 is ALSO STUPID. What enemies? Israel back to 1967 borders and cut off all US aid.
