You can govern yourself. You can govern with others. You can learn about political planks and political platforms, how to do governance, and about political organization. It's about active citizenship, civics, a more perfect union, and we the people. It's about participation. So, the focus of these many posts is on democracy, justice, citizenship, governance, co-operation, and democracy.
Americans and others have not only given up their citizenship responsibilities, but have given up their responsibility for helping their children and youth to be effective members of society. The have the excuse that their parents did not carry out their parenting responsibility. Also that the help of professional educators and others was scares.
Have you noticed any results?
RCS
It seems that someone belives we are not all ready to practice self-governance. They are probably right.
Or,
let's have a platform. Or, let's have a plank. "A party" sounds most
attractive, but I have reason to consider a plank first.
The
kind of plank I am considering is political. is the name given to
fundamental parts of a political platform. Political party platforms are
made up of planks. This kind of plank does not come from a tree, but
rather from the minds of men and women. We can shape one, or more.
We
have some ideas about the nature of a political party. Historically
each person running for political office usually had a platform much
like the platform of his party. So we know that a platform is what a
person running for office stood on. I Great Britain, I believe, stood
for office rather than running for office as one does in the US. A
platform was once more about what party stood for rather than stood on. A
party and it's platform may be much about wants, interests, needs,
desires, values, and even philosophy of citizens, the men and women of
the nation.
So,
parties had and have platforms. An important of those platforms were its planks.
Each plank was likely to represent a specific want, interest need, values of citizens
Right
now I am less interested in specific candidates, elections, or parties
and am more interested in the specifics the platform they stand on. The
specifics are best found in its planks.
So,
I am interested in platforms and the planks of those platforms, I am
interested in specific planks and sets of planks one can stand on and
for. I can direct my interests to the specifics of a chosen plank. I
want a solid plank I can work on and see implemented in our nation. I
am interested in a plank I can be proud to stand up for. I am interested
in a plank which represents real and specific values and interests in
an understandable and attractive way.
There is a lot to learn and we can find some satisfaction in helping one another. I am pretty sure that a plank or a splinter of it may lead to the creation of a Bill. That.s something
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First
we form some great planks. Or find them in the 20 some party sites online. With them we can make a great platform. On
that great platform can stand a great (new) party. A party to be proud
of. We can learn a lot in the process.
Heaven forbid that other parties should copy a plank of ours.
We could look through the planks we find online and pick out the ones we really like a lot.
by Richard Sheehan
Do we feel incapable?
Do we no longer know how?
What is it?
Don't we want a republic?
Are we no longer interested in democracy?
Why have we put our military in the hands of others?
Why do we no longer have a citizen army or military of any kind?
Why did we give up our war powers?
Why do we no longer teach our children or youth civics and governance?
Why have we surrendered our very word to others?
What does citizenship mean to us now?
Who are "we?"
Where is our education for governance?
If we just give up most of our children won't even be useful as slaves. How will they be able to take care of themselves. Does it not seem that we are living in denial. Are we unwilling to see reality? How do we go about maintaining a we?
Have you co-operated locally?
Do you have any questions?
Do you have any answers?
RCS