Tag: absolute power
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The One Principle II
by ProfDave, ©2024 (Aug. 30, 2024) — [Editor’s Note: See Part I of this series here.] Is there, in fact, a framework built into the structure of life and reality on this planet by its Maker? Do we indeed have the freedom to accept or deny it? Does our choice determine human and social flourishing?…
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Reunion Day
by ProfDave, ©2022 (Oct. 20, 2022) — October 3 was Reunion Day in Germany, commemorating the day in 1990 when East and West Germany were reunited. Do you remember the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall? You have to be at least middle aged. After World War II, Germany was broken up into Berlin and…
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What Is The Threshold At Which Self-Government Won’t Work?
by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2021 (Jun. 29, 2021) — “America is the only nation in the world based on an idea – freedom and self-government – so if we don’t understand that idea and what sacrifices were made to win that freedom and keep it for over two centuries, how can we possibly continue…
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The Fight for the Filibuster
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Mar. 18, 2021) — Lord Acton said it best, back in 1887: “Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The longer explanation of that observation is that as a person’s or organization’s power increases, their moral sense diminishes, sometimes incrementally, sometimes exponentially. In more colloquial terms, this explains the modern variation on…
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Are Americans Condemning Their Children To Slavery?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2018 (Dec. 23, 2018) — Would you see your children Condemned to slavery When there was a chance You could save them? Would you deny them liberty? Would you deny your family freedom? You cannot fight an enemy if you cannot see him. You…
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It’s Not About Assault Rifles, It’s About Defending Freedom
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Jul. 17, 2016) — In our recent article entitled, “What Was That 4th of July Freedom Again?” we described what happened to freedom since Patrick Henry uttered those immortal words, “Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death.” We laid out the details on…
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Are Democrats Using Google To Silence Free Speech?
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Apr. 3, 2016) — The Internet has brought an explosion of information to the general public across the globe. Unfortunately, much of the information we get from the Internet, whether it be by websites, e-mail, or on social media, is un-vetted and much…
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We Declare Open Resistance To Obama’s Tyranny!
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2014, President, NARLO (Nov. 23, 2014) — “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There has never been a democracy that did not commit suicide.” John Adams, 2nd President of the United States “Dominance. Control. These things the unjust seek most…
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The Drake Equation and the Fraud of Climate Modeling
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2014, President and Founder, NARLO (Aug. 24, 2014) — Oh, no, not another global warming article? Yep! It’s true, but this one takes a little different tack to make a point about the folly of climate modeling. Hopefully, the reader will forgive this author’s brief foray…
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Observations on the Monarchy-Attainder Courts Examined Further
“A QUEEN JUDGE” by Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III (Feb. 15, 2012) — Editor’s Note: The following letter was written on December 27, 28 and 29, 2011 while Walter Fitzpatrick was incarcerated in the Monroe County jail following his December 7, 2011 arrest. Fitzpatrick had been released on December 3 from a previous stay in the…
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Centralized Government is a Freedom-Grabbing Black Hole!
FROM “THE PARALLAX PROPHECIES” by Ron Ewart, ©2012 (Feb. 12, 2012) — “Those who have been once intoxicated with power, and have derived any kind of emolument from it, even though but for one year, never can willingly abandon it. They may be distressed in the midst of all their power; but they will never look to anything…