Conservative Think Tank

[PaintMyHouse]

Here's some basic ideas which the Right really needs to get across. Of course, it will require them to grow a pair of balls first.

1. Raise the Medicare and Social Security eligibility ages to 70 and index to 9 percent of the population going forward. We are living decades longer than our ancestors who established Social Security, we should be working longer than they did.

2. Ban all tax expenditures, and I mean all. That means no mortgage interest deduction (watch the faux righties fall out and scream like hippies at this point), no employer-sponsored health insurance tax exemption. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. You can't bribe a politician to give you a carve-out if he does not have the power to do so. This will also enable us to lower everyone's tax rates, AND pay down the federal debt. Once the debt is paid off, we can lower tax rates even more.

3. Make buying health insurance the same process as buying auto, life, or home insurance.

4. Cut Defense spending. Adjusted for inflation, we are spending far more than we spent during even the hottest moments of the Cold War when we faced an actual existential threat. There is no excuse for this.

5. Return power to the states, perhaps beginning with a repeal of the 17th amendment. Again, there is no point in bribing a federal politician if he doesn't have the power to give you what you want. And it is a lot harder to capture 50 state regulatory bodies than it is to capture one federal one. It is a lot harder to capture 50 state legislatures than it is to capture one Congress.

"expenditures"? That's not the word you are looking for.

 

[Old Rocks]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

OK, I am rubbing shoulders with America's young minds twice a week at college. And they have names like McKay, Sobhani, Kim, Costa, Gonzalez, Hussein, Cohen, Tang, Nguyen, Vojta, and Heberholz. Now you 'Conservatives' seem to have a lot of trouble with some of those names, no matter how much effort they put forth to become good citizens. That is not a plus for your message.

Also, as a blue collar craftsman with half a century of work under my belt, I can tell them the real skinny on what the "Conservative" philosophy really means. And point out the failures of that philosophy. Like the near Second Great Republican Depression only 5 short years ago. And how, since 1980, the working people of America have made very little gain in the pay, while constantly increasing production. How the policies of the "Conservatives" concerning taxation have led to this;

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMhvYeQPOcE]Wealth Distribution in the USA - SHOCKING! - YouTube[/ame]

 

[g5000]

Here's some basic ideas which the Right really needs to get across. Of course, it will require them to grow a pair of balls first.

1. Raise the Medicare and Social Security eligibility ages to 70 and index to 9 percent of the population going forward. We are living decades longer than our ancestors who established Social Security, we should be working longer than they did.

2. Ban all tax expenditures, and I mean all. That means no mortgage interest deduction (watch the faux righties fall out and scream like hippies at this point), no employer-sponsored health insurance tax exemption. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada. You can't bribe a politician to give you a carve-out if he does not have the power to do so. This will also enable us to lower everyone's tax rates, AND pay down the federal debt. Once the debt is paid off, we can lower tax rates even more.

3. Make buying health insurance the same process as buying auto, life, or home insurance.

4. Cut Defense spending. Adjusted for inflation, we are spending far more than we spent during even the hottest moments of the Cold War when we faced an actual existential threat. There is no excuse for this.

5. Return power to the states, perhaps beginning with a repeal of the 17th amendment. Again, there is no point in bribing a federal politician if he doesn't have the power to give you what you want. And it is a lot harder to capture 50 state regulatory bodies than it is to capture one federal one. It is a lot harder to capture 50 state legislatures than it is to capture one Congress.

"expenditures"? That's not the word you are looking for.

Yes. that is the exact word. That is what they are called.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"What is conservatism? I]

It's hanging on to those values that actually work. Those things that are tried and true. You know the saying: If it works ... don't fix it. Doing things the way Communist USSR, Cuba, North Korea, and China aren't likely to work since Communism NEVER does.

No one says it would, and no one in the United States is advocating 'doing things' as done in Cuba, North Korea, or China.

And “values that actually work” aren’t exclusive to conservatism; in fact, much of what constitutes ‘conservative values’ is actually subjective, failed, and reactionary dogma.

 

[Zander]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

Clearly the first thing which must be communicated is that darkies are lazy, food stamp collecting criminals; all Muslims are terrorists; Mexicans are stealing our jobs; God hates fags; and if you aren't wearing a flag pin, you hate 'Merka.

