Posted on 11/21/2009 2:32:55 PM PST by STARWISE
Friends,
What an amazing few days on the road this has been. Your spirits have been high, your faith strong and your spine unbendable. I ended my multiday book tour at The Villages with what had been billed as a rally but could be better described as a candid citizen-to-citizen chat.
Today, I have stopped looking for a leader to show us the way out because I have come to realize that the only one who can truly save our country...is us. To change America's course we need to change ourselves, our expectations and our willingness to accept the unacceptable.
When we refuse to allow our children to receive a trophy for participation, we are on the road to restoring the meaning of merit in our Republic. When we insist that no one is too big to fail, we will be able to learn from our mistakes, and when we demand that we are self-reliant, we will ensure that others can rely on us, not the government.
There is much to do, much to learn and time is of the essence. While I will be explaining the entire Plan over the coming weeks and months, I did want to give you a preview of some of the highlights:- Education is key, and not just for our children. To that end, we will be conducting a series of conventions. These will be full-day experiences where you will be immersed in learning about topics ranging from self-reliance, community organizing, the economy and how to be a political force in your own neighborhood and country.
The first one will be in Orlando at UCF Arena on March 27th. You will also be able to vote to have a convention in your region by clicking here.
- I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government, maximum freedom and the values of our Founders. I am developing a 100 year plan.
I know that the bipartisan corruption in Washington that has brought us to this brink and it will not be defeated easily. It will require unconventional thinking and a radical plan to restore our nation to the maximum freedoms we were supposed to have been protecting, using only the battlefield of ideas.
- All of the above will culminate in The Plan, a book that will provide specific policies, principles and, most importantly, action steps that each of us can take to play a role in this Refounding.
- On August 28, 2010, I ask you, your family and neighbors to join me at the feet of Abraham Lincoln on the National Mall for the unveiling of The Plan and the birthday of a new national movement to restore our great country.
Note: posts in descending time order
First of all, thank you for making this blog so worthwhile that, with this one, I will have written 1,000 posts worth of opinions, apologies, endorsements, gotchas, links, predictions, pleas for mercy, rants, screeds, etc., etc. They say the first 1,000 is always the hardest to write, just as the first million is always the most difficult to earn. So, hopefully, the next 1,000 will come sooner -- and easier -- than the first. Regardless, I really am grateful for every reader who takes the time to read my work.
Letter from Glenn Beck regarding The Plan is now posted online:
"Today, I have stopped looking for a leader to show us the way out..."
"When we refuse to allow our children to receive a trophy for participation, we are on the road to restoring the meaning of merit in our Republic."
"I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that believe in limited government..."
"I am developing a 100 year plan."
Picture of rally.
Update: 4:44 p.m. - Glenn Beck leaves.
Update: 4:33 p.m. - Gleck Beck tearing up talking about the kids.
Update: 4:28 p.m. - Glenn Beck plan: Lead by example, get out of debt, go to house of worship...
Update: 4:25 p.m. - Beck is essentially calling for the end of 2 party system.
Update: 4:20 p.m. - First convention will be in Orlando. Final rally at Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 2010.
Update: 4:17 p.m. - "We need to think like China and have a 100 year plan for America!"
Update: 4:14 p.m. - There will be a rally in August.
Update: 4:09 p.m. - It's so hot in Florida.
Update: 4:08 p.m. - Beck: "We're passengers on this ship and it's our DAMN SHIP!"
Update: 4:07 p.m. - Beck: "The Republicans and Democrats are lying to you about the debt of America."
Update: 4:02 p.m. - Beck: "The science is not settled, we will not sit down, we will not shut up, we will stand up!"
Update: 3:55 p.m. - Glenn Beck arrives.
Update: 3:15 p.m. - Here's video from Beck's book signing appearance:
Rest of blog post HERE.
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Wow .. he sure has a grandiose plan. Go Glenn! God bless him, and God bless and save America and give us the necessary strength, wisdom and patriots to get the job done !
God bless him and our country!
I support this effort 100%.
comrade ping.
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CONSERVATIVE COMMUNITY ORGANIZING
Y E S W E C A N !!!!
Plan A. Glenn Beck;
Plan B. Gather Weapons and Ammo.
I like Glenn, but I guarantee that the libs are going to use his “100 Year Plan” statement against him. I can see the 1000 year reich comparisons coming from a mile away. I wish we had more people on TV exposing the craziness going on.
I'll be there. Thank you Glenn Beck. Glenn Beck is OUTSTANDING!
Me too. Finally someone steps up to the plate & says what needs to be said. The "two party" system is not working anymore - because the parties have merged into ONE - one party whose only efforts are to get elected, get re-elected, get power and stay in power.
They have stopped representing us. We put them there - we must take them out.
We The People will win; We The People will vote out the traitors in the US Congress; We The People will expose the enemies within; We The People will not be made into slaves by Obama, Pelosi, Reid, Murtha, Rangel, Kerry, Schumer, Dodd, Snowe, and the rest of the traitors within our government. We The People will find and expose the corrupt politicians at every level of government and vote them out.
IMO
I prefer the 1 year plan. Get rid of the commies in 2010.
Leaders that stir us up to action/direction.
Let's look it over. Return to the Constitution. It works.
Stop political correctness. It doesn't work.
~~PING!
Hay..How about a Palin Beck ticket or the other way around..but the two of them could be dyon o mite!
oh and no BOR in this..he is a hanger on and we don’t need hangers on...
Is part of the plan that States require ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATES to certify votes in elections?
Which States are making that new law before Omoslem the traitor runs again in 2012 ??
So he begins with the assumption that we are all a bunch of pig-ignorant sods in need of his instruction?
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