Saturday Night Movie Night -- Reign of Fire

For some reason this week, I am cocooning.  And this is while I am reading Children and the G-d Emperor of Dune.

If I'm following Leto II, then maybe I'm preparing a Golden Path for humanity too (actually, just Los Angeles, but I think large and long term too.  Thank G-d I don't have Sandworm skin)

Before the movie, here are this week's posts:

1) 1984 (the book) and Today's Democrats.  Orwell warned us all;

2) Issues to run and win in the LA Basin if you are on the ballot (as is yours truly for June 5th);

3) The Meta Issues of this Election (thank you TV Tropes -- very addicting site)

4) Catching up on the Republican Primaries from Super Tuesday Onward. What does it all mean?

5)  ??????????????????????

Now, enjoy a movie with Dragons, a young Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey (another Washington Redskins fan).

First, a song, then the movie:

Chemical Brothers, Golden Path





Reign of Fire (2002)

Fighting the Empire, Part One: The Sleeper Awakes (Tea Party v. Establishment GOP)

The rise of Delaware Republican candidate Christine O'Donnell, AK Senate candidate Joe Miller and MA Senator Scott Brown shows how the establishment GOP has lost it's way. 


 

This post is for my friends and candidates who are working this election cycle, Democrats will feel the heat in the next post.


I am a sci-fi and political geek; The story of the Fremens taking the power from Padishiah Emperor Shaddam IV ties into how the Tea Party (and local activists) can fight the establishment GOP. 

Mattie Fein (no relation) starts the discussion here. 


The Fremen of Dune were under the hands of the Harkonnans, before and after the Atriedies arrived on Arrakis.  They used guerrilla warfare until Paul "Maud'dib" Atriedies came in. 

But we in the Tea Party (i.e. Fiscal Conservatives)  who are fighting the establishment Republicans (Dan Foster and Karl Rove to name two) must use both guerrilla warfare and the power of monies and new media. 

How?

Let's read from The Congress Dictionary by Paul Dickson and Paul Clancy (pub. 1993):

"Congressional Campaign Committee:  Partisan unit working to promote the re-election of sitting party members and the election of new ones. The first Congressional Campaign Committee was created by Radical Republicans who did not trust the National Committee of the Party. "(Emphasis mine)

If the Tea Party and local activists want to win, set up mirror organizations of the National Party in 50 States.  The point of elections is that "The people speak,"  If the Tea Parties (again, Fiscal Conservatives) want to be heard before and after elections, build a financial and farm team network.  This even goes to the local activists who feel slighted.


How do you build said network?


Start funding the most local level of all: City Councils, Mayoral races and State Assembly and State Senate candidates, they are our future.  These are the future warriors against the Sardukars [Establishment candidates].  In your town, city or county, have a Tea Party PAC ready to fund your local candidates (See Pasadena, California).


And every candidate that rises, they can teach future candidates how to win and how to govern.


And who is our Maud'dib?  Former Governor Palin.  Because she stakes her endorsements early, she has ridden the sandworms of events. 



Yet Former Governor Romney thinks he has a chance.  He does not try to ride the worm, he waits for others and waits till it's safe.   Mitt Romney is the Baron. 

That is why he will lose the 2012 Primary.  And if he runs, the general election too.

My question: How are the Tea Parties and local activists working together against the  Establishmentarian GOP's (i.e. Country club Republicans)?


For now, hear the words of Maud'dib!

The Republican Encyclicals: Reagan Lights the Way

Karv and Todd,

Remember the introduction to the Encyclicals? I mentioned to read Frank Herbert's Dune series. Why? Because, it relates how the Conservatives and the Republicans must look towards their leaders. And it shows what fools these Democrats be.

When Frank Herbert wrote Dune in the late 60's, Reagan was California Governor. By the time of the God Emperor of Dune, published in 1984, President Reagan was running for re-election.

