A CITIZEN'S PLAN

“ FELLOW AMERICANS:

Our Nation is on a bad path.

Conservatives / Libertarians / GOP:

- HERE ARE SOME THINGS

YOU SHOULD DO

[Some CE Group Plans]

My generation left you a splendid Constitution. It gives control to the People.

I see many good Americans out there.

Band together ! Defend it ! ”

Thank you. Tom Jefferson

MY DISCUSSION THIS EVENING ABOUT OUR CONSERVATIVE ENTHUSIASTS GROUP AMERICA IN TROUBLE

REGAINING:

OUR WAY

OUR

HERITAGE

THINGS WE CAN & MUST DO I MOSTLY THINK OF OUR GROUP IN THESE TERMS

YOU SHOULD DO

POOR RESULTS; DERELICTION IN TEACHING AMERICAN HERITAGE & PRINCIPLES.

PRES. OBAMA’S ECONOMICS – JUNE ‘08

THE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT 2. WHO SEES THAT IT IS ENFORCED ? WHO IS ENFORCING THE CONSTITUTION ?

WE CONSERVATIVES HAVE SOME LEADERSHIP & P.R. PROBLEMS

LIBERAL + BIASED MEDIA DRUMBEAT

YOUNG PEOPLE IDEALISTIC AND NOT WELL GROUNDED IN OUR HISTORY / HERITAGE

THE OBAMA SPECTACLE/ DRIFT TO LEFT

MANY CONSERVATIVES / REPUBLICANS RELUCTANT TO BE OUT DEMONSTRATING

OUR APPROACH TO INDEPENDENTS IS OFTEN THEORETICAL & IMPERSONAL

REAGAN MAJORITY APPEAL HAS BEEN SPLINTERED

NOT ALL THE NEWS IS BAD !

NY TIMES:

NEWS-STAND $

STOCK $

SEEING LESS APPRECIATION OF DEFENSE & OUR MILITARY: A VETERAN IS SOMEONE WHO, AT ONE POINT IN HIS LIFE, WROTE A BLANK CHECK MADE PAYABLE TO THE ‘U.S.A.’ FOR AN AMOUNT OF 'UP TO AND INCLUDING MY LIFE.' THAT IS HONOR, AND THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO NO LONGER UNDERSTAND IT. T H A N K Y O U , U.S. SERVICEMEN

YOU SHOULD DO

RECIPE TO

CONFRONT THE

CHALLENGES

OFFER EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS

IMPROVE MESSAGE DELIVERY

FIX GOV’T PROCESSES

CULTIVATING A BIGGER IMPACT IS SOUND IS FAULTY

SUPPORT PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

SOME ASPECTS OF FACING OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS SOME ASPECTS OF CONFRONTING OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS

- - INCL MEDIA BIAS

WE HAVE SOLUTIONS - BUT OUR CURRENT MESSAGE LACKS CLARITY & EMPATHY - - e.g. GOV’T’S ROLE

WHY DISCUSS HERITAGE / PATRIOTISM ?

Actually, it’s partly personal. I recently heard a short rant against “ultra-patriots”. No logic or data - - just a nonsensical blast against Patriotism. Of this type

Seemed to be written by a young person. It got me thinking about how best to address this type of attack.

[ IT’S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF MESSAGE DELIVERY ! ]

LOSING OUR HERITAGE ? “ THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICANS WILL KNOW LESS THAN THEIR PARENTS ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND FOUNDING IDEALS. AND MANY AMERICANS ARE MORE AWARE OF WHAT DIVIDES US THAN OF WHAT UNITES US. WE ARE IN DANGER OF BECOMING NOT “FROM MANY, ONE” - - E PLURIBUS UNUM - - BUT “FROM ONE, MANY.” … THE BRADLEY PROJECT ON AMERICA’S NATIONAL IDENTITY

A FEW PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS PATRIOTISM: general definition: “LOVE OF COUNTRY” ROOTS OF FAMILY / FRIENDS COMMON LANGUAGE COMMON HISTORY BUT AMERICAN PATRIOTISM CONTAINS A MAJOR ADDED DIMENSION THE IDEALISM OF PERSONAL FREEDOMS & RIGHTS

To love America is to strive to improve it. America always needs willing Patriots to:

· advance democracy; in a land of plenty, it’s easy to be distracted by materialism.

· study, advocate and apply our best ideals.

It is NOT “blind loyalty” that is required, it is championing proven ideas of governance.

Patriotism exacts duty and responsibilities:

Learning about our Nation’s history and our Constitution.

Reading, discussing and voting so as to add informed judgments on current issues.

Obeying our laws; monitoring our gov’t.

Teaching and advocating reverence for American Ideals.

Offering your services to community groups

SHOULD WE PROMOTE PATRIOTISM? I SAY INDEED! HERE ’ S WHY: JAMES MADISON America needs a Nation of “loving critics” who use their free minds and free wills to examine the Country’s actions and raise concerns when necessary.

YOU BET !

BUT WE MUST:

GET BACK TO BASICS

RE FRAME OUR MESSAGE

RECLAIM THE MORAL HIGH GROUND

THE FOUNDING FATHERS

YOU SHOULD DO

SO WHAT MUST WE DO ?

