"Voting Hasn't Worked, So Now
What"
from "In Defense of Rural
America"
By Ron Ewart, President of the
National Association of Rural
Landowners
and nationally recognized author and
speaker on freedom and property rights issues
Ó Copyright Sunday, October 19, 2014 - All Rights
Reserved
As published on
Newswithviews, October 15, 2014
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"Perhaps the fact that we have seen
millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our
generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to
secure one's freedom."
Friedrich August von Hayek, economist,
philosopher
If you can believe the statistics, 65,918,507 Democrats voted
for Barack Obama and 60,934,407 Republicans voted for Mitt Romney in the 2012
general election. A little over 2,000,000 voted for third party candidates,
bringing the total votes to 129,235,558. This represents only 53.6% of the total
voting age population of 240,926,957. So roughly, a little over one half of the
voting age population found it important enough to cast their vote for president
of the United States. 111.6 million didn't.
(2012 election results: http://uselectionatlas.org/
(2012 voting age population: http://elections.gmu.edu/
But these statistics don't even begin to tell the real story,
why did the people vote in the first place? Below are a few of the reasons why
people vote, especially for a male president. The list is in no particular order
of importance.
1. He looks, sounds good and he's cute.
2. He promises to give me what I want.
3. He's been in politics for a long time and I know who he
is.
4. Someone I know, knows him personally and vouches for
him.
5. He seems to be presidential and has the requisite
experience to be president.
6. I think he will be a good leader.
7. He will take America in the direction I want it to
go.
8. He is a man of my race and I would vote for him no
matter who he is.
9. He says what I want to hear.
10. He's the son of a previous president and I liked what
his father did.
(NOTE: A female candidate for
president has not appeared on the scene until now, with Hillary Clinton, wife of
the philanderer and ex president Bill Clinton, warming up in the bullpen for
2016 ….. maybe!)
Here's the rub. A Constitutional Republic, without a knowledgeable and
participatory electorate, will not work and is doomed to fail as a free
republic. This is not a new revelation. Thomas Jefferson put it this way:
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure
reliance for the preservation of our liberty."
There is no question America is in the process of failing and
failing miserably. It is failing for all of the reasons that we mentioned in a
previous article entitled, "Too Many Americans, Shallow, Hollow and Just
Plain Stupid." Not only are way to many people of America not
knowledgeable, they participate in the electoral process of their country at an
abysmal rate. However, perhaps it is a good thing that well over 45% of the
voting age population doesn't bother to vote because if they did, America would
have become a socialist country much sooner. Add in millions of illegal,
ignorant peasants from third world countries thirsting for amnesty the Democrats
can't wait to give them, and you have the recipe for a complete breakdown of our
Constitutional Republic into mob rule.
So we will sum it up this way. Over 45% of the voting-age
population doesn't vote at all. 27.4% of the voting-age population vote for
whatever they can get from government and 25.3% of the voting-age population
apparently vote to be left alone by government. We will let the reader decide
which party fits which percentage. Unfortunately, these percentages hardly
coincide with Thomas Jefferson's wisdom of over 200 years ago.
Finally, well over half of the voting-age population, whether
they vote or not are, let's face it, shallow, hollow and just plain stupid. It
is debatable just how informed the other voters are about the issues. Of course,
given the state of our public indoctrination system, it is no wonder that the
masses are so ill informed of the substance of the American Republic and the
reasons why she gave birth to the only true constitutional freedom on the
planet. Sadly, these ill-informed, dumbed down, shallow, hollow and just plain
stupid people are and can be voters under our system of government, which has
morphed from a Constitutional Republic into a vote-of-the-mob Democracy. Is it
any wonder that Democrats want every voter to vote when their give-away platform
appeals directly to a growing population of the least informed among us, as well
as a horde of illegal aliens waiting for amnesty?
It would appear that if the collective goal is to restore
American freedom, as envisioned by the Founding Fathers under the foundation of
the U. S. Constitution, voting has lost its ability and its power to accomplish
that goal by itself. Anyone who thinks otherwise is living in Alice in
Wonderland. So now what?
Many solutions have been offered by well meaning individuals on
how to restore America to its pre-ordained greatness under a flag of liberty. So
far, none of these solutions have shown any promise. But these are the facts.
