[A Navy Vet]

Cool. Another Freeper convention. Been to one myself, and guess what? It and the other street activism has done NOTHING to keep us from turning into a socialist nation.

Spend all the time and money you want. It will have NO impact on the obami/reid/pelosi triad and their Marxist beliefs and actions.

We are way beyond "conventions" and "Tea Partys", and this is from one of the original street activists on this board.

DC is NOT listening! It's time for something more substantial. Think outside the box, or maintain a "holding pattern", as I am. Think about what I've said here. I appreciate your efforts, but they will be of no avail. No one cares.

[Roos_Girl]

Instead of being negative about what we're trying to do and telling us to think outside the box, why don't you try offering some positive alternatives. Anybody can complain. Perhaps you could offer some of your "outside the box" constructive advice that could be a part of what we do, since we have a month left to plan.

If you're just going to complain, no one wants to hear it.

[MinuteGal]

If your kind of thinking (maintaining a defeatist holding pattern) is typical of other so-called conservative "thinkers" in your state, no wonder California is hurtling down the abyss.

Our Orlando convention hours will be spent looking toward the future and how to deal effectively with the present. All positive-thinking freepers invited!

Leni

[surfer]

I don’t think A Navy Vet is being negative about this at all. I have known A Navy Vet since the very early days of FR and he only wants the best for our country and for FR.

His point is clearly about that we as a nation are beyond the point of talk and demonstrations. In fact since he is in CA he sees clearly what is happening to our country only his perspective is magnified because of where he lives.

But we should all be clear that what is happening in CA, MA, etc is going to happen to all of us.

A Navy Vet understands that we are dealing with an unprecedented level of corruption within our government and organizations like ACORN are no different than organized crime organizations.

So I think if I may take what A Navy Vet is saying and rework it a little. We ALL need to understand where ALL of this is going. We are ALL going to need to stand together and be prepared for WHATEVER comes our way that may force us to ALL make difficult decisions. This may NOT be countered just with speeches, rallys, etc... it just may not be enough. We need to think with a lot more creativity to surround the socialist forces and defeat them.

We need to wake up, prepare our families and prepare for the worst - that isn’t being negative that is just having our eyes wide open and understanding what is taking place. If the worst comes then at least we were smart about it and our families will stand a better chance.

We may see the late 1700’s again...we are on the fast track to tyranny and we all need to make that fundamental decision on whether we will stand and fight for liberty or will we just be led to slaughter.

So for our convention we will need a serious agenda to discuss everything that should be considered and where do we turn to get the help that we need.

I am not trying to start a flame thread here...I just think we need to carefully consider what A Navy Vet is saying and focus on the point of his message not that he intended it to be negative...he is as frustrated as the rest of us. A Navy Vet I hope you don’t think I spoke out of turn.