Location, location, location:

Tuesday- November 9, 2010

Location, location, location:

On today’s date, in 1620, the Mayflower ship landed at a location in Cape Cod, Massachusetts with 101 colonists. On November 11, the Mayflower Compact was signed by 41 men, establishing a form of local government in which the colonists agree to abide by majority rule and to cooperate for the general good of the colony. The Compact set the precedent for other colonies, as they set up their governments. Today’s title tells everything about our history. The location of time and history made it possible for the early colonies to grow and prosper in a location that was largely unknown to the rest of the world. By 1700, our population topped 250,000 people.

Our leaders forget our history. The president is abroad in India speaking to the youth about Gandhi and how, as a young boy, Gandhi made an impression upon him. As the President is selling a debt package on location, he must compliment the buyer. However, he also has an obligation to communicate our history and how the United States is still the greater hope of what Gandhi stood for. Our leaders always talk about foreign figures of history. This President and the out going House and Senate leaders never speak about the founding fathers, their struggles and consequent success. The reason is that their story and struggle for freedom and liberty does not exist in their dialog.

We all know when we invest in real-estate location is everything. In politics location is everything especially when we review the Red versus Blue States. In 2011, redistricting will be a topic of particular concern, not only for the Republicans, but also for the Democrats.

While we look for location on the maps to redraw the lines from one district to another to reflect population and political shifts, we must also remember that communication is just as important as location. The new make up of the House must be active in repealing bad legislation, such as healthcare, but they must also offer new solutions. The new solutions must and will bring back a strong America. However, the new solutions must be communicated and must be understood in all the locations of the new map.

When the Democrats start to rebuke the new solutions, we must be out there discounting what the other side is saying. When the Democrats filibuster in media interviews, we must stop the filibuster with a common sense dialog that connects with the viewing audience. Like selling a location in real estate we must concentrate on how to sell the dialog and that comes with the opportunity to communicate.

The Democratic Party knows they are in serious trouble. As they were saying two years ago about the Republican Party becoming nothing more than a regional party, the tables have turned. The Republican Party is now positioned to be the dominant Party in the first quarter of this century. The Democrats know that their leader is a political disaster. This is what makes that Party even more dangerous in defending their decisions. The Democratic Party has become the dumping ground for radical thought and now radical behavior.

While the Democrats are deciding who will lead them in the House and Senate they will also play the verbal filibuster game and support the practices that they employed. We must also remember that this party still believes in the ends justify the means style of governing. In knowing this we must ask if this president has ever invoked the words of Washington and Jefferson. Has he spoken about the struggles of the early patriots while our country was being founded? Has this president ever invoked the words of the revolutionaries in a dialog about freedom? In India our struggle for freedom can be an example of what liberty means to an individual. The American struggle is one of great sacrifice like Gandhi’s struggle was.

When we look at the map of the United States, we see a land mass. When we see a land mass, we think of a struggle for freedom. We think of the American advancement from the east to the west and we remember the stories of revolution and civil war. When we see the map of the United States, we see the Appalachian Mountains and the great Rockies. We see the mighty Mississippi and we see the Black Hills. We see States and Capitals and we see the boundaries of locations politically. What the New House members and the Republicans must do is start communicating about their location in history. They must draw a line and defend freedom, so that our liberty has a chance to be restored. When that is done, we will not have to sell our debt to another land in another location of the world.

If we look back we will find the location at which we became free. When we rediscover that location it will be worth the struggle we have fought for. When we find that location we can start to communicate to the youth of other lands the story of our struggle and be proud of it.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: The location of freedom was determined by where a ship named Mayflower landed in 1620. That ship landed upon the soil that is now known to the world as the land of the free and the home of the brave. It takes brave people to keep the light of freedom alive - it will take you to communicate that story no matter where your location is.