Next, we must explain why it is important to require all 'Merkans to carry national identify papers, and why the government must be allowed to monitor all of our electronic and telephonic communications, and why we must produce identity papers when trying to exercise our right to vote for what kind of government we want.

Then we can explain the proper way to store a hoard of thousands of rounds of ammo, and explain how there is a shortage because the government is buying up all the ammo because the military is coming for us any day now. This can be followed by handing out Support Our Troops bumper stickers.

Then we can sit around the bonfire roasting marshmallows over burning copies of Dreams of My Father and sing about how great freedom is, and how we must vigorously protect it by keeping the darkies, fags, homos, and Muslims in their proper places.

There goes g5000 projecting again.....

pretty pathetic that someone who thinks so highly of himself has no clue that authoritarianism is not conservatism.



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[Erand7899]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

Clearly the first thing which must be communicated is that darkies are lazy, food stamp collecting criminals; all Muslims are terrorists; Mexicans are stealing our jobs; God hates fags; and if you aren't wearing a flag pin, you hate 'Merka.

Next, we must explain why it is important to require all 'Merkans to carry national identify papers, and why the government must be allowed to monitor all of our electronic and telephonic communications, and why we must produce identity papers when trying to exercise our right to vote for what kind of government we want.

Then we can explain the proper way to store a hoard of thousands of rounds of ammo, and explain how there is a shortage because the government is buying up all the ammo because the military is coming for us any day now. This can be followed by handing out Support Our Troops bumper stickers.

Then we can sit around the bonfire roasting marshmallows over burning copies of Dreams of My Father and sing about how great freedom is, and how we must vigorously protect it by keeping the darkies, fags, homos, and Muslims in their proper places.

Isn't enlightment a wonderous sight to behold? Especially when it comes with a built in data base filled with bullshit.

First, you don't have any right to vote for what kind of government you want. You have the government set up by the founders, and until you modify that government through the amendment process, all you get to vote for is who is going to run the government that we already have. Although, many of you ignorant asses are content to allow nine unelected lawyers in black robes to decide on what kind of government you will get.

Second, you seem to confuse conservatism with racism. The same mistake that many semi-intelligent liberal/socialists make. Why is that mistake commonly made? Because conservatives support the constitutional concept of soverign states, and we all know that must be a "code" for wanting to put Black people back in chain. More proof that liberal/socialists are not really capable of getting beyond the propaganda they have been fed.

Third, you also mistakenly believe that anyone who is not in favor of illegal immigrants flowing across our borders, is hard hearted and bigoted. God forbid that people believe in enforcing the law, and protecting legal immigration. Consequently, conservatives, in your shallow mind must dislike immigrants, and since most of the illegal immigrants are hispanic, we must all be bigots. See last sentence in paragraph above.

Just another example of liberal/socialist tolerance for opinions other than theirs.

 

[DriftingSand]

"We're on our way to the Progressive Think Tank"

"We're on our way to the Progressive Think Tank"

"We're on our way to the Progressive Think Tank"

"We're on our way to the Progressive Think Tank"

LOL

And their leader ... Hillary:

Nice likeness!!

 

[DriftingSand]

"What is conservatism? I]

It's hanging on to those values that actually work. Those things that are tried and true. You know the saying: If it works ... don't fix it. Doing things the way Communist USSR, Cuba, North Korea, and China aren't likely to work since Communism NEVER does.

No one says it would, and no one in the United States is advocating 'doing things' as done in Cuba, North Korea, or China.

And “values that actually work” aren’t exclusive to conservatism; in fact, much of what constitutes ‘conservative values’ is actually subjective, failed, and reactionary dogma.

Someone ought to tell that to Obama and his Marxist buds.

 

[OKTexas]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

Start by keeping the kids away form the commies in the government halls of indoctrination from day one, home school, that's the only way. Teach true values, not the crap the DOE is pushing.

 

[bluesman]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

A "think tank" is a group of experts. All right wing ideologue blow-hards seem to think they are experts on everything so you got that covered. Also, your plan to try and indoctrinate children is a better fit than trying to recruit adults who will more of a mental challenge. Maybe you could catch the kids as they come out of kindergarten and offer them cookies and propaganda with pictures of Dick Cheney.

