Six Steps to Save America: Turn Your Frustration Into Action!
Now that people are waking up to the fast moving train that is America’s march towards socialism with Obama as socialist-in- chief, nary a day goes by without me getting emails and phone calls that go something like this:
“We’ve got to stop this before they destroy the country.” Or “what can I do…just tell me what to do and I’ll do it…but I cannot stand by and watch the nation I love be wiped out.” Or “Does anyone still believe in free enterprise? Can they really do all this? What happened to the Constitution?
I share your frustration. I literally fear for my Country. I’m afraid my children will be forced to raise their families in a very different America than the one you and I have enjoyed. I use to mock people who said that. I use to say, oh, come on, it’s not that bad, we’re still the greatest nation on the planet…and we are…but not for long, not if we continue our current course.
Our nation is in crisis, but we’re so focused on the symptoms we are ignoring the root cause. This is not a crisis of economics; it is a crisis of leadership! We are so lacking, yet so hungry for, principled, conviction-oriented, wise, servant leadership. For too long we have sat back and watched the leaders of both major political parties slowly move us away from the principles that made our nation great. And now in the last 10 months, the leaders of both parties have marched us towards socialism and the absolute ruin of our nation so fast that our heads are spinning. We’re in a state of shock, literally set back on our heels as our federal government has mortgaged our children’s future, throwing trillions of dollars at a mess government is absolutely incapable of solving (though government created the problem in the first place). Even worse, our federal government is now taking ownership in some of our largest private businesses and banks.
Socialism does not work, never has, never will…it ALWAYS destroys a nation. But our education system has so utterly failed our nation, that millions of Americans are embracing this “change” with absolutely no concept of the consequences.
But this is no time to grab your guns and canned food and go hide out at the ranch. It is time for a clarion call to acknowledge what we face and what must be done if we are to save our country. Make no mistake, it is you and I who must do the saving. No presidential white knight candidate, no political party will save the day. The responsibility does not lie with them, it lies with us, you and me, a.k.a. We The People. We are the ones endowed by our Creator. We are the ones to whom the rights are given and we are the ones that must exercise them, must stand and fight for them, must let our voices be heard and our values counted.
This is the time to shake each other out of our slumber, to awaken our sense of patriotism and duty. All is not lost…yet…but it will be unless you and I acknowledge the fragility of our freedom, accept the duty that comes with the freedom, and start exercising our rights as free citizens.
So how do we change course and save our nation? It’s actually not complicated, it’s quite simple…it’s not sexy, maybe not even exciting…but it works every time it is applied.
Just showing up to vote in November is not enough (though most are not even doing that). We must raise our personal level of involvement so that we are influencing the process itself even before the choice is made in the November elections. It’s easy to just show up at a party and choose from the desserts on the table. It takes some effort to get in the kitchen and be a part of the preparation that will determine the results made available to the guests.
First, let me destroy two myths you may have been convinced of in your High School government class:
A. Rid yourself of the fairy tale that representative government is just good people putting their name on the ballot and we all show up and pick the best one. The best candidate does NOT win…the winner will always be the one who BEST works/influences the process, or whose team/supporters best work the process.
B. We do not get the leaders that a majority of Americans support, we only get the leaders supported by a majority of those who showed up to vote.
The system works, but we have to work the system. If you will join me in stepping up in the process, we can turn things around and preserve freedom for future generations. In the next few weeks, I’ll be blogging in more detail on each of the following Six Steps to Save America:
