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5 Things Conservatives Can Learn From Liberals
Townhall.com ^ | February 7, 2012 | John Hawkins

Posted on 02/07/2012 4:41:36 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: sergeantdave
Conservatives rarely get off their fat butts and attend local government meetings, and then they wonder why their property taxes shoot up 10% a year. Asking a conservative to attend a county board meeting is like inviting a vampire to a sunrise cross worship service.

Quite true. I was one of those, until the PTB decided it would be a Good Idea to have 4+ methadone clinics within about a 3 mile radius of my house!

The County (and City) Commissioners know who I am now.

And I am not going to shut up. 'Pod.

21 posted on 02/07/2012 1:05:51 PM PST by sauropod (You can elect your very own tyranny - Marc Levin)
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That’s great, sauropod.

One of the military axioms is that you need a strongly defended and friendly base to operate from. Then you can carry out successful operations against the enemy in other areas.

Conservatives need to clear out the enemy from their immediate neighborhoods, which is local and county government. It’s amazing what local government can do to fight the federal fascists from Washington.

You have the power of the purse, you have judges, you have county board members who can throw wrenches into the federal fascist machine. And you have a constitutional sheriff with arrest powers, not to mention a 2,000 man auxiliary deputy force standing by for “emergencies.”

That’s how the Founders did it. It’s a good plan.


22 posted on 02/07/2012 3:28:10 PM PST by sergeantdave
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I’m gonna have to look into this.

We do have a local Sherrif’s Department. I have no idea if they know their constitutional role or not. I have heard people talk about it before.

It is not only the local government that is the “enemy”. It is also a large part of our local population (on Section 8, food stamps, lots of drug trafficking, renters vs. homeowners, etc.).

I will consider what you have written. Reinforcing the linguine spined local gubbermint officials is a starting point. ‘Pod.


23 posted on 02/07/2012 3:38:04 PM PST by sauropod (You can elect your very own tyranny - Marc Levin)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks sickoflibs. The first two amendments is all we’ve ever needed to learn.


24 posted on 02/07/2012 7:17:13 PM PST by SunkenCiv (FReep this FReepathon!)
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To: Kaslin

Liberals are better at infiltrating the Mainstream Media, which consistantly covers their behinds and slants the news in their favor.


25 posted on 02/07/2012 7:42:30 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (A chameleon belongs in a pet store, not the White House)
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