Dreams From My Forefathers » Politics http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com A fresh look at what the founders wanted for the new American Republic. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:57:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Thoughts on PA12 http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/05/20/thoughts-on-pa12/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/05/20/thoughts-on-pa12/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 13:51:45 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=276 Losing sucks but it was clearly a tough place for a Republican to win. I am told, the district was originally Gerrymandered to create a strong Democrat seat by Republicans hoping to move as many Dems out of other districts as possible.

I didn’t originally go up to PA12 to actively campaign for Burns. I went as a chaperone for the Generation Joshua volunteers. That became driving for walkers and calling during downtime. (I was hoping to work on another project.) The GenJ volunteers made an average 2000+ phone calls each. Roughly, thirty-five kids ranging in age from 13 to 21 made about 75,000 phone calls in 4 days. They were obviously encouraging folks to vote for Burns and “get out to vote” for Burns. While I [...]

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I created a handy table illustrating the differences between libertarians and RINOs on issues of the day and yesterday.

Principle Libertarian RINO Low Taxes No Taxes What Will Get Me (Re-)Elected
Or WWGM(R)E for brevity Drug War End it WWGM(R)E Gun Rights The more the merrier WWGM(R)E Free Speech They never shut up. I think that pretty much says it all. WWGM(R)E Religion Most religious people are kooks but they have a right to be kooks. WWGM(R)E Free Press Totally dude WWGM(R)E Income Tax End it. WWGM(R)E Life Mostly Pro-Abortion.
Large Pro-Life contingent. WWGM(R)E Standing Army No WWGM(R)E NASA Let the private sector do it WWGM(R)E Federal Reserve Let the Free Market do it WWGM(R)E

 

If we take just a few of these:

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]]> http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/04/21/libertarian-v-rino/feed/ 0 American Majority and the Hancock Committee for the states. http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/american-majority-and-the-hancock-committee-for-the-states/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/american-majority-and-the-hancock-committee-for-the-states/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:20:39 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=201 I have now been to two events hosted by these guys and they are going to be making things happen. Making things happen by training Tea Partiers and others how to engage in the political system.

American Majority offers candidate and activist training while the Hancock Committee is oriented towards helping groups work together to achieve common goals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anniversary of a porkulus protest: The roots of the Tea Party movement (michellemalkin.com) Power And Control: They Aren’t Interchangeable (redstate.com) MORE EVIDENCE THAT the energy is with the Tea Partiers, not the GOP apparatus. Of course, if that l… [...]

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]]> http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/03/05/american-majority-and-the-hancock-committee-for-the-states/feed/ 0 I know no way of judging the future but by the past. Patrick Henry http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/18/i-know-no-way-of-judging-the-future-but-by-the-past-patrick-henry/ http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/2010/01/18/i-know-no-way-of-judging-the-future-but-by-the-past-patrick-henry/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:00:32 +0000 ROK http://dreamsfrommyforefathers.com/?p=168 Engineers are continually adding to the body of knowledge and principles that comprise their particular art. Bridges get longer, buildings get higher, cars go faster and yet arrive with a higher degree of safety at their destinations. The medical profession uses techniques and knowledge acquired thousands of years ago. And yesterday. We live longer and healthier lives because of it. Mathematicians need not discover Pythagorean’s Theorem today any more than a carpenter need invent a hammer to build with. They are tools that have been given to us by our forefathers which when used properly allow us to do things the original inventors could never do. Pythagoras could never have built the moon lander. Without Pythagoras, neither could we.

It is on their shoulders we stand.

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