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60Gunner

[60Gunner]

If y'all will be so kind to indulge me, I humbly submit to my FRiends the following:

Begin the Revolution at home. What that means is this:

1) Teach your children what the schools won't: individual responsibility, civics, true American history, the Constitution, the core fundamentals of what it is and what it means to be an American- and the responsibilities that are inseparable from being a citizen of a free Republic. If possible, homeschool. If homeschooling is not possible, then hold your child's teachers accountable.

2) Get involved in local government. Join the PTA. Run for local political office. And encourage other conservatives to do the same. Join with other conservatives and put pressure on local governments to do the right thing. Bang on desks. Call offices. Write emails. Do whatever it takes. And keep doing it until somebody listens and fixes the problem.

IN MY OPINION, there is no hope of changing the federal government as it now exists. But I firmly believe that we can change our precinct, city, county, and state governments- and through these bodies, we can eventually win back the federal government. But we cannot and will not save our nation unless and until we all take the time and energy to get involved.

Who doesn't have the time? Who is too busy with the job, and with the economy as bad as it is, taking time off is out of the question? Who is too tired?

I respectfully remind such people of this: Our nation's founders invested the time apart from their workdays and the demands of home and farm, and they put forth the energy to get involved. It cost many of them their lives. But they pressed on. It took almost the lifespan of an entire generation to completely win our nation's freedom from an immensely better-armed and -equipped tyrrany. Many of those years were filled with doubt, starvation, defeat and despair. Yet they perservered and held fast. They did not lose hope. They did not quit the fight and go home. They pressed on and, by so doing, they won through.

Are we no longer cut from the same cloth?

KNOW THIS: The people who desire nothing less than the destruction of our nation are counting on us patriots to lose hope and become worn down to the point of capitulation. They are counting on us simply to be too busy.

Are we? I have determined that I am not. I am starting by running for precinct committee officer.

I have thrown down my gauntlet. I am not giving up my country without one helluva fight. If evil indeed ultimately prevails, I am not going to be counted among those who stood by and did nothing. NO: If evil prevails, it will have to step over my dead and bloody body to do so.

God bless you all, dear friends and fellow patriots. I close with this prayer:

God, forgive us our doubt and unbelief. Cleanse your servants and restore our hearts for you, that we would please you.

Dear Lord, undergird our determination and let it be such that it is driven by obedience to Your perfect commandments: to love the Lord our God with all our hearts, minds, souls, and strength; and to love one another- and our enemies as ourselves.

Grant us, your servants, the courage and determination to do whatever you place in front of each of us to do, in our own small capacities, to bring this nation back to you. Revive our hearts, and purify our thoughts of any worthless distractions.

And remind us always, Lord, that we go forth not by might, nor by power, but by your Spirit that guides and sustains us. For those who live by the sword shall die by the sword, but Your word and Your kingdom bring only life. We humbly and fervently ask this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ- who is the author, sustainer, and ultimate arbiter of all men, slave or free, noble or tyrant.

Amen.

Freepers, UP!

[ecomcon]

Double Bump!

[anniegetyourgun]

amen

[ChowChowFace]

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[MissEdie]

Sounds like a plan, count me in!!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

there is no hope of changing the federal government as it now exists.

There most certainly is, but you have to break some laws to starve it into submission.

Meanwhile, we should all be avoiding govt welfare programs, the foremost and most destructive being the public education system, and...

While we still can, we should research civil disobedience online. Anarchist techniques. Rebellion. Doesn't have to be violent. Passive aggression is often much more stimulating.

Most of all, count on doing something harder than keyboarding. Get out of your comfort zone. Don't wait for trouble to come right up to your front door.

[NoGrayZone]

BTTT with a great big AMEN!

[freeangel]

Good guys bump

[KoRn]

Awesome!

Very well said!!

[BILLNHILL MAKE ME ILL]

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Not too busy to fight against enemies both foreign and domestic.

Very well said. I'll indulge you in this type of encouragement anytime.

[mouse1]

I agree! Time to take back our Country, if not for ourselves, for our children and grandchildren.

