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Posted on 03/03/2009 9:29:57 AM PST by AmericanDude

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To: AmericanDude

Yes, I have an EXCELLENT resource for anyone thinking of going into politics:

http://billstclair.com/lodge/Books101.shtml


41 posted on 03/03/2009 3:54:36 PM PST by RobRoy
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To: AmericanDude

42 posted on 03/03/2009 3:55:01 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat lead.)
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To: mysterio

You are 17-years-old and you think you should be running things. Hmmmm. Who does that remind me of?


43 posted on 03/03/2009 4:00:19 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: AmericanDude

Find the collected Federalist Papers and read them slowly, studying Early American History to get the proper perspective of what the founders were all about and what they were debating. The lack of that sort of insight is why so many do not understand why Barack Obama is Constitutionally ineligible to be president. Of course, there are too many who do not want to follow the Constitution if it means they don’t get their affirmative action Kenyan Klown for fearless leader.


44 posted on 03/03/2009 4:05:27 PM PST by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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To: AmericanDude

Check out the quotes on my FR homepage.

Then when you’re done, here’s some more from our founding fathers on wealth redistribution:

http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/founding-fathers-on-redistribution-of.html

Learn to think like all of these guys, and you’ll be well on your way :)


45 posted on 03/03/2009 4:06:55 PM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: AmericanDude

Listen to Rush. Most of our conservatism is common sense and from the heart.


46 posted on 03/03/2009 4:09:11 PM PST by rabidralph
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To: AmericanDude

47 posted on 03/03/2009 4:10:55 PM PST by sourcery (Obama Lied. The Economy Died!)
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To: La Lydia

I’m twice that age actually, and I didn’t start the thread.


48 posted on 03/03/2009 4:11:28 PM PST by mysterio
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To: AmericanDude

Give up and transfer to Hillsdale or Grove City.

:)


49 posted on 03/03/2009 4:14:37 PM PST by agrace
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To: AmericanDude; SunkenCiv
If you want something not quite so philosophical that would keep you up to date as to conservative arguments relating to contemporary issues read the periodicals where those views are argued regularly, like the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Weekly Standard. Town Hall and RealClearPolitics have nice round ups of good op/ed's gathered from many publications and around the 'Net.

Lot's of good stuff on FR, but I warn you, it's addictive.

50 posted on 03/03/2009 4:18:18 PM PST by colorado tanker (Oh my God, am I hoping for change.)
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To: AmericanDude

Adam Smith, Von Mises, anything & everything written by our Founding Fathers, but make sure you get beyond the big names. If you can find sermons of Revolution minded preachers, it will help you rid yourself of the separation of church nonsense that’s been fed to you. Also, “Common Sense” by Paine well worth your time.

Don’t stay away from the alternate voice, read Alinsky so you know your opponent’s playbook. Read Marx, Rousseau, Voltaire & Mao’s little red book.

Finally:

http://tmh.floonet.net/articles/laboetie.html


51 posted on 03/03/2009 4:19:17 PM PST by GoLightly
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To: AmericanDude
Get to know the Constitution like the back of your hand. The following site is an outstanding reference. It takes you clause by clause through the original Constitution and the first ten amendments. For each clause, there is a collection of Founders' writings pertinent to that clause.

It sounds laborious, but it really is not. It's very user friendly. Bookmark this:

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/toc.html

52 posted on 03/03/2009 4:28:24 PM PST by Ken H
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To: mysterio

Sorry, that was meant for the questioner. About Animal Farm. I read it in high school and thought I understood. But I read it again about five years ago and it was an entirely different book, one that keeps on giving the older you get.


53 posted on 03/03/2009 4:32:04 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: AmericanDude

Read the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers and Atlas Shrugged.

Don’t believe anything on the mainstream media. Learn to think for yourself.


54 posted on 03/03/2009 4:41:09 PM PST by sneakers
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To: La Lydia

Absolutely. I reread 1984 last year. Haven’t read it since 16. I got a lot more out of it. I bet Fahrenheit 451 would be the same way.


55 posted on 03/03/2009 4:43:40 PM PST by mysterio
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To: AmericanDude

Thomas Sowell, particularly “Race and Culture,” “Conquests and Culture,” and “Migrations and Culture.”

G. K. Chesterton, “Heretics” and “Orthodoxy.”

von Hayek, “The Fatal Flaw.”

All of C. S. Lewis’s apologetics, starting with “Mere Christianity.”

Holler if you need more.


56 posted on 03/03/2009 4:51:35 PM PST by dsc (A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.)
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To: AmericanDude

Lots of good suggestions in this thread (and a few tongue in cheek as well... /g). I’d like to add one more:

Find the website for Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan and sign-up for their free newsletter “Imprimis” (it’s latin for “in the first place”). They may even offer it online.

“Imprimis” will give you a regular sampling of the best, and more importantly, current writing from many of the same conservative and Constitutional thinkers mentioned here, plus others you haven’t heard of.

It’s a wonderful resource, and it’s free!


57 posted on 03/03/2009 4:54:05 PM PST by tarheelswamprat
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To: AmericanDude

Start reading here. Start collecting pre-1950 history books. Start on Orwell and Ayn Rand. Jame Brovard’s not bad. Michael Z Williamson is entertaining.


58 posted on 03/03/2009 5:07:42 PM PST by Centurion2000 (01-20-2009 : The end of the PAX AMERICANA.)
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To: AmericanDude
in 1999 I was a college undergrad in NJn when I found FR,

welcome, remember to read more than you comment for the start, but it's ok to help the older folks out with technology problems. ;)

 

100 most influential books of all time
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1179639/posts
Anyone know of a good conservative college economics textbook?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333439/posts
Logical Fallacies, Formal and Informal
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/886472/posts
Military History and Strategy Reading List
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b6dc7786a95.htm

Need a primer on conservatism & politics
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3a2219cc4c4f.htm
The Fifty BEST Books of the Century (What Was Your Favorite?)
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b6490d83502.htm
WEB RESOURCES FOR FReepers: Amazing lists of useful links
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/950847/posts

 

 

 


59 posted on 03/03/2009 5:12:55 PM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: AmericanDude

I like our forefathers and Ayn Rand. Try the Federalist Papers, and Common Sense. Writings by or about Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson as they covered opposite sides of major issues. Correspondence of John Adams and Jefferson. Writings of Benjamin Franklin. I think James Madison wrote and influenced a lot. Just reading the conservative side of the issues will not help you as much as reading both sides so you can develop your arguments. Good luck!


60 posted on 03/03/2009 5:13:20 PM PST by gleeaikin
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