ACTIVITIES: THE NEXT LEVEL GRASSROOTS OUTREACH TECHNIQUES

EXERT MORE CITIZEN CONTROL

HELP FIX BROKEN PROCESSES

PETITIONS: LOBBY & REDRESS GRIEV-ANCES LITIGA- TION PERIODIC AS REQUIRED

RALLY FOR A M E R I C A

RALLY FOR A M E R I C A DAVE REICHERT TOBY NIXON Dr. MATT MANWELLER BRIAN SONNTAG military business

LEGAL CHALLENGES

OBJECTIVE

LEARN TO USE THIS EFFECTIVE TOOL

CULTIVATE LEGAL SUPPORT GROUPS

INITIATE SEVERAL LEGAL CHALLENGES

LEARN THE ROPES TO SUCCESS

IMPLEMENTATION

DEVELOP A DOZEN CANDIDATE LAWSUITS

PRIORITIZE

RESEARCH HISTORY

REVIEW WITH SYMPATHETIC ATTY’s

SEEK DONORS / $$ / OR EXISTING GROUPS

LAUNCH A SUIT OR TWO

LEGAL CHALLENGES GROUP Pacific Legal Foundation ACLJ Alliance Defense Fund Liberty Counsel Judicial Watch The Southeastern Legal Foundation The Center for Constitutional Rights Landmark Legal Foundation The Rutherford Institute Washington Legal Foundation Institute for Justice The Thomas More Society The Individual Rights Foundation Concerned Women for America Liberty Counsel

INITIATIVE PROCESS

OBJECTIVE

ADVANCE DIFFICULT ISSUES

CULTIVATE ALLIED GROUPS

WORK TOWARD NATIONAL INITIATIVE

GINGRICH ALLIANCE ?

IMPLEMENTATION

SUPPORT TIM EYMAN EFFORT(S)

DEVELOP OUR OWN INTIATIVES

RESEARCH NATIONAL PROCESS

LEGAL ASPECTS

CULTIVATE HIGH ROLLER SUPPORTERS

ACTIVITIES: FAX LOBBY TO WASH DC

MODELED AFTER

“ NUMBERS USA” SYSTEM- BUT FOR ALL ISSUES

FAXES TO LEGISLATURE &

EXEC BRANCH

SAVED FOR SPECIAL GOV’T BILLS / ELECTIONS

ALLOWS SENDING PRE- FORMED, BUT EDITABLE, FAXES BY LARGE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS

MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EMAIL

EXPLAIN

SEIZING THE MORAL HIGH GROUND - - HERE’S A SPLENDID FRAMEWORK

JEFFERSON & LINCOLN ON LIMITED GOVERNMENT

YOU SHOULD DO

MY QUESTION TO Sept 13 th AUDIENCE: HOW MANY THINK THAT THE MULTIPLE THREATS TO OUR AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE TODAY IS: A. SIGNIFICANT B. MODERATE C. MINIMAL EXPECTED 50% 30% 20% ACTUAL 100% 0% 0% RWS

WE HAVE A BATTLE PLAN YES, THIS IS A BATTLE ! BUT IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE. BETWEEN US ALL, WE’VE GOT THE SMARTS . WE NEED TO START AND WE CAN ADJUST AS WE GO.

PER NEWT GINGRICH - - WHY DO WE TOLERATE BROKEN PROCESSES ?

% OF AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE:

91% - IN “ONE NATION UNDER GOD”

89% - IN SECRET BALLOT TO UNIONIZE

93% - WE SHOULD KNOW PRICE / QUALITY

BEFORE SELECTING MEDICAL SYSTEM

85% - ENGLISH SHOULD BE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

78% - IN ABOLISHING DEATH TAX

+ MANY OTHERS

PER NEWT GINGRICH - - 3 CORE TRANSFORMATIONS:

NOTICE AN UNDERLYING ELEMENT TO OUR PLAN ?

OFFER SOLID PLANS FOR OUR ISSUES

FIX OUR BROKEN GOV’T

RE-ENGAGE “WE THE PEOPLE”

RE-ALIGN OUR LAWS BETTER

TO CONSTITUTIONAL INTENT

STRESS LESSONS FROM OUR HISTORY, CONSTITUTION, FREE MARKET, ETHICS

EXPAND OUR PRESENCE

FOLLOW THE CONSTITUTION !

A QUOTE ON THE CONSTITUTION "I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, not longer susceptible of any definition." -Thomas Jefferson (Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, 15 February 1791)

“ We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate . ”

NOT ALL THE NEWS IS BAD !

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FELLOW AMERICANS:

Thanks for hearing my thoughts.

Here’s my advice:

Make a list of your many problems

Taxes / Traffic congestion /Education Shortcomings /etc.

Form teams of citizens !

Study the problems well !

Affiliate with other Friends & Groups !

Continue Our Founding Efforts !

Best Wishes for Full Success , Tom Jefferson

DEAR RWS GROUP,

You are cordially invited to affiliate with us in any or all of our activities to help put America on a better path. These could include the following or others: