Guerrilla Conservatism

I haven't posted in quite some time and I apologize.  

I'm listening to Glenn Beck at the moment and he is discussing Sun Tzu, war, deception, Saul Alinsky, etc.  He is theorizing about the tactics being used against us Conservatives.  Health Care Reform isn't about health, Cash for Clunkers isn't about helping people buy cars, Cap'n'Trade isn't about the environment, they're all about control.

If the gov't is paying for your health then that will justify their control of how you live and what you eat.  Cap'n'Trade is about controlling all aspects of American industry.  Honestly, how many businesses out there don't use energy of some sort?  Hmmmm...maybe that guy you saw on vacation in the Smoky Mountains that sells figurines he's carved while sitting on his front porch...I don't think he uses any energy except what he eats.  Cap'n'Trade would give the federal government control of everything!

I heard Stu on Glenn's show paraphrasing Sun Tzu something like this, "engage with a direct attack, win with an indirect attack."  Personally, I would call this the "hammer and anvil."  In warfare you must pin the enemy down first so he can't maneuver to defend against your secondary attack.  That's what they mean in cop shows, military movies and old westerns when they say "cover me" and then run somewhere.  The person 'covering' is pinning the enemy down and the person being 'covered'  is going to attempt to flank or maneuver around or behind to deliver the killing blow.

I describe all of this in order to re-emphasize why I call myself "Guerrilla Conservative."  We must begin using better strategies in combating liberalism and progressivism today.  For instance, my entry into the world of politics began with the abortion issue.  We have been battling that head-on now for 37 years -- is it working?  You could say that there has been some success but is it still legal to kill an unborn child?  Yes it is, so therefore we haven't succeeded.

The recent upsurge in activism among people that have been asleep politically since their birth is primarily because of pocketbook issues, Obama hit them in the wallet with the Stimulus Package and the second round of bailouts.  Through these pocketbook issues people have been led to understand how other issues have led to the mess we are in today.  The loss of sovereignty of the several states, the imperial attitude of the federal government, the misshapen interpretation of the 'general welfare' and 'interstate commerce' clauses are all issues to which  people are now beginning to awaken.  

Here's my point:  Let's keep the focus primarily on the common denominators:  money, taxes and freedom.  If ten years in the future we look back and see that we have succeeded in getting the power back to the original, or even near the original idea of federalism THEN we will have the power back in our local and state governments to discuss things like abortion, prayer in schools, alcohol, drug legalization, etc.  Whether  you are a libertarian minded conservative, fiscal conservative, or part of the religious right we can all agree on the primary issues that have resurrected the idea of freedom.

So lets hit them with a direct attack on pocketbook issues and then we will flank our local governments with our secondary (probably more important) freedom issues that tend to segment us into smaller less effective groups.  However, these smaller groups will still prove very effective in guiding local governments.

That's Guerrilla Conservatism.