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"When it got right down to it, not enough people were willing to work together." Post #64

Sounds like a "Been there; done that" comment. I too, have participated in several unsuccessful efforts to organize a meaningful effort on FreeRepublic to take our country back. We are not alone; history has a habit of repeating. Here are some relevant quotes:

"It is remarkable to see how relatively numerous in declining empires are the people capable of making the right diagnosis and preaching some sensible cure. It is no less remarkable, however, that wise utterances remain generally sterile, because, as Gonazles de Cellorigo forcefully put it while watching impotently the decline of Spain, "those who can, will not; and those who will, cannot." Carlo M. Cipolla: "The Decline of Empires"
"We have come to a time for choosing; we will preserve for our children this the last best hope for man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness.....history will record with the greatest astonishment that those who had the most to lose did the least to prevent its happening." Ronald Reagan 1964
"When good men do nothing, evil triumphs." Edmund Burke

"I'll read them all over this coming weekend." Post #54

Stick to your decision to read the series over the weekend. It takes roughly an hour to read straight through, a little more if you like to think through the various ramifications of each feature of the plan.

There are very few people, whether conservative or not, that do not have some appreciation for the greatness of Ronald Reagan. The Founders and Ronald Reagan shared a belief in God and prayed for Divine Providence. Even the agnostics will admit that the United States has been "blessed" with an extraordinary history. When the chips are down or when the need is greatest, countless American heroes and patriots have risen to the occasion. I don't know what it will take to reawaken this sleeping giant, but people would do well to reread all of the quotes above again and then read or listen to a "Time for Choosing" with a lot of reflection on President Reagan's motivation to come forward with that speech. President Reagan single handedly won the Cold War and very likely ended the threat of nuclear extinction, but the message of a Time for Choosing relates to our domestic problems, not foreign threats.

When Gorbachev rose to power, President Reagan saw the chance to end the insane policy of MAD. He considered his options and made the deliberate choice to take advantage of the opening with the Soviet Union and plainly left the job of finishing his domestic agenda to successors. Republicans, and conservatives including Freepers, have not risen to the occasion in spite of the fact that we are running out of time.

The plan we are putting forward can finish President Reagan's unfinished agenda. As you will see, we do not have to convince millions of Americans overnight. We only have to convince the man that Ronald Reagan chose to lead such an effort after his successor dropped the ball. We don't have to convince even a majority of FreeRepublic to succeed. We only need to get enough Freepers to send enough emails or make enough phone calls to contact President Reagan's designated choice who hasn't gotten the message yet. If Divine Providence still guides the United States, he will get the message. If he doesn't, then God help us all.

The link below will make the series easier to follow. Rather than starting with the summary, I suggest starting with the Another Reagan? article and following the links at the bottom of each page. Save the summary until last. Anybody who starts with the summary first runs the risk of not understanding or not appreciating the incredible political power that this plan quickly generates.

Nobody has to take to the streets or carry banners. This is the Information Age and the Reagan Renaissance is only a few mouse clicks away.

I'm on it NOW . . .

Wow! It is an ambitious project, and I'm certainly with you on the Reagan Renaissance. Have you had any response from Rush regarding "Excellence in Golf?"

Thanks for all your hard work and thanks for bringing this to my attention.

I am with you, I think your analysis is on the mark, and I pray it bears fruit.

Thanks for the ping to an interesting exercise; albeit an exercise in futility I suspect. If there are any "core" values that will absolutely make one a conservative or a liberal, I'm not aware of 'em. A sliding scale thing maybe? The definitions themselves are elusive. But I can guarantee you this, that after talking to someone for a few minutes about things political, or life generally, I almost invariably KNOW which box they go in. Odd, ain't it?

FGS

Amazing coincidence:

My sister, PurpleMountainsMaj, added a link to her profile page to an old "Newcomers Welcome Center and Information Desk" thread where I had linked to the "Coalition Op Center" thread, where, once upon a time, RJayneJ and I tried to organize a coalition of FReepers to expose election fraud here at FR (referenced in post #64, this thread). I intended to provide a link in post #64 but couldn't find it in the archives!

Here's a link to the original thread: [FReeper Coalition to Expose Election Rigging]

and here's one to the Op Center thread: [Coalition Op Center]

One final word: I miss those old Newcomers Welcome Center and Information Desk threads. I thought they served a great social purpose on the forum. I wonder if someone with more time to FReep than I could one day take that on as a labor of love like Alamo-Girl used to.

Hmmmmmm . . .:o)