RestoRing AmeRicA One County at a Time
Jl McDum
AMERICAN VISION PRESS Powder Springs, Georgia
Restoring America One County at a Time Time by Joel McDurmon © Copyright 2012 Joel McDurmon. All rights reserved. reserved. No part of this publication may be b e reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, me chanical, photocopy, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without w ithout the prior, prior, written permission p ermission of the publisher, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles. Published by: American Ameri can Vision ision,, Inc. 3150-A Florence Road, Suite 2 Powder Springs, GA 30127–5385 www.AmericanVision.org 1–800–628–9460 Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles. art icles. Cover design by Joseph Darnell ISBN: 978-1-936577-20-0
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—Candidus (1787) But u u futu ul t b ck uh t ttmt t v th ht f ccc; I my b k h ll thy b bl t ct hbl ? I ll tll yu my f— unlimited power of tax taxation ation ll v thm th cmm f ll th tu f th ctt; standing army ll b hlly t th vt, . . . , f thy hul v fll t b h, my b bu t th t f u. — An Old Whig Whig (1787)
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h bk ccv y I cmlt God versus Socialism: A Biblical Critique of the New Social Gospel . O tht y, y, Gy G y Nth Gy G y DM t my c cu th k. k . O f thm t, “Wll, yu’v tt th critique; xt yu t t th bk tht v positive l f what to do.” Nth’ ctt f cm t m c : “Yu c’t bt mth th th.” If I h ckl… It’ by f th mt mt qut t ml t cfc. Aft h but bblcl lv, bblcl l, ly vmt, Cht lbty; ft h u ctqu f lblm, culm, humm, cl -tm m, th umb qut ly: “Wht ?” bk t th fut f my t t tht qut. Bf yu t t th mt f th bk, lt m xl t tu tuctu. ll hl yu t mk th bt u f t th vul, tch l, l, u. u. Ft, th practical jct. It fcu th tht can be done done now. I mt f th , th th c mmtly t hv mct. My l ly thm th cbl ucc. I th , th ctcl t l cl ch bf thy c b mlmt, l k th tm t b t t ccmlh th l-tm l h th tm cm. But th m cctt th th vii
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mut — hch can do now—t t f f cty, th m ll u blt f m ubttl ch. W hv t bul th fut t t hv mth lt hch t bul th t f cty. Cqutly, I’v m ttmt t tz th tc f th cu cc t th ctclty f th v vul now. Sc, th jct fcu localism, t Ntlm tl ltc, v much tt’ ht (lthuh tt’ ht ll ly mtt l). Ptt mly lv th hml, th t, t th Nt-Stt (tht lt v f ttm). Htclly, th cuty th fumtl ut f vmt—l ly h ctct th blt t y vmt cl by tht. hul bcm l c , t c. c . Fcu lclm—“Cuty Rht”— c tk vy ctcl mful t t v th cuty fm f m ll fm f tyy. If ’t hv th v, th tty, th ll t cc t tk bck fm u hm, hbh, t, cut f lf h c now, th th m f tk bck Amc t l lu. S, h ’ll hv mh t Amc county by county—your cuty, one county at a time. A th vll l t vul cll u ch f Amc’ 3,143 cut t vc vtully Amc’ vtully implement th v ll cu. , th jct ly f l serious but fm. vy l cc tht yu ll hv t mk yu l lftyl, clly th f l c, tm mmt, lf-mvmt, fmly uct. It mly t tk cmmtmt f tm my cl t btt b tt futu. I ll fkly, htly, ly th u f cc; ll tlk but th tumbl blck ychlcl hul ’ll hv t t v t t Amc t th fm t
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c h. A t f th, ll h hv ccutm t lv vmt “bt” t ll lvl f vmt, ht t ll m t lv l h yu lly fu fu t cct th bt bt (hl thy tll xt ht ft f yu fc, f th tk), vtully l h th bt l xt fuct f Stt cc. If yu t t c th t f tyy,, yu ll hv t cqu th mtlty f th y mu h , “T hck th th ch, lt’ t ut f th t.” (Yu ll cut th th h “D’t tk th ch.” vl tm thuhut th bk.) S th f u lv f fm ly—th ll t ch th lftyl, t cc, t cv vul cl tty t ty.. Flly, th long-term jct. I m l k t mk btt lf f my chl, but v m mttly, f my chl th chl. Yu ll t tk bck Amc vht mtt h yu but t, y—clly ltc—h m yu tht yu c ly t t yu vt. But, yu l ll v t Amc thut mlmt lasting ch, th qu mult- mult-tl tl v. Ivlv th mtlty f th cc I jut mt—tht , bbly t t ll th bt f f cty u lftm. But f ’t k t tht l th th can , , th u futu t ll hv t tt fm ctch v m cty. S, ’ll fcu cmmtm cmmtmtt t ty ty,, l, l, yt mful t much l, l, l-tm v f f cty cty.. th tu f u jct: 1) ctcl t, 2) lclly fcu, 3) qu l cc, 4) t ccmlh l-tm v. W c ummz th th th fll : 1) Gt th 2) Cuty-by-Cuty Cuty-by-Cuty.. 3) D’t tk th ch. ch . 4) Pl f yu k.
