DailyPaul Convention — Calling a Strategy Session — WHAT DO WE DO?

Yes, YOU!

What can you do? Really! Think about it . . .

What are your resources? Make a list. Headings might include Skills, Knowledge, Contacts, Tools & Equipment and any other category that makes sense.

The Task At Hand
How can you apply those resources to the task at hand? What task is that? Understanding the political hierarchy and timeline so we can propel proper candidates into office at all levels.

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Who are you? What lights your (political) fire? What makes you get up, go out and spread the word? Where do you do that? When do you do that? Why do you do that? How do you do that?

Here are my suggestions:

Who are you? I don’t mean your name; that’s your identity. I mean, at your core, who do you think you are? What type of person are you? Do you love people, prefer the hermit lifestyle, or something in between? Do you communicate best verbally or in writing? If you don’t know, figure it out. Now.

What lights your (political) fire? What inspires you to take action? In this case, I mean what has to happen to you, personally, that you will take deliberate action to make a phone call, email, fax, write a letter, or speak in person to another person who may not be familiar with your goal? Do you need Ron Paul to come to your house and speak with you? Do you need to see a video of him? Is there someone else who inspires you to take action? If you don’t know, figure it out. Now.

Where do you commune with like-minded people? If you are isolated, where do you go to encourage others to join you? Do you strike up a conversation with people in line at a bank or grocery store? Do you chat with clerks? Do you belong to a club or association? Do you attend events with your children (school plays, sporting events)? Do you attend events (P.T.A.) on behalf of your children? Do you chat with your doctor, dentist, or other medical staff? Do you attend fundraising events for a favorite charity? Make a list of your activities and think about how you interact with people.

When do you commune with others? On special days of the week when you attend religious services? When you take your kids to sporting events and talk with other parents? When you go to dinner with friends? When you go to business meetings? When you travel on common carriers (planes, trains, boats)? When you are mowing the lawn or gardening, and speak to a neighbor? Make notes. Mark your calendar so you are prepared to speak about news pertinent to your goal.

Why do you perform these various activities? Probably because you enjoy being with like-minded people; people who hold the same religious beliefs, people who enjoy watching their kids play sports, people who enjoy hearing about your life and telling you about their lives while sharing a meal, people who have common business interests, people who attend the same community meetings, people who are traveling to the same place you are, people who live in your neighborhood, your extended family. Family. Neighborhood. Community. How far does your reach extend? Write down names and make notes about past conversations and known common interests; be prepared.

How do you go about broaching the subject of politics without marring the natural flow of conversation? Think about it. How would YOU like to have someone else present their personally-held political views? Probably in a way you could relate to the circumstance without feeling irked and becoming aware that you are actually talking politics. Be kind yet focused.

In short: educate yourself on all aspects of your goal, be as patient as necessary to win over someone’s mind, and learn to recognize—and overcome—objections.

If not you, then who?

Take action now!

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I would like to see someone start a phone jam on tv talk shows. if they wont educate them we can. call up with a qoute about the federal reserve documentation is a must. alex jones told his audience to do that on hannity and it worked great. we shut him down on his own show! the air waves go two ways. I would volunteer to do it myself but i havent hardly watched tv for something like 5 years. I dont even think about what's on t.v. tonite.
If hannity cut you off id remind him that he is supposed to be broadcasting "in the publics interest" and you being part of the public deserve to have your opinions heard. criticism of the u.n. for example has not been heard. If we are going to wake up the older people its not going to be by the internet. They may start to remember things like the word free enterprise and other concepts that they have not thought about for 50 years because those ideas have been banned on t.v. They could be our greatest asset because they may remember thier parents talking about the stinkin u.n.,tariffs secret police etc. They dont have to be taught. Believe me they remember what this country was and are probably the angrier than anyone. What if we had 3,000 retired bored crotchety people who could make phone calls to the senators?

I would LOVE to see a movement in my county. I am between Charlotte-Asheville-and the Greenville/Spartanburg SC areas...
I have been speaking to strangers in line when I go out. The latest thing I have been telling them is to support HR 1207, and to please call everyone in state government demanding they stand behind the bill. I tell the ones I speak to, that if the bill passes, it could be the first step in not only saving more money in their pay checks, but helping to save the country they love.
I have spoken to, and gotten at least 20 Vets in my area to listen to, and see the truth. Now they are all against Obama and they all agree..they want to see the birth certificate. (All I ask them was: Would you go back into a war and risk your life for a president who refuses to prove hes a true American? Then why do you support Obama?...That did it)

Freedom is another way to God...A corrupt government is a straight way to hell.

Much of what we are doing is focusing on educating people locally. There is a decent size group that has galvanized over the last 6 months. Many of whom have been activists for a long time. This is some of what we are doing:

1) Remaining active in Campaign for Liberty. Precinct leaders, District leaders,etc..Participating in regular C4L meetings. Canvassing our precincts with C4L and similar literature. Recruiting new members.

2) Organizing the Philly End the Fed rally 04-25-09...March down Market Street, rally at the Federal Reserve, culminating with an indoor assembly at the National Constitution Center. We have an excellent line-up of guest speakers, including Michael Badnarik. http://educationalrevolution.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/end-th...

3) Providing a venue to host Michael Badnarik's April 26th "Constitution Class" in Philadelphia.

4)Using our primary meetup groups "Campaign for Liberty" & "Philly Truth and Freedom" as a vehicle to network with other area meetup groups in the freedom movement. Our target groups to interact with are other C4L meetups, JBS, Antiwar, and of course the fastest growing group of conservative minded people, GB's 9-12 project members.

5) Remaining active, or stepping up activity in local party politics (all parties). Running for local office, and supporting other liberty minded candidates in the region, county, state, and federal levels, seeking committee level seats.

