{"id":22564,"date":"2014-04-16T20:04:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T00:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22564"},"modified":"2014-04-18T21:08:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T01:08:12","slug":"waking-the-sleeping-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=22564","title":{"rendered":"Waking The Sleeping Giant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Public speaking\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_speaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">guest speaker<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/cctaxpayers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/cctaxpayers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">(<span class=\"zem_slink\">CCTA<\/span><\/a>) was Dr. Timothy Daughtry, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Waking-Sleeping-Giant-Mainstream-Americans\/dp\/0825307333\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1397692302&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=waking+the+sleeping+giant\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Waking the Sleeping Giant<\/span><\/a>. The CCTA holds a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Nonpartisan\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nonpartisan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">non-partisan<\/a> monthly public meeting to educate voters about issues facing <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"North Carolina\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=35.5,-80.0&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=35.5,-80.0 (North%20Carolina)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">North Carolina<\/a> and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The mission statement of the CCTA is:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association, a grassroots, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, advocates minimum government and maximum freedom. We are dedicated to the preservation of free enterprise and the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Constitution\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Constitution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">United States Constitution<\/a>.\u00a0 Excessive taxation upon citizens is unconstitutional, immoral, and a complete contradiction of success through the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Free market\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Free_market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">free market system<\/a>.\u00a0 We are dedicated to serve our community, our state, and our country by oversight, research, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"State school\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_school\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">public education<\/a> and advocacy in the legislative, executive, and judicial <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Separation of powers\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Separation_of_powers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">branches of government<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Daughtry pointed out that politically America is basically a center-right country, yet most legislation in the past one hundred years has been initiated by the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Left-wing politics\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Left-wing_politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">political left<\/a>. Generally speaking, conservatives are playing defense while liberals are on the offense with a long-range plan.<\/p>\n<p>The mainstream of America can be described as believing in a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Judeo-Christian\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judeo-Christian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Judeo-Christian<\/a> worldview, personal responsibility, and a sense of independence. The political left generally believes in moral relativism, entitlement, and more government power. The book, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Waking the Sleeping Giant<\/span>, explains what the mainstream needs to do to take back America.<\/p>\n<p>I strongly recommend reading <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Waking the Sleeping Giant<\/span>, but I also strongly recommend attending the next public meeting of the CCTA on May 20 so that you can become a better-informed voter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_h.png?x-id=8222b5ad-fd2a-4cc3-9010-8d9f48cc9d57\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night the guest speaker at the Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association (CCTA) was Dr. Timothy Daughtry, author of Waking the Sleeping Giant. 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