The type of activism most desperately needed today is "micro-conservative."  In the simplest terms, this means that those of us who have a conservative mind set or values system need to express our thoughts to our friends and neighbors in spoken and written words, in small yet frequent doses.

It is my belief that all people are conservative about something, and the more we talk, write and read about conservative ideas the more conservative we think. We are not all orators or prize winning authors but most of us have something to say, or an ideal we care deeply about. Express it somehow!

There are many ways for us to express ourselves!

One of my favorites is observational humor. As in “gee I am sure glad that during the toughest of economic time our senators have concerned themselves with whether or not a group of millionaires that play a game for a living are on drugs or not” even the most ardent fans of the game can really care less about this group of elitists, while they are standing in an unemployment line! And we all need to bring these things up every day, in an inquisitive tone with those around us who may have a left leaning tendency.

Another form of micro activism is simply commenting on someone else’s post on any of the social networking sites, blogs or forums. Find some, and develop the habit of participating, simply agree with someone, make a brief observation, and read what others are thinking. This activity will make us all more critical thinkers and can’t help but increase our personal data base on knowledge.

Make other people think! Ask questions, in person, with the written word such as bumper stickers,and tee shirts. This activity needs to be conducted in the true spirit of encouraging other people to think! If the message of the question is “you suck and I’m better” the thought you are trying to foster will not occur. Example: “Why are your boys in D.C. spending our grandchildren broke?” as opposed to “Will that fiscal policy work in your house? For how long? What makes you believe it will work on a grander scale?” Now don’t get me wrong, your liberal friends are still going to think you odd but they are also going to think about the questions, if the questions are not posed as attacks.

Lastly, talk to your children. Explain to them how you feel about all of the issues of our day, and how you see thing playing out, and what your concerns are. Teach your children to think and more importantly teach them of our rich heritage of liberty and personal freedom and the promise of our unencumbered pursuit of happiness. Instill in them the desire to achieve great things, to be people of good character, and to stand up for the things they believe. This must happen if we are to save our way of life!

Absolutely the best article of the last decade regarding the bipartisan ruling elite of the United States. It's a long article (long enough to even warrant a booklet), and worth a full read from beginning to end. Angelo Codevilla, American Ruling Class and the Perils of Revolution in the Weekly Spectator.

A very brief excerpt...(but read the whole thing, especially the part about the "Country Party toward the end): 

...Although after the election of 2008 most Republican office holders argued against the Troubled Asset Relief Program, against the subsequent bailouts of the auto industry, against the several "stimulus" bills and further summary expansions of government power to benefit clients of government at the expense of ordinary citizens, the American people had every reason to believe that many Republican politicians were doing so simply by the logic of partisan opposition. After all, Republicans had been happy enough to approve of similar things under Republican administrations. Differences between Bushes, Clintons, and Obamas are of degree, not kind. Moreover, 2009-10 establishment Republicans sought only to modify the government's agenda while showing eagerness to join the Democrats in new grand schemes, if only they were allowed to. Sen. Orrin Hatch continued dreaming of being Ted Kennedy, while Lindsey Graham set aside what is true or false about "global warming" for the sake of getting on the right side of history. No prominent Republican challenged the ruling class's continued claim of superior insight, nor its denigration of the American people as irritable children who must learn their place. The Republican Party did not disparage the ruling class, because most of its officials are or would like to be part of it.

7/28/10

When the government fears the people there is liberty; when the people fear the government there is tyranny.

~ Thomas Jefferson

In May 2009, a little over a year ago I wrote a cathartic article expressing my profound disappointment in the Republican Party titled: “I Can No Longer Remain in the GOP.” (http://www.wnd.com/index.php/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=98936) Although I had been a Republican for 21 years since my grad school days at Harvard (ironically during the same time Barack Obama was there) what became the straw that broke the camel’s back for me was when I heard McCain aggressively state that the man he was running against (Barack Obama) would make an outstanding president and that conservatives out there who thought otherwise was just plain wrong.

At that moment I knew that the fix was in; that the GOP set up Senator John McCain as the fall guy in the face of the Democrats history-making nomination of the first Black president. Republicans were too afraid to put forth a candidate that could defeat this historical, messianic figure and cynically used Huckabee to thwart Mitt Romney’s much stronger candidacy.

Shortly after writing that article I received an offer from one of my long-time readers of my WorldNetDaily columns, Matt Charles, Chairman of the Marketing Committee of the American Conservative Party [ACP] to consider joining this organization. Recently Matt put me in touch with the Chairman of ACP, Butch Porter, who ironically told me of a similar ‘last straw’ situation we had regarding John McCain who during his second debate with Obama said America had to spend $300 billion on helping people refinance their mortgages.