IN A PRESENTATION TITLED "A
FAILURE TO PLAN IS A PLAN TO FAIL," WALTER
MYERS, EXEC. DIR. OF THE CNC SUGGEST'S ......
"THOSE WHO
ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WINNING THIS WAR SHOULD BEGIN
BY AGREEING TO THESE IMPORTANT TRUTHS."
1. A
PROBLEM CAN'T BE SOLVED BY ONLY ADDRESSING ITS
SYMPTOMS OR WHILE OPERATING IN A DEFENSIVE MODE
DOING DAMAGE CONTROL; THE MODUS OPERANDI OF MOST
ORGANIZATIONS.
2. IT'S
UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT THOSE IN OUR FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO SOLVE OUR PROBLEM. IT'S THE
RESULT OF FEDERAL ACTION!!! STILL, HAVING
US PLEAD WITH OUR FEDERAL OFFICIALS OR TO SEEK
CORRECTIVE ACTION THROUGH THE FEDERAL COURTS IS
THE ADVISE PROVIDED BY MOST ORGANIZATIONS.
3. FOR
MANY YEARS, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVE
TRIED TO UNILATERALLY SOLVE AMERICA'S PROBLEM.
AT BEST, THEIR EFFORTS HAVE ONLY SLOWED THE
PROGRESS OF THOSE SEEKING TO BUILD A NEW WORLD
ORDER ON THE ASHES OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
4. TO
CORRECTLY ASSESS THE MOTIVES OF INDIVIDUALS AND
ORGANIZATIONS, WE MUST JUDGE THEM BY THEIR WALK;
NOT THEIR TALK. THOSE REFUSING TO HELP
DEVELOP A PLAN AND WORK WITH OTHERS ARE A PART OF
THE PROBLEM; NOT THE SOLUTION!
5. THE
INSTITUTIONAL BREAKDOWN OF GOVERNMENT HAS
PROHIBITED - AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROHIBIT -
MEANINGFUL CHANGE REGARDLESS OF THE POLITICAL
PARTY IN POWER. UNDER OUR SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT, THE NEEDED STRUCTURAL CHANGE CAN ONLY
COME VIA OUR STATE LEGISLATURES.
6. TO
SOLVE OUR PROBLEM, WE MUST CREATE AN UNDENIABLE
POLITICAL FORCE CAPABLE OF RECLAIMING CONTROL OF
AT LEAST THREE FOURTHS OF OUR STATE LEGISLATURES."
YOU WILL
FIND THE ENTIRE SPEECH HERE..
"IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU'D BETTER PLAN
TO FAIL"
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