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t ly ct f tuly f cty, thy ll bblcl Cht cct, ’ll cu tht m ch f th tc cv ll. A f th tuctu f th bk: t cv t tc, ch mj ct f u cl lv. I v ummy f th th Ituct. I th cv ch f th tc t cht, cht, ch th mj ct: ct : Ft, h Amc c f; Sc, h tht fm lt; , t t t fm bck. I th th ct l th ky: ctcl t t tht qut f ht c . k much m th ct mul, hv. hv. It t th ty f ccltc hty l, l , bblcl tu, ml chll, uul tuth, fmtl m t Cht ublc ll qu. t mt t b ct thuhut yu l uct lv. A full v v f th t tc vlbl DVD l free l t u bt ( America AmericanV nVisio ision.org n.org ), ), u YuTub chl (americanvisiontv). I hhly cmm th f hm chl l l uct. Vt ut b t ( America AmericanV nVisio ision.com n.com) t l m. Joe MDron Powder Springs, Georgia October 2012
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t h t m th lth f bk, bt, h, v ltcl cm chm th tu f “Rt Amc” th vy bl mutt f th : tk bck, cmbck, tu u, h f, ut, th lt . Wh lt u l, yu but t Amc’ ll-in ll-in-the-b the-blank lank : fth, fm, ty, , t, cmy, mkt, mlty, ccc, m, jutc, hbh, futu… yu t th ctu. Whl my ufc ly ll f th ublct, mt f thm th f xct fll ht f t th ht f th h tuth, vtully f thm v l, vbl, ctcl t tht v Amc c ctully tk t t y f th vtu mt, lt l u fumtl fut f lbty lb ty.. If th v t ch, ch, m mut t fth th u, , hh ty, hul, blut f th y f. Am tht lth f “Rt Amc” uc, bk t lt cz l t f th l blm: th lct f lclm. vy f uc tht v ctcl ctcl t m t national-level ltcl lut— f hv h, h, u f c hl bv —ly lck t bt, m ft th t, ty cl. t tc th blm: ’ th mtt t: ’t t yu by cm f tl tl ct. It, fcu yu y h t c c cut—fcu cut—fcu th lcl
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lvl. Tk Amc bck b by tk bck yu cty cucl, yu cuty b, yu z b, yu h h ’ t tm mt—ll t—ll th lcl v vm mtt b. u th c v b b t t Wht’ b, t y t fl tu, t ht B Gvmt’ Gvmt’ mt. 1
Yt v h th uth—h v my t ut (.., hm chl)—v t “tlv t ct m,” h v vy lttl f l ctcl ubtc. (I, th f tht uth’ tlv t lfmt f bk bt.) Ath ct bk t tv th cul z l fm th Cht ht, k ht th l t bt 1980 , u hch tv c Cht tlly hv b u by cvtv ltc hl mk vy lttl f y ltcl . We won’t get fooled again th ctch h. A yt, ft t v my my m mtt Cht Cht l, l, th uth uth c lttl m th lt—“cl bf c,” “u t lt”—by th ml t, “Py.” It m tht v th blt f Cht l ty c ly vc u by th l tuht Suy chl. Bcu f th, hu xt bt ctul bblcl tch, t hty, th vu, mtl c f fth fm f m tht bu ty ty.. W h lt but “Cht Amc” th y, but h “Amc fu Cht Nt,” but h t t bck t th Cht fm f u fu fth. ubt t cv Cht—, biblical —fm —fm th cuty. Uftutly, th htcl tuth t qut cl my ul hv u t blv, ulv ul tly lk t blv. It mly qu t qulct. (Acct 1