 

[emilynghiem]

Hi I join you and others on this goal. I believe both the liberal and conservative minds on this board can do well to represent the same issues and conflicts facing all other people and parties. This is a pretty good mix, and we need to assess honestly where we agree and where we cannot compromise and must separate beliefs and not impose.

1. organization by party, finding 2-3 participants per region, party or state,
such as one more liberal, one more conservative, and one able to mediate where there is conflict

2. picking key topics to write an example resolution to resolve. We can still focus overall on the Constitution in general, but instead of getting lost on theoretics or general rules,
why not show by direct application how to address key conflicts not being resolved:

A. gay marriage - how can we word laws to be neutral, or write resolutions where people agree to separate their views, quit imposing, seek mediation and local solutions that we understand can vary, and quit trying to mandate one solution for a whole state or nation

B. health care - right to life, right to choose, right to health care or singlepayer, right to free market, how can we preserve the equal integrity of all these ways and not deny any one.

C. legalization and immigration policies, restitution from crimes reinvested in building sustainable programs such as microlending to end poverty or reliance on govt welfare

D. death penalty, treatment of criminal illness and prison/restorative justice reform

E. crediting taxpayers or collecting back debts from corporate or other criminal abuse of government resources, possibly using the educational system or federal reserve system to track work-study credits or settlement of debts, damages, restitution owed to the public

F. shifting labor/production back to the US or US/mexican border; developing school, military, hospital or prison complexes to secure the border while creating jobs providing access to education, training and services. these developing areas can be used to prepare future leaders for office, providing on site training, where funding goes directly into developing, managing and leading solutions instead of spending millions on campaigns.
The work and leadership experience can be through a structured track for training any citizen to work at any level of public service or office, so it is equal opportunity; and this can be done as part of setting up tracks for citizenship for immigrants or convicts in recovery.

3. contacting leaders or candidates who want to run for office, and set up teams and programs around solutions they develop to demonstrate effective govt reforms, so they can use that to promote themselves careerwise for office. instead of competing candidates spending 2 to 3 times as much to run for the same offices, we can create dual positions so there are jobs for all leaders to gain experience and run for higher office based on their actual work and skills collaborating with different parties while enforcing Constutitional principles and process that are central to all of them. we would compete to be more effective leaders in collaboration and cost effective reforms instead of competing to bully each other in the media with propaganda that has nothing to do with solving the conflicts.

4. setting up a third level of laws and system of checks, balances and redressing grievances based on Constitutional grievances, and addressing these separately from the civil and criminal laws, in order to settle all conflicts of political beliefs by mediation and consensus.
there can be representation by party, and tracks for training people in mediation, and resolving conflicts and objections, so this becomes the norm in deciding public policy.

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

we also have to have mechanisms in place to include and mediate with people of opposing views so we don't stay divided as political enemies. That is one thing in private but public policy should be based on equal representation and decisions that all sides agree are central. we cannot learn how to solve these conflicts if we keep demonizing each other as the enemy to avoid or cut out of the process. we need to face conflicts head on, and either ackonwledge they are beliefs that don't belong in public policy, or else resolve our issues.

training and assistance in conflict resolution mediation, consensus decision making
should be provided if people are going to participate fully and equally in democratic due process.

Ralph Nader wrote the OSHA legislation that sets up a grievance process, based on the OSHA standards; so citizens can model a similar system using the Constitution, Amendments and Code of Ethics as the principles to redress conflicts of interests or clashes in beliefs in order to reach a Constitutional solution that satisfied all the objections.

the liberal progressives have pushed for a cabinet level Peace department, but I suggested expanding the Justice Dept to be the Dept of Peace and Justice to include mediation and redressing grievances through the Senate judiciary committee concerning religious, political or corporate abuse of public resources, govt or collective authority.

the Greens have systems of consensus decision making, issuing independent currency and managing local business or health care coops, and proportional representation per party.

if we take the best ideas from different parties, we can create a network similar to the senate with reps from different parties instead of states, and address key issues that each party specializes in researching the problems and solutions. we can't cut out objections and expect to solve these problems. we must include all people in order to settle the conflicts.

 

[emilynghiem]

Clearly the first thing which must be communicated is that darkies are lazy, food stamp collecting criminals; all Muslims are terrorists; Mexicans are stealing our jobs; God hates fags; and if you aren't wearing a flag pin, you hate 'Merka.

