2012 Presidential Hopefuls

Name: Blake Ashby
Born: Jacksonville, Florida
Position / Employer: President, medical software company

Blake Ashby is the candidate that can change the debate. A dynamic speaker with a
gift for capturing the essence of a problem, Blake was angry enough with the Bush
Administration that he ran as a protest candidate in the 2004 Republican Primaries;
His harsh appraisal of the dangers of the Administration’s economic policies have
unfortunately proven to be true. Twenty years ago he co-authored a book on U.S.
History and the evolution of Liberalism that anticipated the challenges now facing
our country.

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Name: Andre Nigel Barnett
Born: Zanesville, Ohio
Position / Employer: WiseDome, Inc.

Mr. Barnett is a visionary. He is an Information Technology Service Disabled Veteran Small Business Owner, with an emphasis on security and educated at Austin Peay State Univ. and Western Governors Univ. From 1996 – 2000, Mr. Barnett served in the US Army. In 2000, he was chaptered out of the military due to an helicopter incident-related injury, and was told the injury would end his career both in the military and in the fitness arena. Never any person decide his fate, within 3 years he became a fitness model while simultaneously starting the company WiseDome, Inc. Within 7 years Mr. Barnett was one of NY’s top fitness models and was also working with various federal agencies and corporations providing information technology services.

After leaving the military, he continued to serve alongside the US Armed Forces, CIA, FBI, NATO and various other organizations in the information technology field on various fronts throughout America, Western Europe, the former Yugoslavia, and the Middle East.

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Name: Laurence Kotlikoff
Age: 61
Current Residence: Professor of Economics, Boston University and President, Economic Security Planning, Inc.

Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor at Boston University, a Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., a company specializing in financial planning software, a columnist for Bloomberg.com (column is suspended during campaign), a contributor to Forbes.com, and a blogger for The Economist and HuffingtonPost.

Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. From 1977 through 1983 he served on the faculties of economics of the University of California, Los Angeles and Yale University. In 1981-82 Professor Kotlikoff was a Senior Economist with the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. This was during President Reagan’s first term. The fact that Professor Kotlikoff worked at the CEA during a Republican Administration does not mean he is a Republican. Professor Kotlikoff is, and has always been, an Independent. He would have been equally glad to have worked at the CEA had President Carter been re-elected.

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Name: Dick McCormick
Age: 64
Position / Employer: Financial Advisor / Economist

Mr. McCormick is a graduate of the University of Washington with a degree in finance. For forty years he has been a financial advisor/economist dealing with individuals and their financial needs on a daily basis. His business is highly regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of Government’s largest and most bureaucratic institutions. He has experienced firsthand the effect of rules and regulations handed down by a government agency which has given him priceless insight into the workings of Government.

As an investment advisor it is also imperative to be well informed on current political and economic events. Daily events force you to think through the cause and effect of each political action or inaction.

In their community Mr. McCormick and his wife have been actively engaged in community programs for decades. They have served on local community councils and committees in addition to managing and financing a homeless shelter that operates eight months of each year.

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Name: Buddy Roemer
Age: 68
Position / Employer: CEO Business First Bank, Former Governor and Legislator

Charles “Buddy” Elson Roemer III is the only candidate with executive, legislative, and private sector experience. He earned a BS in Economics and later an MBA in Finance at the Harvard Business School and later served four terms as U.S. Congressman (1981-1988) as a Conservative Democrat.

Buddy then left Congress to challenge corrupt incumbent Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards. “The Roemer Revolution” successfully ousted Edwards. When Roemer entered the Governor’s mansion in 1988, Louisiana’s ties to industry had helped make it one of the most polluted states in the country. Unemployment was high, and the state was burdened with a huge deficit. During his tenure, strict environmental protections were enacted, unemployment in the state dropped by nearly half, the state budget was balanced, education accountability standards were enacted,and sweeping campaign finance reform legislation was passed and enacted.

Buddy left public office in 1992, and has pursued a variety of business ventures, most recently as the founder, CEO, and President of Business First Bank, which took no bailout money from the Federal Government, and restructured loans after the financial crisis of 2008 instead of foreclosing on homeowners.

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Name: Michael Edwin Whitley
Date Of Birth: January 17th, 1958
Position / Employer: Freelance Estimator

Michael works in the Electrical Construction Industry as a Freelance Estimator, his
duties include; Prioritizing, multitasking, designing, visualizing, planning, reading
and studying blueprints (drawings) and Specifications, takeoffs, cost and price
figuring, laboring, scheduling, summarizing, and bidding.

Michael also has the mind of an inventor and has come up with some pretty
amazing ideas. One of his inventions that has not been patented yet is the M.P.U.L.
(Or Multipurpose Utility Lift) He has just about finished the prototype of this unit,
and plans are to have it completed by Summer of 2012. ( He not only visualized and
laid out the plans for this lift, but also is doing the construction of it with the help of
friends and family)

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