The first Four books of the series deals with Messiahs, real and false, rebellions and ruling, honor and Long term plans. As the media and the Democrats make President Obama a demi-g-d, we know the way to Messiah is not through walking on water, but freeing the people. President Obama would never force out the moneychangers in the temple because, as I mentioned earlier, he will not risk his popularity.

It's great that America elected the First African American President, but the man cannot govern. As the Freman's dealt with the Harkonnens we must continue to fire upon the Democrats. And, if you read the title, Reagan leads the way. How?

I call Reagan our Maud'dib. He took a defeated tribe, the Conservatives and Republicans and won the White House and the Senate in 1980 when no one thought he could. He was humble in office (like our Duke Leto I, President George W. Bush -- he was under attack like Duke Leto I since December 12, 2000. Luckily our Duke Leto I survived) and Reagan, like Maud'dib, knew that he to honor his own leader. As Maud'dib had the old school Freman leader Stilgar, Reagan had Nancy and they worked well together.

However the path that led to Reagan's victory in 1980 and again in 1984 has changed. Because of Reagan, we had Speaker Gingrich win back the House in 1994. But these are new days and we need to find our Duke Leto II. Not because he was G-d Emperor, or that he stayed in power for almost 4,000 years, but because he had a long term plan for mankind. Our next leader must also be far seeing.

In this new era, we are the Freman tribes working in our Sietch's, surviving and paving the way for our leader who will help build a Galactic Empire. Reagan found the Conservatives and Republicans as we spent years from the Goldwater debacle re-building. We must re-build, messiahs come when we pave the way. The Fremans kept on surviving long before Paul Atriedies ever came to Aarakis. Elected officials prove themselves over time and become leaders in their deeds, not just words.

Herbert wrote Dune Messiah as a way of taking down the myth he created in the original book. Conspiracies and hubris defeated Maud'dib. Luckily, it never affected Reagan because he remained humble. The best leaders are.

We must never forget Reagan's humor or belief in mankind's freedom. But we can't wait for the "next" Reagan either. Build the party, build a majority, the leader will find us.

And at the end of the Fourth book, mankind was free from the ideas of Emperor's or Messiahs. That is what we Republicans and Conservatives strive for. We are the Freman.

Joe'y'

The Republican Encyclicals: Letter to Karv and Todd

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Dear Karv and Todd,

It's nice to learn that the House Democrats do not believe in Democracy -- it makes writing these posts easier. As long as Democrats believe the lights should go out in the House or in Iraq or anyplace else that Democracy needs to rise, we can count on Speaker Pelosi to shut out that light.

This is the introduction post to the Republican Encyclicals, begat from the California Encyclicals (which were addressed to Todd), and the goals are still the same: It is a long term plan that Conservatives and Republicans can use to win. The Encyclicals are not just ideals, but strategies and tactics. In all the books talking of winning, ideas matter.

However, get used to this equation:

Ideas (15%) + Ideals (15%) + Image (25%) + Methods (15%) + Organization (30%) = New Republican majority


Why did I choose you guys? You know my family, you know me. You can get these ideas to the Floor of the House if they are good. However, Karv and Todd, I will be unavailable in the next month [see the next two posts], but when I return in September, there will be more.

Either I will visit DC with the Encyclicals in October or I will move there within 6 months of October. I see the tide coming, but some of us are determined to stand and fight.

To help make sense of the upcoming Encyclicals, first I suggest reading the California Encyclicals:

Prologue
Burbank, 1 and 2
Los Angeles 1 and 2
California 1, 2 and 3
Coda

(**so far, no one in California has sat down and discussed them with me yet -- and, yet, The California Republicans are still losing! Coincidence?**)

Here are things I will reference to help the case:

1) Frank Herbert's Dune series (the main books -- the reason will be written later)
2) Marvel Comics Story lines (I grew up on these and can't we just say the Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid are acting like Days of Future Past Sentinels?
3) Doctor Who -- which Democrat is like Davros?

While I'm busy in August, make sure people donate to Rep. Zimmer (R-NJ) and Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL-13) for this year's election.

Keep fighting the good fight!

Joe'y'