AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 880) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

Do not let the victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, nor the brave members of our Nation's military who have given their lives to protect our freedom, die in vain!!

A reading from the First Book of Climaticus, beginning at the fourteenth verse of the Third Chapter:

14 - And so it was that the Lord looketh down upon the Eastern dwellers and observed the state of their activities.

15 - In a town upon the Potomac that goest by the name of Washington, the Lord noticed much activity and much consternation.

16 - The Lord noted there were of His kind which had foresaken the message and imputed that they, his children, were capable of usurping His province and were of thinking they, themselves but small and tiny creatures, were capable of controlling the majesty of the heavens.

17 - These kind referred to themselves as Democrats and Liberals, or a kind taken to referring to all changes in such things as the weather issues that were the results of their own activities.

18 - The Liberals referred to the product of His children by such names as Global Warming and Climate Change, but by all their nature they were saying the children of God were now capable of controlling God's work themselves.

19 - So the Lord sought to provide a message, a message that would surely humble His children and have them understand the power of His Almighty Hand.

20 - God looketh down upon the city on the Potomac and pondered what would be best for these folks, and he remembered the Great Flood once unleashed upon the land.

21 - In His ponderings, God did remember the Promise provided to His children after the Great Flood insofar as He indicated such an act would never again be visited upon the land.

22 - It was decided, however, that a small taste of the Great Flood might serve as a sufficient reminder that it is He and He alone that governs the heavens and controls the weather.

23 - So God decided that it would be visited upon the city on the Potomac and neighboring environs where the kind called Liberals frequent a continous rain, the rain lasting for not just forty days and forty nights, but until the population who had forgotten His message would be unable to remember days with sunshine.

24 - Thus the rains began, and the rains continued. Each day was visited upon the city on the Potomac more waters from the heavens.

25 - The waters issued forth in white form, in ice form, and in liquid form, but the waters came. And the children of God took notice, but those who called themselves Liberal continued to mock the work of the Lord, saying this, too, was the result of the activity of mere people.

26 - The people called Liberals ranted, and they raved. They took to the streets, and the yelled from the rooftops. Notice us, listen to us, they cried, all of this rain is the result of years upon years of human existance.

26 - But the children of God no longer listened, for they had understood all along that climate was the work of the Lord.

27 - The Children of God had come to notice, and so hath the Lord himself, the Liberals were all wet.

What works in a metropolitan area does not work in a rural area.

It does in the Democratic party. My family has been heavily involved in doing it for at least 140 years in both rural and metropolitan areas of ohio.

Even the Republican party is more organized in Ohio than it has been at any time since Ray Bliss was in control. In our last election Rove saw to it that in effect the national party controlled all advertising down to the state Representative level here in Ohio. They controlled it by paying for it. Bush raised millions and Rowe set the rules for getting it. At the state representative level for the first time since 1928 my state rep is a Republican. Republicans had precinct workers going door to door and local calls just as I described for all Republican candidates in 2002. It was organized state wide. They did not waste resources on areas they could not win.

It just takes a strong national and state organization to lay down the law on how candidates are to behave. A party starts exercising control of candidates at their first run for office. Candidates are not allowed to play by their own rules period even when they are low level candiates.

Your point that it can't be done in small comunities completely ignores the power and discipline exercised by the Teachers Union in Iowa. Tell the NEA that they can't effect candiate cooperation and force candidates to play by party rules. They do it in every state in the nation.

Making the point that you and campaigns you have worked with failed only makes the case that parties and candidates fail. You are not making a case that it can't be done. You are making the case that it can be done. Americas defeat in Viet Nam does not prove that we lose all wars. ... Nor that people can't be motivated in Iowa. As I mentioned the Democrats do it with the Iowa Teachers every election.

There were some important lessons learned in the last election. Bob Smith and a lot of other Republicans learned that it is not nice to screw with the White House. The implementation of national discipline is also underway in California. Simon got zilch from the national and lots o money sourses were dried up. Any others dumb enough to revolt against the white house will find out the consequences.

I am anxious to see if Schwarzenegger does go on the ballot in California. Pat Buchanan predicts he will. Bush and Rowe want the Democrats to have to live with the mess they made. The runigades want the Repubicans to thake the blame for the democrats actions.

In 1968 the Democrats were dying from the Viet Nam War when Nixon came in to take all the blame for rats. I wonder if Schwarzenegger is willing to play that role for Democrats too.

In the years I did turnarounds there were always people from the existing organization telling me how it was different at this station. I had to understand this was not like the place I had just turned around. There were problems I could not solve because they could not be solved.

In every case I found the ones who had tried and failed were mot persuasive enogh, determined enough and ultimately not mean enough. to make the station go from losing money to making money. I never failed to effect a turn around.

And dont tell me volunteers are impossible to get. If Yaser Arafatt can get people to strap bombs to their bellies and blow them selves up for the muslim movement, I can get people to haul other people to the polls to vote on election day.

Precinct workers have to get some perks. At the local level there is still enough patronage to let the precinct workers have power over patronage. People who try to get people to do things for no compensation will fail. If the compenstation is good you will have to fight off applicanst for precinct worker.

Nuts andbolds organizing of politicl races is a do alble thing. All ti takes is a good suply of carrots and whips.

A professor stood before his Philosophy 101 class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full? They agreed that it was.

So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles, of course, rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous - - yes.

The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and proceeded to pour the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.

"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, "I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things - - your family, your partner, your health, your children, your friends, your favorite passions - - things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car. The sand is everything else - - the small stuff."

"If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for your life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out dancing. Play another 18. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, give a dinner party and fix the disposal."

"Take care of the golf balls first - - the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented.

The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of beers."

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