Preface

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04900840erlcjm.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>NATIONAL SECURITY--Structural,Moral,Economic,Domestic,International</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NATIONAL SECURITYStructural,Moral,Econom"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000" background="04311c00egdysm.png"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Preface</div> <div>      The purpose of the RESPONSIBILITY papers was to cause all Americans to deliberate on our nation's shortcomings.  Most of the major problems that imperil our country were enumerated. Solutions were advanced for each.  The intent was to achieve wide awareness through publication in daily newspapers across the USA; hence the format selected.</div> <bR> <div>      The Responsibility papers were written in the mold of the <B>"Federalist Papers".</B>  Beginning on October 27, 1787, that series of 85 essays, calling for the ratification of our Constitution, was published in a New York periodical (the Independent Journal). They appeared under the pseudonym "<B>Publius".</B>  The authors were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.  The papers, and digests thereof, have been published in a number of books; e.g., Roy P. Fairfield, "The Federalist Papers", 2nd ed., 1981.</div> <div>      The germination of the RESPONSIBILITY essays commenced with research in January 1989, at the end of President Reagan's, and the start of (the first)President Bush's administrations.  In the course of readings, it was learned that there were a series of "New Federalist" papers published in the time period 1946 to 1950. They were authored by Justice Owen J. Roberts, John F. Schmidt and Clarence K. Streit, under the nom de guerre "Publius II". Also encountered was "Publius: The Journal of Federalism".  This quarterly is published by the Center for the Study of Federalism, c/o Department of Political Science, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.  With this awareness, <B>"Publius IV"</B> was chosen as the anonym for the author of the RESPONSIBILITY writings. </div> <div>      The main series of RESPONSIBILITY papers (#1 through 63) were completed on July 4th, Independence Day, 1992; four months prior to the election of the 42nd President (William Jefferson Clinton) and the 103rd Congress.  A number of essays, as postscripts, were added from time to time from 1993 to 1996.  These constituted a critique of what progress (and lack thereof) had been made in resolving problems addressed in the RESPONSIBILITY papers.  The time period covered was the first 3 years of President Clinton's administrations, the term of the 103rd Congress, plus the outset of the 104th Congress.</div> <div>      Five examples of essays that were written, not as RESPONSIBILITY papers, but as Letters to the Editor, as guest editorials, or as direct mail to the President and members of Congress, are included among the papers.  See after Responsibility #88 and #98.</div> <div>      By 1996, the use of personal computers, and the degree of maturation of the Internet, had grown to the extent of serving as an alternative to newspaper submittals and promulgation via "snail" mail.  Publius IV concentrated his efforts from 1996 to 1998, through submittal and argumentation of extracts from the RESPONSIBILITY papers, on up to a dozen debate forums sponsored on the Internet by Compuserve.  In the second year, Publius IV, upon request, served as a volunteer monitor on the "Washington" forum.</div> <div>      By 1998, growth on the utilization of e-mails and web sites on the Internet, offered a ready means to exercise our privilege of free speech, to accomplish the ends sought by the RESPONSIBILITY papers and the Position Papers.  Over a period of years, the 44 Position Papers were created and e-mailed one by one to Governors and State legislators of the 50 States.  [Some of the Position Papers were also sent to the President, and Congresspersons who did not automatically restrict e-mail receipt only from their constituents.]</div> <div>      With completion of the e-mailings of PP#43 to the State politicos, Publius IV shifted his efforts to <B>academia.  </B>Position Paper #43 is being sent, as time permits, to each college and university in the USA.  It is being sent to every faculty and staff member (and some students) whose e-mail addresses are published on college/university web sites.  This may take years!</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" >     In early May 2006, the receipt of a letter from the Governor of Arizona served as an inspiration to author an e-mail to the 50 State Governors.  The purpose was to urge the convocation of an ongoing "Conference of the States" to resolve the</FONT> shortcomings  of our nation that constitute threats to our <B>National Security</B>.  Attached to the e-mail, I provided a 'Proposed Agenda Items for ongoing "Conference of the States"'.  Copies of the e-mail and two attachments may be found after Position Paper #44.  In </div> <div> lieu of further mailings of PP#43, in August 2006, mailings</div> <div> were commenced to <B>academia</B> of a replacement e-mail </div> <div> entitled "Academia's Contributions to  NATIONAL SECURITY".  A copy is presented at the end of the Position Papers sequence.</div> <bR> <div>      </div> <bR> <div>       </div> <div>       <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" >  </FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Responsibility Contents"><U>Responsibility Contents</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id34.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Responsibility 1"><U>Responsibility #1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Position Paper Contents"><U>Position Paper Contents</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id179.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="REFERENCES"><U>REFERENCES</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>