Our Sand Pile may be Blown Away

I keep hoping, against the evidence, that electoral politics may yet pull our buns out of the fire, but there is a powerful headwind running the other way. Go read The Shifting Political Sand Pile by Plubius Valerius in the American Thinker today, then read the comments, especially the second one by Savant_Noir. Notice too that this is, and has been for a long time, a bi-partisan agenda. Glenn Beck, the baker's son, had it correct when he noted that both parties are scrambling on the margins of a center-left agenda. Voting for one or the other parties simply places either a heavier or lighter foot on the throttle, but both parties are steering us down the same road.

So, what can we do to restore the Constitutional Republic? I think the first thing is that we must ask anyone who wants to be a political candidate not merely if he or she supports the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, but what unconstitutional acts is he or she prepared to work to repeal. This posting by David Codrea at the War on Guns is a good place to start. Click on the Political Questionnaire, which will take you to David's National Gun Rights Examiner page. Second, we must be willing to support anyone willing to answer these questions correctly, and then hold their feet to the fire. It doesn't matter if the candidate stands for the Republicans, or Democrats, or the Libertarians, or is just standing as an Independent; if he or she is willing to live within the Constitution, and abide by its principles, he or she deserves our support.

Finally, and this is probably hardest of all, at least for me, we need to find groups in our area that also support a return to a Constitutional Republic, and support them. Help the group to formulate a workable agenda, to set overall goals, and milestones for this legislative session, and to help find, groom, and elect candidates who will support your positions.

The one thing I know is that we must take the organizing away from the dinosaur parties, and return it to the people, or our little sand pile will be blown away by the huge sums of money on the Left. It is almost too late.