The Internet is thriving with Conservative commentary that fills the gap vacated by the media who has been exchanged its role as America’s watchdog for hollow ideology. Thanks to blogs such as this, vital information that threatens the land of the free has been brought before the public.
While information is a “good” thing, it needs to be accompanied by strategically designed action or we become nothing more than educated slaves. I have always believed that with the ability to understand a problem comes the responsibility to solve the problem. For instance: understanding the repercussions of teaching Evolution, led me to co-found a Creation Science ministry; understanding the repercussions of government-run school curriculum, led me to found a Christian high school; and understanding the repercussions of an over-reaching unconstitutional government, led me to become a Tea Party activist.
Many American patriots understand the dangers facing our Constitutional Republic. To be sure, we are on the verge of extinction. That’s the bad news. Here’s the good news: we can do something about it.
Part One of this series will present a plan being sponsored by The Black Robe Regiment of NJ that is designed to take back our children’s education. In so doing, we will energize the apathetic and begin to have our voices heard in the urban areas as well. We must continue to fight the absurdities of Common Core Curriculum Standards and support school choice legislation at every turn, but there is something else we can be doing. It doesn’t include taking kids out of government-run schools and either homeschooling or putting them in private schools. Although that is a wonderful alternative, for many parents that simply is not possible. This plan is based in the philosophy that government should be limited, which consequently means that We the People need to stop relying on government at every turn – including education.
Before presenting the plan, I have one question to ask: when did we start believing that only government can educate our children?
This plan is for those that are frustrated by the indoctrination that has infiltrated our government through our classrooms. Abraham Lincoln once said: “The philosophy of the classroom today will be the philosophy of government tomorrow.” I disagree with Lincoln on one point. We might not have to wait until tomorrow. The solution rests upon changing our mindset and coming to the realization that We the People must do what the government has failed to do. The solution is so simple that is nearly mindboggling that we haven’t thought of it sooner. We must educate and re-educate our children about the foundations of America and our system of government.
Here’s the plan. It consists of a 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM three week summer school program for high school students entitled “Camp Uncensored.” Its objective will be to educate our youth on the issues that have been systematically removed from the government-run school’s curriculum and are vital to the preservation of liberty as well as challenge faith and the existence of God. Three churches will be recruited in a geographical area to contribute to the program, with each church hosting one of the three weeks of the program in July. Ideally, an additional three churches will be recruited in the same geographical area that will repeat the program in August for those students who missed part of the July presentation due to vacations and such. The success of the program will rest on the churches’ ability to motivate parents of students in government-run schools to have their children attend the program. In essence, we will be doing what the government has not done – teach our children about what they are about to lose. It is no wonder that this generation doesn’t value the liberty that our Constitutional Republic protects. They simply have not been taught its attributes and have been confused by socialist agendas that teach the contrary.
The curriculum will consist of:
- Week One – true American History will be taught – not the revisionists’ fairytale that paints America with a despicable brush.
- Week Two – will concentrate on Civics – including basic principles upon which our Constitution and founding documents are based. Students will also be taught how to be actively engaged in the political process. Additionally, they will be taught the history of failed Socialist/Communist/Marxist/Nazi ideologies. This will include documentation from history that supports the idea that a Utopian society only exists in the campaign rhetoric of would-be-tyrants. At the end of this week they will understand that liberty can only survive in a nation where the people understand the reality of how governments proposing opposing ideologies have resulted in tyrannies of unimaginable proportions.
- Week Three – will consist of teaching Creation Science and Intelligent Design – all of which has been censored from the government-run schools. This has led our children to falsely believing that science has proven that the God of Genesis is nothing but a primitive myth. The repercussions of teaching the “theory” of Evolution has led to the secularization and hedonization of America. If our children are to appreciate that this is One Nation Under God and that our rights come from God and not from government, it is critical that the pseudo-science that parades itself as incontrovertible truth be exposed for the fraud it is.
Once the curriculum is finalized, it will be posted on the Black Robe Regiment of NJ’s website, as well as my personal website, along with the operational details. The curriculum has been created in a manner that will allow any literate human being to pick it up and teach. How to acquire and download the curriculum and the supporting materials will be formally announced in subsequent articles of this series. Be assured that the operations will be designed to motivate and inspire, as well as entertain our youth who will not voluntarily attend any boring or archaic summer school. As these students graduate and become voters, we are confident that the grounding we are providing will inspire them to be active participants in the election process. We will be giving them the foundation they need in order to take back that which is being stolen from them. And as an added bonus, by extension the program will also energize their parents.
Operation Restoring Freedom, Part Two
Spinning grassroots into gold may seem like a task for Rumpelstiltskin but it may very well be the key to reversing America’s decline. The second part of this series will be presenting strategies and plans to overcome the regressive philosophy that is turning the land of the free into the home of the power-crazed elitists. The very first thing that We the People must do is to stop acting like victims and unite in a common cause – the cause to preserve our liberties and bring sanity back to government. This may also be the most difficult task to accomplish. It seems that the more liberty-loving we are, the less likely we are to unite. Egos and hidden agendas, coupled with my-way-or-the-highway attitudes, fuel disunity among fiercely independent people.
The kind of cooperation that is needed to achieve unity is often not achievable once people are asked to get “behind” and idea or a strategy. This is the first obstacle that must be overcome.
Is the unity that will yield success possible? The 2014 elections will answer that question. But until that question is answered, we must fight for liberty in every way possible. After 2014, the point may be moot and you may find yourself looking for that clothespin you use for your nose to eradicate the smell of mediocrity every election time.
