No Labels: A Shared Vision for a Stronger America!
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Over the last few years, we have seen America fall apart as party politics have taken priority over people politics. In their book Huntsman and Manchin prove that we can cross the aisle, and make the United States stronger. If we can hold our leaders accountable and make them realize that cooperation and collaboration work far better than isolation and insolence, then we can finally set forward TOGETHER on a path to forge "A Stronger America."
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This is an invaluable guide to American storytelling and its political and social implications.

Why is this topic important? As a twenty-something hoping to help create a prosperous, just, empathetic society, I want to know how to speak to other Americans about our shared identity and shared future. This e-book is written for people like me: progressives who want to know how to communicate with a broad swath of people and inspire them about the work we can do together.

In clear, elegant language, and using recent political examples, the author explains how political language and metaphors affect us and how we can tap into their power.
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Mark Levin has once again taken his readers on a journey to present America's greatest challenges. These challenges are not from outside enemies that threaten America such as radical Islam or rogue dicatators, but rather from an ignorance of the principles that made America great. The generations that have followed the Greatest Generation, (WWII), have a deficient knowledge of the writers and thinkers who expounded upon free markets, free enterprise, liberties guaranteed by our Creator and by our Constitution, but rather have been influenced and corrupted by the false idea that the state can provide true happiness and its pursuit thereof. This is a must read for any American who seeks the truth of our past to understand the vision for our future. The continuance of this great nation as a beacon of light for freedom depends on a greater understanding of what has made America great, so that we can again follow these timeless principles to restore America to her rightful place as the true land of liberty and opportunity.
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The writer offers a creative approach to reversing the trend towards a totalitarian regime in the United States of America, and returning to the democratic republic envisioned by the founding fathers.  The writer is anonymous but takes on the name of Friend of Medjugorje, a religious body from the small village of Medjugorje, Bosnia-Hercegovina, a village of 400 families.  Certain people in this village have received advice and counsel from apparitions heard over a number of years since the 1980's.  The writer's thesis is to change the direction of the United States of America back to the vision of the founding fathers by organizing from the bottom up rather than from the top down.  In the book, he included rigorous metrics across the country listing all communities with less than 500 people.  All of these communities could influence changes in the direction of government by prayer and the support of elected county sheriffs.  The writer's premise is that elected sheriffs are elected to uphold the Constitution and they have the power and means to do just that.  If all such communities across the country take this action, we will have a mandate for government reform to return to the founders' vision of America.<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Wake-Up-America-Understand-the-US-Constitution-and-Get-Involved/dp/1478260289/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Wake Up, America!: Understand the US Constitution and Get Involved</a>
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I have often felt and heard from others that our American system of government has grown too large, no longer truly serves the people, and fixing it seems like a daunting, if not impossible task.  If you have ever thought that we as Americans are losing our freedoms but felt frustrated by not knowing what action steps we can take to reverse that decline, then this is the book for you!

The authors identify causes of our shift away from freedom and engage readers through a story format. Don't be fooled that the subject matter will be dry, for once you pick up the book you won't want to put in down! This book is a definite MUST read!

5 Stars!
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This about sums up the book for me.  I had the wonderful pleasure of seeing Mr. Early speak at Grand Rounds at Western State Hospital in VA.  Mr. Early spoke to a large room filled with hundreds of psychologists, psychiatrists, direct care staff and academicians. His presentation was empowering, energizing and thoughtful.  His overall message was one that was informative.  Mr. Early told the story of his son's unfortunate decent into mental illness, specifically Bi-polar disorder, with an overall message of how completely destroyed the mental health system is.

As I work daily in a state hospital I see the misfortunes of this sick, ill-treated, ostracized population.  Mr. Early provides a picture that is consistent with my own belief.  America has shut down most of its state hospitals.  The public is ignorant and fearful of this poor population.  With nowhere to go, we are left to send these persons to jails and prisons...criminalized and without treatment.  Early informs readers of the criminalization of the mentally ill with a tone of reform.  His book serves to tell the story of his own struggle in trying to get his son treatment with a broader purpose of reform.

Mr. Early is our times Dorthea Dix, without a doubt.  He serves as a voice, a powerful one, for reform of America's mental health system.  These persons need not be "treated" in jail but in a hospital.  America has come full circle in a short amount of time.  We were once without hospitals in America and abused and mistreated this population, then we built asylums, then they were closed.  Mentally ill were "deinstitutionalized" thanks to drugs, and state and federal laws.  Forgotten and further abused is more correct.  Many know that deinstitutionalization failed before it started.  America's mental health system is broken.  We need hospitals again...yes in 2007, but let us learn this time from the mistakes of the last asylum boom so we do not repeat them again.

Mr. Early did a wonderful job researching for this book and it shows in the writing.  The book is very knowledgeable, thought provoking, understanding and caring.  I recommend it for all, patients, families, staff, clinical staff, academicians, and the compassionate.

These persons did not ask to be sick and mentally ill.  "It could happen to any of us."
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Thank-you SHARYL ATTKISSON for stepping up and speaking the truth!  GOOD ON YOU FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE!  In my research I have noticed that the majority of Americans feel the same way, frustrated they don't have a voice or visibly anyone standing up for America's core belief structure, much less obeying the laws that have long been in place.  Unfortunate for the early corruption in the primaries, followed by lies, that got this president elected!  The lies and corruption...Familiarity continues to breed contempt...
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Such a great look into the current status of America, what it used to be, and what it can become... if we work together!
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Having read this book, it strikes me that all of our people who complain about a "do nothing" Congress ought to read it also. I have always been of the opinion that real change is driven by the people. Only at their peril can our Congressional Representatives ignore the voices of tens and hundreds of thousand of citizens who would demand a response to the ideas contained in this book.

