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WHAT IN THE HE!! ARE THEY DOING ABOUT IT? THEY HAVE THE POWER MORE THAN US LITTLE PEOPLE

They have no power except to motivate you and me into action. There is no sense of urgency among our leadership. The RINOS just rolled over in the lame duck. The last hope is the American people motivated and screaming. They hope to stir us into action by their rhetoric. But for most of us it's business as usual. People call me a "sky is falling" chicken little. But nothing gets done and the administrations just does what it wants and dares someone to do something about it. Which of course no one does.

That's why prior to the next election the internet will be shut down, "Hate Speech" expanded to include Christian doctrine any opposition to the gestapo tactics of Homeland Security will be aiding terrorists, Fox News Limbaugh Beck et al will be turned off as distractions and hinderances to the fight against terrorists, opposition to Obama personally will continue to be racism. And we'll continue to let our children and wives be groped at the airport and soon the mall as the price of doing business there.

I do think 2012 is our last chance to preserve freedom. It may even come sooner. After that America will be forever unrecognizable.

The real key is action or inaction from patriots like on Free Republic.

The challenge with that is most of us are a little older, maybe retired, and we are willing to bitch and moan but not actually do anything. Don’t misunderstand. I know there are many here that do plenty. But NOW is a time like no other. Reagan said that “liberty was never more than one generation away from extinction”. In the words of Malone in the Untouchables,
“What are you prepared to do?

It's not up to Beck or Limbaugh. It's up to us. Are we talkers only or doers?

Freedom called Washington to risk his life. What will we risk?

There are no magic bullets, only hard work.
Here's what we must do EVERYDAY.

1- Become a realist. RINOs can never lead the way back; only uncorrupted, principled conservative outsiders. Having said that, however, sometimes WE can occasionally use a RINO, our own version of ‘useful idiots’, in specific situations where a true conservative would never be elected, like with Scott Brown in Mass. BUT we can NEVER count on them or trust them and we replace them as soon as possible.

2- Support with time & money, invest yourself in true grassroots movements that have a chance to make a real difference for freedom like the Tea Party movement.

3- Develop and espouse a conservatism that does not settle for a little less liberalism than the Democrats promote, but father one that seeks to ROLL BACK the bureaucracy.

4- Support with time & money those running for offices, including local candidates, who share your values. Local candidates are the future state and national leaders. Supporting them now supports future conservatism. They are much more open to your conservative ideas than other candidates, too.

5- Send regular email to your state & federal legislators articulating your values and either praising or condemning them for their support or opposition. Politician email lists:
a) State lists. Governor, State Senators, State Representatives.
b) Federal lists. President, Senators, Representatives.

6- Gently work to sway the opinions of your friends & acquaintances Personal email lists:
a) One for your moderate and conservative friends and regularly (3-5 times weekly) email them links to articles that support conservative values.
b) Have a second email list of your liberal friends or acquaintances and once a week (more will just irritate them) email them a personal comment or two and a link by common sense and polite conservatives. Walter Williams and Michael Medved are 2 of my favorites for this. You’ve got to be gentle. No one wants to be shown up as having been wrong. Get them reading and let the authors convince them.

7- Have a Facebook account and develop F/B friends. Once a day or every other day, post a link to a Williams or Medved type conservative article. Mine has over 3,000 friends. Obama's has 17 million.

8- Develop a Twitter account and work it the same as your Facebook. Mine has over 88,000 connections. Obama's has over 6 million. Twitter and Facebook are the communication tools of today. You must get over your distaste for them and learn how to use them. You avoid using these to the detriment of conservatism.

9- DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP. Encourage all your conservative friends to do the same things you are. It’s called Duplication. If I get one person doing it this month and we each get one person the second month and so on, that’s 256 people at the end of four months and 65,000 after five. Trying to achieve duplication on FR this very minute is part of my effort in this regard.

The socialists will never quit. They were soundly defeated in the midterm elections in November and still rammed their agenda through the lame duck session. Nancy Pelosi is still their leader. Obama reads a book on Reagan over the holidays, not for the values, but for the technique of how to “appear” more conservative; how to talk up liberal programs using conservative language.

Freedom is never created top down but always bottom up, one idea at a time, mind to mind and person to person. It is always grassroots driven and when successful it is always achieved by the grassroots putting principled, leaders in power and holding them accountable.

Freedom called Washington, Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, and thousands of others to sacrifice everything, family, homes, land, fortunes, time, and some, their lives. Freedom calls today, but only asks us to give up a little time and maybe a few contribution dollars. Past patriots steeled themselves to the idea “Give me liberty or give me death!” Today’s patriots are asked to do a little computer work from our easy chair.

Are we talkers only or doers? Will freedom’s flame be extinguished? We get to decide.