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		<title>Finally! Damn Near the Perfect Video Game!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just got this game here in the last few days.  Yeah, you know it!  I needed some distractions and something worthy of  my historic procrastination!  Thus here comes Farming Simulator 2010! There is nothing as rewarding and no better meditation then plowing a field!  This game gives me what I have yearned for since [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002T9ZVZO?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=w0bf8-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002T9ZVZO" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2171" style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 3px;" title="farming simulator" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/farming-simulator.jpg" alt="" width="118" height="160" /></a>I just got this game here in the last few days.  Yeah, you know it!  I needed some distractions and something worthy of  my historic procrastination!  Thus here comes Farming Simulator 2010!</p>
<p>There is nothing as rewarding and no better meditation then plowing a field!  This game gives me what I have yearned for since I sat at the wheel of my fathers 930 Case with a digger on the back turning the plowed fields of my grandfathers homestead into rich Dakota loam ready for the seed drill.</p>
<p>I have always wanted to be a farmer, it is just in my DNA.  But, when I graduated from high school North Dakota was drying up and blowing away with the family farm going by the way of the 8 track player.  Farmers who had bet on Socialism and relied upon the Government to &#8220;Save&#8221; them found themselves just as most home owners do today!  Foreclosed!  So, I instead bought into that liberal line of crap about going into debt and getting a degree or two instead.  I wonder if I would of taken that money and gambled on farming where I would of come out?</p>
<p>Well, I really don&#8217;t care much, I just love that this game gives me that sensation of plowing a field, growing a crop and harvesting it to do it all over again.  This is a really deep and visually stunning game.  If you are like me, dreaming your riding lawnmower was an actual tractor and that you had land enough never to run out of places to drill, dig or harvest, this game is for you too!</p>
<p>Please click on the image and Amazon will have you set up!  The great thing about your purchase is that you will be helping  me monetize my blog and keep this effort going strong and #Grizzly!</p>
<p>Thank you in advance and don&#8217;t forget to check out their great MOD additions and user forums where you can meet great cyber Farmers all over the world.</p>
<p>If your a farmer at heart don&#8217;t forget about our www.grizzlyfarm.com effort as well!</p>
<p>Keep Getting Grizzly!</p>
<p>~TeddyBear</p>
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		<title>Grizzly Groundswell a testament of Faith that Moves Mountains</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChadTEverson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don't know if I can fully express my optimism this early in the morning.  There are a number of exciting things happening and it seems that I should share them as holding my optimism to close to my vest is so unbecoming of a blogger.  When I first started this Grizzly Groundswell back in July 27, 2007 there were certain things that I had envisioned and was given views of what may be possible and what we would be embarking upon.  Each time I find myself attaining one of these visions I must confess I am still amazed.  Like a child with a twenty in a candy store, the opportunity is endless. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/3227_97497945089_681040089_3010636_3606413_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1442" style="border: 2px solid black; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="3227_97497945089_681040089_3010636_3606413_n" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/3227_97497945089_681040089_3010636_3606413_n-300x294.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="294" /></a>I don&#8217;t know if I can fully express my optimism this early in the morning.  There are a number of exciting things happening and it seems that I should share them as holding my optimism to close to my vest is so unbecoming of a blogger.  When I first started this Grizzly Groundswell back in July 27, 2007 there were certain things that I had envisioned and was given views of what may be possible and what we would be embarking upon.  Each time I find myself attaining one of these visions I must confess I am still amazed.  Like a child with a twenty in a candy store, the opportunity is endless.</p>
<p>I find it interesting because most of what we attain, I had seen it or was given the vision that we would be doing it, but was humored because at that time I never seen myself ever putting myself or others in those situations.  For one thing, I could of never seen myself in radio.  I do not like to draw attention to myself.  I never liked public speaking and have always been ridiculed for my speech pattern&#8217;s and idiosyncrasies.  I always had something to say, but never minded that there was no one there to listen.  Hell, that is what a good horse or dog is for, to share the big questions with about life, God and the vastness of the universe.</p>
<p>Today I find that I am in radio and find myself on the cutting edge of this online radio marketplace.  In fact, I find that I own a 24/7 radio station and probably will end up owning 7 24/7 radio stations before the end of the year using some of the most cutting edge technology available.  I remember last December putting a strategy together and executing it where I often joked about owning our own 24/7 radio station.  Maybe if all went right in a couple of years we would be able to do that.  Well I found Bear Fan Ron was game in dreaming this dream with me and we made it happen in only 9 months. Tell me that what we are doing is not a God thing.  I am watching Mountains being moved each and every day by honest, talented and underrated American patriots everyday.</p>
<p>Last year I started a PAC.  It never felt right as I was given some really poor advice when I started it.  I was hoping it would assist my membership and my fears where realized when it was set up to be self serving to the candidate I was working with.  This may be where my hatred of candidates comes from today.  I find that candidates are only about self in the end and no matter how valuable a friend or person, once they enter that sickness of becoming a candidate they simply can not be trusted.  They subjugate themselves to be harlots for interests that are not their own, only to quench their thirst for power or prestige that is solely their own.  From what I have seen, I just can not bring myself to be apart of that sickness.  I am dissolving the Grizzly Groundswell PAC.  Let the dead bury the dead.</p>
<p>Free now from the constraints of having to dance the federal bullshit, The Grizzly Groundswell is once again free to become the Media Empire it has been called to become.  I feel like we are back on track and can push even harder now.  We will do just that.</p>
<p>It is funny, no, it is hillarious the cast of characters and operatives we have dealt with since July 27, 2007.  We have had a three ring circus of entertainers, high wire acts, clowns and brilliant performers in our short infancy.  I can&#8217;t say it is ever going to get less interesting.  I find that I have loved them all and still to this day I still insist that even the most destructive sent our way will one day &#8220;get it&#8221; and return and find their place.  This is my philosophy taught to me by Edwin and Sylvia.  This philosophy is an open table that accepts all and only withholds the blessings of grace and favor to those who exhibit the need for self destruction or that of the destruction of our effort or others who are productively lending their shoulder to our cause.  It is not the funnest role I take on, but I have to say it is probably the most rewarding.  It is amazing what a good kick in the ass does for people.  Even if they never return to my effort, those that understand the love that comes with the redirection really bloom into something special.  For me, this has made this experience so rewarding.</p>
<p>Others, do not get it.  They seem to act in fear, greed or insecurity.  They grab morsels that have fallen of Edwin &amp; Sylvia&#8217;s table, our effort and feel they have stolen something significant.  It really saddens me.  If they could just see that the banquet never ends.  When Conservatives work together and bring all the talent and skills that we possess to work together or in unison on our own personal efforts mountains move in grand ways.  If they would only understand that they don&#8217;t have to live in the darkness any longer.  But, I fear this is a human character flaw that we all are born with.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t shy away from our flaws.  Beauty is actually found in the imperfection.  God is perfect.  We are not.  Yet, God loves us and I think he is humored with our imperfections when they do not set us upon self destruction or destruction of our neighbor.  They give us beauty and challenge us to overcome and accentuate our temerity.</p>
<p>Now for those members, friends and colleagues that were here when we started back in July 27, 2007, we have seen this online Conservative landscape change many times.  Good friends and patriots have come and gone, their good race won.  Others even greater skilled and talented then I have shot like a falling star and were brilliant and bright only to burn up and disappear just as fast as they have come onto the scene.  A few have won respect and embody trustworthiness while others have set upon self destruction and the destruction of others.  This is all to be expected and honestly adds to the texture and hue of the political landscape we all stand upon.</p>
<p>This effort is not without great sacrifice.  You may not know this but I do not consider myself in no way the one who sacrifices most.  Honestly, I think I am very blessed.  You see the person who is my hero is my wife.  She truly has sacrificed much more than I.  She humors my calling and has even gifted me with this opportunity to turn my activism into a business.  She has taken on second jobs so that our table is never empty and our debts are paid.  She is truly a woman of faith.  Everyday she reveals to me the need of my calling.  She sees what we fight for each and every day.  We are about to fill out our taxes.  Looking back on another year of struggle where I have worked with her shoulder to shoulder in our effort and monetarily she has great value.  I do not.  My business, the Theodore Media never broke even this year.  My business is a failure on the books.  Yet, the value is there.  It is found in each other.</p>
<p>I know it will not always be like it is now.  We have really laid down a strong foundation.  Just this last year we formed the Theodore Media LLC.  So transitioning from a failed raku clay business into an online media empire this has been our actual first year in operation.  We have with nothing created something that should be a million dollar entity in this next year.  This done without charity.  This done with networking Conservatives to get more value out of their interdependent efforts with ours, then they offer our effort.  It is a beautiful thing to be able to give more, and still prosper even if it is not reflected yet on the books.</p>
<p>No working capital is a real challenge to our effort.  What could we accomplish with an established cash flow?  I hope to see that in the near future.  However, with no working capital we are gifted with the opportunity to get creative.  Do you realize that we have not one but many established blogs, a 24/7 radio station and an emerging online magazine empire?  And I did that with nothing, in fact with great sacrifice to my families table?  I am very proud of what I have been able to accomplish in such a short time.</p>