Next, we must explain why it is important to require all 'Merkans to carry national identify papers, and why the government must be allowed to monitor all of our electronic and telephonic communications, and why we must produce identity papers when trying to exercise our right to vote for what kind of government we want.

Then we can explain the proper way to store a hoard of thousands of rounds of ammo, and explain how there is a shortage because the government is buying up all the ammo because the military is coming for us any day now. This can be followed by handing out Support Our Troops bumper stickers.

Then we can sit around the bonfire roasting marshmallows over burning copies of Dreams of My Father and sing about how great freedom is, and how we must vigorously protect it by keeping the darkies, fags, homos, and Muslims in their proper places.

OK here you go:
http://www.usmessageboard.com/political-satire/290807-westboro-baptist-national-anthem.html

we can open each meeting with this theme song
and acknowledge how crazy our country has become.

I guess like an AA meeting, Americans Anonymous
for people in recovery from falling off the wagon.

For anyone anticipating a friendly visit from the Westboro Baptists
to your fine city, here is the "official theme song" that all citizens
are invited to join in singing. Very LOUDLY please! To let the
WB know how welcome they are wherever they bless us with their presence:

"God Hates America"

God hates America,
Fat lazy slobs!
While we split hairs
Over welfare,
Slaves in Asia
Are taking our jobs!

From the handouts,
To the bailouts,
Leaving us in greater debt
God hates America
And all our Vets!
God hates America
And all our Vets!

God hates America,
Land of the lost!
While we protest
Certain Baptists
States are sued
To remove every Cross!

Religious freedom
Is for Heathens
If you're Muslim
You're a Putz!

God hates America
Cuz we've gone nuts!
God hates America
Cuz we've gone nuts!

 

[tinydancer]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

Clearly the first thing which must be communicated is that darkies are lazy, food stamp collecting criminals; all Muslims are terrorists; Mexicans are stealing our jobs; God hates fags; and if you aren't wearing a flag pin, you hate 'Merka.

Next, we must explain why it is important to require all 'Merkans to carry national identify papers, and why the government must be allowed to monitor all of our electronic and telephonic communications, and why we must produce identity papers when trying to exercise our right to vote for what kind of government we want.

Then we can explain the proper way to store a hoard of thousands of rounds of ammo, and explain how there is a shortage because the government is buying up all the ammo because the military is coming for us any day now. This can be followed by handing out Support Our Troops bumper stickers.

Then we can sit around the bonfire roasting marshmallows over burning copies of Dreams of My Father and sing about how great freedom is, and how we must vigorously protect it by keeping the darkies, fags, homos, and Muslims in their proper places.

Trolling already?

 

[Pheonixops]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

Clearly the first thing which must be communicated is that darkies are lazy, food stamp collecting criminals; all Muslims are terrorists; Mexicans are stealing our jobs; God hates fags; and if you aren't wearing a flag pin, you hate 'Merka.

Next, we must explain why it is important to require all 'Merkans to carry national identify papers, and why the government must be allowed to monitor all of our electronic and telephonic communications, and why we must produce identity papers when trying to exercise our right to vote for what kind of government we want.

Then we can explain the proper way to store a hoard of thousands of rounds of ammo, and explain how there is a shortage because the government is buying up all the ammo because the military is coming for us any day now. This can be followed by handing out Support Our Troops bumper stickers.

Then we can sit around the bonfire roasting marshmallows over burning copies of Dreams of My Father and sing about how great freedom is, and how we must vigorously protect it by keeping the darkies, fags, homos, and Muslims in their proper places.

Isn't enlightment a wonderous sight to behold? Especially when it comes with a built in data base filled with bullshit.

First, you don't have any right to vote for what kind of government you want. You have the government set up by the founders, and until you modify that government through the amendment process, all you get to vote for is who is going to run the government that we already have. Although, many of you ignorant asses are content to allow nine unelected lawyers in black robes to decide on what kind of government you will get.

<SNIP>

What do you mean that we don't have any right to vote for the government we want? People do it all of the time! We ARE allowed to vote for the republican, democrat, socialist, Libertarian, constitution party, green party, etc. , candidate we CHOOSE to vote for. If they get elected to Congress, they can amend the Constitution.

