Posted on 03/03/2009 9:29:57 AM PST by AmericanDude
As for running for a county office position, you better have $$$ and plenty of it available. For example, a simple campaign card sent to all homes in my county, with postage included, can cost $30,000 to $40,000 for just one mailing...
For a city position, a councilmen position is still costly with mailers and yard signs (which can cost $5 each).
Possibly there are freepers reading this that have run for office that can add more detail.
The Logical Fallacy link I posted is dead (but the Fr discussion thread is still a good read), here is the mirror url:
http://www.logicalfallacies.info/
You will see lazy and/or incompetent professors fall back on these rhetorical crutches often during your academic career, pick your fights wisely, and remember, “those who can’t do, teach,” and especially true during a recessionary period.
Do not mention this to Fly...
:-))
“You’ll see stuff in and and say “Holy cr*p. That’s what they’re doing right now!”
The link has a booklet from 1938 discussing the New Deal and FDR. You’ll say the same thing.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/929392/posts
Posted on Friday, May 30, 2003 2:45:30 PM by Remedy
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2004 11:41:53 PM by Stoat
Posted on Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:29:32 PM by swarthyguy
What are the best books out there on why socialism blows?
me | 11-1-08 | Houmatt
Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:13:42 AM by Houmatt
What are the most influential books you have ever read? http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b2cf27f48cb.htm
What are the most influential books you have ever read? (Thread 2): http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b3a4843620f.htm
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Ludwig Von Mises and Frederick Hayek were probably the two most prominent 20th century economists who espoused the Austrain school thought.
All subjects covered here are discussed in greater detail in the massive literature of the Austrian School. The Study Guide is a good beginning. The catalog also features a foundational library.
Go back thru his archives. Read his books
Excellent advice.
Now I’m really concerned. This thread has a minor on it. There’s a show on A&E...hmmmm... ;-)
Most are available free online through Project Gutenberg:
1. The Bible
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext92/bible12.txt
2. The Federalist Papers
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext91/feder16.txt
3. Democracy in America
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext97/1dina10.txt
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext97/2dina10.txt
4. The Divine Comedy
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext97/0ddcl10.txt
5. The Republic
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext94/repub13.txt
9. Confessions
http://www.ibiblio.org/gutenberg/etext02/tcosa10.txt
Here’s an interesting site with an extensive set of links to online “greatest books”:
http://books.mirror.org/gb.titles.html
Separation of church and state is not complete nonsense. There is a middle ground. The founders were on both sides of this controversy.
Hayek, Locke, Burke, and the Bible. You’re useless unless you have a moral center.
And if you seriously intend to go into politics, do your time in the army, and make sure you carry a rifle. These days I think its a must. I never thought that before, but I was wrong.
Founder opinions mattered less than the contract that was crafted between the diverse states to form the union. Religion was off of the table at the Federal level, but most of the states had official state religions at our nation's founding. The original Constitutions of those states bear witness to what I've said. Look them up at the Avalon Project website if you need to see for yourself. The last state to disestablish was Massachusetts in 1820.
The issue began to be Federalized after ratification of the fourteenth. Took an activist twentieth court ruling to impose the bright line separation that is now the law of the land.
In my younger daze, it was explained to me that you can’t fully understand our Founding Fathers and their opinions without reading what they’d read as youngins.
And much of what they had read was Cicero and Seneca.
A word of advice. Dont “go into politics” young or fresh out of college. Take the time to get your feet under your own self in the real world first.
It’s too easy to lose your way in politics, especially when still in a state of youthful idealism.
In addition to all the fine suggestions made here, i would add that you should listen to Mark Levin’s show every day and read his books: Men In Black to understand the SCOTUS impact on social and economic issues, and his new book, liberty and tyranny, is coming out in three weeks.
You might also know that he served in the DOJ under Reagan, and started his political career at a young age by running for his local school district board.
Which re-education center do you attend?
Oh yes, and that new book by the 13 yr old Jonathan Krohn, Define Conservatism.
I agree with you. There are too many people, like our current president, who've never built anything, never done anything, never been anywhere, never run anything, never made a payroll, but they are sure they have the answers to everyone's lives.
The guy I admire who is "going into politics" is Duncan Hunter junior. Fresh out of the marines after 2 tours in Iraq and a tour in Afghanistan, he got himself elected to Congress.
Get an education, get some mud on your boots, and then start helping people get elected. Then get yourself elected.
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