Last stand for Ron Paul: OPERATION COME AND TAKE IT!

[terlinguatx]

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[QCB79]

dont forget the flag

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[SophisticatedFarmGirl]

Awesomeness.

[slamhead]

Going to talk to my meetup and see if we can rally a couple people out your way.

[slamhead]

This thread needs to be stickied.

[Beerhall Agitator]

This thread needs to be stickied.

Hell yeah! This is a great effort. We're going to rock the lonestar state.

[Jim_Karr]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...arch&plindex=1

[terlinguatx]

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[VoteForRonPaul]

Good luck guys out there!

[TruthAtLast]

i think the donation button needs to be a little more prominent.

[Akus]

The legacy and longevity of this movement will depend on Paul's performance in the March, 4th primaries in Texas, both congressional and presidential.

On the congressional front we must assure Ron Paul secures the Republican nomination in the Texas 14th district. For all intensive purposes this is the congressional election as the district does not elect Democrats, so the Republican nominee is a shoo-in.

On the presidential front, we must win Texas for Paul to send out a message that we will not fade away. From a practical standpoint there are 140 delegates to be gained. With such a huge block behind him, Paul will once again have the leverage needed to make a difference at the convention and it could result in a brokered convention.

With these goals in mind, I have been coordinating with local Texas meetup groups, and also the Texan administrators of this forum, to launch a grassroots political action committee for this final push for Ron Paul. In the spirit and companionship of Operation Live Free or Die (the New Hampshire sate slogan) we are launching Operation Come and Take It! Based on the famous slogan of the Texas revolution uttered by patriots in the battle of Gonzales when Mexican officials demanded that the Texas colonists surrender their arms.

We are making one last final call for volunteers to come to Texas and donations to be made to fund our efforts. Our mission being threefold:
1. Provide room and board for out of state Ron Paul volunteers
2. Provide supplies and office space for meetup groups and grassroots efforts
3. Hire professional canvassers and phonebankers, if needed, to fill in any regional gaps

There are no official presidential campaign headquarters in Texas. This is entirely a grassroots based effort; Democracy at its purest. We have an amazing group of supporters here, and the largest meetup groups in the nation. The sacrifices some of the people have made are amazing. Personally I have spent thousands of my own money traveling to campaign in New Hampshire and Nevada, but it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. The revolution must continue, and Texas will be the last great stand. I urge you to donate or come volunteer. The website is in its final stages of completetion. Please visit:

www.OperationComeAndTakeIt.com

Also, beginning February 10th, during Ron Paul's Lake Jackson, TX rally , we will be launching a fundraising drive: $10 for Texas. Please spread the word and make a $10 dollar donation:

www.TenForTexas.org

for all intends and purposes

just trying to help

[jake]

for all intends and purposes

just trying to help

intents.

[link88]

sticky this!

[TRosen75]

bump!

[Doktor_Jeep]

out-farking-standing.

[Ball]

I'm driving there NOW!

After a month-long stint in NH and a few days in Vegas (which was
really successful). I should have probably gone back to OR to get my
life back in order, but after Romney dropped out I got excited about
the possibilities!

Needless to say, I'm still bleeding red (or should I say huffing gas).
I haphazardly setup this chipin in case anyone wants to help:

http://ball.chipin.com/ron-paul-camp...exas-gas-money

Anyway, I'm off to sleep (in my truck near Albaquerky. It's cold, but I've done this
before). Been up for over 20 hours and I have plenty of driving ahead
of me.

[constituent]

[constituent]

and lest we forget:

Capt. Phillip Dimmit's "First Flag of Texas Independence"

[goldstandard]

Please sticky this thread.

[luvthedoc08]

Texas is on the front lines here, with the nafta superhighway gutting your state you all have more to lose in the immediate sense, my heart goes out to you all and you can bet i'd be there too if not for school.

[jblosser]

Originally posted 02/02 to the *20* Meetup groups in the DFW Metroplex:
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The FW HQ opening was a big success today. We talked to or left lit with
around 250-300 targetted voters in the 3 precincts around the HQ. We'll be
doing a lot of followups next week, and we expect to take on a lot more
volunteers.

One thing many of you that come by the HQ or see the business cards/etc.
will notice is that we've chosen the "Come and Take It" flag as one of our
symbols. For any of you that don't know the history of that flag, or
wonder why we picked it, I figure it's worth a bit of an explanation of
what it means at least for me. It's not just a Texas version of "Live Free
or Die" or because we like the 2nd amendment. It's not because we want to
pick a fight with someone.

