the flip should be - Those that can’t do more, blog....otherwise start DOING more!Ok, Ok, calm down! The message here is that while blogging is great to get a message out (that’s why we do what we do here at the ’Grok), it is better to blog AND do. I’d like to think that the ’Groksters do both. After all, if yer jus’ flapping yer gums (...tappin’ the keyboard?) you can be persuading someone to your side of thinking. ’Tis far better, however, to get out there and put the courage of your convictions and CHANGE THINGS for the better!I found this over at TechRepublican by David All - one of the leading online lights for the conservative movement. In it, he comments on another luminary that we have the privilege to know (and am trying to get him to come on MTNP to talk about it (hint, hint!), Erick Erickson from RedState.Stop Being Pundits; Start Being ActivistsOne of the better speeches at the RightOnline Summ...
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Reasons to vote Republican next monthFrom: granitegrok.com
Post Date: 2006-10-12 08:20:22
Eric at Redstate.com ran a contest a couple of days ago asking readers to state, in 100 words or less, why you should vote Republican in 2006. The winner was Liz Mair of gopprogress.com who really nailed it:I will vote Republican in 2006 because: I want a prosperous America, where the poorest can achieve wealth, if allowed to save instead of pay high taxes, while benefiting from low unemployment and limited regulation. I want a freer America, where my rights-- to own a gun, to determine my own...
more Free Speech - really?From: granitegrok.com
Post Date: 2006-10-12 06:53:46
Erin at Critical Mass makes the following observation: SUNY rewrites First Amendment As a public university, SUNY Binghamton is required to uphold the First Amendment rights of students--which it acknowledges: "The tradition at Binghamton, a public university, is that the full exercise of First Amendment rights is encouraged and protected," So far so good, that I can see.... states the Student Handbook. But SUNY administrators are not content to stop there. They go on to...
more Tag, dodge ball and jihad.From: granitegrok.com
Post Date: 2006-10-19 10:48:06
This is my weekly column for today’s Laconia Daily Sun. Exercising the First by Doug Lambert Tag, dodge ball and jihad.At what point will we ban childhood itself? While I’m all in favor of modern innovations like good helmets for children (and adults- if they choose) when bike riding and skiing, more and more lately, the notion of “child safety” just gets plain silly. .Consider the latest playground rules at an elementary school just down in nearby Massachusett...
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