<p>It humors me to think of a conversation I once had with a local union operative that had assumed power of our local BPOU and always kept it in disarray.  This woman, filled with hate and destruction lauded me that all the destruction she set upon and ruled her little vassal state with an iron fist would gift her with a ticket to the 2008 RNC convention to get in the door.  It amazed me the lengths she was willing to prostitute herself, to get access to a rather lowly existence in the 2008 RNC convention.  I just smiled and took note of the conversation.  I was on a different path.  One that I did not have to sell my soul to gain access to an event that lifted up an unworthy candidate to represent the great membership of our party.  This effort that I had began, she did not understand.  No one did.  I was just some blogger that was a cog in their local political machine.  They wanted me gone.  In fact the first BPOU meeting they tried to liquor me up and they had the sheriff stop me on my return trip home to try to marginalize me with a DUI.  Well, I am not a big drinker and when I drink I never loose control.  I blew zero&#8217;s but I was the wiser as I knew the political landscape of local politics a whole lot better.  This woman who had called the sheriff, put these paths of destruction upon me and others as she tried to rule her little vassal state did not understand that my effort, this Grizzly Groundswell would give me not only access to the RNC convention, but a front row seat as a credentialed blogger.  God is good and it was joyous to see her face when the reality hit her.</p>
<p>I always knew I would be at the 2008 RNC convention.  I did not know how I would get there, but I just put that in God&#8217;s hands.  I just set about working hard and God provided the opportunity when Doug Welch sent me an email notifying me of the application for the credentialed blogger status.  We had many members who were credentialed and we covered it from opening bell to late in the night through blogtalkradio.com and our radio network that was just emerging.</p>
<p>Now if that silly woman would of not set her effort on destruction, she could of joined our membership as an author and became credentialed along with us.  I offered, she was very talented, but she did not have a discerning eye.  Many set upon destruction are sent opportunity after opportunity that they simply can not see.  They are consumed with their own self destruction and the destruction of others.</p>
<p>It is really amazing what mountains we can move and with faith it seems all we have to do is breath the goal into existence and before we know it that goal is attained and that mountain moved.</p>
<p>Recently I set into motion a Conservative renaissance.  I breathed into existence a call for original scripts for radio and voice actors to bring them to life.  If I filled you in on what is happening behind the scenes now, you would simply not believe me.  So I am going to tease you and make you wait to view, hear and partake in the finished product.</p>
<p>What I am trying to impart to you this morning that this Grizzly Groundswell is truly a testament of faith that moves mountains.</p>
<p>Join us!</p>
<p>Chad T. Everson</p>
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		<title>A Movement so Blessed&#8230;We must blog about it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just reading a friend of mines goals for 2010.  Duane Lester lays out in no certain terms attainable goals for his online effort.  But it was his follow blog post in which I saw the hope and depth of Duane's character.    You see Duane took a good hard look at his 2009 effort and once again laid out goals to attain in 2010.  He faced a lot of adversity in 2009, and let himself, his readers and those he had signed on with down in 2009 falling short of his 2009 goals.  But he did not back away from his failures.  He instead was truthful to his readers, those he associated with and more importantly to himself. 

It truly reflects the generous character of the man behind the All American Blogger.  I salute Duanes honesty, his ability to share his shortcomings, and success with his readers, friends and colleagues.  It is never easy in this political landscape to reveal your hand.  Yet, I am sure Duane will attest it is in revealing that hand that you find out who is friend or foe.  What truly reflects Duanes metal is that he takes his wifes advice and turns it to prayer.  I have come to know as many of you have as well, that what we are doing is always bigger then ourselves.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was just reading a friend of mines goals for 2010.  <a href="http://www.allamericanblogger.com/9402/my-2010-blogging-goals/" target="_blank">Duane Lester lays out in no certain terms attainable goals for his online effort.</a> But it was his follow blog post in which I saw the hope and <a href="http://www.allamericanblogger.com/9588/id-appreciate-your-thoughts-on-this-and-if-willing-your-prayers/" target="_blank">depth of Duane&#8217;s character.</a> You see Duane took a good hard look at his 2009 effort and once again laid out goals to attain in 2010.  He faced a lot of adversity in 2009, and let himself, his readers and those he had signed on with down in 2009 falling short of his 2009 goals.  But he did not back away from his failures.  He instead was truthful to his readers, those he associated with and more importantly to himself.</p>
<p>It truly reflects the generous character of the man behind the <a href="http://www.allamericanblogger.com" target="_blank">All American Blogger.</a> I salute Duanes honesty, his ability to share his shortcomings, and success with his readers, friends and colleagues.  It is never easy in this political landscape to reveal your hand.  Yet, I am sure Duane will attest it is in revealing that hand that you find out who is friend or foe.  What truly reflects Duanes metal is that he takes his wifes advice and turns it to prayer.  I have come to know as many of you have as well, that what we are doing is always bigger then ourselves.</p>
<p><a href="../wp-content/uploads/2010/01/GGPACGREY.jpg"></a><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/4270566710_1fd81ca9b9_o.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1245 alignleft" style="border: 2px solid black; margin: 5px;" title="4270566710_1fd81ca9b9_o" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/4270566710_1fd81ca9b9_o.jpg" alt="" width="276" height="155" /></a>The Grizzly Groundswell is led with the hand of God.  There is no way we could of gained the success and heights we have without divine intervention.  It is through prayer and following this calling that has led us to some exciting heights, recognition by our colleagues and a continued flow of patriots volunteering to join our effort.  If I told you it was because of myself or even my great grandfather&#8217;s story, it would be a vain lie.  It is only because God has called you and I into service.</p>
<p>Duane will find great success in 2010, because he is able to ascertain where he stands today.  Here in the Grizzly Groundswell I am always ascertaining where we stand.  Fretting over where we need to go, and trying to figure out how to get there.</p>
<p>We are so blessed in this Grizzly Groundswell.  That I want to tell you where we stand today.  It is not a pretty picture as many have come and gone, and with all that has beset upon us in the final quarter of 2009, it is almost like we are starting over.  Yet, we are in such a better place then even before.  With these things, like any institution, organization or business there is a life cycle and growth spurts.  We have certainly come a long way upon this path, but there is so much more to do and the path is laid out as far as the eye can see.</p>
<p>Some of our challenges we overcame in 2009:</p>
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<li>Facebook disables my account leaving a fan page, group and over 3000 friends wondering where the hell we went.  I had followed their insructions, inquired to my disabled account and to this day I am still awaiting a response.  We found out first hand the folly of relying upon Facebook for reach.  1/3 of our social network was destroyed that day and I don&#8217;t even want to think of the countless hours wasted on growing the reach there, not to mention the advertising dollars I spent there.</li>
<li>WPMU install gets attacked and in 4 days burns up all the bandwidth allotted for the month.  Our blog effort is down for one full week.  The core to our total effort is brought to a grinding hault.</li>
<li>At the height of our Radio Network, we read the writing on the wall at Blog Talk Radio and decided to take the leap of faith and purchase a 24/7 radio station with live365.com www.wggrn.com.  We went from 36+ hosts now down to a dirty half dozen.</li>
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<p>These three major challenges would of disheartened the weak at heart.  It seemed to dishearten some of our membership, yet we came through each of the challenges stronger and in a better footing then before.</p>
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<li>The Facebook Fiasco led me to a whole new strategy when it comes to social media that I am still working on today, as it avoids the downfalls of self contained social networks like facebook and instead changes our focus on social networks that send people to our online effort instead of extending our effort into black holes like facebook.  Thus, we are in a better place and have freed up much needed time and labor and are already seeing the results!</li>
<li>WPMU was never as it was billed.  Frustrated and confusing to our new members this challenge allowed us to transition from an expensive hosting bill to a tighter entity that rewards the best that are committed to the effort and not just interested in the free lunch on my wife and my dime.  This challenge has given us the opportunity to give our readers and members an even greater reach with less effort, and a higher reward.</li>
<li>The decision to move to a 24/7 radio station came about two years earlier then we had planned.  And it came right in time.  For the first time in the history of our effort we are enabling our membership to monetize their online effort.  We have a long way to go, and we have lost a lot of land we had gained but we also have found those that are willing to take on tech challenges, and still weekly provide original content.  We are positioned in 2010 to actually turn a profit not only for our effort but also for our hosts as our numbers are getting there.</li>
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<p>Challenges and hardship is only but opportunity.  You have to have faith and see where God is leading you, then walk through the fire to get there.  That is Temerity.  And our movement is so blessed to have walked the trials of fire together.  Yet, we have so much more to travel in 2010.</p>
<p>Some of the exciting things coming in 2010:</p>
<ul>
<li>We are laying plans for a international convention in North Dakota in the springor fall of 2011.</li>
<li>We are writing, producing and airing original content on www.WGGRN.com Westerns, Comedies, Drama&#8217;s you name it.  Providing opportunities for the artists among us to create works that will inspire and ignite imaginations for generations to come.  Authors, theaters, high schools, colleges have been contacted recruiting voice actors, script writers, audio technicians and sound effect artists to this effort.  We may see a renaissance of Conservative creation in 2010.</li>
<li>We are working on a news cast for wggrn.com</li>
<li>We just added UNI news to WGGRN.com so that our listeners have the news of the day</li>
<li>We continue to recruit hosts and programs for wggrn.com and Authors for GrizzlyGroundswell.com and our other blogs.</li>
<li>Temerity Magazine continues to grow and with our WGGRN.com quarterly we are set to launch at least three other quarterly magazines through out 2010.</li>
<li>We have had our first Candidate advertise with us www.kokeshforCongress.com and we are getting some great traction for their efforts.  Hopefully in future we will find more candidates that are smart enough to invest in the Conservative Grassroots efforts such as those of Theodore Media.</li>
<li>We have laid a superior foundation.  2010, we will continue to lay victory bricks one row after another upon that foundation.</li>
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<p>These are the main efforts we have in the works for 2010.  But, I have to be honest, the goals we set and attain are dependent first upon where God is sending us, and second who God is sending to us.  What we do is very dependent upon our membership and their interests and effort.</p>
<p>So as I end this post, I want you to take a good hard look at where you stand today.  And then if you are not stretched beyond repair and have a feeling of being called to action, contact me and lets see if we can&#8217;t together attain some goals we share in common for 2010.</p>
<p>GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</p>
<p>Chad T. Everson</p>
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		<title>Looking to Break into Radio?  WGGRN.com Needs YOU!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 17:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChadTEverson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are looking for great talent!

