Honesty, Integrity, Honor

I am going to "transplant" some posts I have made in a meetup.com group I am part of
,just to get things rolling. Here is the site they are at.

www.meetup.com/Cleveland-Downtown-912-Project/messages/boards/thread/6696679

I wrote this right before the April 15th 2009 Tea Party in Cleveland OH.

" Just a note to remind us all. There are going to be many people looking for us to do or say things they can use against us. We must be measured and precise in our speech and deed. Give them no ammunition. They will no doubt manufacture their own. The last thing we need is to give them any reason to portray us as nut jobs. I have no doubt it will happen anyway. Say what we mean and mean what we say. Don't make this about Republican or Democrat. It is about America leaving all our founding principles and our Constitution behind. The American dream is that anyone could come to this country and have the Freedom to succeed or fail. That they could work as hard or as little as they wanted and reap the reward they sowed. They also could have a part in their government and speak their minds without fear of reprisal by the government. They had the right to self determination. Which is why when people come here from a foreign land where this was not the case, they may show up with $0.50 cents, but these freedoms and their hearts desire to take advantage of all these causes them to prosper even greater than those who were born into it. May we show all who watch these protests that all we are looking for is to return to the very values that allowed so many to come here with nothing, and prosper beyond their wildest dreams, and live lifes of peace. Also that we are not against charity, or caring for others. But that we don't define charity as government forcing us to give what they want us to when and where they want us to. We believe the most expensive and inefficient way to do anything is government.

See you there,
Rob Short"