At Times There Is No Other Hand

One’s principals as traditions need to be re-examined and re-evaluated now and then. In many if not most, parts of the world it was considered impolite not to welcome a stranger into your home, provide sustenance and rest. A suspicion about new comers and strangers was considered backward thinking. The welcome matt was lying proudly in front of the door. Now it is more prudent to be cautious when a stranger appears at the door.

As people moved from rural areas into cities, it became essential to implement new laws of behavior, regulations affecting individual actions, and community living. Living in a house miles away from neighbors, it made no difference how much debris one had in their front yard. It affected no one but the homeowner. Try to do that in populated housing community now, one would be cited and forced to clean up the area. Such rules became common in our cities and accepted as just. Living in an apartment house, we are required to comply with rules of courtesy such as making noise. We comply to be good neighbors. But at times these rules, imposed by self appointed directors of sensibility, can be carried too far. Quite often, we hear of situations such as people being threatened with eviction for displaying the American flag, displaying political views in yards or windows, and having decals on one’s cars.

The fast held beliefs of yesteryear need to be amended to meet challenges of the present and future. There is little danger to a community if a person living on the prairie shoots a gun into the air. The same cannot be said about doing that in a crowded city. This does not necessitate denying gun ownership, just abiding by sensible rules. In a city where people depend upon each other more, it is not egregious to impose taxes that will pay for streets, public transportation, and other requirements for a well functioning city. Rules of behavior must include acceptance of others as long as they pose no danger to the community. These rules should not impede one’s prerogatives or ability to pursue a livelihood or happiness as long as these do not harm others.

So it is with politics. As the world changes around us some political standards need change. This does not mean abandoning ideals or standards that have served this nation well. Throughout most of the 1800’s, slavery was accepted as normal. That was changed and is now against the law. It was recognized at the beginning of the 20th century that denying women the vote was not right and now women have an equal opportunity to vote as do all lawfull citizens, regardless of race, religion, color, or origin.

All this is good but when some decide to implement laws that change the fabric of what this nation was based on, self reliance, individual freedom, and guaranteed opportunity to succeed, we have to realize that not all change is necessary nor for the general good. It is especially dangerous when people claim to have certain views when their actual inclinations are the opposite. These “fifth column” types infiltrate organizations to attain power in order to implement agendas that are the opposite of the organization. Some in the organization are willing to support them hoping for self advancement within the group. This brings me to the subject of compromising one’s principals. Just as Tevye, from The Fiddler On the Roof, realized that there are times when one can consider “on the other hand”, that at times there is no other hand, we must realize that at times compromise is not an option. That time is here and now. Conservative Republicans must stand for our principals and the United States Constitution. In these times of pending danger to our way of life we must not go along to get along. Just because a candidate states he/she is a true Republican and has the ability to be elected is not a reason for us to support their candidacy. A socialist who claims to be a Republican will push us further into a way of life that will stifle the human soul, stagnate economic growth, and denigrate the past and current sacrifices by many. It is time for us to vet candidates that will promote the aspirations of our founders. We must work with dedication and willingness to sacrifice and elect the right ones. We can not afford to sit on the side lines and hope that others will do the work for us.

Republican Action Alert

In order to return credibility to the Republican Party and the conservative cause we need to clean house, remember our values, and stick to them. We lost the leadership role in America because we wavered from our roots, became schizophrenic with our message, and disappointed and confused Americans. This country is in great danger of becoming a third world socialist republic. We must take decisive action to stop the demise of our great nation.

We need to get rid of Republican office holders that are not true to small and un-intrusive government, fail to insist on fiscal responsibility, and are more interested in promoting own career to serving the people. Obama is continuing to campaign for his socialist vision of America. The RNC and all state Republican Parties need to counter his propaganda. The party leaders must stop sugar coating its rebuttals to assertions of the Democrats, Left Wing Liberals, and others destroying America.

