"Government Doesn't Give
You Freedom, You Take It!"
from "In Defense of Rural
America"
By Ron
Ewart, President
National Association of Rural
Landowners
and
nationally recognized author and speaker on freedom and property rights
issues.
© Copyright Sunday, April
5, 2015 - All Rights Reserved
As published on
Newswithviews, April 1, 2015
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"Politicians spout endless bromides,
trite phrases and meaningless clichés in a high-charged emotional environment to
get you to vote for them, or to convince you they are going to do something for
you that government hasn't done before, or re-start something government should
have been doing in the first place. Some politicians actually mean what
they say, as naïve' as they might be. But most politicians haven't a clue
what they will be able to do for you, because they are really intent on what
they are going to do for them. The term "Honorable Politician" is almost
on oxymoron, especially the longer a politician is in government.. The
real tragedy is that millions of people believe them and hang on every word, to
their own peril."
Ron Ewart
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We listened to Ted
Cruz's speech the other day where he announced that he is running for
president. Like most politicians, he uttered all the right patriotic
phrases to appeal to the emotions in the masses, at least the conservative
masses. One phrase stuck out in his speech though. This phrase has
been repeated throughout American history since it was uttered by Patrick Henry
at the St John's Church in Virginia on March 23, 1775 when he shouted,
"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!"
Like millions of us, we have heard this phrase
over and over again, shouted from the rooftops and in many speeches and writings
by politicians and patriots. Hearing it again coming out of Ted Cruz's mouth, we
suddenly realized how the phrase could be interpreted to mean that government
must give us liberty, or we prefer death in the alternative. But
government can't grant us something we have a natural right to, by virtue of our
human existence. Freedom is a natural right, not granted by
government. If freedom is to exist in any form, it must be preserved,
protected and defended by those sovereign, natural born individuals upon which
freedom has been bestowed by our creator. Government always takes freedom, it
never grants it, or defends it. If government takes away freedom and it
always will in time, freedom must then be TAKEN BACK by individual sovereign
citizens, by force if necessary.
In a speech we are preparing for upcoming
audiences as we explore the possibility of running for president, we would say
this to the American people.
"Good evening ladies and gentlemen. I'm not a
politician in the usual sense. I'm going to tell it like it is, not what
you or I wish it to be. I deal in realities, not wish lists. Wish
lists are for children. The reality is, America is a mess on so many
different levels."
"But I'm not going stand here and promise you that
I will be successful at what I do, or at what I try because government is messy
and fraught with pitfalls, corruption, lobbyists, crazy politicians and special
interest groups that all demand a seat at the table. And these problems
don't even include the foreign interests that would like to destroy us.
America is also beset with an intractable, inflexible judicial system run by
gnomes called judges and attorneys and a set of rules that represent a spider
gone mad, spinning a web from which he cannot escape."
"But worse than that ladies and gentlemen, a
president and the people's representatives must govern in an atmosphere of way
too many unknowns and way too much citizen apathy. Scientists call
politics a non-linear dynamic system and any scientist knows that when you tweak
a non-linear dynamic system, as government does so often without thought,
deliberation, or logic, the unintended consequences from those tweaks can
explode out of control and into situations that defy management by humans.
We are in that situation right now where our non-existent foreign policy could
very easily blow up in our faces ….. into a third world war."
"First, I will tell you what I believe. Then
I will tell you what I intend to do about today's realities and how my beliefs
and principles will influence my decisions on your behalf."
"Way too many Americans, especially politicians,
ideologues and academics, describe an America that is full of errors, mistakes,
sordid history and irreversible faults. In other words, they focus on the
negative and they get some perverted pleasure from it. What these
politicians, ideologues and academics fail to do is to see America in its
entirety, to see it as a whole. In my book, Staring Deep Into the Cosmos,
I wrote:"
"He who looks down sees a very narrow
horizon.
But he who looks up shall feast on
all of heaven."
"Those that dissect America and accuse her of her faults
are guilty of looking down, or worse, have evil in their hearts. They do
not want to see the whole because they grovel and take refuge in America's
faults, usually for an agenda that has everything to do with the preservation of
their power and buying off the masses ….. for votes. They maintain power
by making the masses feel guilty, just for living. On top of that these
miscreants scare the people to death on trumped up catastrophes, like man-caused
global warming. And because the masses are obviously guilty, they must pay
the price for their guilt in draconian regulations and exorbitant taxes to
repair the alleged damage that the masses have perpetrated on mother earth and
each other. And Americans, being so successful and accused of doing most
of the damage, must be severely punished and pay more than any other
nation."
"In stark contrast ladies and gentlemen, I see America as a
whole, the sum of all of its parts including the positives and the
negatives. I can tell you in spite of all of its faults and there are
many, America is an exceptional country occupied by exceptional and generous
people. In over 2 centuries since freedom was born, I see what America has
accomplished for itself, its people and the world at large. If America had
not been created, the world would be in far worse shape than it is today.