1. Get personally informed and equipped.
2. Become a Paul Revere and spread the word.
3. Help identify other patriots who want to save America.
4. Help create a better pool of candidates
5. Vote in BOTH the primary and general election.
6. Hold elected officials accountable.
Let’s start with Step One: Get Personally Informed & Equipped
If freedom is to survive, we must have an informed citizenry. Ignorance of our basic principles is rampant…and even worse among elected officials than among average citizens! 71% of all respondents failed a recent Civic Literacy test, yet 74% of elected officials failed. Less than half of those polled can name all three branches of government. 30% do not know that “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” are the inalienable rights referred to in the Declaration of Independence. 27% cannot name even one right or freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment. And these are elected officials!!! 68% of elected officials cannot properly define the free enterprise system, and 59% cannot identify business profit as “revenue minus expenses.” An informed citizenry begins with each of us personally getting informed. Here is a quick and easy way to get started:
A. Read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. This is the foundation, this is the formula for America’s success. If we do not know our rights, we will not know when they have been violated, nor will we know if a candidate supports the basic principles that made our nation great in the first place. If you do not have a copy, simple go online and read both documents here or turn to the Appendices in my book, Freedom’s Frame.
B. Get Freedom’s Frame and read it cover to cover. It is conversational and a quick read, but it goes into detail on the four basic principles of America’s framework which you and I must fight to defend for future generations. Click here to get your signed copy!
C. Attend Citizen Trainings. Just as the Founding Fathers prepared for the coming battle, we must get trained and equipped with the weapons of our warfare…ballots, not bullets. Go to trainings and seminars held by The Torch of Freedom Foundation, Heritage Alliance, and other organizations educating Americans about our foundations and how to work the process. If you are in Texas, mark your calendars now to attend the Capitol Conservative Caucus May 29-30, 2009. (watch this website and get plugged in below for updates)
D. Get Plugged Into a Modern Committee of Correspondence. We have an amazing advantage over the Founding Era through our communication tools. Can you imagine waiting weeks for a response you may have sent to John Adams to inform him of certain actions of the British? Through internet tools such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Blogs and plain ol’ fashioned email, we can immediately communicate with an unlimited number of fellow patriots around the nation. I have to admit that until just a few weeks ago, I was not on Facebook and had never sent a “Tweet”. I was intimidated by a technology I did not understand, but now I realize how easy it is to sign up and use. So do not delay another day, get plugged in and get signed up on Facebook and Twitter today and connect to me as soon as you do. Click here for my Facebook page. My Twitter accounts are TexasRickGreen and WallBuilders Live.
E. Voter’s Guides. If strangers knocked on your front door would you give them the keys to your home and car, give them your Social Security number and your date of birth, or allow them to baby-sit your children or choose their textbooks or teach them morals? Too often we do worse by voting for total strangers to make, execute, enforce and interpret our laws … and then totally forget about them until it’s too late. If you are not in Texas, go to christianvoterguide.com to find organizations and voter guides in your area. If you are in Texas, then you are Blessed to have some of the best resources in the nation. To protect your family I urge you to take advantage of quick and easy FREE services from Heritage Alliance by receiving:
- Voter Guides providing conservative scores on all contested candidates – even county and judicial races.
- Names and conservative scores of your two U.S. Senators, U.S. Representative, State Senator and State Representative. (Source data provided so you can check the validity of the score.)
- Legislative Alerts that help you voice your opinion on key legislation.
- Names & pictures of key federal and state officials to pray for by name.
I urge you to sign up at Heritage Alliance TODAY to take advantage of these FREE services. You will also be a step ahead for my upcoming blogs about the remaining Steps to Save America.
If you have dared to allow yourself to sit there and think, “Rick’s only through step one and I can tell I don’t have time” or “I’m not qualified” or “I don’t think I can do any of this.” Then let me ask you a couple of very simple questions:
If not you, then who? I started this blog telling you of the emails and calls I’ve been getting. Most of those include the other person saying “Why doesn’t someone stop them?” Well friend, YOU are that “someone.”
If not now, then when? Believe me, I’d prefer to do nothing but coach my boys in baseball, attend my daughter’s recitals, and take my family traveling across the nation like we’ve had the privilege of doing the past few years. I am not at all suggesting that you put any of these efforts above your family, in fact I encourage the opposite. However, I am suggesting that you find a balance that allows you to devote at least SOME time to preserving our nation (see below section on Lives, Fortunes, & Sacred Honor).