You contradict your original statement by seemingly complaining about the Supreme Court!
"The following is a history of the Supreme Court of the United States, organized by Chief Justice. The Supreme Court of the United States is the only court specifically established by the Constitution of the United States, implemented in 1789; under the Judiciary Act of 1789, the Court was to be composed of six members—though the number of justices has been nine for almost all of its history, this number is set by Congress, not the Constitution. The court convened for the first time on February 2, 1790."

"One of the most significant periods during the history of the Court was the tenure of Chief Justice John Marshall (1801 to 1835). In the landmark case Marbury v. Madison (1803), Marshall held that the Supreme Court could overturn a law passed by Congress if it violated the Constitution, legally cementing the power of judicial review. "

 

[DriftingSand]

The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Thus far you’re off to a dreadful start.

You’ll only do America’s youth a disservice by propagating such lies as the quoted above.

Otherwise it’s clearly your goal to create a conservative ignorance tank, devoid of thought facts, and reason.

It's true that Conservatives aren't doing enough and that we do have a "dreadful start" where reaching America's youth is concerned. It's likely because Conservatives are generally more mature than Liberals and discuss issues amongst themselves while Liberals feel more at home with folks who are less mature. (Just a little logic).

However, kids aren't as immature as adults assume. Especially today where they're hooked on Social media. They pick up a lot of information in a day. So ... my suggestion is that young Conservatives start reaching out to the youngsters who are lost in the Liberal wilderness and help them find their way back home to a more traditional, sensible America.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You think Liberals fought for Freedom?

No thinking is required on this, it's American history.

Our Founders were Liberals weenies begging Obama to take care of them...lol so they wanted a limited Federal government... LOL....because a limited government of enumerated powers would comfort them and nurture them LOL...

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[DriftingSand]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

OK, I am rubbing shoulders with America's young minds twice a week at college. And they have names like McKay, Sobhani, Kim, Costa, Gonzalez, Hussein, Cohen, Tang, Nguyen, Vojta, and Heberholz. Now you 'Conservatives' seem to have a lot of trouble with some of those names, no matter how much effort they put forth to become good citizens. That is not a plus for your message.

Also, as a blue collar craftsman with half a century of work under my belt, I can tell them the real skinny on what the "Conservative" philosophy really means. And point out the failures of that philosophy. Like the near Second Great Republican Depression only 5 short years ago. And how, since 1980, the working people of America have made very little gain in the pay, while constantly increasing production. How the policies of the "Conservatives" concerning taxation have led to this;

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMhvYeQPOcE"]Wealth Distribution in the USA - SHOCKING! - YouTube[/ame]

5 years into the biggest, spending President in America's history and we still have a dismal unemployment problem; we're now burdened to the tips of our ears with that disaster called Obamacare; we're weaker militarily than we've been in a long time; more soldiers have died in Afghanistan under Obama's watch than died under Bush's entire 8 years in office; more folks have died as a result of Obama's drone attacks than have died under any other President in the history of our nation; and the list can go on and on.

Wealth distribution is also a reality under Obama. He's taken a good chunk of the middle class's money and has given to his inner-city voting block (a pay off for reward for supporting him I assume) and then he's turned around and taken money from the poor and the middle class and has given more money to the Wall Street moguls than all the previous US Presidents combined. Yeah ... do we really want any more of that? Maybe you do but I've had my fill.

 

[DriftingSand]

Fellow Conservatives, Constitutionalists, Freedom Lovers, and Free Market Advocates:

I'm interested in creating a dialogue concerning America's young minds and what common-sense Americans can do to reach our youth before it's too late. The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Young Americans are starving for truth and direction. Most have no any idea what the Constitution is and why it was created in the first place. Today's "American History" professors and teachers go out of their way to point out what was wrong with the founders and totally gloss over why America was formed in the first place. Kids are little sponges waiting to soak up the truth.

The Libs have the mainstream media and Hollywood on their side but not all is lost. Social media does level the playing field to a degree. Better yet, Conservatives have truth on our side and truth has a tendency to shed light on the facts and kids aren't stupid. When they're presented with the truth they can see through the B.S. presented by the confused left.

I'm asking for ideas. What's the best way to reach America's young with the truth and how could we best implement your good ideas, collectively speaking? We need to be as aggressive as the enemy. Please share your thoughts.