We are looking for great passion and drive!

We are looking for those that are not afraid of hard work!

We are looking for those with a hunger to succeed!

We are looking for you!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/WGGRN.com-station-header.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-1248 alignleft" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;" title="WGGRN.com station header" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/WGGRN.com-station-header.jpg" alt="" width="276" height="155" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>We are looking for great talent!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>We are looking for great passion and drive!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>We are looking for those that are not afraid of hard work!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>We are looking for those with a hunger to succeed!<br />
</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>We are looking for you!</strong></span></p>
<p>So you have always thought about radio, and you want to get your feet wet.  Well jump right in and let us put you to work finding your niche in the most exciting marketplace of today!  Online Radio is about to explode as it is easier and easier to listen to our online radio station!   That is right!  You can listen in via cell phone, computer, itunes, and here is the big news!  This year every car manufactured will be equipped to listen to our online radio station!!!!  This market place is about to explode and if you don&#8217;t have your toe in the door you are going to miss out in this great new opportunity!</p>
<p>Get a show together, buy a time slot and do it yourself, or volunteer to assist us in developing new programs and be a member of our pioneering team here on WGGRN.com!</p>
<p>Sometimes it is easier to get your toe wet and test the water by volunteering and putting your shoulder into the projects we have in the works then reinvent the wheel and be the chief cook and bottle washer of your own effort.  Just ask Attila the Honey, Keith Miller, Teachable Moments or Neo &amp; Wim Show about how having their own show.  It is not easy and there is always something that needs to be done along with being creative creating new content.  This can be too overwhelming for some as there is really a lot to do to be successful!  This is why we are offering these volunteer positions to give you experience and cut your teeth doing a number of various tasks and experiences to try radio on for size.</p>
<p>Join our effort as a volunteer and let us work with you and get you ready for your own show, or just stay with us putting your shoulder into our effort and together we are going to move mountains and provide our Conservative grassroots a great platform to stand on against the main stream media!</p>
<p>Volunteer positions we are looking for right now:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Newscasters-</strong> We are developing a daily news cast show and this position will give you great exposure!</li>
<li><strong>News programming support staff- </strong>Do you love to research and gather information from across the wires?  If so, this position would give you a front row seat in defining what people need to know today!</li>
<li><strong>Interviewers-</strong> We have a growing membership and I just can not possibly interview everyone with all that is on my plate.  I need someone who loves people and interviewing to go out there and interview our membership, and movers and shakers in the Conservative grassroots.</li>
<li><strong>Script Writers- </strong>We want to provide our listeners with original radio programs ranging from comedies to drama&#8217;s.  Those old time radio shows are so entertaining and fun, lets create some shows that will last longer then our mortal coils!  If you like to write and always wanted to try your hand at creating a script.  Put pen to paper and fingers to keyboards and get Grizzly!</li>
<li><strong>Radio Show Hosts</strong>- we are developing a ton of different show ideas and we are looking for hosts to host them.  Music to political talk.</li>
<li><strong>Promoter-</strong> There are a thousand ways you can assist us in promoting our station!  Everything from sharing our station on message boards and social media to attending activities and events and sharing the good news about our Theodore Media efforts!</li>
<li><strong>Guest Speaker- </strong>Every day we have an opportunity to be a guest on radio, TV, and events.  We just don&#8217;t have the time or man power to take advantage of all the opportunities to share the good news about our efforts.  We are looking for a few quality grassroots representatives that would be willing to appear on radio shows or TV on our behalf and let them know about all we are doing. Wouldn&#8217;t you love to represent all that we are doing and get the chance to appear on some of the shows &amp; events you never dreamed of being invited too?  Join us!</li>
<li><strong>Promotional writers-</strong> We need some creative volunteers who would put together letters to the editor, press releases and submissions for publication in magazines and newspapers across the nation.  If you want to get your name out there, this is a great position to cut your teeth on!</li>
</ul>
<p>Join our award winning team and share in our success as we lift each others efforts up as we find the success that is right there for us to achieve!</p>
<p>Please email me: GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</p>
<p>Get Grizzly!</p>
<p>Chad Everson</p>
<p>President</p>
<p>Theodore Media LLC</p>
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		<title>WAVES ON THE PRAIRIE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waves On The Prairie is our Children's Book of the life story of E. W. Everson, my grandfather.  It is his story that inspired me to found and grow this Grizzly Groundswell.  I do not have the money to publish this book yet, but this story needs to get out there to win hearts and minds to our effort.  So accept it as a gift and please if you can support our effort.

   1. Please send a monetary gift to our effort through paypal
         1.
   2. Please advertise with our efforts email me for more details:
         1. GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com
         2. Grizzly Advertising
   3. Please join us in our effort as an author, radio show host, promoter, and any of the thousands of needs we have to grow our efforts.


On www.WGGRN.com our 24/7 Radio Station we will be playing "Waves On The Prairie" read by our Grizzly Groundswell Members, and supporters Starting January 1st from 11Am-noon CST each day.  

  If you would like your voice heard reading "Waves On The Prairie" on WGGRN.com, Please do the following:

   1. Record your voice and others reading the Children's story "Waves On The Prairie" into a MP3 128mbs/44khz/stereo forat.
   2. Send the audio to GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com
   3. Listen to WGGRN.com for your fellow Grizzly Groundswell and yourself Reading "Waves On The Prairie". 
It is my hope that you receive as much inspiration in this story as I do each time I hear it.
WGGRN.com is producing a number of new shows and original content in 2010.  If you wish to join us in this productive year just contact me at the email above. 
We are looking for:
    * Monetary support and Advertisers!
    * Voice Actors
    * Script Writers
    * Authors
    * Radio Show Hosts
    * Advertising Sales professionals
Next Tuesday at 7PM I will share another Story and project with you.  It is entitled "My Name Is Temerity".  This is another creative opportunity for you to share your Thought, Voice and Image along with our grassroots Conservative ideals and values to the World.  Get Grizzly with us in 2010!