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th tuth f th ychlcl hul mt th Pfc.) I t th true Cht fut f th cuty, t lk bck bf th h ft mtkly cll “fu” t cv th cl bblcl tht xt cty vmt before th —cl hch lt, lct, mlz, v u u th lt “fu” . Much f ht hv cm t ct th “Cht Amc” ctully th uct f lt tth-ctuy v, mlm hch Cht m ly ly f v cul ct th Bbl t cm t ltcl cl lc. lc. A fm m Cht htc—hch m ltcl th bblcl—th h m bt Suy chl l y cmhv lct f bblcl l t cty fm th Plm Put utl ty. ty.2 t hu ll. Ev f yu my th th l v, th th mh, ly, th ct t cll f, yt v tll, ht ttmt t th f Chtty lbty th t mut tk l, h lk t h fm lt spec specica ically lly, h t c b actually . ut f Restorin Rest oringg Americ America a One Cou County nty at a Time t t b t ll th .
A Hard-Core, Ten-Step Training Course It ll t t ctt ulv th l vc t ttm, fth, fm. W mut hv l, ubttl l l, ctcl ct tm. mut b clear thy mut b broad , vy f lf hch fm mut b t. K K m th fu fu cl utl utl th Pfc bv, ctcl, lcl, l, vy l t t Amc f v t mk l t th ty f fm f m c h. t 2
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lt t hch cc Amc Cht can and must act , lclly, ctclly, uly, now: 1. Education: Euct hch yu c tll xc lmt cmlt ctl. W’ t jut tlk but uct yulf, ’ tlk but yu chl t. Euct f cty c ly b private, v vmt-u t y lvl. Whth yu ch t mly vt chl t tch yu chl t hm, vmt-t, tx-fu chl ct b t f t hv f cty. R lbty h qu ch xt l—ly ’ lftyl. My l cul mlmt th ch tm, f t v f mth. It’ ly tt f —D yu really t f cty? cmc ychlcl hul h, ll th. F , mut ut tht vmt chl t th ht f th blm f vmt-mt cty. W c ch th lly now, hul. All tht t u th cv bt f f chl ly chlc. th ch th t. D’t tk th ch. D really t f cty, tx-fu bt lk th lbl clt ctcz? ty umb . If u but fm, hv t tt th uct. If we can’t accomplish change in this one area, then forget the rest. Nth but tuly t Amc ll b m ly btbl th tk f ctl v yu fmly’ uct. ’ th t u h. 2. e Welfare State: Scl Scuty blm, but t ’t hv t b t. m t l but t f cu u cl futu, vtly, hl t ut f Scl Scuty v tm. u h tht lf f ll fm hul b vtly fu u , t ut thuh txt. Fmly chty c lc th Wlf Stt. A, mut fu th bt. D’t tk th ch. Of cu, th ll ctly m -
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l cc. A, ll utl th l mmt th cht, k fkly but h t vcm thm, tm ht th ct ll b. 3. Loca Localism lism: l ctcl lut t b-vmt tu u lv t much tt’ ht, but county ht. vlv tu vmt cmmuty t m -t lvl l vl h t uht uht t b. Support your local sheri she ri y t mmb th. W ll mhz tuly lcl v—cf v —cft t lcl t cut, fcu mll, ctcl th c mct . I th c, ll x th h th vty f lcl cmmut cmm by cv Fl tt fu f cv bt. bt . W W ll mhz l but, but , mt, tct th lcl utht, ll mhz lcl lct f “D’t tk th ch.” 4. State Sovereignty: cht clu hty f th Ntlt Ntl t tkv f Amc hch b mmtly ft th Cttut’ tct. W ll cu th f b bk, th mlty-utl mlt y-utl cmlx, cmlx, tl txt, ll th ltc h th l hy. Fm th ll b t t cmm y f lv tht mmz u l vlv vlvmt mt th tyy ty y,, cu th l f ullct tt hch bcm m ul ty. Whl mhz Cuty Rht mly, Stt’ Rht mtt l bu, t f tuly fl ytm f vmt. 5. Taxes: Txt Txt mut b b tu xcluvl xcluvlyy t th lcl lvl— k th th y th cuty fu t b u. W’ll cv th Icm Tx mmt th tc ch Amc cty t t. W ll cu th tu c f txt tuly fl cty; ll hy th t tx th t ty; ll cu th l f txt—f y— tuly f lcl cty. 6. Mo Money ney (Bk th Fl Rv Sytm): W ll