For those that don't know, or those that have forgotten, the story of that
flag goes back to the Texas revolution, when part of Santa Anna's army was
dispatched to take back a small cannon that had been given to the citizens
of Gonzales. The citizens, who believed themselves to be fighting to
defend their Constitution from a dictatorial government, refused, and
used fabric from a wedding dress to fashion a flag with a picture of the
cannon, a lone star, and the phrase "Come and Take It". Tensions escalated
until the cannon fired the first shot of the Texas revolution, killing a
Mexican soldier.

This is the part that's important to me: they didn't fight back with
anything resembling a sure victory. They only had 18 men to stand against
the Mexican army initially, so they buried the cannon to hide it and
stalled while they called for reinforcements. They didn't have regular
ammunition for the cannon, so they loaded it with scrap metal and chains.
And not long after the battle where they fired the cannon, they lost the
use of it anyway when the cart it was on broke and they had to burn and
bury it. Some months later, several of those same Texans answered the call
to join those already at the Alamo. They were the only group of
reinforcements to arrive, and we all know what happened there next. They
held off an incredibly superior force for around two weeks. And then they
died.


Were they wrong?


We think of them as heros, but the whole thing kind of reads like a morbid
comedy of errors. So were they wrong? Were they foolish or stupid to
stand against so many with so few? Were they "kooks" to choose certain
death over a life of surrender? Did Liberty sound any more "electable"
standing against Santa Anna with one cannon full of scrap metal than some
think it does now?

Of course they weren't wrong, but you might think so to listen to the media
today and the people we talk to who "like Ron Paul, but won't vote for him
because he can't win". Sure, if you asked them directly these people would
probably tell you they consider the Texas revolutionaries heros,
particularly those that held the line when they had no hope of success or
survival. Yet they show by their actions that they are not of the same
cloth, and what matters to them is being part of what looks like a sure
thing, evil if that thing is evil.

Now this message is not to any among us who might be tired or wondering how
the campaign is doing or anything. There have been some other messages
about that, and of course if you want the best information on how the
campaign is doing you can go look at the returns from Maine this weekend.
This message is for those that probably aren't even on these lists, or are
only on them out of curiousity. The ones that complain Liberty and the
Constitution are not "electable", whether the data even says that's true or
not.

To me, the use of that flag and phrase is not so much a challenge as it is
a reminder. It's a reminder that the right thing isn't always the sure
thing or the safe thing. Sometimes it's just the right thing. We wouldn't
be who we are or where we are if those men hadn't made their stand and died
for it and for us.

Of course, we all also know the Alamo wasn't even the end of the story, and
those of us in this campaign know that Ron Paul is plenty electable. But
we also know we'd be here regardless. We aren't here working for him
because it's the safe thing or the sure thing. We're here because it's the
right thing. In Texas at least, that puts us in pretty good company.

[jblosser]

And from George W. Davis, one of the "old 18" that stood against the Mexican army at Gonzales:

"You are not interlopers or intruders on the rich inheritance of liberty; your share of these rights, were bought and nobly paid for by the blood and toils and suffering of more than one ancestor. Your Ancestors in the first place have been long on the soil contributing to them, subduing the wilderness and the early settlement of the country bearing all the toils and hardship natural to such enterprises. And when the great war for liberty was commenced sacrificing every comfort and convenience and cheerfully taking up arms for the great cause, never ceased nor quit until the great work was accomplished and this country saved."

[Molly1]

You need a Christian outreach.

Hagee is there telling everyone that Jesus is not the Messiah and Armageddon is good.

Find Christians and Christian ministers there who will speak out.

Maybe we should send missionaries to Texas rofl!

[immanent12]

bump for greatness

[eukreign]

www.OperationComeAndTakeIt.com

On the first page I believe there is a spelling mistake:

It says "Our right to keep what we earn, bare arms, and even free speech are in jeopardy." I do not believe there are any restrictions yet on wearing short sleeve t-shirts and thus having bare arms. Maybe what was really meant is the right to "bear arms"?

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[Beerhall Agitator]

Awesome banner! Hopefully they go up on this forum. See ya at the rally everyone!

[DirtMcGirt]

We need to round up our best canvassers from around the country and send them there... The dream team of canvassers...