Patrick's World

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       Patrick's World - The Way It Is

Finding our way back to the shining city on a hill: My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty's lamp guiding your steps and opportunity's arm steadying your way. - Ronald Reagan

When I was married and would talk politics with my wife, she would joke with me saying "it may be that way in Patrick's World, but..." So from that, I came up with the idea for this Web site.

My world is Ronald Reagan's world. My America is the same America that our founders envisioned and that many hard working, freedom loving people once experienced and enjoyed during the time when the great Ronald Reagan led us from the darkness and despair of the Jimmy Carter years and took us home to that shining city on a hill - a beautiful, prosperous and majestic place that brings tears of joy to the eyes and warmth to the heart.

If you have come to this site for the first time, this page should give you the basic essence of why Patrick's World is not a fantasy land, but a real place that once existed between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans when I was a young man in college and then entering the work force. It still exists today in the hearts and minds of people like me who I see at TEA Parties, Townhall meetings and on Twitter and Facebook. While the "official America" may appear to be declining rapidly, the real America still exists in our dreams and vision.

Our journey will be a long hard fought one. We will fight many battles, take on many slings and arrows of smear and slander. We will be mocked. We will be marginalized. But our strength lies in the truth. And in keeping with that truth, we SHALL return to that shining city on a hill some day.

Our founding fathers designed our country to be a diverse and free society based on the premise that all of our freedoms and blessings come from God and that self government means limited government. God, not the government, is the source of our liberty. 

What is "The Philosophy?" 

The Founding Documents:

The Declaration of Independence

The U.S. Constitution 

Speeches:

Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death

Ronald Reagan: A Time For Change

Ronald Reagan: A Time For Choosing

Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address

Rush Limbaugh: CPAC Speech: First Televised Address

Literature:

Barry Goldwater: The Conscience of a Conservative

Michael Steele: Blueprint For Tomorrow

Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto             Mark Levin's 'Liberty and Tyranny' by David Limbaugh

Defending the Philosophy

Tea Party to GOP: "Dump Dede" and the RINOs 

Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a "time for choosing."

Wall Street Celebrates 10,000 But How's Main Street Doing?

What Beltway Republicans Have in Common with Democrats 

JAMES P. PINKERTON: Obama Is Dead Wrong on Nuclear Weapons

The TEA Party Movement: Standing Up for the Philosophy:

Freedom Works 

Energy Tea
The power of the resurgent conservative populism

What the Tea Party Movement Means for Conservatives

Bachmann's House Call Rocked 11/06/09

2 Million Attend Tea Party in DC on 9/12                  The Real Number of Protesters - Zac Moilanen * 437,624 Used the Metro

Jim Demint Speaks at 9/12 Rally

The Impact of the Tea Parties: Sheep No More!

 Read my blog on Towhall.com:

Articulating the Philosophy

The key to advancing the conservative movement is to articulate the philosphy. As Obama's policies take effect, Americans will begin to see more and more of the negative consequences of these policies. As liberals try to marginalize and ridicule conservatives instead of opposing us in the arena of ideas, articulating the conservative philosophy will be key in educating voters about the truth of what's happening to America.

The movement took a hit in the last election because, as Sarah Palin said, "we didn't have a good way of expressing or articulating that message of, here is what America could potentially become if we grow government to such a degree that we cannot pay for it."

Speaking Out:

Gingrich Tells GOP Obama Has 'Already Failed'

Sarah Palin's FacebookPage                                          Excerpts of Sarah Palin’s Speech to Investors in Hong Kong                                  Our nation is at a crossroads, and this is once again a "time for choosing."

Glenn Beck

All I see turns to brown, as the sun burns the ground
And my eyes fill with sand, as I scan this wasted land
Trying to find, trying to find where Ive been. - Kashmir

The Waste Land

April is the cruellest month.... Okay I'm not going to post the poem here, but you can read it at http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/18993.

T.S. Eliot's depiction of the decay of the moral and social fiber of the world in his famous poem The Waste Land is clearly as meaningful today as it was when he wrote it. It captures the the hopelessness and despair that we feel, yet ultimately extends a hand of hope and optimism to the reader.

He uses the image of a red rock to emphasize the importance of religious faith in a world where religious faith is on the decline. I join T.S. Eliot and ask all to "come in under the shadow of this red rock."

Our founders established our political system embedded on the rock of belief that our Creator has endowed us with the freedom to make the decisions that will either lead us to greatness or cause our destruction. Americans must unite behind a proven philosophy that our freedom is endowed by our Creator. Government should be limited to protecting that freedom so as not to impose on that freedom.