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Waves crashed against the bow of the small sailing vessel.  E.W. Everson then just nine years old, braced his feet against the deck and smiled.  The warm June sun seemed to smile back, glimmering across the ocean.  <em>A few more days</em>, he thought.  <em>A few more days, and I’ll be in America.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p>It hadn’t been easy for E.W. to leave Norway.  He and his father, Andrew Everson, had said their tearful goodbyes to the rest of the family weeks ago.  It still hurt bitterly to think of Mother and his five brothers and sisters at home without him.  Father told E.W. it would be difficult, but someday the family would all be in America together.</p>
<p>Father had borrowed money so that he and E.W. could go to America.  There they would work to earn money.  Once their tickets were paid for, they would save enough to bring the rest of the family to America, too.</p>
<p>It would be a wonderful new life for all of them.   To E.W., this thought was more beautiful than the sun shining on the ocean waves.</p>
<p>After nine weeks and three days on the Atlantic Ocean, E.W. and his father landed in America.  They made their way to Pierce County, Wisconsin—a strange new world for a boy who didn’t yet speak English.</p>
<p>The Civil War had just ended.  Wages were low, and E.W.’s father had to take work wherever he could to pay for their tickets.  This meant he couldn’t take care of E.W.  The boy would have to learn to take care of himself.</p>
<p>E.W. only stayed with his father for a short time before he went to live and work with another family.  That was a sad day, but E.W. and his Father agreed they would continue to work until their family could all enjoy America’s freedom together.</p>
<p>After E.W. left his father, he began a pattern of living with other people and working for them.  One of these people was an Irish immigrant named Mike Cafree.  Mike Cafree taught E.W. how to speak English with a strong Irish brogue, and he taught him how to work hard.</p>
<p>After about a year, E.W.’s father finally had enough to pay for their tickets and send for the rest of the family.  E.W. was proud of being able to help bring them to America, but it was still difficult to get enough money to live on.  E.W. stayed and worked with Mike Cafree for another two years.</p>
<p>When E.W. was thirteen years old, he stopped working for Mike Cafree and began working for other people.  He worked for a peculiar but nice man named Solomon Tidd who was good to him for about four years.  Another man he lived with and worked for, an old man named Webster, let E.W. go to school in the winter.</p>
<p>E.W. loved school and jumped at the chance when one of his sisters married Simon Nelson, he went to live and work with them. He went to school during the winter and worked for other people in the summer until he was a grown man.</p>
<p>These were happy days for E.W.  Although the work was hard, the opportunities he had to learn and to make money were very precious to him.  He was glad he had come to America.  His family was glad, too.</p>
<p>One year soon after E.W. had finished school, he went to work in St. Paul and Minneapolis in Minnesota.  He worked at several different places, enjoying his freedom and the many opportunities open to a young man in America.</p>
<p>Then, one day, he started to cough.  He had tuberculosis.</p>
<p>The cough got worse, and worse, until he was so sick he couldn’t get out of bed.  All his money went to pay for his care.  When it was gone, he knew he would have to work later to repay the kind people who still cared for him.</p>
<p>Slowly, E.W. got well enough to work again, but the cough stayed with him for the rest of his life.</p>
<p>E.W. was hoping to work on the North Wisconsin Rail Road in order to help pay for the care he had when he was sick.  A man named Dr. Hoyt convinced E.W. not to.  He said if E.W. didn’t get into the country and rest for a while, he would die.</p>
<p>E.W. went home to his family.  He rested there for about four weeks, but he couldn’t stay still.  He finally took a job harvesting and stacking wheat.  When harvest time was over, he worked as a clerk in a hotel, drove mail from town to town, and then unloaded logs from rail road cars.</p>
<p>One spring, E.W. struck out to North Dakota.  He was well enough to work on the rail road, and he worked near a town called Mapleton.</p>
<p>E.W. loved the way the sun sparkled in the tall prairie grass.  It reminded him of the sun on the ocean waves.  It reminded him that even though America required hard work, it was a place of hope and freedom.  E.W. filed a claim there, which meant he was able to get some land of his own.  Something else happened that year:  E.W. fell in love.</p>
<p>E.W. walked the rail road track very long distances to visit this girl named Betsy who worked as a waitress in the café in Oriska, North Dakota.  E. W. soon became her best customer.</p>
<p>Betsey Mossing was also an immigrant from Norway.  She had a lot in common with E.W.   Betsey had road a pine log wagon all the way to North Dakota from Minnesota.  Both E. W. and Betsey were searching for that American Dream they had crossed an ocean to obtain.</p>
<p>Both Betsey and E.W. knew what it was like to work hard.  They knew what it was like to have hope even in the hard times.  They both loved the freedom and opportunities in America.  It wasn’t long before they were inseparable.</p>
<p>E.W. married Betsey in October and they made a home in their new world together.  They had eight children of their own—three boys and five girls—and they adopted another baby girl when she was eleven months old.</p>
<p>Life was good.  E.W. and all his loved ones were in America.  They had worked hard to make new lives there, and they were happy and blessed.</p>
<p>E.W. had filed the first claim for land in Greenfield Township.  As the community of Walum grew up around them, he became involved with more than just his land and family.  He was Justice of the Peace for 16 years.  He served on the school board.  When North Dakota was finally made a state, he became a state Legislator.</p>
<p>As one of North Dakota’s first lawmakers, E.W. was able to see that not all men cherished the freedoms that America provided.  There were some men who wanted power more than they wanted freedom.</p>
<p>During this time, North Dakota farmers were having a hard time with fluctuating grain prices for their crops.  They were angry and wanted some changes made in the government that would assist keeping prices high.</p>
<p>After several attempts to gain influence, the farmers finally became discouraged.  Some of the men who wanted power saw this.  They organized the farmers into a political party called the NPL or the Non-Partisan League.  They promised the farmers that if they would vote them into public office, they would make changes to the laws.</p>
<p>The farmers did what the NPL leadership asked.  They voted for several Legislators and a governor from the NPL, but when the NPL had the power they asked for, they began to pass laws aimed to destroy America’s freedom.  E.W. was Enraged &amp; determined that this would not happen in his backyard, his great state of North Dakota or to his neighbors.</p>
<p>Under the influence of NPL, the North Dakota Legislature passed laws creating a state-owned bank and a state-owned flour mill.  Then they began passing other laws that limited freedoms.</p>
<p>Most importantly, the men who were in charge of the NPL didn’t really represent the farmers at all.  The farmers had no way of getting someone in office who would really look after their best interests because they couldn’t vote on the leaders of the NPL.</p>
<p>E.W. knew something had to be done. He was never a man for sitting still, especially not when honest farmers were being betrayed by the very people who promised to help them.  With all the freedoms he had worked for and learned to love at stake, he knew he had to act.</p>
<p>E.W. United Conservatives in all three political parties, Republican, Democrat and Independent into a new political movement called the IVA or Independent Voter’s Association.  The IVA set out to counter the destruction caused by the Non-Partisan League.</p>
<p>The men who supported the IVA worked hard to inform the farmers and other citizens about the Non-Partisan League’s efforts to destroy freedom.</p>
<p>The Non Partisan league had deceived the North Dakota Farmer. Then they united with the I. W. W. or International Workers of the World that had deceived the worker. These two entities now merged threatened America as a Nation.   This was a Socialist Squirrel takeover of the American Dream.</p>
<p>Some of the Non-Partisan League leaders dubbed E.W. the “Grizzly Bear” because he was so ferocious about protecting freedom.  This is where we get the name of our effort today, the Grizzly Groundswell.</p>
<p>E.W.’s hard work had become a fight.  He fought with words and with petitions.  He and his family were laughed at and scorned.  A newspaper called the NonPartisan Leader, which was run by the Non-Partisan League, printed cartoons that poked fun at E.W. and all he held dear.</p>
<p>It was hard to keep trying in those circumstances, but E.W. held strong.  For him, protecting freedom was like the trip from Norway, when he knew he would be in America soon.  He planned to work hard and trusted that everything would turn out right.</p>
<p>Eventually the leadership of the Non-Partisan League was revealed to have broken laws.  They had betrayed farmers and citizens on the very issues they had promised to change.  They did not lift their neighbors, the farmers up at all, yet they tore them down and betrayed them by creating laws that tore away the American dream they all sought and worked so hard to obtain in North Dakota.</p>
<p>E.W.’s IVA pushed for a special vote called a recall vote. It was held in 1921.  The Non Partisan League governor and two other NPL leaders were thrown out of office.  This was the first Governor recalled in United States history!</p>
<p>New leaders who loved freedom and wanted to protect it took their place.  They worked hard to reform the most destructive laws passed when the Non-Partisan League leaders were in charge.</p>
<p>E.W. and his IVA’s effort stopped the Non-Partisan League and the I. W. W. just as they were positioned to be a national threat.  When he was sure that people who loved freedom would stay in office and make good laws, he retired.</p>
<p>By this time, E.W. was 56 years old.  He had worked hard all his life and fought for freedom with everything he had, but there was one fight he couldn’t win.</p>
<p>The tuberculosis cough became worse.   Try as he might, he couldn’t overcome the worsening cough.  He died on March 27, 1931 content with his life and what he had done but never knowing that he was a hero.</p>
<p>It was this very fact that made E.W. who he was.  He never cared about being a hero.  He only wanted to protect freedom, and he was willing to work hard to do it—even if it meant working hard to the end of his good life.</p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/3683274611_89ebf1b9de_o.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1103" title="3683274611_89ebf1b9de_o" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/3683274611_89ebf1b9de_o-300x145.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="145" /></a></p>
<p>More than a hundred years later, E.W.’s great grandson stumbled onto this story.  He marveled at E.W.’s courage, his willingness to keep going when things got hard, and his love of freedom, his state of North Dakota and his County of the United States of America.</p>
<p>It sparkled like the sun on amber waves of grain across his Grandfathers field in Walum, North Dakota.</p>
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<p>Waves On The Prairie is our Children&#8217;s Book of the life story of E. W. Everson, my grandfather.  It is his story that inspired me to found and grow this Grizzly Groundswell.  I do not have the money to publish this book yet, but this story needs to get out there to win hearts and minds to our effort.  So accept it as a gift and please if you can support our effort.</p>
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<li>Please join us in our effort as an author, radio show host, promoter, and any of the thousands of needs we have to grow our efforts.</li>
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<p>On www.WGGRN.com our 24/7 Radio Station we will be playing &#8220;Waves On The Prairie&#8221; read by our Grizzly Groundswell Members, and supporters Starting January 1st from 11Am-noon CST each day.</p>
<p>If you would like your voice heard reading &#8220;Waves On The Prairie&#8221; on WGGRN.com, Please do the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>Record your voice and others reading the Children&#8217;s story &#8220;Waves On The Prairie&#8221; into a MP3 128mbs/44khz/stereo format.</li>
<li>Send the audio to GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</li>
<li>Listen to WGGRN.com for your fellow Grizzly Groundswell and yourself Reading &#8220;Waves On The Prairie&#8221;.</li>
</ol>
<p>It is my hope that you receive as much inspiration in this story as I do each time I hear it.</p>
<p>WGGRN.com is producing a number of new shows and original content in 2010.  If you wish to join us in this productive year just contact me at the email above.</p>
<p>We are looking for:</p>
<ul>
<li>Monetary support and Advertisers!</li>
<li>Voice Actors</li>
<li>Script Writers</li>
<li>Authors</li>
<li>Radio Show Hosts</li>
<li>Advertising Sales professionals</li>
</ul>
<p>Next Tuesday at 7PM I will share another Story and project with you.  It is entitled &#8220;My Name Is Temerity&#8221;.  This is another creative opportunity for you to share your Thought, Voice and Image along with our grassroots Conservative ideals and values to the World.  Get Grizzly with us in 2010!</p>
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		<title>Awarded the 2009 Golden Sammie for Best States Blogger, What will 2010 hold?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChadTEverson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My hope is that our membership will be well represented in the 2010 Awards!

