CCV GOALS AND PRIORITIES



CCV GOALS AND PRIORITY ISSUES

At our initial meeting early in 2010, the Concerned Coastal Voters developed the following major goals for our organization to pursue:

1. To publicly present conservative views in a professional, factual manner and to counter misinformation where appropriate.

2. To research topics of interest at the national and state levels, and share the information among members of our group.
3. To identify and pursue the most effective venues for disseminating factual information related to our priority issues.

4. To expand membership of our group to like-minded persons regardless of their political affiliation.


Some of the Issues We Care Most About:


1. Free Enterprise Economy (e.g., fiscal responsibility, tax policies that promote growth of businesses, jobs, and general prosperity, elimination of unnecessary bureaucracy and regulation)


2. Limited, responsible, and responsive government.


3. Strong national defense, including border security.


4. Adherence by politicians and the courts to the Constitution and the rights of the individual. (e.g., civil rights, freedom of expression, right to bear arms)


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Friday, August 26, 2011

GUNGA DINS

Conservatives speak of the “Left” to describe politicians and their supporters who view big government as the solution to all problems. Want more jobs? No problem. Just prime the compliant media (CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, New York Times, etc.) with fairy tales about “shovel ready jobs” and Voila!, they’re carrying water for the Democrats like modern day Gunga Dins. Want a national health care plan that ensures government bureaucrats armed with ten thousand pages of regulations will control and ration private medical decisions? That’s easy, too. Just give the media lap dogs their daily talking points about how evil “right wingers” are blocking health care for the poor and wavering Democrats fall in line. Want to increase our debt by trillions without presenting a plan to reform entitlements? Have the media blame the Tea Party.
Clearly a battle is joined between two differing views. Progressives believe the government is best suited to control our commerce and every aspect of our lives, whereas, Conservatives believe that excessive government stifles individual initiative, creates dependency, and pushes us closer to economic and social ruin.
The mainstream news media in this country falsely touts its objectivity while aligning itself with and fully promoting Left Wing/Progressive views.  I would love to see documentation of the number of times that major media news anchors routinely refer to Democrat politicians as “Left Wing,”  or even “Liberal,” versus the number of times Republican politicians are referred to as “Right Wing,” or “Conservative.” The fact is that the large media, with few exceptions, do not recognize that President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and dozens of Democrats are to the far left of the majority of Americans. Sadly, the same media that failed to vet candidate Obama protects the Left’s behind, while daily demonizing the Right.
Jim Littlejohn
Concerned Coastal Voters
Gualala, CA