If not here, then where? Do you think the answers and solutions and leaders of principle are going to come from Washington, D.C.? Not hardly. They will come from our communities, our churches, and our own homes. We must stop waiting and hoping that “they” will do something to change things because it is time for us to realize that we are the ones that must take action.
The wonderful thing about our system is that the sacrifices necessary to impact the culture are really not that hard to make. The Founding Fathers pledged their Lives, Fortunes, & Sacred Honor…and they gave every last drop of all three. They shed their blood, watched their sons die in the war, spent every penny they had, and gave more to launch this Nation than we can imagine. Because they gave everything and set in place the current system, we are able to give very little…indeed a small fraction…of our Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor and we can still make the necessary changes to Save America.
If we are to make a difference in the big picture of our country, we all must be willing to sacrifice on these 3 levels:
Lives. That’s our time. How much of your time is your freedom worth? Are you willing to give 1 hour a week? Our soldiers leave their families for a year at a time. They do much more than just risk their life…they watch their kids grow up over the internet, they go to sleep each night NOT getting to wrap their arms around their spouse. They give SO much to preserve our freedom. What are we willing to give? I’m asking you to give 1 hour per week and 1 weekend per year…that’s it! Not much considering what is at stake and how much others are giving for us.
Fortunes. That’s our money. We don’t have to give it all, just a very, very small portion from each of us will make a HUGE difference. I’m suggesting a mere 1% to 3% of our income should be invested in preserving freedom. Invest it in a good candidate or give it to a good organization that is defending freedom (like Torch of Freedom Foundation, WallBuilders, Heritage Alliance, ADF, and many others). For some of us, that would just be $20 to $50 per month. Others that are blessed more financially, could easily give $100 or even $1,000 per month. The point is that we all need some skin in the game, no matter how little or how large, because we all enjoy the benefits of freedom and we need to start doing what it takes to preserve her.
Sacred Honor. That’s our courage to take a stand. Be willing to write the letter to the editor, call the Congressman, comment on the blog or the youtube video, speak up at the school board or city council meeting, or maybe even just the courage to speak up over dinner with friends. Start being a voice that is heard by more than just the TV in your living room you’ve been yelling at when you see them destroying our nation.
It is not complicated and it is actually not that difficult. Saving America simply requires us to consistently do our duty and encourage others to do the same. Start getting informed and equipped and my next blog will discuss how you can become a Paul Revere and help to spread the word and sound the alarm.
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I am almost as disgusted with the Republican party as I am with the socialists running the nation. You want me to vote in the primaries as well as the general election, but I don’t know if I want to retain my Republican registration. What would it take to make the Constitution Party “mainstream”. And how do you feel about the Constitution Party?
A Party is nothing more than a vehicle…the people are in the driver’s seat and the principles determine the strength of the engine. I find it hard to be upset with an inanimate “Republican Party,” but I OFTEN find myself upset with certain republican officials. We must stay focused on the principles, not the party. The goal is to preserve the principles by implementing policy that protects and reflects those principles. I don’t care what the name of the party is, but I do want to be strategic and wise and use the best resources available. At this present time, I personally think the republican party is still the best vehicle for advocating and implementing the principles in which I believe…it is established, has a platform that mostly reflects those principles, and has a base of people that CAN nominate candidates reflecting those principles, but has not done so lately for a variety of reasons. However, do you think it will be easier in the Constitution Party? Not hardly. You’re starting from scratch…and there may be a time to do that in the future, I just don’t think we are there yet. We MIGHT get there in 2012 if no republican presidential candidate effectively articulates the conservative principles that so many of us are fighting for, but my guess is that there will be several good ones. The best course of action would be for all the Constitution Party folks to join with all the conservative republicans and libertarian republicans and use the vehicle that is already in place. You’re not disgusted with the car…you’re disgusted with the current drivers.
