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The American Crisis 2009 - What Can I
Do?
Dear Members and Supporters
You've heard the question, and you've asked the
question. Of course, the answer depends on what
it is you are trying to do. If you are concerned
with salvaging what's left of the Republic we all
thought we were growing up in, restoring the
Constitution, etc., then the answers are simple.
The problem is, most Texans are lying to
themselves. They don't want to do what it takes
to turn this country around. They need to be
informed about certain things they are doing that
not working.
233 years ago today, after the Continental Army
was driven out of New Jersey, an article titled
"The American Crisis" was published in the
Pennsylvania Journal, DECEMBER 23, 1776.
Written by an aide-de-camp to General Nathanael
Greene named Thomas Paine, General Washington
ordered it read to the troops:
"These are the times that try men's
souls.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot
will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of
his country...
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
yet we have this consolation with us that the
harder the conflict, the more glorious the
triumph."
If you think any of the following things are
going to help turn this country around, you are
sadly mistaken:
Voting for "the lesser of two evils" because
he/she has a better chance of winning. (Are you
mad? That is the way to guarantee that Evil wins!
Have you never heard of voting your
conscience?)
Writing to your Congressman - forget it. If they
won't read the bills they are voting on, what
makes you think they will read your letter?
Unless the congressman is a personal friend or a
relative, there is no way that a letter means
anything to him/her.
Forwarding lots of e-mail to your friends -
that's a good way to lose some friends, and it
rarely educates. In fact, they're probably
getting the same e-mail from several other people
(this tactic is often counter-productive);
Being angry - anger is not good for you, and the
government doesn't care. You can sustain anger
only so long, and then you burn out, and then you
lapse into complacency. You don't want to get
angry, you want to remove virtually every
incumbent from office!!!
"Okay, so what can I do?"
- Join a party and
get active. You'll have far more impact in one that
is not currently in office. We recommend the
Constitution Party, obviously.
Click here for your application form.
- Consider running
for office in 2010. In order to do that, you must
contact your party leader or the proper election
officials (county or state, municipality or
school board, etc.) And the deadline for that is
January 4, 2010! Less than two weeks away! Just
write to Chairman@CPTexas.us
- Start building up
your own list of voters who agree with you, and
ask them if they will join you in a compact -- to
vote for the best candidates, and stop wasting
their votes on "the lesser of two evils." This is
far more radical than you might think, for many
people. Why should you be happy to vote only
once, when you can legally vote eleven times by
getting ten friends to vote for the candidate you
believe is best!
- Donate, and be
generous in your donations to the Constitution
Party, and to your favorite candidate.
- Host a series of
meetings in your home with your friends, and
invite your favorite candidate to come and
enlighten them, recruit them to his/her team, and
to motivate them to channeled patriotic energy
that results in electing new people, who believe
in the US Constitution! Our Texas Tea
Party is just the place to start.
Thomas Paine's pamphlet entitled "The American
Crisis" opened with:
THESE are the times that try men's souls. The
summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in
this crisis, shrink from the service of their
country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the
love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like
hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this
consolation with us, that the harder the conflict,
the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too
cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only
that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how
to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would
be strange indeed if so celestial an article as
FREEDOM should not be highly rated. Britain, with
an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that
she has a right (not only to TAX) but "to BIND us
in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER" and if being bound in that
manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a
thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is
impious; for so unlimited a power can belong only
to God.
The Federal government is out of control and cares
not about constitutions, bill of rights,
declarations, etc. The war is on and you are in it
whether you like it or not!
Read the entire American Crisis piece here http://www.ushistory.org/Paine/crisis/c-01.htm.
In fact, print it out and give it to your family
and friends on Christmas Day!
I will conclude with the ending paragraph:
I thank God, that I fear not. I see no real
cause for fear. I know our situation well, and can
see the way out of it. While our army was
collected, Howe dared not risk a battle; and it is
no credit to him that he decamped from the White
Plains, and waited a mean opportunity to ravage the
defenceless Jerseys; but it is great credit to us,
that, with a handful of men, we sustained an
orderly retreat for near an hundred miles, brought
off our ammunition, all our field pieces, the
greatest part of our stores, and had four rivers to
pass. None can say that our retreat was
precipitate, for we were near three weeks in
performing it, that the country might have time to
come in. Twice we marched back to meet the enemy,
and remained out till dark. The sign of fear was
not seen in our camp, and had not some of the
cowardly and disaffected inhabitants spread false
alarms through the country, the Jerseys had never
been ravaged. Once more we are again collected and
collecting; our new army at both ends of the
continent is recruiting fast, and we shall be able
to open the next campaign with sixty thousand men,
well armed and clothed. This is our situation, and
who will may know it. By perseverance and fortitude
we have the prospect of a glorious issue; by
cowardice and submission, the sad choice of a
variety of evils - a ravaged country - a
depopulated city - habitations without safety, and
slavery without hope - our homes turned into
barracks and bawdy-houses for Hessians, and a
future race to provide for, whose fathers we shall
doubt of. Look on this picture and weep over it!
and if there yet remains one thoughtless wretch who
believes it not, let him suffer it unlamented.
It is time to stand up and lead this country out
of her socialistic and communistic ways. Won't
you be a part of this revival?
If General and President Washington thought it
important enough to have read to his troops in
the midst of battle, let me encourage you to not
only read the story but to listen to the words of
Thomas Paine
here.
So we conclude with the question: "Okay, so what
can I do?"
The answer is to quote Sherlock Holmes:
"Elementary"!
Run and Recruit! It's that simple!
If you don't run for office, who will?
If you won't fund advertising, who will?
"These are the times that try men's
souls.
The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot
will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of
his country...
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered;
yet we have this consolation with us that the
harder the conflict, the more glorious the
triumph."
Will you join with me today and give a gift of
membership for your Family and Friends? Give a
membership in the only party that stands for the
Founding Fathers and our Foundational Principles!
We need your funds, your prayers, your time and
talents!
Stand and quit ye like men.
For God, Family and the Republic,
Bryan Malatesta
Chairman
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We are the
OFFICIAL
Constitution Party of
Texas
Accept no
substitutes, and do not be fooled by
imposters!
Yes, believe it or
not, there are at least two other groups out there
who like our concept so much that they have stolen
our logos, our platform, and even our name! It's
nice to be popular, but this is the real
deal.
Just ask our National CP
Chairman,
Jim
Clymer.
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