While things may seem in turmoil now, we must maintain an optimism beyond the hopelessness and despair we may feel about our world, particularly after the last election. This electoral mistake shows us how we need to be very careful in how we evaluate the choices that we as individuals and as a nation make, especially when choosing our leaders.

Ronald Reagan said: "You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on Earth, or we will sentence them to take the last step into a thousand years of darkness."

Sarah Palin existentially speaking:

On Conservatism:

We don’t believe that human nature is perfectible; we’re suspicious of government efforts to fix problems because often what it’s trying to fix is human nature, and that is impossible. It is what it is. But that doesn’t mean that we’re resigned to, well, any negative destiny. Not at all. I believe in striving for the ideal, but in realistic confines of human nature…

On Liberalism:

The opposite of a common-sense conservative is a liberalism that holds that there is no human problem that government can’t fix if only the right people are put in charge. Unfortunately, history and common sense are not on its side. We don’t trust utopian promises; we deal with human nature as it is.

McDonnell Leads GOP Sweep of Statewide Races                                          Jersey Voters Dump Corzine for Christie                                                    First shots of the conservative revolution are fired at ballot boxes in Virginia and New Jersey as McDonnell and Christie Win Governorships

Going Rogue Rallies Palin Base Once Again

Who Should Carry Liberty's Lamp - We may have just found our next Reagan

When Ronald Reagan bade us farewell in 1992, he left us with the wish (as quoted at the top of this page) that liberty's lamp would guide our steps. He spoke of America as the great Beacon of freedom for the world. He articulated and validated the patriotic spirit that lept from our hearts when we would celebrate our country's accomplishments.

Reagan truly was the holder of the lamp who viewed the time of his presidency as "my watch." He reverently saw the presidency as a stewardship. As such, he felt it was his responsibility to protect this nation and hand it to the next president in better condition than what it was in when he got it.

Many may try to lead us, but only few can truly claim stewardship the way Reagan did. Carrying liberty's lamp and advancing the cause of freedom is not a task to be taken lightly.

In August of 2008, we may have found our next great leader. If she was to take liberty's lamp and guide us, it would be with a servant's heart and a devout reverence for the spirit and philosophy of Ronald Reagan. And because of that deep, moving and compelling commitment to his spirit and his way, I feel strongly enough and confident enough to say that Sarah Palin is our next great leader.

The Palin Persuasion: A case for the new populism

Past & Future 

Sarah Palin is the voice of the philosophy now.

Ronald Reagan makes history as he defines the conservative philosophy on behalf of Barry Goldwater:
Ronald Reagan's 1964 Republican National Convention Speech

Sarah Palin makes history as the first Republican woman to be nominated for vice president:
Sarah Palin's 2008 Republican National Convention Speech

Ron Binsrick: Palinism is Reaganism

There are a lot of similarities between the two:

Reagan in a Dress                                                                                                    In the 1970s, the dominant left feared the rise of another radical right-wing governor of a western state -- you might remember his name: Ronald Reagan -- and they utilized a full arsenal of tactics to try to slow his meteoric rise.  Comparing their words and actions then to their current anti-Palin crusade now is stunning.

History is Repeating itself: Compare the Sarah Naysayers of today to the Reagan Naysayers of yesterday.

Sarah Palin's second act - A comparison to Reagan

The Nuts and Bolts of How Ronald Reagan Got to the White House

Dissing Palin

Is Palin a Jacksonian, a Reaganite or both?

Is Sarah Palin the Next Ronald Reagan?

Sarah Palin is the Next Ronald Reagan

It's like Jimmy Carter never left town

Patrick's World is listening. This website designed to promote the conservative philosophy was inspired by Ronald Reagan who did more for the intentions of the founding fathers and the conservative movement than any other president in modern history. With his passing, our voices and his spirit have lived on. In Patrick's World, one's devotion to the philosophy and to THE MAN is what makes Patrick's World America the way it was meant to be.

It didn't take long for President Barack Obama to bailout and take over banks and car companies. Shortly after that, he regulated tobacco companies, expressed interest in regulating corporate pay for everyone and is now pushing for nationalized healthcare and Cap and Trade. Our freedom is being limited by our government which now controls how we bank, how our businesses are run and will control how we live if they pass nationalized healthcare and Cap and Trade. Cap & Trade will allow government to impose a hidden tax on us while controlling aspects of our lives as minute as turning on a light switch. 

Sarah Palin has rated him as a 4 out of 10. She's a very generous lady.

We cannot re-elect Barack Obama in 2012. Republicans and conservatives across the land must unite and attend tea parties, support conservative candidates and change the make up of their state houses, the Congress and eventually the White House. Let's take it back!

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