Posted on 03/03/2009 9:29:57 AM PST by AmericanDude
Yes, I have an EXCELLENT resource for anyone thinking of going into politics:
http://billstclair.com/lodge/Books101.shtml
You are 17-years-old and you think you should be running things. Hmmmm. Who does that remind me of?
Find the collected Federalist Papers and read them slowly, studying Early American History to get the proper perspective of what the founders were all about and what they were debating. The lack of that sort of insight is why so many do not understand why Barack Obama is Constitutionally ineligible to be president. Of course, there are too many who do not want to follow the Constitution if it means they don’t get their affirmative action Kenyan Klown for fearless leader.
Check out the quotes on my FR homepage.
Then when you’re done, here’s some more from our founding fathers on wealth redistribution:
http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/founding-fathers-on-redistribution-of.html
Learn to think like all of these guys, and you’ll be well on your way :)
Listen to Rush. Most of our conservatism is common sense and from the heart.
I’m twice that age actually, and I didn’t start the thread.
Give up and transfer to Hillsdale or Grove City.
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Lot's of good stuff on FR, but I warn you, it's addictive.
Adam Smith, Von Mises, anything & everything written by our Founding Fathers, but make sure you get beyond the big names. If you can find sermons of Revolution minded preachers, it will help you rid yourself of the separation of church nonsense that’s been fed to you. Also, “Common Sense” by Paine well worth your time.
Don’t stay away from the alternate voice, read Alinsky so you know your opponent’s playbook. Read Marx, Rousseau, Voltaire & Mao’s little red book.
Finally:
http://tmh.floonet.net/articles/laboetie.html
It sounds laborious, but it really is not. It's very user friendly. Bookmark this:
Sorry, that was meant for the questioner. About Animal Farm. I read it in high school and thought I understood. But I read it again about five years ago and it was an entirely different book, one that keeps on giving the older you get.
Read the Bill of Rights, the Federalist Papers and Atlas Shrugged.
Don’t believe anything on the mainstream media. Learn to think for yourself.
Absolutely. I reread 1984 last year. Haven’t read it since 16. I got a lot more out of it. I bet Fahrenheit 451 would be the same way.
Thomas Sowell, particularly “Race and Culture,” “Conquests and Culture,” and “Migrations and Culture.”
G. K. Chesterton, “Heretics” and “Orthodoxy.”
von Hayek, “The Fatal Flaw.”
All of C. S. Lewis’s apologetics, starting with “Mere Christianity.”
Holler if you need more.
Lots of good suggestions in this thread (and a few tongue in cheek as well... /g). I’d like to add one more:
Find the website for Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan and sign-up for their free newsletter “Imprimis” (it’s latin for “in the first place”). They may even offer it online.
“Imprimis” will give you a regular sampling of the best, and more importantly, current writing from many of the same conservative and Constitutional thinkers mentioned here, plus others you haven’t heard of.
It’s a wonderful resource, and it’s free!
Start reading here. Start collecting pre-1950 history books. Start on Orwell and Ayn Rand. Jame Brovard’s not bad. Michael Z Williamson is entertaining.
welcome, remember to read more than you comment for the start, but it's ok to help the older folks out with technology problems. ;)
I like our forefathers and Ayn Rand. Try the Federalist Papers, and Common Sense. Writings by or about Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson as they covered opposite sides of major issues. Correspondence of John Adams and Jefferson. Writings of Benjamin Franklin. I think James Madison wrote and influenced a lot. Just reading the conservative side of the issues will not help you as much as reading both sides so you can develop your arguments. Good luck!
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