“THE DEBTS WILL REMAIN” by Viv Forbes, Executive Director, The Saltbush Club, ©2020 (Mar. 25, 2020) — In their frantic attempts to delay the spread of the Wuhan virus, governments are sowing the seeds of economic depression and currency destruction, which will blight Australian lives for a generation. They are adding financial stress to the […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Apr. 9, 2017) — “American bureaucracies are a blood-sucking enterprise that eats at the very heart of freedom, liberty and the property rights of all Americans, digs deep into the American economy and burns up countless billions of taxpayer dollars in unneeded and unwanted […]
“YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO FIND IT” by OPOVV, ©2016 (Oct. 24, 2016) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘Pulse of the Nation,’ the show that tries to find out what’s on our neighbors’ minds. As you can see, we’re back under the awning across from the railroad station asking passing […]
WHO WILL SPUR JOB-CREATION AND INDEPENDENCE? by Jeff Crouere, ©2016, writing and broadcasting at Ringside Politics (Jul. 1, 2016) — Once again, BET (Black Entertainment Television) hosted their annual awards ceremony Sunday night, and, once again it turned political. During the show, various speakers, award winners and hosts used their platforms to encourage support for […]
“NEITHER OF NOR BY THE PEOPLE” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Nov. 28, 2015) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and thanks for tuning in to the most-watched show in this time slot. Tonight’s journey will take us into the underworld of government doublespeak, an Orwellian word that is alive and well today. Actually, our government is […]
A “MONSTER ON THE MOVE” by Clarice Ryan, ©2015 (Jun. 15, 2015) — THIS IS IMMENSE! Its overwhelming complexity resembles “rammed-through” legislation for CSKT Water Compact and Obama Health Care plan. This Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP initiative, is not a free-trade deal, but total integration and convergence of the European Union and U.S. Trans-Atlantic Partnership network. While […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2015 (Jan. 4, 2015) — A long, torturous human history has proven that without discipline, accountability and oversight, a child, an adult, a group of adults, or an institutional entity will slowly increase or exert his, her, or its power over time, even if […]
DOES BIGGER GOVERNMENT LEAD TO TOTALITARIANISM? by OPOVV, ©2013 (Dec. 21, 2013) — Just for kicks, let’s say you grew up with a Slinky. You saw the TV commercials and actually saw your Science teacher give a demonstration of the conservation of energy using a Slinky for a prop. Recently you were at a toy store […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2013 (Oct. 20, 2013) — “The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.” — Will Durant “The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority with big guns, acting against a divided majority with small guns, but rudderless.” — Ron […]
WITH FIVE-TO-ONE ODDS by Gunnery Sergeant John McClain, USMC, Retired, ©2013, blogging at Gulf1 (Mar. 21, 2013) — Just about everyone sees the need to fix our government, as it is not in our control at all at the present. We have a vast assemblage of problems, accumulated over decades of government ruling government, with […]
FROM THE PARALLAX PROPHECIES by Ron Ewart, ©2011 (Oct. 2, 2011) — “Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.” — Franz Kafka, a culturally influential German-language novelist Article I, Section 1 of the U. S. Constitution says that: “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the […]