Background: The Left has had a full time army in the United States since the 1960s. (Some say much earlier, and they may be right). And by "full time", I mean men and women whose job, whose paying job, is to get out of bed each day and go do battle with the forces of Good (or Evil, as they think perceive us to be.) These are committed soldiers of the Left, filled with a vitriol and hatred for us (we've written about before) that transcends anything they may just coincidentally be for. (This is important.) For them, this has always been a fight to death...to submit our will to theirs.
                            Since the 2000 election their army has grown exponentially, using every tool available to them, from forming internet cells, to forging alliances with local politicians, educators and media. They are active, very loud and as of November, 2008, very successful. Once dismissed as petulant, whiny, childlike, and feckless, they have now become clever in the ways of the turf...which they are increasingly beginning to own.
                           They are well funded from private donors, but the bulk of this army is paid by us, the American taxpayer. Did you ever wonder why, since the 1970's, that American universities have grown in degree programs for which there are no private sector job opportunities? Where do you go to find work with a degree in feminist literature? Answer: To another university that it just so happens is starting up its own Department of Feminism. (We delve into this in another "What Is to be Done"s segment.) The long and short of it is that fully 20% of most public university budgets is to provide a base of operations for these anti-American soldiers. They are the American Taliban, and the public university is their Waziristan.

                           To combat this massive army our side has talk radio and a few committed think tanks, but of late talk radio still spends a lot of time on comedy tours or at the golf course. The rest are ordinary citizens, working full time jobs. 
                           For generations our majority constitutional formula allowed vigilant citizens to be politically active only part of the time, by applying the knowledge and skills of building and owning their own House to 1) keeping their elected representatives in tow, and 2) with the guidance of a small army of "protectors" who kept the enemies of the Constitution at bay. But about fifty years ago, someone on the Left figured this formula out and they have been picking away at the edges ever since. Our Protectors lost sight of the prize, our elected representatives were seduced and the popular culture has over-taken our House, so that now, after three generations since the veterans came back from the world war, there's scarcely anyone who can even recall what that formula was supposed to look like.

So, to be blunt, the idea that a lot of pissed-off citizens can suddenly get up and give up a Saturday here and two hours on Thursday night there by attending a public protest or meeting isn't really enough to beat back the efforts of this giant army.

I hope I'm wrong, but if you are putting all your eggs into the November 2010 basket, based on that formula, you can't afford to be wrong.

Even if you can regain even one of the Houses, their army will be in place, with all the time in the world (they are younger than we are..do the math) to just wait us out until we fall back asleep.
                  
Here is what has to be done:
       For some weeks now we've been pushing a project that will put at least three-five full time soldiers in each congressional district to do battle with the Left in a variety of ways. They will have several invisible ("That damned elusive Pimpernel") functions:
       1. Morale: Rebuild morale among the base, Re-invigorate the base by letting them very publicly see someone fighting back;
       2. Nation re-building: Combat the Pop Culture by using street sense (and some money) begin the generation-long project to make morality, integrity and the values of liberty seem cool, while making the opposite arts of the pop culture seem lame;
       3. Intelligence: Monitor the Left more closely, Provide "clients" with on-going intelligence of the Left's moves and design counter activities so as to better predict their moves so as to get out in front of them;
       4. AGITPROP/PsyOps: Provide a constant drumbeat of noise and action against the Left, "brush fires" in the words of Sam Adams, which started with the first Tea Party; using every for of media;
      5.  Provide A Reckoning,  by allowing no lie no outrage to go unpunished, using many of the same tools the Left has used;
      6.  Enlistment: Build an even larger army of volunteers, especially from the midst of the Left's own territories.

       These functions are all outside the bounds of normal political activities, by parties or other groups. We have already designed plans with the in mind and offered them to political operatives as well as private citizen groups.
       For a decent sized city or congressional district, expect to be able to set and operate such a company of soldiers for no less than $150,000 year, for ten years. And yes, once the news is out that such groups exist, contributions will roll in.

       If interested, contact us thru thesandsinstitute.org, where we will go through a little vetting process.