So Enter, Get Grizzly and Lift up your Neighbor!  Our membership has so many wonderful Grizzly!  Each and everyone of our members deserve the recognition and praise!

From now until Feb. I hope you make it a weekly task to lift up those members who you want to see get the Golden Sammie and nominate them! 

Last year, I can not tell you how great it felt to have our Grizzly Groundswell recognized.  It came at such a critical time.  It was such a blessing and has allowed us to grow in some really exciting ways.]]></description>
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<p>My hope is that our membership will be well represented in the 2010 Awards!</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank">So Enter,</a> Get Grizzly and Lift up your Neighbor!  Our membership has so many wonderful Grizzly!  Each and everyone of our members deserve the recognition and praise!</p>
<p>From now until Feb. I hope you make it a weekly task to lift up those members who you want to see get the Golden Sammie and <a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank">nominate them!</a></p>
<p>Last year, I can not tell you how great it felt to have our Grizzly Groundswell recognized.  It came at such a critical time.  It was such a blessing and has allowed us to grow in some really exciting ways.</p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/3227_97697035089_681040089_3014285_4846338_n.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-978 alignnone" style="border: 5px solid black; margin: 5px;" title="3227_97697035089_681040089_3014285_4846338_n" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/3227_97697035089_681040089_3014285_4846338_n.jpg" alt="" width="185" height="123" /></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Looking back, with the $5,000 award I reinvested into the Theodore Media effort:</strong></span></p>
<ul>
<li>Provide discounted hosting and domains for our members and any Conservative to get them online Today!  <a href="http://www.grizzlytemerity.com" target="_blank">www.grizzlytemerity.com</a></li>
<li>Launched not one but two online magazines:  <a href="http://temeritymagazine.com" target="_blank">www.temeritymagazine.com</a> and WGGRN.com Quarterly</li>
<li>Move all of our domains to <a href="http://www.grizzlytemerity.com">www.grizzlytemerity.com</a> and purchase them for over 3+years!</li>
<li>Move to a 24/7 online radio station <a href="http://wggrn.com" target="_blank">www.WGGRN.com </a>where any of our members can get their Voice out and monetize their effort along the way!</li>
<li>Afford us to be able to help out a couple members with Grizzly Charity to assist their effort!</li>
<li>Grow our Twitter Reach to over 146,000 first order followers.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Truly that $5,000 meant the world to our effort!</strong></span></p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/2009/12/20/awarded-the-2009-golden-sammie-for-best-states-blogger-what-will-2010-hold/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>This year another $20,000 is being reinvested in grassroots activists by the Sam Adams Alliance!</strong></span></p>
<p>Will our membership or even our effort be recognized again?  Not if YOU don&#8217;t Awaken, Stand Up and Step into Action to nominate our members and our overall effort!</p>
<p>I am planning on attending this years Sammies Award because I want to be there when YOU get your Golden Sammie!</p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/2009/12/20/awarded-the-2009-golden-sammie-for-best-states-blogger-what-will-2010-hold/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
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<li>Video: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBqah57U8xw" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBqah57U8xw</a></li>
<li>Website: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.thesammies.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thesammies.com</a></li>
</ul>
<p>If you can, please spread the word via blog, twitter, or any other means. Here&#8217;s a link to the official press release going out: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://thesammies.com/2009/12/18/sam-adams-alliance-launches-contest-with-20000-in-prizes-for-tea-party-organizers-town-hall-participants-and-other-government-watchdogs/" target="_blank">http://thesammies.com/2009/12/18/sam-adams-alliance-launches-contest-with-20000-in-prizes-for-tea-party-organizers-town-hall-participants-and-other-government-watchdogs/</a></p>
<p><strong>Sam Adams Alliance to award $20,000 in prizes for citizen leaders</strong> (VIDEO)<br />
<em>Annual Sammies awards ceremony to recognize tea-party organizers, town-hall participants, and other activists</em></p>
<p>CHICAGO – Today the Sam Adams Alliance put out the call for applications for the 3rd annual Sammies, a contest recognizing exceptional citizen leaders committed to a freer society. <a href="http://www.thesammies.com." target="_blank"><img class="alignleft" style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 4px 5px;" title="YTstill" src="http://thesammies.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/YTstill.png" alt="YTstill" width="306" height="246" /></a>The theme of this year’s Sammies, “We Are All Activists Now”, draws  inspiration from this year’s historic burst of political engagement, manifest in tea parties, town halls, and a surge of citizen leadership at the state and local levels.</p>
<p>“Only the Sammies recognize citizen leaders who are affecting change in their communities and across the nation. The Sammies are given in the spirit of Samuel Adams, the original organizer, to individuals who help our founders’ vision flourish today,” said Eric O’Keefe, CEO and Chairman of Sam Adams Alliance.</p>
<p>Cash prizes totaling $20,000 will be awarded to individuals who make significant contributions to the advancement of economic and individual liberty in the following categories:</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank"><strong>Blogger</strong>:</a> Cover state and local issues in your blog? Broken a story recently? An award for a dedicated citizen journalist who not only breaks the story but who strategically frames the debate: $3,000.</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank"><strong>Video</strong>:</a> Know how to edit video? Have the skills to go viral? An award for an exceptional online video that  presents the ideals of liberty in relation to a contemporary issue: $3,000.</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank"><strong>Watchdog</strong>:</a> Fancy yourself a private eye? Good with FOIA? An award for an intrepid citizen investigator who uncovers government waste, abuse, patronage, and/or fraud: $3,000.<br />
<strong> </strong></p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank"><strong>Town Hall</strong>:</a> Give a town hall speech? Capture it on video? An award for an individual who delivered an eloquent and passionate town hall speech and, moreover, used that experience as a launchpad to speak out on other issues and work for local change: $3,000.</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank"><strong>Tea Party</strong>: </a>Organize a tea party? Turn that protest into concrete action? An award for the leader of a successful and ongoing local tea party movement: $3,000.</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank"><strong>Modern-Day Sam Adams</strong>:</a> The grand prize. An award for a remarkable individual who achieved a major political victory for freedom: $5,000.</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank">All entries are due by February 17, 2010,</a> and winners will be flown to Chicago and awarded at a red-carpet event in April.</p>
<p>“Forget the Global Globes. For real action, drama, and comedy, the Sammies are where it’s at,” said Yvonne Ralsky, Executive Director of Sam Adams Alliance. “We expect fierce competition for the awards this year, after a year when individuals — many of them for the first time — stood up and raised their voices to demand responsibility from their government.  They have breathed new life into our democracy, and we look forward to celebrating with them at the Sammies in April.”</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank">To enter the Sammies</a>, visit the Sammies website at <a href="http://www.thesammies.com/">http://www.thesammies.com</a>. For additional information, please check out the <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.youtube.com');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSDiKazFYHQ">video promo</a> or email sammies@samadamsalliance.org.</p>
<h1><a href="http://thesammies.com/about/history/" target="_blank">history</a></h1>
<p>The Sammies has a rich, albeit brief, history. In three short years, we’ve given out roughly $100,000 to leading free market activists. And, moreover, we’ve had do a great time doing it.</p>
<p><strong>2009</strong></p>
<p>The Sam Adams Alliance presented a total of $40,000 in cash prizes to winners on April 18, 2008 at the Marriott Renaissance North Shore in Northbrook, Illinois. Winners were flown to Chicago. Guest presenters included Michelle Malkin, Stephen Moore, John Fund, Jonathan Hoenig, Mary Katharine Ham, Joe Wurzelbacher, Vicki McKenna, and Paul Jacob.</p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/2009/12/20/awarded-the-2009-golden-sammie-for-best-states-blogger-what-will-2010-hold/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p>
<p>The winners of the 2009 Sammies were:</p>
<p><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/sunshinereview.org');" href="http://sunshinereview.org/index.php/Sunshine_Review:The_Wikiteer_Award"><strong>Fred Baldwin</strong></a>,<strong> Seth Cooper</strong>, and <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.ballotpedia.org');" href="http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/John_Wynne_Jr."><strong>John Wynne Jr.</strong></a> each won the <strong>Wikiteer Award </strong>and a $1000 prize for their thorough contributions to <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.ballotpedia.com');" href="http://www.ballotpedia.com/"><em>Ballotpedia</em></a>, <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.judgepedia.com');" href="http://www.judgepedia.com/"><em>Judgepedia</em></a>, and <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.sunshinereview.com');" href="http://www.sunshinereview.com/"><em>Sunshine Review</em></a>–all wikis created by the Sam Adams Alliance.</p>
<p><strong>Melissa Clouthier</strong><em>, </em>of The Woodlands, Texas, won the <strong>Microblogger of the Year Award</strong> and the $2,000 prize for <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/twitter.com');" href="http://twitter.com/melissaTweets">her use of social media in promoting liberty</a> at the state and federal level.</p>