6) As futile as it seems, still contacting state and federal legislators on a daily or weekly basis on upcoming legislation, impending votes, or providing feedback on their recent or overall voting record.

7) Public outreaches similar to this one at a recent gun show in Valley Forge, PA http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=13288

8) Blogging, posting videos, handing out slim-jim fliers everywhere you go (keep a stack in your car or the inside pocket of your favorite jacket.)
http://www.youtube.com/user/robpatozz

Our objective is simple. We are on a mission to educate and invite as many people into the freedom movement as humanly possible. I personally believe that supporters of GB's 9-12 project are one of the best target groups to receive the message of individual liberty, and learning the truth..We know,that we will go nowhere without ACTIVISTS. If you really care about freedom do something.

robpatozz
www.trueworldhistory.info
www.campaignforliberty.com
www.endthefed.us

1) Focused Fundraising-People "vote with their dollars" for area targets
2) Resistance Networks-forming coalitions with all different groups
3) Legislative List-The acts that need to be repealed, stopped or helped
4) Candidate Catalog-A list of the people running at all levels of government
5) PAC training-how to form and maintain a Political Action Committee
6) EZ precinct leader program-a survey and checkup program to get a base

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Start getting freedom today by dumping Federal Reserve Notes, Stocks, Banks and anything made outside the USA. Buy precious metals, real estate, businesses, food and guns and get your business community to use local or sound currenc

New York State agrees to decriminalize all of Rockefeller's harmful drug laws!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/nyregion/26rockefeller.html
The message of Freedom has finally penetrated into Big Apple!

I hope Rockefeller takes a long hard look, at he and his CFR Globalist friends not having the support of the people!!!

that we are giving even MORE money to Mexico and money to rebuild Gaza that the zionist destroyed, when we, ourselves are bankrupt. What the hell is going on?

for this great post, and for starting a thread with many excellent responses.
Your lines, "conversions must be won by seduction almost...In short, BE KIND," is advice worth gold to this movement.

turn a conversation with a stranger into a way to talk about the economy, not the weather! Once I do that, I try to gauge the level of dissatisfaction the person has with current events, then I go in for the "kill" and bring the conversation around to the fact that the only one that would have been able to steer this country in the proper direction was ridiculed out of the debates and possibly prevented from winning the election, and that he - Ron Paul - really does now have bragging rights! (No doubt, unless they are living under a rock - they have probably seen some of the "face time" that Ron Paul has had in the past months even on the major media, so they would probably know who you are talking about!)

Look for excuses to talk to people wherever you come in contact with them - at the supermarket, at the mall, at the gas station....anywhere you can have the chance to talk small talk with someone.

Once you get the conversation started and you are successful in steering it in the right direction, you have given another citizen something to think about. Multiply that by all the people who have supported Ron Paul's message out there and there will be nobody left who hasn't heard of Ron Paul and that we must reinvigorate our Constitution by getting involved in the process.

I think that there are a lot more people willing to listen now....because they are scared and they are beginning to see that they have been lied to.

"Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom."

is support our candidates for 2010 RJ Harris,Debra Medina and Rand Paul maybe its time for a Daily Paul moneybomb.

Almost everyone is now in agreement that Glenn Beck is OVER.

There are a lot of great ideas -- the further we go down the page here.

We need to develop a Consumers Constitution and a Voters Constitution; (1st)!!!

We must know what we are "standing for."

We then need to develop group stickiness (2nd) -- In these trying times our Liberty Mind Militias (10 - 15 strong -- small - organized - no infiltrations) should focus on Passive Incomes, a Barter System, Entrepreneurialism, Homeschooling, Private and Secret Gardens, Precincting, Contacts in the Black and Red Markets, DVD Parties, DVD Door to Doors, Slim Jims, et al).

We want to develop Liberty Cells -- that are functional when the leader dies or quits. I've trained Navy Seals in Defensive Tactics and Conscious-Sleep exercises and we've discussed the tactics and sustainability of terrorist cells. Their networks are ingenious and are 100% non-reliant on technology.

Here's our Covenant: 1) Vote-out-the-Incumbent (this would increase lobbying costs by 2000% -- 535 people to bribe rather than focusing primarily on the Senior Politician), 2) Vote-out-the-Corporatist (Consumer Union - no purchases from welfaring seekers), and 3) Vote-out-the-Unionist (Consumer Union - no product made by union hands).

Why do we know this would work?

Corporatist Revenue Stream: 1) Consumers-who-Purchase, 2) Consumers-who-Invest, and 3) Consumer-who-Abdicate to Gov't (Gov't Subsidizes Inefficiency and then they Abdicate to The Fed)

We are 3/3 of the problem and solution.

Let's write a Consumers Constitution (CC) and a Voters Constitution (VC)

CC -- "We the individual consumer will buy products and services from corporations (by industry) who engage in the least lobbying; from workers who are part of no union; and who help to keep the educational system innovative - entrepreneurial - and privatized. We the individual consumer will buy local producers and services when possible -- we will buy organic food exclusively or sincerely try to -- lastly we will never abdicate consumptive dollars to corporatists who seek to usurp consumer demand as their sole voice of business solvency."

VC -- "We the inividual voter will never elect an incumbent; we will ONLY elect an invidual who will first pledge to NEVER issue one new tax, revise an old tax, continue an old tax, doll out regulatory advantages, nor vote to spend beyond tax revenue. Politicians will rise without party affiliation - no voter will elect a politician who even hints at affiliation -- there must always be 100% competition and Zero Cronyism between the candidates -- otherwise collusion and monopoly of ideas may occur."

Octobox circa 2009 *writ with a blood quill*

Can you write a better one?

Octobox

then do this

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/87721