Of that there is no doubt. America is and still can be, a force for good
in the world, but not if it is part of the one-world-order."
"Of course, not all the people in America are exceptional.
For the last 100 plus years, the failed ideology of Progressivism has been
pushing government dependency, the mundane and the mediocre and they have been
doing it on purpose ….. for votes. The American people are better than
that and they can once again be better than that with the right leaders,
positive role models and a message that emphasizes excellence, success, courage,
honor, integrity and morality. We can be a positive influence on this
world again but we must shed the energy-robbing, mind sapping idea that tells us
we are weak, dependent and incapable of managing our own lives in a free
land. America was best when it was regulated least."
"Nevertheless, there exists in America millions of
exceptional individuals that have not succumbed to the flawed Progressive
ideology, political correctness, collectivism and government dependency and they
continue to move towards excellence and success. These individuals are
what hold up America today. To counter this, government, under the
Progressives, has put a bounty on excellence and success to pay for dependency,
the mundane and the mediocre ….. in exchange for votes and the perpetuation of
their political power."
"At the same time, there are millions more Americans that
have no intention of lying down and playing dead while government grows more
powerful at freedom's expense. There is a low rumble in America and every
now and then the rumble boils to the surface in confrontations between
government and the people. As government tightens its grip on power, those
confrontations will become more frequent because Americans are not
pre-programmed to go quietly into the night."
"Gun and ammunition sales are up dramatically in America
and there is a good reason for it, rising government tyranny. The
incidents at Waco and Ruby Ridge fell to the government. But newer
incidents are falling on the side of the people. The recent highly charged
incident at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada a few months ago by armed private
citizens, forced government to back down. Previous events on the Klamath
(CA) and Jarbidge Rivers (NV) where the government backed down as the people
rose up. It should not go without notice that these incidents of
resistance, where the people stood up against the government, took place West of
the Mississippi River. Sadly, many of the states East of the Mississippi
River have fallen to socialism, collectivism and the siren call of government
dependency."
"But ladies and gentlemen, if we are to defuse these
growing confrontations between angry citizens and government, Americans who
believe in the absolute sanctity of individual, unalienable rights and America's
excellence and her greatness, must do much more than vote every election
cycle. Presidents, Senators and Congressmen and women can only do so much
and if left un-attended by the people, they will do what benefits them, or bend
to the will of the elite. Only the people, in a large-scale involvement in
the political process, can overcome institutionalized Progressivism, the will
and power of the elite, or the political main stream. If we are to survive
as free people, we must heed the admonition of Medori Severi wherein he
states:"
"Until we abandon our manifold
private agendas and unite, we will merely be hapless observers standing at the
bottom of a dark, deep pit, wistfully hoping to save the world, but really doing
little more than breaking the fall of compatriots who are pushed in on top of
us…."
(quote compliments of Walt
Myers)
"Any nation is a reflection of its people. If
the people are free, industrious, educated and courageous and strive for
excellence, that nation will prosper. However, if a large percentage of
the people are weak, dependent on government, ignorant and apathetic, that
nation will fall into the black hole of tyranny and the fetid cesspool of
mediocrity.
"Freedom, like a disease or a great idea, is
infectious. If America projects freedom, good will and generosity and
demonstrates the great power of liberty, the people of other nations will demand
that their nation parrot the success of America. America does not project
freedom, good will and generosity, if it wallows in appeasement and a guilty
conscience and fails to confront the bullies of the world with the full force of
its military might."
"Further, America will fall like so many other
nations from history and become just another failed experiment with freedom, or
worse, a third-world banana republic, if it does not take immediate steps to
close the borders, strictly enforce immigration law, make a determined effort to
improve the economy thereby promoting job growth and wealth and reining in
exploding entitlements. A weak and a broke nation is an easy target for
other nations determined to build a larger empire on the bodies of their
weakened foe."
"As president of the United States, I will take
these beliefs and principles to the job of leading this great nation and
thrusting it once more into the beacon light of liberty for every other nation
to see and emulate. It is totally up to the American people to stand by my side,
or put roadblocks in the way. If the people stand by my side, we,
together, will start America on a firm path to reclaiming liberty and restoring
our Constitutional Republic. But rest assured ladies and gentlemen, it
won't be easy and it could take a long time because there are a lot of misguided
Americans who want to bring America to her knees. As president and a proud
American I will not stand by and let that happen."
"Thank you and good
night."
Our next article will put this whole idea about
running for president to rest.
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NOTE: The
foregoing article represents the opinion of the author and is not necessarily
shared by the owners, representatives, employees, or agents of the
publisher.
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), an advocate and consultant for
urban and rural landowners and a non-profit corporation headquartered in
Washington State. He can be reached for comment at: info@narlo.org.
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