Waxing Political - by Randy Inman

The first thing to do – something the liberals seem unable and/or unwilling to do – is to recognize that Change Happens.
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We cannot control the weather, the behavior of other people, or the revolution of the Earth. We need to embrace that fact, follow the serenity prayer: "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference."

The second thing to do is to start making a difference at the level of one person and one family. You can't control Obama or Pelosi or the government. You can, however, control yourself, and probably your family, maybe even your friends. Start there.


1. Vote. Vote every time. Vote in every election, no matter how minor. Vote, vote, vote.

2. Know who you are voting for, personally if possible.

3. Research every candidate online. Look for people who say nice things and people who say nasty things about them, and then make a decision based on what seems to be the truth.

4. Find out who in your circle of friends does not vote, and then find out why. Don't be afraid of proselytizing, especially when they complain about their 401K going down, how hard it is to find a good man, or how expensive things are getting. Politics influences everything in our lives, through regulation of the stock market (the 401K), forcing people to take responsibility for their own lives and sex drives (finding a good man), and government-caused inflation. Educate your friends gently on how their vote or nonvote impacts their lives.

5. When you vote, try to drive someone to the polling booth with you who would otherwise not go. Take the day off if you must. Can't find someone to take? Call local churches and see if there are shut-ins who would appreciate a ride and a little company. It's just one day, but it will determine government for the next two, four, or six years.

6. Give money to your candidate, even if you can only afford $10. If you can't give money, call their campaign office and ask if there's anything you can do to help. Even yard signs are something.

7. Refuse to feel guilty. Guilt – for slavery, for pollution, for making too much money, for imprisoning people that blow us up – is the driving force behind modern liberalism. Slavery reparations, carbon offsets, welfare, and closing Gitmo are all ways that liberals try to make themselves feel better about the "evils" America has been involved in. Screw that. Let's just start right here, where the ball is, and work forward instead of backward, doing good when we can and waging war where we must. Guilt is an emotion that works okay in religion and therapy, but not so well when you're trying to run a country. Let's stop with the apologies, the taxing of Evil Rich Guys, the rush to cool down the supposedly feverish planet. Every conservative should, right now, swear to not feel guilty, to be guilted into anything, or to even react (beyond an eye-roll) when they are called racist, Nazis, or most laughably, antisemitic. Or mean. Or selfish. Or insensitive. These are the hobgoblins of small liberal minds, not conservatives.

8. Be patient. A tidal wave far out to sea looks like any other ocean swell, but as it gets closer to shore, it begins to change, the deep power beneath rising to rush over the land. In just the same way, your small contributions, and those of everyone else, can create a tidal wave and change America from the bottom up.

9. Talk to your children. You may not know it, but they are being indoctrinated at school, even if their teachers don't mean to. Talk politics around the dinner table -- and make sure there IS an "around the dinner table." Go to patriotic and historic sites and events: the Alamo, 4th of July celebrations, history and military museums. Make sure your children's ethics and beliefs are being shaped by you, not by the educational system, and start as soon as they can talk.

10. Steal liberal tricks shamelessly. Liberals have learned how to use "community organizing" to advance their causes, how to turn small donations into large campaign funds, how to leverage the internet and new technology to advance their cause. Republicans need to do the same thing, and better.

11. Identify our best thinkers and read them, every single week. Thomas Sowell, Charles Krauthammer, and Michael Steele; Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin; Charles Johnson (Little Green Footballs) and Newt Gingrich. Read Townhall.com and Pajamas Media. Listen to Limbaugh, Hannity, and Glen Beck. (And if you see the Fairness Doctrine starting to rear its head, be aware that it will affect you, and fight it like an Iwo Jima Marine!)

12. Know what liberals are saying, too. They can be cesspools, but reading DailyKos and the Democratic Underground will show you just how nutty the other side really is -- and the lies they are telling about you. (Many of them actually believe -- BELIEVE -- Bush blew up the World Trade Center, and Sarah Palin's daughter, not Sarah, gave birth to little Trig!)

13. The next time you see him or her – thank a soldier, a Marine, a police officer. Especially our police officers; they don't hear thanks often enough.

14. Call your senators and representatives to thank them for voting right. They don't hear gratitude enough, either – and one word of gratitude can offset ten complaints. A letter of thanks with a check enclosed is even better. Be specific.