Hey! I'm not criticizing you!
I'm just saying there were a hundred or so posts of "sign me up!" and "count me in!" and scant few about WHAT/HOW.
I like "Pitchfork Action Committee" as a name! But really, I'm not sure that marching on Washington does anything but strengthen the inside-the-beltway focus. And raising more money to inject into the same rotten system just sounds awful.
Gives the left a way to discount us by saying, "ha! they only got 80,000 people" or "cash-strapped FRPAC missed its fundraising goals" or whatever.
What I also see on FR is a lot...I mean A LOT... of brass balls talking the talk about real pitchforks and "Washington is about to push too far," and FMCDH and all that hollow BS. Not a single Freeper is going to, nor has raised a violent fist against Washington. Nobody really supports flying airplanes into IRS buildings in Austin, nor will JimRob allow such to be on FR.
However, we can "atttack" the monster in nonviolent ways. One REAL direct action is to "Go Galt." Stop paying federal taxes, stop working above the fold if necessary.
If 100,000 people did that in each state there would be no debate about getting Washington's attention. You'd have it.
But let's face it. The original tea-partiers were wanted by the state as criminals.
We're not even talking about non-violent action.
Instead we're talking about potentially merging into the corrupt system!
No, no. I didn’t take anything as a criticism. I’m pretty thick-skinned. If I’m offended, I’ll just shout it out. The purpose of this thread is discusson. Carry on. Excellent points being made.
Tex
I too am concerned that a poor fundraising effort will weaken the effectiveness of FRPAC.
I am heartened by so much interest in participation, but somewhat discouraged (at the moment) by the lack of specific offers of help.
However, I have gotten a couple of freepmails offering help in putting together a website for FReeper PAC and specific suggestions from experienced PAC leadership.
We have a couple of goals identified but very little in the way of ideas. How should we target the RINOs we’ve identified? We need concrete ideas.
I am researching how to organize a PAC and with Red Steel will do the comparison of other PACs that he suggested. But ... the summary that I need to write for the group will be insufficient if we don’t know what we want to accomplish and how.