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v th qut, “Wht h vmt th u my?” W ll cu my cucy Amc hty, tcully th vl tc f fl cucy. W ll cu th l f vmt cc bk bt: cutft l, , lf, tct tt, tc., hy th l xt. W ll cu h t ( tll ) fm th mt, ht h t l lth ch c. W ll cu lttv cuc, bk, th bt cc f fm my, l h t tct yu l lth fm vlu /tl cucy. cu cy. Gl lth, hy t t my? Wht’ th vmt t t l? F ut hy Amc ttm c cml tht bt ch th ct “ paying them without mercy”! 7. Free Markets: ctty f vt ty, th fcmt f ctct, th ht not t ctct. W ll cu th l vmt cc my mult h ly bu th cmy: t, ll t l, th bu cycl, vmt ctm (tlly fcm h Amc), tc. 8. Courts: W’ll h th Cttut ctlz v th vu lcl cut th l, h th mmtly xlt t fv b-vmt . W’ll tc ubqut x f vmt b tht ly ct. my t cv fm th ctlzt f cut, lcl t juct, v vt cut (h clly), clly), ll th ly lcl l fcmt. W’ll W’ll chck blc b lc t th Cut th Cttut mt l l ’t ’t v k xt, yt t’ b u u t tct mly b-vmt tt f—v ctly. ky t th bt u, fmly tct, much m l th u f ctlz th jucy. Blv t t, th ctully ctcl t yu c tk h ll.
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9. Defense: O f th mt mtt — h h tht hch Cht mt cv— t u mlty. W mut ut m ctlz f ytm t f th tl t my m ’v ll, v mt, f v ctuy ctu y. W’ll tk cl lk t bblcl ul f th mlty . Patriotism t m Mil Militarism itarism. Patriotism t m Empi Empire re. B ttc cvtv t m ly ut vyth th mlty . At t At-Amc. W ll cu h th mlty lly ctlz tctly f-t, h t tfm cmtlly t bcm ful ctlz fc t v th v tt f th ctl vmt, vtully b u u l ttl cct. W ll h h hy th Amc hty, h t fm t t th x f mll f lv tll f ll. W ll ctcl t tht yu c tk now t th ml hh u t lt, lt , th c f tu fm f m v cct-tt mltm t tu m ttm. 10. e Executive: W tk lk t tt, Excutv O, mcy . H thy k? Wht fu hv t thm f cy? Why vulbl t ttl zt bcu f thm? H hv thy ly b bu? A h c bt k t tct ulv fm thm? th t bc tc; m f thm my u l tmt, tht’ bcu m f thm . But k m, ’ ’ t fcu fcu ccmlh ltm v by mll ctcl ch—thuh l cc lcl vc. vc. N f th ll ch vht, but f ’t ’t ly th cy c y fut f fm, t ll ll v ch ( fct, t ll ll t ). S f yu’ u but fm, l vt th tm t th l, tch th v v v l l, , tc tch h thm t yu ch chl l. .
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thm t yu f, fmly, t, hl yu’ t t, t t yu -l, x’, m t. W ll Cht, Cht , fth, fmly, fmly, fm. f m. Ul vt th tm t t t th th bck, hv t blm f cty’ but ulv. A f cu, ll th bk th l ’t ’t hl yu t Amc—v f th uth c t k u lly tll yu h t t. S, by ll m, th bk. ut t th .
