Posted: April 20, 2009

By John Biver

 

Click here to learn more about the above "Honk..."

Two people that I quote a lot will both be quoted in this Dispatch: Political consultant Cathy Santos and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich. My colleague Cathy made another excellent observation on our Sunday radio show yesterday when she said that the tea party participants last week need to make sure they use the power they already have as citizens.

 

At the first tea party in 1773, the colonists were subject to the British crown. Today, American citizens have the right to vote and the ability to participate directly in the political process. With all the talk about what comes next after last week's tea parties - Champion News has an important suggestion for the participants: get involved in the real, ongoing work of democracy.

After the Tea Parties, it's time for conservatives to take over the GOP

 

Help bring life to the Illinois GOP: Crash the party

The Republican Party is the organization that commands the ballot line, and the GOP brand is only in the tank right now because its leadership has failed.

 

The first step to throwing out those failed leaders here in Illinois is the passage of SB600 - and your help is needed. Please follow this link to learn more about the issue and this link to call your state representative. Use your power!

 

New blood - a renaissance - is necessary (see here and here). In fact, building a real political army is the only way we're going to deal with the ugly truth as outlined by Newt Gingrich here:

"Do You Know What Your Obama Debt Number Is?

 

As I mentioned at the beginning of this newsletter, all of us will be forced to pay for President Obama's record-setting budget increases-as will our children and grandchildren.

By 2019, President Obama's budget will have added over $9.4 trillion to the federal debt.

And like any form of debt, such as a home mortgage or car loan, this debt comes with a steep debt load. Just like paying off the interest on a credit card, every young American will be responsible for not only paying the principal on President Obama's budget, but will also have to shoulder the interest payments.

How much will you have to pay? How much will your kids owe? American Solutions has put together an Obama Debt Calculator to determine how much President Obama's deficits will cost you over your working life.

Just click here, enter your age, your current salary, and get your Obama Debt Number."

Unfortunately we know which of following two world views controls most of the levers of power today:

From "The Dangers of leveling - at home and abroad" by Michael Medved:

 

"One of the most important distinctions between liberals and conservatives involves their contrasting explanations of the existence of inequality.

 

Those on the left see the disparities between rich and poor individuals, or between prosperous and impoverished societies, as automatic evidence of unfairness. They instinctively assume that some people do better than others only because they began their lives with unjust advantages, or exploited the less powerful, or benefited from random good fortune. On the other hand, the less favored members of society suffered from racism or sexism or colonialism, and progressives believe that any reference to their own dysfunctional or self-destructive behavior amounts to 'blaming the victim'...

 

Conservatives and libertarians, on the other hand, view success or failure as the inevitable consequence of different levels of talent, hard work and productivity. While acknowledging that a few lucky slackers may be born into fortunate circumstances that they never earned, or that some virtuous and gifted individuals can suffer reverses or tragedies that they don't deserve, right wingers believe that worldly advancement (particularly in the USA) comes for the most part from focus, toil and smart choices. They therefore resent government redistribution programs for taking hard-earned wealth from the people who deserve it most and giving it to those who merit it least."

We're only going to turn that around through real - sustained political action by many thousands of Americans. Click here to enroll in GOP 101.

 

More recommended reading: "It's About the Spending," by the Heritage Foundation's Conn Carroll.

 

Also, a 2-minute video worth your time: Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode!

 

 

John Biver is the Editor of Champion News.