Is there not a need for us, as conservatives, to declare and demonstrate for some of our fellow “conservatives” that there is no such thing as a "big-government conservative" -- other than in the same sense that "fool's gold" is a type of gold?
Is there not a need for us to confirm that the rest of us understand -- to some degree of detail -- what the effect of this assertion should be: what a genuine ally of freedom believes and in what areas such an ally should hope to reduce government in the short-term, the long-term, and the ideal scenario?
Is there not a need for us to confirm and demonstrate (for our fellow conservatives, among others) that American conservatives believe that every branch, department, or agent of our governments is bound by our Constitution and must be closely monitored and assertively supervised by the governed?
Is there not a need for us to refresh the memory of many conservatives as to the many reasons for these “small-government” positions?
To accomplish this, should we not now propose a statement of such conservative ideas and then widely adopt and affirm it?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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The Twelve Points are a statement of conservative principles, objectives, philosophy, and additional guiding considerations, composed by Karl Born, a young Indianapolis writer and attorney, beginning in early 2008, completed on July 2, 2009.
The purpose of the Twelve Points is to serve as a delivery mechanism for distilled, concentrated conservative thinking, with the goal of returning clarity and completeness to popular conservatism, and spreading knowledge of the true principles of conservatism throughout the conservative community.
The idea for the Twelve Points, along with much of the content of the document itself, came from the "Seven Points," which was created by a group of conservative college students in 2003 at Indiana University: Grand Old Cause.
Even in light of the 2010 election results, the conservative movement has become confused and aimless. Certain essential conservative principles and considerations have faded from memory and lost their influence. The Twelve Points will help to solve this problem by reminding us of conservative thinking that we may not have considered recently, and by making that thinking available to new, developing conservatives.
Send your questions or ideas to the12points@gmail.com!
The purpose of the Twelve Points is to serve as a delivery mechanism for distilled, concentrated conservative thinking, with the goal of returning clarity and completeness to popular conservatism, and spreading knowledge of the true principles of conservatism throughout the conservative community.
The idea for the Twelve Points, along with much of the content of the document itself, came from the "Seven Points," which was created by a group of conservative college students in 2003 at Indiana University: Grand Old Cause.
Even in light of the 2010 election results, the conservative movement has become confused and aimless. Certain essential conservative principles and considerations have faded from memory and lost their influence. The Twelve Points will help to solve this problem by reminding us of conservative thinking that we may not have considered recently, and by making that thinking available to new, developing conservatives.
Send your questions or ideas to the12points@gmail.com!

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