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, July 27, 2012

INSULTING



For a local liberal to say that Conservatives want to abolish a safety net for the truly needy, keep women at home and not in the workplace, and keep blacks and other minorities “in their place” is insulting.

What psychological needs compel many liberals to create these ridiculous armies of straw men (and women)? Projection? An unhappy childhood? Or is it simply their need to say, “We’re not evil like those folks. We are far superior.” (See most of the President’s speeches.)

It’s difficult to address such banalities in this forum, but I’ll try. Many Conservatives have an in-depth knowledge of history. On a personal note, I helped create history by working at the federal level to disestablish segregated school systems in the South (and in northern cities), to seek gender equity in schools and colleges, and to ensure that students with disabilities received accommodations to help them fulfill their potential.

The Conservatives I know don't tolerate discrimination. Period! We certainly don’t believe that blacks and women need government to “take care of them” because they are helpless and incompetent.

The tragic history of segregation in the South was written by white Democrats and for white Democrats. They held absolute power over blacks for a century after the Civil War ended. The Democrat Party with media help, massive federal aid, and gerrymandering, has largely "whited out" its negative history and succeeded in convincing most black voters that Democrats are now on their side. Good for them. (But that doesn’t mean there aren’t racist Democrats.)

As to the “woman as housewife only” issue - - the women in CCV laugh at that. Conservative men love strong women, and we have many. They may be somewhat different than “liberal” women; e.g., they don’t praise failure or tolerate whining in men - - or in Presidents.


Jim Littlejohn
Concerned Coastal Voters
Gualala, CA  95445

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