I'm just waiting for the rioting to start.
The GOP doesn't deserve my support.
Go Galt.
I agree with much of this piece, but personally, I am no longer optimistic.
I am frustrated when I read words such as these: “.......... the United States needs its conservative leaders and activists in the public square now more than at any time in our lifetimes.” That was true during the primaries, that was true during the general and that was true on election day.... we didn’t just lose an election, WE FAILED to come together and we lost our country.
I hate to be such a damn pessimist, but the people of this country are going to have to suffer much much more, before we might even have a chance to turn this mess around, if ever. I don’t believe it will be in my lifetime, I am 64.
Now, I see a few good leaders, but I do not see ANY leader strong enough to lead this wrecked ship out of this storm. Heck, I can no longer tell who in the hell is on our side.
I do wish all of you patriotic optimists the very best... there are ‘some’ very good people left in America, and they deserve a better America.
I would like to ramble on more, but the effort is likely pointless and it’s very late for me.... and I am very tired.
God bless you all.....
Sorry, no sale.
Dear old Dad always said, “Once the parasites outnumber the hosts, it’s all over. America is dead. The Democrats win.”
Well, guess what?
I’m doing both. Doing as much of the Galt thing as possible...but still fighting every step of the way. I’ll be out of the fulltime employment rolls by the end of the month. I’ve joined two local Tea Party groups and about to add a third. All are in my area and each bring good things to the table. Each group, while maintaining strong limited government and fiscal responsibility mainstays, focuses on different issues important to them on the local level. One concentrates on the school system, another is active on the judicial system. It will be interesting to see what the new group is concentrating on. A diverse range of of issues, wich will help me focus on those I’m most passionate about.
Amen, Amen, Amen! I haven’t seen one of your posts in a while, but it sure doesn’t disappoint! This is not a drill. We are in a fight for our very lives.
A Happy. Healthy, & Prosperous New Year to you & yours!
But guys, we're not living in France. We're not living in the Netherlands. On the local and state level, most of us Freepers are in a lot less bad situation than what most European conservatives face, and apart from Freepers living in San Francisco or the District of Columbia or similar places, I think nearly all of us, even in the worst and most liberal states, have at least some options.
And let's not forget that even in places like the Netherlands, they still have several fairly decent conservative parties, two of which are explicitly Christian conservative parties, whose members know they'll never win at the national level or even the provincial level, but can and do win local elections and run local councils and boards to keep things at least someone decent in their small towns and farming areas.
I seriously wonder if most of the people complaining about the Republican Party have actually tried to fix problems locally, where their firsthand personal actions could actually help, or if they're giving up without much effort.
Are people here aware that we have a Freeper from the Class of 1998 who got sworn in this week to a county with a $250 million budget, defeating a Republican incumbent during the primary and fighting against a county board of supervisors that likes insider financial deals and doesn't like public input? Hildy Angius happens to be a politically conservative Jewish woman, originally from New York, which must be a delicious irony for her to throw in the face of leftists. I think it's fair to say she's seen worse liberalism than most of us Freepers have ever faced.
I can't post the full text because it's an Associated Press article, but what appears to be a great profile piece on Hildy Angius and how she got active in politics appears here:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/19/takes-action-tea-party-backers-explain-journey-enraged-engaged/#ixzz2H1CQ95ij
Scroll down past the initial section and you'll find gems like this:
“Her accent screams Long Island and she seems better suited for an episode of ‘The Real Housewives of New York City’ than the Chaparral Country Club in Bullhead City. Yet here she is, Hildy Angius, holding court with three older gentlemen who've just finished a round of golf in this retirement community in the far northwest corner of Arizona... Spotting an opening, Angius launches into the speech she delivers these days to friends and strangers alike, whether at tea party rallies, the local coffee shop or on Facebook. The upshot: Don't gripe, do something. Vote. Volunteer. Knock on doors. Do, in essence, what she's now doing: Whatever it takes to move the Republican Party, and the government, to the right... An avid Rush Limbaugh fan, she's called in to his show on any number of occasions.
Still, she acknowledges she did little more than complain until September 2008, when she realized Barack Obama was likely to win the presidency, bringing to office a far too liberal agenda that would mean the kind of changes Angius vehemently opposes. Never before a ‘joiner,’ she went online, learned about the Colorado River Republican Women, went to a meeting and found an outlet for her dismay.”
That, fellow Freepers, is a model in miniature of what we **ALL** need to be doing.
Here's the link to my post: http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2974438/posts?page=133#133
Activism on the local level is what wins elections.
Words can change minds. Debating is not useless by any means.
But words without actions **ARE** worthless.
If you don't like your local Republican leaders, get involved in your local party and try to change their minds. If you can't, run for office yourself and try to get rid of them. If you can't do that, then go look at third party options.
But try the first steps first before jumping ship.
Not me. My money and support always seems to have helped RINOs. I have had it.
The only reason I can see for anyone in office as a Republican is for the single purpose of enriching themselves in both power and money at the expense of destroying freedom, liberty and the Constitution...nothing else.
It’s a proven fact so far. The selection of the speaker of the house is a flagrant example of this.
What this means is that no matter what the (staged) the Republicans put up against the Democrats, the (planned) outcome is that the Democrats always win no matter what.
The Republicans always lose in anything they do in the name of COMPROMISE. Democrats usually win all compromises with a 60% or better outcome in their favor. The Republicans claim great victory when they lose the other 40%.
We are in a boat (our liberty and freedom) that has a large hole in it and the Republicans are bailing it out with a spoon. Meanwhile the Democrats are doing nothing to help.
No matter what, the boat will sink.
We all have to face the fact that the Republican party cannot be fixed because it has already been “fixed” by lobbyist, special interest, the banking industry, crony capitalists and a whole host of parasites sucking our freedoms away in exchange for Republican “favors.”
Corruption is the name of the game and the people have lost.
We have very little time to replace the Republican party with another one that represents conservatives, if at all possible. We have two generations coming up behind us and they have been programmed by leftists in our 1-12 and college indoctrination centers along with a biased news and entertainment system. They are now in the majority and will vote for Democrats no matter what. Worse yet, they greatly outnumber us conservatives.
What this is all about is that we conservatives may have already passed the tipping point in the balance of liberals verses conservatives and will never gain control of our country again.
I sincerely believe that this is the “last hurrah” and that drastic action must be taken to educate all to the facts and if extreme action is not taken within the next year to form a national conservative party on all levels, all is lost.
I am not a “defeatist” but a “realist.”
You can pray to Gods, Deities, and other religious beliefs for help but help will not come until you (conservatives) actually physically do something.
It seems the most favored course is to pray. Is that cocooning?
t’s easy and very inexpensive
A worthwhile read, thanks.
Retreat, Regroup, Return, Revenge.