Rick, you are absolutely right. The party has nothing to do with the problem. The problem is that people without good morals have taken over both parties and turned them into vehicles used to solidify those leaders hold on our country. The parties are there no longer to represent the people who support them but to sustain the people who run them. Even if we were to build up the Libertarian or Constitution party, these parties could still end up in the same situation as the Republican and Democratic parties. We need not to disperse and become weaker, but to come together and retake the parties that were taken from us in the first place. We need to encourage men and women of great character and integrity run for local leadership positions in the Republican and Democratic parties. As we increase our numbers in these parties we can change their direction.
Thanks, someone who wants to take action… here is my proposal = for direct positive action…
If we continue to do nothing that works directly on our political system, America will perish within the year.
Collectivists are the enemies of the Future and Liberty [Individual : economic Liberty]. ‘Collectivism is the philosophy of Governmentally mandated Universal failure : poverty and squalor, applied through the devices of ignorance, syncretism, and Omerta’ advancing a gospel of envy… collectivism’s sole claim is that “ communal sharing of government created misery and oppression is the highest form of social Justice : societal Good.” [p… Churchill]
2. Do the Math For Yourself.
3. At this time, the solution requires [each of] 17 million families to put $ 7.900.oo dollars into 17 million new bank/credit union Checking accounts, in a bank/CU with which you have NO existing accounts or business supported by direct deposits into that account of $ 29.oo a week; and then, tells everyone :
US, State, County elected/appointed officials.
US, State, local Republican and Democrat elected and appointed officials.
Your friends, relatives, political enemies, co-workers, strangers, Aliens.
Local, State, National personnel and agencies [of America’s Pravda] who pose as the news Media.
what is being done and why ? see A below. To secure government by Law we must Save America first !
17 million x 7,900 = 134,300,000,000 and x 29 = 493,000,000.
4. For the next 8 weeks, every Wednesday, with draw $750.oo a week in mixed denomination Federal Reserve paper, coin, some junk silver coin, and again, each participating family tells everyone :
US, State, County elected/appointed officials.
US, State, local Republican and Democrat elected and appointed officials.
Your friends, relatives, political enemies, co-workers, strangers, Aliens.
Local, State, National personnel and agencies [of America’s Pravda] who pose as a news Media.
what is being done and why ? see A below. To secure government by Law we must Save America first ! 17 x 750 = 102,000,000.
5. Once completed, each family will have some part [on/in hand] of the $ that are required for ‘8/12’ months of financial survival’ which will be needed to survive the current and ongoing series of Marxist, Hate America to destruction by wrecking the economy : moving your job off-shore, down turn/unemployment. 8 x 750 = 6,000.oo
Making these moves forces a series of media events; at which point, each family will make their political move… we will buy a Nationally known Candidate; and then, you will use that purchase to bring yourselves and friends into a majority of the electives office in the 09/10 election cycle. You replace the collectivists with ‘yourselves’; and then, establish government by Law while compelling collectivists to ‘Live their Dream’.
We have nothing to lose but the usual Marxist plan to destroy American and reduce us to wearing the economic chains of collectivism’s politically correct universal poverty and squalor policies under their Iron Fist.
All Collectivists are the Natural enemies of Free Individuals, Free Societies, and everyone who Freely chooses to work to create and enjoy a better tomorrow in a World of greater opportunity for gaining and living Individually Successful lives in a growing, Dynamic, Rich society.
1. 6/7 years ago, to deal with the problems of bad government, the situation required 2 million people to send $ 50.oo to California Senator McClintock = enough $$$ to fund a McC victory in the special Ca [recall] election – however, as usual, no one came through with their $ 50.oo; so, the special election went to Schwarzenegger, the guy who had, and spent, the most $$$ …which set the stage for the rise of Obe, the poser, in 08/09.
Today, some 7 years later, America is dieing under the relentless attacks of the current Marxist, Hate America to destruction, administration as it works every minute, of everyday, to destroy our country.