Start by keeping the kids away form the commies in the government halls of indoctrination from day one, home school, that's the only way. Teach true values, not the crap the DOE is pushing.

Good start. Especially now that the government is trying to push this "Common Core" crap they're trying to push down our kid's throats. It's the Obamacare of the educational system. Just another bad idea.

There are some young Conservatives doing a pretty good job of reaching out to America's youth with some funny but truthful Youtube videos.

Here's a couple of examples:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jijuj1ysw"]ObamaCare Yay Or Nay? The Truth About Canada! - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX7ddVUuf-E"]The Truth About Common Core - YouTube[/ame]



Google Julie Borowski for many more good and funny videos.

 

[DriftingSand]

Conservative friends: Julie Borowski is a Libertarian. I don't necessarily buy the entire Libertarian platform but the young lady is really smart and, better yet, she's young. I suggest sending her videos via email to your young family members and having your friends do the same. It will certainly give teenagers some food for thought and an alternative to the toxic ideology that they're "shooting up" in public high schools around the country.

 

[emilynghiem]

The progressive left has done a really good job reaching America's youth and convincing many of them that the Constitution is an outdated, irrelevant document written by a bunch of dead dudes.

Thus far you&#8217;re off to a dreadful start.

You&#8217;ll only do America&#8217;s youth a disservice by propagating such lies as the quoted above.

Otherwise it&#8217;s clearly your goal to create a conservative ignorance tank, devoid of thought facts, and reason.

It's true that Conservatives aren't doing enough and that we do have a "dreadful start" where reaching America's youth is concerned. It's likely because Conservatives are generally more mature than Liberals and discuss issues amongst themselves while Liberals feel more at home with folks who are less mature. (Just a little logic).

However, kids aren't as immature as adults assume. Especially today where they're hooked on Social media. They pick up a lot of information in a day. So ... my suggestion is that young Conservatives start reaching out to the youngsters who are lost in the Liberal wilderness and help them find their way back home to a more traditional, sensible America.

Dear DS: I was trying to set up a partnership program with Young Republicans, local businesses, and talk radio hosts.

The ideas I am getting from here
A. setting up a separate constitutional network of the legal foundations, watchdog institutions, and other groups to redress Constitutional grievances and ethics complaints of partisan or corporate conflicts of interest. I found two people or candidates, one D and one R, working to set up websites to check the media for accuracy vs. political bias.
we don't have enough check on the parties and legal/judicial abuses, so the people are the final check and must be educated and organized, including legal resources. if we need to set up our own courts for mediating and having public hearings, this will stop the nonsense
we need a check outside the system, the system cannot be expected to check itself fully.

Baker Institute and South TX college of law are collaborating on drug policy reforms and studies on the areas of impact. we need to do more of that for all issues in dispute.

B. media outreach
I have written a collection of political spoofs on popular songs for Constitutional outreach and to promote fundraising for solutions taht are sustainable so we don't rely on govt
we set up our own model reforms or programs, and let govt follow those examples of what works by what is proven first, not lobbying or campaigning for things not proven yet. it is backwards. we need to invest in R&D on the programs and policies, and base govt on that.

I will post links. I want to dedicate these projects to setting up media and production teams with the activists and political candidates working together on promoting solutions directly.

we can have fun and solve political problems at the same time. i think this will take off.
if we can make it profitable, all the money will go into sustainable solutions, not political lobbying that doesn't solve anything.

I will add to this post as I organize all the links to songs to produce for outreach videos.
the points is to attract people and resources to organize around collaborative solutions.

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list of links to be added:

* http://www.houstonprogressive.org/hypocrisy.html
* http://www.houstonprogressive.org/biggovt.html
* Obama Gangsta Style - Lyrics for Video Contest
* http://www.emilynghiem.com.istemp.com/fa/JudgmentCall2011.avi
* http://www.houstonprogressive.org/legalization.html
* http://www.houstonprogressive.org/reformation.html
* http://www.houstonprogressive.org/democalls.html
* http://www.houstonprogressive.org/callthis.html
* music video for Sustainable Campus converting sweatshop labor to workstudy jobs
* Juliet & Romeo: A Play on Life in America

I have some of these posted under POLITICAL SATIRE.
hope to work with Young Republicans and Democrats to get them produced for radio
and do video contests to go viral and raise money to mediate and correct
constitutional disputes in public policy.