The Carterville 9/12ers

UPDATE: The Meetup Group linked to below is no longer active. Please go to c912ers.blogspot.com for the same group information.

Thanks!

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In my last post, I mentioned that I was going to be doing my own little "9/12 Project" and indicated that I would share more of the details later on.

This last Saturday, April 25, the Carterville 9/12ers held our first meeting. If you want to know more about our group, see http://www.meetup.com/Carterville9-12ers/pages/About_the_Carterville_9-12ers/.

Our first meeting went really well. We had roughly 20 people attend and all who attended had very positive feelings about what we are trying to accomplish. My brother and sister and their spouses even attended via videoconferencing from Pensacola and Manhattan. Our group will begin by becoming more familiar with the Constitution and by reading The 5000 Year Leap by Cleon Skousen.

I truly hope this is just the beginning. I know people are busy and have a lot on thier plate, but what is the value of our freedom to keep doing those other activities? I think it is absolutely essential that concerned citizens who care band together to make our government what it needs to be. There is no other way. The only reason corrupt politicians continue to be elected is because most everybody says something like "I'm too busy to bother with politics and my voice doesn't matter anyway." The corruption has worn people down, understandably, so it is going to take people who care to help kindle or rekindle patriotism and political activism in the hearts of our fellow countrymen.

I'm trying to do that with this group. With God as my helper, I'm not going to go down without a fight. This is my country and there is no way I'm going to let some sell-out-two-bit politician, or group of sell-out-two-bit politicians, destroy it without any resistance.