Conspiracy: A Biblical View, by Gary North - EntreWave

REPLACING EVIL WITH GOOD9. Building a mailing list on an issue-by-issue basisWhat kind of skills are involved? First and foremost, the skills oflong-term commitment and permanent self-discipline. Only a minorityof people possess such skills. This is why minorities always rule. Thisis why all institutions require representative government.Second, there must be organizational skills. This may only be awillingness to put together a shoebox filing system that uses 3 by 5inch note cards. It probably involves a willingness to buy an IBM PCclone with a gigabyte of hard disk and an introductory data baseprogram, such as Claris Works or Lotus Approach. Claris Works has avery good word processing program and a spreadsheet built in. It is anall-in-one package. (So is Microsoft Works, but I like Claris Worksbetter.)Third, there must be personal communication skills. Any motivationand education program requires people who can speak to others faceto face, hand out a newsletter, present a petition, invite to a meeting,etc. These may not be the organizers or the public speakers, but theyare vital.At the national level, two training programs stand out, the first forpolitical candidates and campaign managers, and the second forcollege students.Free CongressFoundation721 Second St.,N.E.Washington, D.C.20002LeadershipInstitute8001 BraddockRd., Suite 502Springfield, VA22151These political projects involve very specialized skills. Such skills areseldom possessed by any one person. A cooperative effort is calledhttp://freebooks.commentary.net/freebooks/docs/html/gnco/html/8.htm (11 of 15) [5/26/2000 1:48:23 PM]