[DTogo]

With all due respect, the Founding Fathers did not

"Join the PTA. Run for local political office. And encourage other conservatives to do the same. Join with other conservatives and put pressure on local governments to do the right thing. Bang on desks. Call offices. Write emails. Do whatever it takes. And keep doing it until somebody listens and fixes the problem."

That "somebody" was them. THEY fixed the problem. THEY put it all on the line by leaving their day jobs, farms, homes, and families behind to take up arms against distant, elitist rulers who viewed them as "subjects" and not equals. (sound familiar?)

"We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

Are any among us ready to do the same, to actually deserve the fruits of the Founding Fathers' blood and treasure?

[60Gunner]

You articulated that point far better than I did, and I thank you for that!

[Milhous]

Former Walmart Vice Chairman Don Soderquist offers some valuable insights that also apply to political organizations.

John Gardner ... says: "Values always decay over time. Societies that keep their values alive do so not by escaping the process of decay, but by the powerful processes of regeneration."

When I first read this statement, I didn't like the way it sounded. In fact, I took it personally. You mean that in Wal-Mart we can't keep our focus on what made us successful in the past? Wait a second-why do values have to decay? I don't understand that. I don't agree with that. But then it hit me. Look at our own culture in America. I think a serious decay of shared values has occurred over the past quarter of a century, a process that seems to have accelerated in the last ten to fifteen years. There no longer seems to be common ground on what is right and what is wrong. Absolutes have become blurred at best.

Why? Why would values decay over time? I think several things threaten a value system. In America, perhaps the single biggest issue is our own success. We are part of the most prosperous generation and society in history. Prosperity leads to materialism, which leads to a strong desire to get more for ourselves-selfishness. Our selfishness causes us get so wrapped up in our own needs, wants, and issues that we forget about others. Tragically, when we forget about others, we often drift away from our core values.

In the same sense, I think that in the corporate world, success can tempt us to think that we accomplished great things primarily on the basis of our own personal talent and brilliance. The value system that brought us to a point of success is no longer relevant or important. In recent years, we have seen too many corporations, which seemingly had a sound set of values in the past, somehow lose their way. Corporate prosperity has caused us to forget to renew our values. The temptation is to let prosperity erode both personal and corporate values, and this is why I agree wholeheartedly with the cliche: "The only thing more dangerous than failure is success." Too easily, we become self-satisfied, self-reliant, and arrogant.

Gardner also states, "Each generation must rediscover the living elements of its own tradition and adapt them to present realities. To assist in that process of rediscovery is one of the tasks of leadership." And many in executive offices and boardrooms have overlooked this task. We've got to help people rediscover sound values in our own organizations and in our society.

[DTogo]

You’re most welcome. You make good points and suggestions, it is just my humble opinion that the time for those has long expired.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

They actually did a whole lot of that type of stuff in the years leading up to the revolution...the 1760s and first half of the 1770s are full of a smaller handful of people getting very involved locally. Being in a position of influence in their communities, educating people so when the crisis hit, people were willing to follow them.

The Revolution didn’t happen in a vacuum - it wasn’t a case that one day, people woke up po’ed at the British government and decided to take the next step. If it hadn’t been for the local activists who did this sort of stuff, there wouldn’t have been the shot heard round the world....

[deks]

I appreciate your positive plan and your prayer...it is definitely more productive than anger and despair.

Although I always voted, I was not an activist when I came to Free Republic, but slowly started to get involved with actions that seemed to help.

Like giving to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that I heard about here at FR. I think they raised over $20 million from small donations like mine, and they made a real difference with their media presentations about John Kerry. And they persevered and adapted after their first press conferences were ignored by the mainstream media.

Now, there is a conservative who is running for Attorney General in my state. There must be something I can do to help him that would fit in my schedule.

Thank you for the encouragement. I really like this kind of positive posting.

[odin2008]

I agree with you. Teach your children how to handle a gun. Teach them to respect it. Teach them or have them enter martial arts classes, no more victim-hood.Children submit to bullying because they feel powerless. Teach them to respect themselves first,then others will follow. Make sure they know the power of a good education, In the book of war, it's quoted, The excellent warrior is an excellent scholar..