<p><strong>Ruth Bendl</strong>, of Portland Oregon, won the <strong>Voter Watchdog Award</strong> and the $2,500 prize<strong> </strong>for her work in monitoring the 2008 election. In her efforts she identified 44 deceased Oregonian voters. She has been instrumental in getting the Vote-By-Mail state to enact new rules about how ballots are transported and counted<em>.</em></p>
<p><strong>Elizabeth Crum</strong> of Las Vegas, Nevada, won the $2,500<strong> Blogivist of the Year Award</strong> for successfully embodying the “Say Something, Do Something” spirit of Blogivists.com. Having started blogging at <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.elizabethcrum.com');" href="http://www.elizabethcrum.com/"><em>E!! The True Conservative Story</em></a> last June, in 10 short months she has received recognition from Politico, Instapundit, and National Review Online, as well as been published in Liberty-Watch, and featured on local news stations.</p>
<p><strong>Chad Everson</strong>, of Princeton, Minnesota, won the $5,000 <strong>Best</strong><strong> State Blogger</strong><strong> Award</strong> for his efforts in building a network of over 150 bloggers and 16 radio personalities on <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/grizzlygroundswell.com');" href="../"><em>GrizzlyGroundswell.com</em></a>.</p>
<p><strong>Caleb Brown</strong> and <strong>Austin Bragg</strong>, of Arlington, Virginia, won the <strong>Best Video Award</strong> and the $5,000 prize for their<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.youtube.com');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3KQVRQIvKs">research and analysis of Virginia’s asinine, anti-competitive—and unconstitutional—liquor laws</a>.</p>
<p><strong><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.douglastaxes.com');" href="http://www.douglastaxes.com/">James Bell</a></strong>, of Lithia Springs, Georgia, won the $5,000 <strong>Tea Party Award</strong> for his work in defeating two sales tax increases and proposing a bill, which in 2008 became Georgia law, restricting local government from holding tax votes on special elections.</p>
<p><strong>William Carlin Walker</strong>, of Liberty, Missouri, won the $5,000 <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/libertytribune.com');" href="http://libertytribune.com/200904163096/news/community-news/liberty-man-wins-sunshine-award.html"><strong>Sunshine Award</strong></a> for his work in exposing illegal retirement benefits and rampant credit card abuse by top administrators in the Liberty School District—including thousands on alcohol and parties—along with leading a successful petition drive that resulted in a state audit of the district. William’s whistle-blowing led to the resignation of two administrators, and the Missouri General Assembly has introduced four pieces of legislation in response to his investigative labor.</p>
<p><strong>Ari Armstrong</strong>, of Westminster, Colorado, won the $10,000 <strong>Modern-Day Sam Adams Award</strong> for his relentless—and ubiquitous—defense of free markets and individual liberty in the state of Colorado. He is author of<a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.freecolorado.com');" href="http://www.freecolorado.com/"><em>FreeColorado.com</em></a> and a columnist for the Grand Junction Free Press. In the last year, Ari’s work has been published in the Rocky Mountain News, Colorado Springs Gazette, Denver Post Online, and featured on numerous radio and television news programs.</p>
<p><strong>2008</strong></p>
<p><strong><p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/2009/12/20/awarded-the-2009-golden-sammie-for-best-states-blogger-what-will-2010-hold/"><em>Click here to view the embedded video.</em></a></p><br />
</strong></p>
<p>The winners of the 2008 Sammies were:</p>
<p><strong><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.linkedin.com');" href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/melyssa-donaghy/4/817/2b1">Melyssa Donaghy</a> </strong>of Indianapolis won the $5,000 Tea Party award for staging numerous creative protests around the state in response to Indiana’s increasing property tax burden.</p>
<p><strong>Sal Costello </strong>of Austin, Texas won the $5,000 Best Short Satire Film award for his <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.youtube.com');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiauOMiFFoI">animation highlighting the “double taxation”</a> associated with Austin’s highway toll rates.</p>
<p><strong>Leon Drolet</strong> of Macomb, Mich. won the $5,000 Best Short Documentary award for his <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.youtube.com');" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObW8tbNO45U">video footage of the Michigan Taxpayers Alliance</a> spreading the word about State Representative Marc Couriveau’s 3,000 percent tax increase on local garbage disposal.</p>
<p><strong>Stefan Sharkansky</strong> of Seattle won the $5,000 Sunshine award for his work investigating the government with Washington’s Public Records Act and exposing cases of government waste, incompetence, and malfeasance on his blog, <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.soundpolitics.com');" href="http://www.soundpolitics.com/">Sound Politics</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Ben Cunningham</strong> of Nashville won the $5,000 Local Blogger award for his blog, <a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/taxingtennessee.blogspot.com');" href="http://taxingtennessee.blogspot.com/">Taxing Tennessee</a>, which gets on average over 2 million views weekly and covers topics on taxes, freedom, and individual rights.</p>
<p><a onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.wedemandavote.com');" href="http://www.wedemandavote.com/"><strong>We Demand A Vote Coalition</strong></a> from Hamilton County, Ohio won the $10,000 “Modern-Day Sam Adams award for its work to defeat an $800 million sales tax increase through grassroots mobilization.</p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/GAM-Prison-listener1.jpg"></a><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ChadGoldenSammie.png" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-977" style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 2px 6px;" title="ChadGoldenSammie" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ChadGoldenSammie.png" alt="" width="160" height="311" /></a></p>
<p>Get Grizzly and lift up those that you admire and deserve this money being reinvested in Grassroot activist!</p>
<p>I thank everyone who nominated our Grizzly Groundswell last year!</p>
<p>Because of you we are still Grizzly today!</p>
<p><a href="http://thesammies.com/enter/" target="_blank">Nominate today!</a></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greetings from the Grizzly Groundswell brought to you off my family table.

It has been brought to my attention that people need a street map or tourist pamphlet to understand this huge Theodore Media online effort.  This post will serve as a brief overview and in the new year I will have an e-book that interested parties can purchase to get the rest of the story.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/chadnMichellecomeonhomeAmerica.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="size-full wp-image-748 alignleft" style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px 5px;" title="chadnMichellecomeonhomeAmerica" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/chadnMichellecomeonhomeAmerica.jpg" alt="chadnMichellecomeonhomeAmerica" width="125" height="125" /></a>Greetings from the Grizzly Groundswell brought to you off my family table.</p>
<p>It has been brought to my attention that people need a street map or tourist pamphlet to understand this huge Theodore Media online effort.  This post will serve as a brief overview and in the new year I will have an e-book that interested parties can purchase to get the rest of the story.</p>
<p><strong>First our effort strategy:</strong></p>
<p>Our effort and strategy consists of the image of a three legged stool.</p>
<ul>
<li>The first and most important leg is that of our Blog Networks:
<ol>
<li><a href="http://www.grizzlygroundswell.com" target="_blank">www.GrizzlyGroundswell.com</a> This is the core effort, Authors are hand picked and invited to represent the best of the best Conservative grassroots Thought, Voice and Image united across this blessed nation.</li>
<li><a href="http://wggrn.com" target="_blank">www.wggrn.com</a> This is our radio stations blog and is open to our GrizzlyGroundswell.com authors, our WGGRN.com hosts and you can purchase the privledge of being an author for $21/4 week period.</li>
<li><a href="http://temeritymagazine.com" target="_blank">www.TemerityMagazine.com</a> is our online magazine that is open for all to submit articles to be published.  Dec. 29th is our next publication and Dec. 15th is our due date for advertising and articles.  send submissions to GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li>I have over 140 domain urls that were purchased for our ever growing membership to grow into.  We will bring these other sites online as we grow large enough to offer them.  We are moving away from being a free socialist squirrel hand out effort and instead rewarding those that lift up our effort with an outstanding reach and value for their support and effort.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The second leg of the stool is our 24/7 radio station: <a href="http://wggrn.com" target="_blank">WGGRN.com</a>
<ul>
<li>This is the first opportunity that we can really provide a vehicle for our members to monetize their online effort and still assist us in getting the message out!</li>
<li>Essentially, you purchase a time slot.  Right now they are going at the low rate of $12.50/55 minute time slot.  Add $2.50 for our Royalty license.  The great news is that $2.50 for the royalty license only goes up to $10 max per 4 week period.  So if you purchase more then one time slot, it is actually cheaper.</li>
<li>The advertisers and sponsors you advertise during your 55 minutes is all yours to monetize your effort!</li>
<li>You have the ability to go live with live callers but honestly it is no small technological feat to attain.  The system is best utilized by uploading a highly polished professional MP3Pro audio file.</li>
<li>Our WGGRN.com site is free for hosts to utilize to feed their content up to our huge social media networks and assure your success if utilized.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The third leg of the stool is our enormous reach we find with our online magazines: Temerity and our Quarterly magazines.