The adoption of a National Agenda as outlined here is where the work begins. We should all ask our Representatives to support these objectives and if not, ask why not. If they will not take a position, then we seriously need to consider alternative representation. It is not that  these objectives are the end result: it is that they are the foundation for debate.

This foundation is found in the Ideas presented to implement the objectives. Assuredly there are other ideas, but that is the value of having a place to start. This should become a national debate, strongly supported by the media, who need to educate our people to take a role in the process.

In fact it is the media which should begin to publish excerpts from the book with the proper marketing campaign and supported by our Legislators in their constituent communications.

If one really cares about the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave" they will read and act on the ideas herein presented.
David Steil
Yardley, PA
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GREAT book!  Using solid data and a clear image (refrigerator rights), the authors paint of picture of what everyone and anyone can do to develop deeper community.  Highly recommend.
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I loved this book, I think I highlighted and bookmarked half of it with Dr. Carson's references to the type of history they don't teach in classrooms and thought-provoking, memorable quotes! The book from beginning to end is full of candid and logical solutions to a myriad of problems facing our awesome country. If only there were more logical thinking politicians, or perhaps there is, but they are just afraid of infuriating the corporate interests at large. This book is a must read for anyone that loves their country and wishes for it to stand for something again. Hoping books such as this one will create a movement!
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Yuval Levin cuts through all the white noise of political ideologies, demagoguery and blunderbuss approaches to unite America.  In our time of hyper individualism, Levin is clear as to what timeless forces need to be in place in order to restore the fracture of our nation.  He has a clear blueprint that must be considered.  They are timeless beacons, but forgotten by our leaders.  Nostalgia of the past, while ever present, must not  act as blinders holding back looking to the future.  No one-size-fits-all govern government approach will work.  Engagement of smaller, more local organizations is proposed to work more highly efficiently.  This book should be mandatory reading to anyone who cares about America and the how the concept of E Pluribus Unum fulfills its call.
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This is a thought-provoking read for everyone.  Perhaps we would not be in the pickle this country is in if our leaders had read this book.  It is not too late--Amazon please send a complimentary copy to one of our leaders who READS!  Neva M. Sullivan
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This is an excellent book... Here it is 7/31/ 2016 right after two week of political pep-rallies, know as the Democratic and Republican conventions...This book beautifully illuminates the dominating mindstreams in which each party is rooted in and who they are seeking to seduce for votes... Reading this book truly helps to unhook from the the emotional snares that are used to socially engineer the citizens for political, material, ideological,and power gains... This book is so good i share three posts on FB just on the first chapter with hopes that others too could experience a greater freedom to examine the mindstreams/waves/archetypes that are gathered at this time at global sea-change..  Wish everyone could read this book... Thanks to the author for his thoughtful, clear, sorting through the turbulence of these days and pointing towards that which can bring a greater unity for positive change..
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America 3.0 presents a thoughtful, reasoned and positive approach to both the problems that we face as a society today in America as well as the strengths that we can leverage as a nation to overcome our current obstacles.

The authors begin their analysis by looking back into the founding of the nation, prior to the revolution, and the values that the settlers brought with them.  I found their summary work on England and its freedoms that had survived the hand of Roman Law to be very interesting and original (to me, at least, not being an expert on this genre of history).

America 1.0 moved from a land of free farmers and shop holders (with the unfortunate stain of slavery in the South) to America 2.0, characterized by increasing urbanization and shaped by WW1 and WW2 as well as the Great Depression, with its corresponding expansion of Federal power.

In the section of America 3.0, they attempt to present a non-dogmatic, positive view of how the nation can move forward past our large debts, dysfunctional political environment, and stagnant institutions to leverage the strengths of our people and unleash the power of local dynamism and local government responsibility rather than large scale Federalism and unaccountable mandarins.

In any book that attempts to cover such a wide variety of topics, from the history of freedom in England (and how it differed from its neighbors on mainland Europe, and why) to a forward looking view of our institutions can cope with an impending fiscal burden, there are areas where the author rightly has to minimize focus (or leave to other experts) in order to continue to present the broad outlines of their case.  It is this "overarching" view that makes the book so valuable, especially since it is a relatively easy read, with notes in the back to support their key points.  It is also this "meta" viewpoint that will open the book up to attack from commenters or readers with "single issue" views who see all items through the prism of a single, narrow viewpoint.

However, I would ignore the detractors and read the book for what it is, an attempt to see the roots of our success so that we can harness these strengths to look forward and reform our institutions to make sure that the USA is as successful in the 21st century as we were in the 20th.
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Kylander, who teaches at Harvard, has written excellent book based on research she and her fellow author conducted. Her message is that today's brand informs and communicates your strategic mission. The keys are "Integrity, Democracy, and Affinity."  She also wrote several articles on the nonprofit brand based on the research for the book for the Stanford Innovation Review, which are available online. Excellent book!

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The book'Leadershift' was even better than my expectations! This is definitely a book that every American, who is concerned about the freedom of our country , should read! It has the answers ! Thank God for the leaders who took the time and put in the effort to figure this out....I'm excited , to say the least!