Only a hardened, well-trained army of millions of dedicated and determined
civilians of one mind can peacefully take back America from a lawless,
out-of-control, rogue government, at every level. Those millions have not
coalesced under any leader, organization, or any flag and probably won't, given
the divided atmosphere and apathy that exists in America today. Unfortunately,
the Tea Party is a relatively small group of Americans and has no real leader.
Nevertheless and even if they are rudderless for the moment, the Tea Party is a
start.
The only other way to restore American freedom is to trigger a
massive, collective outrage in the population. To create that outrage it would
only be necessary to assemble small, dedicated groups of people in each
government division, from the state level down to the county and local level.
These small groups would investigate and expose government for what it has
become. In the coming weeks and before the end of the year, we will be
announcing our plan for a small "army" of determined souls that will take on
government at the local level and literally rip them apart in a massive
investigation of malfeasance, misfeasance, misappropriation of funds, graft,
corruption, racketeering, double-dealing, collusion and improper or illicit
personal behavior.
Unfortunately, government, at all levels, has become rife with
these maladies, as a collective apathy has consumed the public over the last 100
years. Since there is little to no accountability, government is free to do
whatever it pleases and it has.
Basically, human nature predisposes people to respond
positively or negatively to their emotions. It has always been thus. To "reach"
them you have to appeal to that emotion. That's what politicians do, under the
umbrella of propaganda, hype, distortion and outright lies. Anger and outrage
are emotions that trigger the distinct possibility of action. As a general rule,
clear-thinking Americans hate corruption and if a large enough group of
Americans determine that corruption has taken place, history has proven that
they will react against it. Right now, no one is exposing this pandemic graft
and corruption in government on a grand scale. We intend to change that.
Politicians and government employees, when they see their
corrupt antics exposed and then published for a local and national audience,
will either start to straighten up, or disappear in disgrace. Calls for their
resignations or their heads will increase daily. Firings of corrupt government
officers and employees will become more frequent. Special interest laws and
legislation will be inhibited. Adherence to constitutional principles will be
emphasized. New political blood with honor will begin to surface. Once this
exposure takes hold nationally, politicians and government officers and
employees will begin to get the message and act accordingly.
Are the actions we are proposing a panacea for all of our
nation's ills? Hardly! But it's a step. Will they solve our foreign problems
such as Putin, ISIS or Ebola? Of course not! However, at the domestic level, the
collective disease of Progressivism has infected and infiltrated every one of
our institutions and politicians of both parties, along with the body politic,
and will have to be systematically rooted out over a significant period of time
if there is any chance of saving this once-great country. That can only be done
if the graft and corruption is exposed to the entire population of America,
through all means of communication.
It took over 150 years for the colonists to extract themselves
from the King of England's dictatorial rule and they had to do it by revolution.
Peacefully restoring America to its rightful place as the shining city on the
hill could easily take generations and will only happen if the American people,
in large enough numbers, have the courage and the determination to embark on the
dangerous and perilous path to freedom, even though the price will be high.
The American people have let themselves down and it is only the
American people who can pick themselves up ….. that is if they care and don't
grow more shallow, hollow and just plain stupid.
The reader may jump to the conclusion that we are suggesting
that people don't vote. Nothing could be further from the truth. Voting is still
an important part of an American's duty and should be done by carefully studying
the issues and the candidates. What we are saying is, voting cannot be the only
solution to what ails America and will not, of and by itself, solve the
complicated issues that face us as a people and as a nation.
NOTE:
We would like to take this opportunity to thank
and applaud Devvy Kidd for her considerable efforts to strike down the 17th
Amendment by her recent lawsuit filed in Texas. She is trying to prove that the
17th Amendment was never ratified and is therefore null and void. If she
prevails, she could bring political power back to the states where the Founding
Fathers thought that power should reside. http://www.newswithviews.com/
NOTE: The foregoing
article represents the opinion of the author and is not necessarily shared by
the owners, employees, representatives, or agents of the
publisher.
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Ron Ewart, a nationally known author and
speaker on freedom and property rights issues and author of this weekly column,
"In Defense of Rural America", is the president of the National
Association of Rural Landowners (NARLO) (http://www.narlo.org), a non-profit corporation
headquartered in Washington State, an advocate and consultant for urban and
rural landowners. He can be reached for comment at info@narlo.org.
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