<ul>
<li><a href="http://temeritymagazine.com" target="_blank">TemerityMagazine.com</a> is our site where all our online magazines are posted.  This site is locked into our huge Social Media networks and Unites Conservative grassroots Thought, Voice and Image across this Blessed Nation.  Anyone can submit articles, photos, and any media to be published in this magazine.</li>
<li><a href="http://wggrn.com" target="_blank">WGGRN.com</a> Quarterly Magazine is open to advertisers and our hosts.  It is all about our online radio effort.</li>
<li>We want to launch many more quarterly magazines&#8230;yesterday.  We are getting such a great reach for a minimal effort that we would really like to invest a lot more of our effort into online magazines.  If you have an idea and would want to join us as an quarterly editor contact me GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The seat of this three legged stool in which we stand upon is our Social Networks:
<ul>
<li>Twitter.com is KING  Our effort enjoys 145,675 First Order Followers:
<ul>
<li>@ChadTEverson-55,794 Followers</li>
<li>@WGGRN-7,869 Followers</li>
<li>@ClayOxen-20,041 Followers</li>
<li>@GrizzlyFeed-15,304 Followers</li>
<li>@TemerityRadio-11,456 Followers</li>
<li>@TemerityMAG-11969 Followers</li>
<li>@EWEverson-13,715 Followers</li>
<li>@SocialistSqurrl-11,969 Followers</li>
<li>Total at the writing of this post-145,675 First Order Followers</li>
<li>Multiply 145 times over a Million and you will get our Second Order Followers.</li>
<li>All our sites get automatically fed up to our twitter reach!</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://friendfeed.com/chadteverson" target="_blank">FriendFeed</a> interconnects all our social networks:
<ul>
<li>3,335 subscribers to our Friend Feed stream</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Facebook
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/chadeverson" target="_blank">My personal account </a>
<ul>
<li>2,538 Friends who are Conservative and active online</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/WGGRN-Worldwide-Grizzly-Groundswell-Radio-Network/202952839761" target="_blank">WGGRN.com Fan Page</a>
<ul>
<li>505 fans</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6191496383" target="_blank">Grizzly Groundswell Group</a>
<ul>
<li>359 members</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>there are a ton of other social networks that we utilize but honestly these are the three Kings of social media networks.</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comeonhomeAmericachad.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-749" title="comeonhomeAmericachad" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/comeonhomeAmericachad.jpg" alt="comeonhomeAmericachad" width="125" height="125" /></a>Now where can you fit into our effort in ridding our backyards of Socialist Squirrels?</strong></p>
<p>This depends upon your interest and talent!</p>
<p>Everyone should have their own site or blog to fully utilize our system.  If you don&#8217;t have a site then you are just generating traffic to our efforts, and while that is great, it is not the intent of our network to only hold onto our traffic.  I have built this network to lift up your effort as your effort will lift up ours in return.</p>
<p>If you do not have a site or your blog is hosted on one of the many free hosting sites you may want to consider purchasing Hosting and a domain name on our discounted hosting and domain sales site <a href="http://grizzlytemerity.com" target="_blank">GrizzlyTemerity.com</a></p>
<p>If you host your own wordpress blog you can monetize it by offering advertising on your site.  Many millions of blogs are started each week.  And we have a strategy for your blog not to get lost in the chaos of the petri dish.  We use to be free for anyone to join and get access to our enormous reach and found that not unlike a bird feeder, there was always birds feeding from our feeder, but no help in actually growing the effort or monetizing it.  So we were forced to go to a more pay to play mentality.  Now we find ourselves bigger and better funded then ever before.  It is amazing what happens when you take yourself seriously and turn to capitalism and away from Socialist Squirrel mentalities.</p>
<p>We are always developing more vehicles for Conservatives to get our message out to win hearts and minds.  Thus we need a cash flow to fund these endeavors.</p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/grizzlygrowl.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-752" title="grizzlygrowl" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/grizzlygrowl.jpg" alt="grizzlygrowl" width="125" height="125" /></a></p>
<p><strong>With all that said, here is how you can join us!</strong></p>
<p>If you are a blogger or wish to become a blogger, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Join us as a paid Author on wggrn.com</li>
<li>Submit articles to TemerityMagazine.com by sending them to GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</li>
<li>Join our Social Media groups, links provided above to each of them.</li>
<li>Follow us on Twitter.</li>
<li>Submit your site and examples of your writing to GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com if you would like to be considered for the position as an author on GrizzlyGroundswell.com</li>
<li>Add us to your blogroll and write posts and reviews of our effort.  Nothing gets our attention better then being lifted up by your effort.</li>
<li>email me: GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com with your ideas and interest in growing our effort.  If you have something to bring to the table and willing to move mountains together, you have our attention.</li>
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<p>If you are a Radio Show Host:</p>
<ul>
<li>Purchase a time slot and join us on our 24/7 radio station!</li>
<li>Send a demo mp3 to GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</li>
<li>have our Authors or hosts on your show for interviews</li>
</ul>
<p>If you are a business, candidate, campaign or organization Advertise with us:</p>
<ul>
<li>With our reach you really get a great Bang for your Advertising buck!</li>
<li>GrizzlyGroundswell.com  <a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/advertising/" target="_blank">http://grizzlygroundswell.com/advertising/</a></li>
<li>WGGRN.com  <a href="http://wggrn.com/advertising/" target="_blank">http://wggrn.com/advertising/</a></li>
<li>TemerityMagazine.com  <a href="http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/" target="_blank">http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/</a>
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<li>Temerity Magazine Advertising  <a href="http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/advertising-rates/" target="_blank">http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/advertising-rates/</a></li>
<li>WGGRN Quarterly Magazine:  <a href="http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/wggrn-com-quarterly-magazine-advertising/" target="_blank">http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/wggrn-com-quarterly-magazine-advertising/</a></li>
<li>WGGRN.com Audio Advertising:  <a href="http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/wggrn-audio-advertising/" target="_blank">http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/wggrn-audio-advertising/</a></li>
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<li>Twitter Advertising:  <a href="http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/twitter-advertising-with-theodore-media-llc/" target="_blank">http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/twitter-advertising-with-theodore-media-llc/</a></li>
<li>125&#215;125 add buttons: <a href="http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/125x125-clickable-button-ads/" target="_blank">http://temeritymagazine.com/advertising/125&#215;125-clickable-button-ads/</a></li>
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<p><strong>You could also join us by gifting our effort with much needed funds for our efforts:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Gifts are received through paypal:  GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</li>
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<p>Right now we do not have a site that is free and open to anyone and everyone.  I would love to once again offer this option and utilize it as our farm club for our other sites, but until we can monetize this effort there is no way to pay for the maintenance and administration of such an effort.</p>
<p><a href="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/michelle-Come-On-Home-America.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-751" title="michelle Come On Home America!" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/michelle-Come-On-Home-America.jpg" alt="michelle Come On Home America!" width="125" height="125" /></a></p>
<p>I hope you see how much of a gift this effort would be to your effort.  However, we no longer can offer it for free to all.  Although, for those that utilize this effort fully, they will tell you that they get an enormous value for their effort.  So will you!</p>
<p>Get Grizzly!</p>
<p><em><strong>Chad T. Everson</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>President</strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong>Theodore Media LLC</strong></em></p>
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		<title>Term Limits! Are we really that lazy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChadTEverson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously, Are we really that lazy of a Republic that we need to set term limits for our elected officials?