While Part One of this series addressed the re-education of our youth, and with it the real possibility of re-educating the urban areas, Part Two will deal with winning elections. Again, easier said than done but not impossible. It will, however, take an out-of-the-box approach that will require a strong and organized grassroots movement. If you have ever been involved in a campaign for a good candidate that was unsuccessful, you probably feel discouraged. True, the establishment candidates are well-funded, have the media in their back pockets, and have opposition researches that perform like character assassins – but we have numbers.
The second course of action after uniting is changing the way the game is played so that we can win elections. We have to stop looking at what we don’t have and start looking at what we do have. It’s simple: they have money; we have people. They also have organization, but we have good old American ingenuity. It’s about time we start using it.
Here’s my suggestions:
- Recruit and then vet potential candidates. Ask them to honestly investigate themselves. Check out OPRA records, reveal any past lawsuits and/or bankruptcies, Google their names, etc. Keep in mind that you will never find the perfect candidate anymore than you will find the perfect anything. Think about how you can change potential problems into assets. For example, if a business owner paid his taxes late (which will be revealed in OPRA searches), make sure you reveal that before your opponents do (and they will) with the “spin” that this person knows what it’s like to live in the real world. They feel your pain and have been behind the 8-ball, just like you. This is why they are the best person to represent you – and not some career politician that is out of touch with reality and has been living in his or her ivory tower, that you paid for.
- Develop a networking system of databases. Realize that you will never get your message communicated through traditional media venues. They are subservient to the establishment. Don’t have unrealistic expectations that any conservative organization or person of influence is going to handover their database to you. However, you can develop a system to dispatch your candidate’s press releases to a grassroots networking system. You will need those within this system to commit to sending out the necessary email blasts to their personal/organizational databases.
- Utilize your spheres of influence. Everyone has family, friends, and neighbors within their voting districts that are not political but know that you are fighting on their behalf. Create a postcard asking them to vote and support your candidate. Print it out on your computer. Don’t try to handwrite every postcard. Word of mouth support can produce strong results. Ask everyone within your databases to do likewise. If you have 500 people in your personal database (family, friends, neighbors, church members), you have to realize that they probably have the same. Don’t ask for something unrealistic. Ask 50 people to send out postcards supporting your candidate to another 50 people, with the request that everyone they send to do the same. The numbers can grow exponentially.
- Remember – we’re not playing the same game. Because grassroots operations are never well-funded, don’t expect that you will be able to buy the chrome-coated glossies that career politicians have professionally done and have sent numerous times to all constituents. In NJ, those glossies cost upwards of $30,000 per mailing. Part of your campaign rhetoric should be that no one should vote for anyone who can afford to send out such expensive literature. Conversely, have a good writer with an artistic eye prepare a flyer that includes a statement by your candidate with the platform they are running under. I strongly suggest it be an anti-Obamacare message – simple and understandable – something that can be read with a glance. Distribute this flyer through your networking system and ask everyone to print out their own copies and distribute to their own town by good old fashioned knocking on doors and leaving the flyers on the premises (not in mailboxes, which is illegal). NOTE: it is not necessary to knock on every door. You can get a list of those who voted in the last two elections from your County Board of Elections. If you are supporting a conservative candidate, I suggest you ask for a list of Republicans and Unaffiliated voters – a list that includes both their addresses and their phone numbers. If the population of the town is large, put together a team with assigned areas. IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE THIS OPTION AS PART OF YOUR GET OUT THE VOTE INITIATIVE.
- Create phone banks. Use the telephone numbers of the people in the lists you have obtained from the County Board of Elections and have people committed to calling “x” amount of voters. Some people will prefer making phone calls, others will prefer knocking on doors or sending out postcards. Find out who prefers what. Write a two or three sentence script for them to follow – nothing complicated. Keep it simple and not intimidating for the caller. Again, make your request realistic. If you give someone a list of 500, chances they won’t make any calls at all. Suggest that the best time to do this is on the weekends, using their cell phones when the calls are free. And if no one is home, they should leave a message. Be sure the script includes asking for the recipient’s vote for such-and-such on such-and-such a date.
- Organize events. Find out where groups or organizations are meeting during the campaign season and do your best to schedule your candidate as a guest speaker for their meetings. If possible, arrange for a fundraiser. This may not be possible as the failing economy is a real obstacle.
- Be smart about where money is spent. Your candidate’s sole responsibility should be to raise funds and meeting as many people as possible. If it is possible to buy time on local radio stations (which is usually cheaper than the large networks), try to buy time during commuter hours. Don’t go for the bargain that airs your message at 1:00 PM in the morning. Once again, use your network. Have someone videograph a YouTube message from your candidate – not to exceed five minutes. Not a problem if it is not professional-looking. Remember to always say this is a citizen representative and not a career politican. Do your own opposition research on find out who has contributed to your opponent’s campaign and use that against them. If you communicate this successfully, the professional materials will actually work against your opponents instead of for them. Post the video on YouTube and then share it with your database and ask them to share it with everyone they know. Also, have someone who is knowledgable about social media to take charge of all the options available there. You can create groups on FaceBook that will allow you to send your message to everyone in the group with one click of the mouse and you can post the YouTube videos on FaceBook pages as well.
- Signs. Hopefully your candidate will have created a website with a header. Download the header onto your computer, send it to your network, and have everyone print it out and tape it to the inside windows of their cars. Also, if funds permit, have the header enlarged at a photocopying entity and display it in your windows, at every bulletin board you can think of and even hand out wherever possible.
- Last but not least – GET OUT THE VOTE!!!!!!!!!! Call, drive, do whatever you can to be sure that your candidate’s supporters are energized and realize the importance of actually getting out there and voting.
I will close with the words of Winston Churchill, “Still, if you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.”
Well, that’s my two cents. Take it and turn it into a million – better yet, turn it into grassroots gold.
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