‘see A below’ which explains what must be done : please post, publish, broadcast, email, discus, and serve.
1meamark@gmail.com
This is ‘A below’ which defines 3. and 4. above… ’what you are doing and why’ :
Absent constitutionally stipulated : delegated authority to act – you [politicians] have NO power to do anything [regardless of how Socially Just or necessary you personally believe your ‘mere’ whims may be].
“politicians : you do not have the ‘authority’ to borrow against, indebt, or tax future generations”;
“politicians : you do not have the ‘authority’ to take over, lend to get control of, and/or otherwise direct commercial business or Citizen” activities;
” politicians : you do not have the ‘authority’ to give America’s money, resources, and/or credit [stuff] to your : Aliens – Alien enterprises – Alien governments – illegal aliens in country [or anywhere else]” ;
“politicians : you do not have the ‘authority’ to create the illusion of [otherwise establish a pretense of] giving amnesty to your illegal alien henchmen; in fact, ‘amnesty is you’ creating the color of Law to self validate your violation of your oath of office and criminal activities pursuant to refusing to deport illegal aliens.
Expsotomayor070509
“politicians : you do not have the ‘authority’ to create and/or put in motion your ‘enviro-commee’ hydrocarbon climate change Frauds and taxes;
“politicians : you do not have the authority to Turn America into a collectivist welfare state and/or create/use taxes/statutes/rules/procedures : including every collectivist form and style of simulation of legal process created and advanced to abridge – undermine – undercut – defeat the American Constitution in its duty to secure every ‘Actual American Citizen’, in their Natural Right, against all trespassers : Lawless Men, Domestic and Foreign.
“such movements being unlawful, whatever proceeds there from is without merit and utterly void”.
When you [government employees] have no stipulated Authority to act : NOTHING you [government employees] do is Lawful; Justifies Any Act preformed under it and/or the ‘pretenses created by the Fraudulent existence of the color of Law’ so generated.
“politicians : you [and your government employee henchmen] have worked to create a lawless America through the exercise of your Marxist whim applying general Collectivist Syncretism’s. So, being without authority to act, whatever you politicians do is Fraud, violates of your Oath of Office, is criminal, and utterly VOID.
Between removing your Lawless, usurping, supplanting, collectivist : Marxist government and restoring Lawful Government by Constitutionally secured, written, Law. …‘there will occur ‘the moment between,’
…it is ‘in that moment between’ where [for the rest of your lives] you [your political confederates, lackeys, toadies, families : heirs] will be reduced to living your dream as Government regulated people : wards of the state [being enemies of Success, the Future, and Liberty] the enemies of Man [thru the 5th generation].
As well, ‘in that moment between’ the debts that you have [are] unlawfully creating and foisting on us [and our Heirs] will be assigned, grafted on to, and attached to you and your heirs, in whole, thru the 7th generation of your people. Those fixed debts to apply as if your common, economy wrecking, Collectivist adhesion contracts = you owe them, can not be settle them by bankruptcy, inability to pay, or other avoidance.
Enforcement and collection will be through any court of the United States on the presentment of certified claims, attested to be true, by the moving party : Domestic citizens first, domestic commerce second, US Governments/agencies 4th, with foreign claims : individuals 3rd , businesses 5th, governments/agencies last.
We must Save America, first; then, we can establish, secure, and enforce government by Law.
If we continue to do nothing that works directly on our political system, America will perish within the year.