    A term limit is a legal restriction that limits the number of terms a person may serve in a particular elected office. Term limits are found usually in presidential and semi-presidential systems as a method to curb the potential for dictatorships, where a leader effectively becomes "president for life". There are different types of term limits. Sometimes, there is an absolute limit on the number of terms a person can serve, while, in other cases, the restrictions are merely on the number of consecutive terms a person can serve.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/thesmokinfrog*/gifts?cg=196485503221590921" target="_blank"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-701 alignleft" style="border: 3px solid black; margin: 1px 5px;" title="shirt-termlimits" src="http://grizzlygroundswell.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/shirt-termlimits-150x150.jpg" alt="shirt-termlimits" width="150" height="150" /></a>Seriously, Are we really that lazy of a Republic that we need to set term limits for our elected officials?</p>
<blockquote><p>A <strong>term limit</strong> is a legal restriction that limits the number of <a title="Term of office" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_of_office">terms</a> a person may serve in a particular elected office. Term limits are found usually in <a title="Presidential system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_system">presidential</a> and <a title="Semi-presidential system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-presidential_system">semi-presidential systems</a> as a method to curb the potential for dictatorships, where a leader effectively becomes &#8220;<a title="President for life" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_for_life">president for life</a>&#8220;. There are different types of term limits. Sometimes, there is an absolute limit on the number of terms a person can serve, while, in other cases, the restrictions are merely on the number of <em>consecutive</em> terms a person can serve.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_limit" target="_blank">~Wikipedia</a></p>
<p>Are we so inept as a Republic that we feel that we can not take back our backyards, raise the needed money and support for our elected officials who uphold our ideals and values and keep tyranny and corruption from our government?</p>
<p>Personally, I think term limits are the height of laziness on part of the activist and the American citizen.</p>
<p><strong>Term limits affect all elected officials, even ours. </strong></p>
<p>That is right, even ours.  If our Conservative citizens would not be so lazy serving as a citizen right in their backyard, they would understand all the time, effort and money that goes into electing one of our own into elected office.  Term limits would mean that our beloved <a href="http://bachmann.house.gov/" target="_blank">Michele bachmann </a>would after this term, not be able to serve our District and represent my value and ideals in our nations capital.  That my friends would not only be a travesty but also even more work for those of us who want our ideals and values represented in the beltway of bewilderment.</p>
<p>That would mean that our time, money and resources would have to be diverted from other elected official elections back to the seat that Bachmann holds today.</p>
<p>I would rather pour our resources and effort into ridding the Socialist Squirrels that now stank up these other seats in office and put those butts that hold our ideals and values in them.</p>
<p><strong>Being for Term Limits is an oxymoron to the Conservative that believes in less government intervention. </strong></p>
<p>McCain~Feingold has really made it almost impossible for the regular citizen to attain elected office.  It was a piece of trash legislation meant to hold onto Tyranny and Corruption and keep you and I out of their way.  This needs to be recalled and taken off the books but without Representation, it will never happen.</p>
<p>I asked my Representative why candidates do not run, get elected and spend their whole term just repealing law.  To me, that is what an elected official today should strive to do.  He told me matter a fact, that each bill has a constituency that worked to enact the law in the first place.  So if they were powerful enough then to enact it, they will probably be strong enough to make your political career miserable.  I thought to my self, &#8220;yeah, so? Who are we electing? Pansies?&#8221;  But I did see his point and now knowing the fickle nature of such a lazy Conservative voting public, his point was not lost upon me.</p>
<p>Sun Tzu in the <em><strong>Art of War</strong></em> emplored that you never go into battle unless you are assured a decisive victory. Why would any elected official, even our own go into a battle that they had no hope of winning and no army to even lead into battle?  This has to change.</p>
<p>Today we are electing good Americans into elected office, then letting them hang out on the line and we go back to our apathy.  If we do not look in the mirror and realize that it is not the politician that is to blame for what we find in the political landscape today, but it is our fault.  You see this is a Republic, that only works if good men and women Awaken, Stand Up, Step into Action and Affect the Political Landscape right in their very own Backyard!</p>
<p><strong>We do not need any more government intervention today then we needed at the signing of our Constitution.  The whole experiment was to limit government, not grow it.</strong></p>
<p>Do you understand all that goes into running a candidate and winning an elected office?  If you did you would think term limits are as laughable as I do.  It really is a mantra that is telling where that citizen is in their awakening formula.  It is an easy slogan to get behind if you have just awakened, and have not yet thought it through.  This is why I am writing this post so that the next time you grab a sign and chant what ever the group think is chanting you will know if this group is as adept in their knowledge and political strategy or are they stuck in a toddler&#8217;s understanding of what this Representative Republic is today.  <strong> </strong></p>
<p>Term Limits sound plausible at first, but if you understand the enormous effort that it takes to get our elected officials elected, support them during their term and then to get them re-elected and actually take on the Socialist Squirrels, you would know it is just another tactic that the Socialist Squirrels try to utilize to divide and conquer Conservatives.</p>
<p>Third parties seem to hold onto this mantra with all the gusto they can.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong, third, fourth, fifth parties are needed, but they are truly an exercise in futility.  Hell, even the Socialists realized this early in the 1900&#8242;s.  They found out that the two party system was the political landscape.  It was easier to overtake one or both of the parties then to get any traction as a third party.  They reinvented themselves as the Non Partisan League and deceived the farmer and enslaved the worker with the IWW.  They overtook the Republican Party and in the 1916-17 they took over the young state of North Dakota and spread far and wide.  If not for E. W. Everson and his Independent Voters Association that united Conservatives from the Republican, Democrat and Independent parties recalling the very first Governor in US History in 1921, America would of turned fully Socialist Squirrel so much sooner then today.</p>
<p>Today it is our time, to Awaken and take a good look at this political landscape.  Stand Up not for Term Limits and stinking thinking that divides us, but Step Into Action on those key issues that unite us all and by affecting the political landscape right in our own backyards, we will once again understand freedom and liberty that we were gifted with.  Yet, every generation finds themselves fighting to maintain.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s put down the Term Limit mantra, and instead unite behind our ideals of smaller Government, Spending limits, torte reform, liberty and freedom for all.</p>
<p>~TeddyBear</p>
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		<title>We are Looking for Great Radio Show Hosts on WGGRN.com</title>
		<link>http://grizzlygroundswell.com/2009/12/05/we-are-looking-for-great-radio-show-hosts-on-wggrn-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChadTEverson</dc:creator>
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Here are some great opportunities for our Grizzly Groundswell membership, New &#038; Old!]]></description>
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<h1><span style="color: #ff0000;">Become a WGGRN.com Host!</span></h1>
<p>Here are some great opportunities for our Grizzly Groundswell membership, New &amp; Old!</p>
<ul>
<li>Currently our Time Slots are Going for $12.50/time slot + $2.50/time slot if you want to use our Music Royalty License which I highly recommend. <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0000bf;">Total/week=$15</span></li>
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<li>If you Purchase 2-6 time slots a week I will discount the price per time slot to $10.00/time slot + only $2.50 for the Royalty License for all 2-6 time slots.  <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0000bf;">Total/week=@2-$22.50, @3-$32.50, @4-$42.50, @5-$52.50, @6-$62.50</span></li>
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<li>If you Purchase a full hour time slot ex. 11-noon CST 7days a week I will discount your purchase price to $7/ Time Slot + the $2.50 Royalty License that includes all time slots.  <span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0000bf;">Total/week 7 time slots=$51.50</span></li>
<li><span style="font-weight: bold; color: #0000bf;">Larger purchases of time slots get deeper discounts!<br />
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">To Lock in a time slot Contact me for availability and send your payment via <span id="lw_1259975392_1">PayPal</span> to: GrizzlyGroundswell@yahoo.com</span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Check out the link below for availability!<br />
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		<title>www.WGGRN.com maybe down tonight &amp; part of Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://grizzlygroundswell.com/2009/11/30/www-wggrn-com-maybe-down-tonight-part-of-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ChadTEverson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[www.WGGRN.com will be down tonight and part of tomorrow as we transition to a new site for this great url and Radio Station.  Thank you for your Patience during this transition!]]></description>
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<p>I just seem to know how to create more work for myself!</p>
<p>I am moving away from the Dolphin install of www.WGGRN.com and creating a new site for the Radio Station.  I liked our site but it just was not RSS &amp; Social Media integrated enough for our effort.  Also the lack of paid membership really drove home the point that this site was not cutting it in the free market.  So I am making a change to a WordPress blog install that will mirror GrizzlyGroundswell.com.</p>
<p>Please listen to our station here on www.GrizzlyGroundswell.com as I work 24/7 to get the WGGRN.com site back up and Grizzly!</p>
<p>I am toying with making WGGRN.com blog open to all.  This would serve as a good minor leagues that we could call up the best and brightest to join us as an author here on www.GrizzlyGroundswell.com</p>
<p>I have not made up my mind on that yet.  I may just open it up to the paid hosts that lift up our effort not only with their talent but their money as they invest in both of our online efforts.</p>
<p>Remember:  Change is the only Constant in this world we can count upon!</p>
<p>I appreciate your patience during this transition!</p>
<p>Chad Everson</p>
<p>President</p>
<p>Theodore Media LLC</p>
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