[SierraWasp]

Celebrate this:

Nuclear Family Individualism, Local Control in Local Hands (restoration of Rural Representation), State & National Sovereignty!!!

In a word... Devolution!

A Devolution Revolution began in 1994 and stalled with the unrelated OKC bombing.

Restart the Revolution, but supercede the political party pollution, replace the religious fundamentalism with constitutional fundamentalism to restore the joy of such a "pursuit of happiness" in our restoration of our great American Culture!!!

The forces of Franco-Germanic European Socialism are wanting to make US think it's "broken" and must be "fixed" on their model. They'd really like to bulldoze and rebuild.

How absurd! Our foundation and traditional American culture are solid. Our instutions are overgrown and become inverted/backward in their chain of command by the people. A thorough remodel/rewire/replumbing/reconnecting job is all that is required in a Devolution Revolution.

It must start with good ideas. (www.NaturalProcess.net) It will be intellectual/political as that's how we change things in this country without killing each other. We don't need a "cultural revolution" like Mao's with idiots taking the law in their own hands through militias, vigilantes, etc.

How does it start/spread? Through personal contact.(and sites like FR)

If fear can spread like a virus and infect millions, so can "the pursuit of happiness" and "ideas whose time has come!"

[SierraWasp]

I meant to include you in my pings in the above reply.

Here's another ideal "text book" for the Devolution Revolution: The Making of America

[forester]

We don't need a "cultural revolution" like Mao's with idiots taking the law in their own hands through militias, vigilantes, etc.

I like your idea of restoring our country through ideas instead of civil uprising. You can trust that I'll do my part. The current rampant corruption throughout the government has my liberal friends agreeing with us conservatives: big government is the problem, not the solution.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well ....

Books & Culture Corner: Tony Blair's Devolution Revolution

And I thought you had made up that phrase "Devolution Revolution".

[budwiesest]

replace the religious fundamentalism with constitutional fundamentalism to restore the joy of such a "pursuit of happiness" in our restoration of our great American Culture!!!

Religion in this case being worship of Big Brother. Amen!

Good article, my beef with communitarians has been their willingness to utilize govt. power to enforce what should come as common sense to those who enjoy liberty, namely: responsibilty and morality. We are all witness to how easily liberty can be incrementally taken away.

A different thread got me thinking how much better life was when the 'state' intervened less in our lives. There was mention of kids taking guns to school to hunt with afterwards. Try that today.

Those Virgina Slims commercials would be very apt today: "You've(we've) come a long way, baby!"