We Can Save America

In the last two national and state elections Left Wing Liberals have set the course of the State of California and the country on a path to bigger government with more power to tax and redistribute wealth. This path to socialism will eventually lead to a stagnant economy, curtailment of individual rights and liberty, and the loss as a powerful force in global politics. The USA will be reduced to a country of a few upper elite rich, a constant dwindling middle class and vast poor populous completely dependent on government. This can only lead to dictatorship as has happened in every instance where socialism became the governing standard. No country that went socialist has lifted the standard of living of its people. Whether the pretext was National Socialism or the Dictator ship of the Proletariat the result of this transition was and still is a disaster for the citizens of those countries.

It is up to those who understand the severity of this situation to inform the rest of the disaster ahead and make the required changes to reverse the course. It is up to those of us who believe in the vision of our founders, realize that only capitalism, and living in liberty with the chance of pursuit of happiness will lead us back to prosperity.

The task ahead of us requires a two pronged approach. First we need to explain exactly what socialism is, impress all of the inevitable result of socialism, and show how we all will be affected. Second we must present a better way to run the country and how that will benefit all. Both have to be presented with an air of optimism and high spirit. We must show that a change in direction will lead us towards a brighter day, prosperity for all, and true happiness achieved from personal accomplishments. This we can achieve using age old principles have worked for millions for almost a century.

This method is based on the five points of selling, Attention, Interest, Conviction, Desire, and Close. This method has helped people achieve great individual success. It can do the same for our dear country. We must gain the attention of the people by stating over and over again the results of the course that our leaders are taking. We must make them realize the disastrous consequences of bigger and bigger government and how it is robbing us of our liberty and freedom. They need to feel the impending disaster imminently ahead. They must feel the doom rushing to impact their lives in order to pique their interest. Unless we achieve their interest we will be talking to the hand. We need to convince them of our veracity and the truth of what we are saying.

Once we have their interest we can go into more details of the problem. Bureaucrats do not have the vision needed for success, only entrepreneurs with the will to take risks and accept the results have the vision needed to build businesses that will produce the products and services that people will buy, hire the workers to run the business, bring continued economic growth, and insure prosperity for all. Government bureaucrats are only interested following stringent paths that waste money and effort. The administrative procedure is more important than results. There are many examples of government failure in running things. The post office is constantly in the red while United Parcel has survived with out the taxpayers having to subsidies its operations. The DMV represents the epitome of bureaucratic failure. We need to bring out as much of this evidence as we can. This will bring us to the conviction part.

This is where we implement the fact bridge benefit/detriment portion of the conviction stage. Here we make factual statements and how they relate to each individual. Fact; in a socialist state the government dictates what you produce, how much of it you produce, what you charge, how many people you employ and what you pay them, and to whom you can sell your product or service. This (bridge – what that means to you) means that no matter how much or little you work you are restricted on how much you can earn (detriment to you). In a free enterprise system (all benefits to you) you decide the product or service you will produce. You get to pick what you think the people want to buy. You get to sell to whom and where you think you can make the best profit. You charge what the market can sustain. You hire the number and caliber of people you need to be profitable. There are many, many more examples we must use to convince the people that capitalism means a better life for the all.

The next step is to build a desire in the people to reject socialism and to want the benefits of a free capitalist enterprise system. One way is to paint a word picture. This is done by getting the individuals in the group we are speaking to. Get them to visualize their total misery living in a socialist state and their ecstatic joy and happiness living in a free society.

In a socialist state they wake up every day to the same routine, no changes, his status will be the same whether he is innovative, works harder, or just goes through the motions. There is no hope to for better things. His entire life is dictated by the government.

In a free enterprise system individual destiny in one’s own hand. The sky is the limit. Everyone is rewarded according to their own abilities and achievements. What ever is owned is earned. There is no better feeling then that of achievement. The word pictures that get painted will stay with your audience for a long time.

No amount of effort will accomplish anything if there is not a close, in this case a call to action. This is where we ask the people to walk precincts, make phone calls, make donations, and vote conservative.

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