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Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?

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Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:

Looking into installing Geo-thermal HVAC in a house that I am renovating. Possibily installing them professionally.

What excites you about this campaign?

Less dependance on foreign oil. This is something that we should have done YEARS ago!!!!!

What do you want to do to help?

I want to do my part. I would like to start up a company in Michigan to set up "Green" systems, but have neither the capital or expertise to start something this large in scale.

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At 1:12am on January 2, 2009, Daar Fisher said…: Hi Anders , I'm the state Internal Communication Director for the Michigan FairTax Assn which works "hand in glove" with goals of the Pickens Plan because by REPLACING the Michigan income tax, families and businesses will have additional disposable monthly income to make energy utilization improvements to their homes, businesses, and transportation.

How will passage of a MI FairTax do this? It will REPLACE the income tax and current sales tax, with a consumption tax (sales tax at point of retail sale). This means that no more state tax will be withheld from Michigan wage-earners' paychecks. What's more, every Michigan resident-family will receive a monthly "prebate" check, in amount based on family size. This will ensure that NO Michigan family will EVEN BEGIN paying the MI FairTax on goods / services unless, or until, they exceed poverty-level spending.

Under the FairTax plan, points of collection are reduced to retailers many of whom are already collecting sales tax. Because service providers must account for income tax withholding and compliance costs, their prices carry a hidden tax which will become visible under the MI FairTax. (The MI FairTax EXCLUDES business-to-business purchases as this would, again, hide the cost of taxation in prices.)

Because of the prebate to ALL Michigan-resident households, the MI FairTax rate would effectively be 0% on all monthly family spending to the poverty level; thereafter it's 9.75%. The average effective rate will be around 5.5% (see p.2 of pdf brochure).

Please, join our email list to learn how you can help advance the Michigan FairTax and facilitate Pickens Plan goals!
Mike Gravel (D) - Mike Huckabee (R) - Ron Paul (Libertarian R)
Why the FairTax idea is right for America's working families.

At 8:24am on December 25, 2008, Home Wind Turbine said…: Merry Christmas Anders,
This year I have helped so many members learn about personal home energy plans. It's all about power use, conservation, and home power generation, things I have been doing at my residence to lower my energy costs. Send me a friend request a to add me Anders, I'd be honored to have you as a friend here.

BTW, Michigan: I just posted an article on my page about Home Wind Systems in Michigan. Your state's representatives, governor, and public utility commission officials are not in your corner with this "soft policy" on Net Metering. Instead they have the tables turned against green power for businesses and homeowners. You should read that article, important.

At 3:03am on December 24, 2008, Steve Duncan said…: Good Morning Anders,
I was working through Pickens stuff this AM and saw the picture of your bike and it got me thinking about next spring when I can get back out on my own machiine. With all the snow on the ground it seems like spring is a long way off but it won't be long and we can be back on 2 wheels again.
Have a great holiday season.
Best Regards
Steve Duncan
Albion, Mi

At 4:45am on December 16, 2008, Steve Duncan said…: Hello Anders,
My name is Steve Duncan and I am the General Manager of a manufacturing company based in Albion, MI.
I have an excellent engineering and manufacturing group that I work with everyday that has interest in "green" projects.
Please contact me and explain some of your ideas and maybe we can help.
Best Regards
Steve Duncan
General Manager
Reaction Industries
Albion, MI

At 12:36pm on October 28, 2008, Home Wind Turbine said…: .
Thanks for Joinng Up Anders, WELCOME ABOARD!

(1) Please Go to THE PLEDGE (very top of this page) On the top of the pledge page there are three rectangular buttons- two blue ones and ONE RED BUTTON, that reads "CONTACT CONGRESS" . Fill in the short, standard form. Done! Thanks.
(2) In addition to political support and action, I encourage you to consider a Personal Energy Plan in which you take control of your electricity by using home energy systems. That's what I do for a living, help people with their own home systems. I will be glad to help you and answer any questions. Below is some info and links that will give you an idea of where to start.

Hi Anders,
We have new roof mounting residential wind turbine kits are shipping now. They are sleek, attractive, and well designed. These are actually a home appliance on the roof, much like an antennae or satellite dish. They are as easy to install as other home appliances, dishwasher, etc. It's a nice clean way for you to begin a personal energy plan. These systems are inexpensive, easy to install, scaleable.

Your Wind blows stronger in the winter, Your Sun shines stronger in the summer months. This hybrid wind/solar system combines these cycles to give a more even flow of energy year round. This homeowner sized wind/solar system provides free power for your home. Many customers have found it easy to become customer/dealers of our kits. Customers can become a dealer with no further investment, they see quickly how people are easy to get interested.

I have used the same systems save money on my electricity costs and Anders, you can too. Your local wind resources are so good in Michigan. Have a look at these windmaps and see can you pinpoint what number your area is in. Zone 2 is OK, anything over 2 is (very) good. First double check your wind resources from the map and links below.

Your Battle Creek, MI Wind Resource Maps home wind turbine

If you are interested, Email Us,
contact us at our Email Address.
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At 4:18pm on September 15, 2008, James Artuso said…: Hello,
I just wanted to take a second of your time to invite you to view A Solar Solution!

www.powur.com/homeenergy1 - click View Our Mission and if interested click the back arrow to Become an Ecopreneur.

Also you can see what we offer home owners - www.glenburniesolar.com

Thank You For Your Time
(Please feel free to add me as a friend)

At 8:02pm on August 31, 2008, Anders Swenson said…: No, The bike is a standard 88CI Harley. But it uses less gass than my work truck, 45MPG compared to 15MPG!!!

At 10:34pm on August 20, 2008, BurgessKJ said…: Does that hog run on alternative fuels? ;-)

At 7:41am on August 10, 2008, Georgia Richards said…: Hi Anders,

I am on the same page as you! Hope we can all do some good together.

At 10:19am on August 5, 2008, Kim Anderson said…: Welcome to the chance to make a difference in our lives!
Here's how you can help.

PLEASE email the Pickens Plan video to everyone you know. www.pickensplan.com. Ask them to JOIN. Ask them to pass it along. Time is of the essence. If every member had 10 friends join today, we could put the number of members over 1 million very quickly!

If we can not get critical numbers how can we take advantage of this golden opportunity? High gas prices have "woken up" America to our plight and a paradigm shift like not other is in the wind. We need to do this now.

So many new members write "I want to help, what can I do?" This is a start. We may not get to the next step if we can not get this one done. Our leaders can not ignore millions of members of the Pickens Plan. We are not there yet. .

I have put a sign in my car window that reads...
" 700 BILLION IN FOREIGN OIL ANNUALLY. STOP THE LARGEST TRANSFER OF WEALTH IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND.....TO OUR ENEMIES. JOIN www.pickensplan.com."

I have run a small, inexpensive advertisement on the headlines page of our local online newspaper that gets 3 million hits per month with the same message. I have small business card size notes that I can give to friends with the same message. It's grass roots, but that is what this is going to take.

If you have a connection to the press- get them to cover this.
If you know someone who blogs- get them to cover this.
If you can write a letter to your Representative or Senator- get them to see this.
We added close to 4,000 members yesterday.... it should be 10 times that!
Have a nice day. Please let me know how it goes.