1meamark@gmail.com
2. the US courts are always open; so, in the interests of :
Conforming to the prevailing Social Justice advancing legal and political philosophy of the United States Courts;
Conforming to the core objectives of Judicial Social Justice to immediately achieve representation, give voice to, redress, and advance the employment, legal, and domestic rights : interests of the most oppressed minority in America;
Conforming to the Judicial Social Justice determination that securing minority balancing employment, regardless of qualification or application, is the Highest and Greatest Socially Just good;
Exparte to Sotomayor : an Emergency action, Petitioning for Orders for immediate, emergency relief, protection, and ethnically sensitive employment :
1. expedited hearing : immediate hearing;
2. directing that all costs and fees be waived;
3. all orders to be prepared by the Judge and staff of the issuing US Court and secured by timely US Marshals service;
4. the President to immediately withdraw the Sotomayor nomination;
5. the President to immediately Nominate Mark [me] as the New Justice;
6. the Senate to immediately confirm Mark [me] as the New Justice;
7. to provide transportation to/quartering at WDC through being sworn in on working day 4/5 or 7 following the confirmation vote.
8. excluding the orders sought herein, all related suits/actions will flow from the judicial districts State and Federal where plaintiff resides; except, attorney/attorneys are available to plaintiff who find it convenient to work from their districts of residence.
I, Mark, Affirm that :
a. I believe myself to be one among the most marginalized minorities in America;
b. I have never applied for the position of a Justice of the US SPC;
c. I have no training or qualifications for the position of Associate Justice of the US SPC;
d. I believe I can and will use Rule by Judicial Whim : Social Justice to advance restitution for, and the agenda of, My minority group – nothing in the laws of the United States or political subdivisions with standing;
e. I believe that the tenants of Judicial Social Justice require the government to redress and empower me and my oppressed minority through the immediate appointment of myself to the US SPC, issue the requested : necessary Orders.
As Sotomayor notes, Social Justice has many elements, the principle point considered here is the ‘just representation model’. Considering Sotomayor’s statements, the New Jersey employment decisions, and Obe’s statements about employment to secure Social Justice; then, for me and my people, there is a very real and immediate necessity to appoint Me. The sole argument against me might be that My whim is [some how] not as good as the whim of any Judge, Legislator, Obe of the United States… a totally untenable cause for denying me the office because… all whims are equal; thus, my whims are self-evidently just as good, just as wanting authority to act, just as arbitrary, just as much a violation of Law, and/or just as merit less or stupid as anyone else’s.
f. I Believe that the invasion of the Marxist concept : Social Justice [supplanting the Constitution] establishes that the Rule of Law has been, and is being, replaced by [the exercise of personal collectivist (Executive, Legislative, Judicial) whim, without regard to, or restraint by, the limits of the Authority to Act as imposed by the Laws of the United States]; turning Government by Law into rule by [Executive, Legislative, Judicial] whim; and, all whims being equally arbitrary, My whims are as valid as the whim’s of any of the collectivist : Marxists occupying the Government [bench] today;
All whims are Tyranny. My whims are at least as good as [the poser] Obe, the [suto] legislature, the [Qusi] Judiciary.
Absent constitutionally stipulated/delegated authority to act, you have NO power to do anything regardless of how Socially Just/necessary you believe your whims to be. Wanting Authority, NOTHING you do is Lawful, or Justifies any Act preformed under it, or under the Fraudulent ‘pretense of a color of Law’ created by your whim’s existence.
The Government is directed to immediately appoint Me the, 09, Justice of the US SPC.
This issue, as presented here, is both the request and the brief in support.
I want the Job. Political correctness and Social Justice establish that the government is required to hire me… or, stand guilty of self-serving Fraud.
If you disagree, on a point by point basis, stipulate each objection, brief it and cite it [include original authority].
Mark, 06-11-09 1meamark@gmail.com
Please run for office again. We will support you in any way we can. We live in Forney, Tx. We are retired and on a very strict budget that is disappating fast. But if you have offices close by we can volunteer to send mailouts and I am sure a load of other things. We have been to Ron Puryear’s FED, bought your book, passed the book to others to read (as long as they promise to give it back).
Thank you,
PattI (& John) Gibson
Dear Rick,
I wholeheartedly support your efforts to uphold our constitution. The legal questions that will arise as a result of Obamacare will deal directly with freedom of choice and freedom from government interference in private matters. Thank you for running for this important position.
Best,
Moira Dolan, MD
Austin, TX