One of the leaders in the Tacoma912 group posted this on the forum and I thought it was pretty good and want to pass it on to others that might not have seen it otherwise.
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The Tea Party Grass Roots Movement is now over 2 years old. There are Tea Party Groups, 9/12er’s, Libertarians, and numerous other variations all vying for attention. We have all heard the backbiting and sniping from one group about another, the refusal to work together on an event, the suspicious agendas being pushed by some national organizations, and on and on. We tend to have our own ideas on how to achieve “victory”, and discount any that don't conform to that model. We can't afford this splintering of the movement. We have to unite for events and causes that matter to all of us, while maintaining our independent groups with our own agendas and events
If there is one over-riding theme that binds all of us engaged in the “Tea Party” movement, it should be the restoration of our Constitutional Republic. Anything that moves us toward that goal should be embraced. Anything that distracts us from that goal, or worse, moves us away from that goal, should be called out, identified, and summarily pushed aside as we work to save our nation.
Our movement is still in the early stages. Many of us know that ours is a necessary effort that must be undertaken if our nation is to survive.
Where this goes is up to us.
We suffer a wealth of diverse ideas and motivations in the grass roots. Some groups focus on activism, some on education, spiritual or historical perspectives. There are the groups whose primary focus in on reducing the size of government, while others want to work within the current political structure, but just tweak it a little in their direction. Some have been in this struggle for years, but we all owe a debt of gratitude to the Obama regime for galvanizing us with their arrogant excesses.
It took many decades to arrive at where we are now. The opposition, through incremental changes over the years, has slowly eroded the foundations of our system. They used the term “chipping away” with the knowledge that radical change is automatically resisted by the populace, instead implementing their agenda one small step at a time. Many of us knew of these changes, but felt powerless to stop them. Besides, we were too busy with our jobs, families, entertainment, and pursuits to get involved. We let the political class run this fight and wondered why our side kept losing.
We have all heard from the discouraged naysayers; they went to a rally, voiced their opinion, but nothing changed, or it didn’t change fast enough. To prevail, we must get past our inclination towards instant gratification. We think like the 30 minute TV shows we grew up with, everything could be solved within a short time span. Impatience is our primary enemy, wanting it all solved NOW. Learn to happily accept the victories we can get, as long as it moves us closer to our goal. This may take longer than many of our lifetimes to achieve, because this began long before many of us were born.
Just as the opposition would have been pushed off the cliff had they tried their move too early, we have to understand that there is an entire generation that has been educated to think like serfs. Their only source of information is their friends, pop culture, and occasional snippet of news from the main stream media. They will reject our message with barely a second thought. They think of government as their main provider of all things good.
We have no chance of reaching them because it doesn't fit the template they have grown up with. We are now considered to be the “radicals” threatening their way of life. As parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors, we have to find methods that work best for each of us to reach out to those around us. With love, gentleness, and patient argument, we each have to wake up just enough people to “see the light” to make a huge difference in the elected representatives of our various local governments.
We must look past any differences we may have in our methods, our teachings, and our basic philosophies, and be reminded of what we are really here to do. When I joined the military, I took an oath to “..uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;…”. Even though I am no longer active military, my oath does not have an expiration date.
We must unite, as conservative Americans, to work together towards the goal of reclaiming our Constitutional Representative Republic. We all basically want the same thing. In our individual groups, we gather with people who understand the wonderful country we live in. We work at the grassroots level to bring change from below. When circumstances require it, we must stand together and show the world our unified front.
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