FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2019 (Dec. 7, 2019) — “Why don’t they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as [Congress] does, in five years Americans would be the [dumbest] race of people on the earth.” — A slight modification to […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2018, President, NARLO (Feb. 4, 2018) — “Life is a fight, a fight to stay alive and a fight to keep others from taking your life or your liberty from you!” — Ron Ewart Many of our readers are aware of our difficulties with the IRS […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2017 (Jun. 18, 2017) — Every now and then we pick up bits and pieces of reliable information from individuals that respond to our articles. Such was the case when one of our readers gave us an “education” on how the 14th Amendment was […]
“LACK OF INTELLIGENCE” by OPOVV, ©2017 (Mar. 9, 2017) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘Pulse of the Nation,’ your favorite half-hour in front of the idiot box. Hey, how ya all doin’? Roving here back under the umbrella across from the railroad station, about to interview the men and women in […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Dec. 4, 2016) — “Progressivism started out as a social movement in response to the injustices of the industrial revolution and government corruption. Like many such movements, Progressivism began as a worthy cause. But the Democrats saw a political opportunity and adopted Progressivism […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Oct. 30, 2016) — There are millions of Americans who still believe in the land of the free and home of the brave. They still believe in their minds that they are free, a freedom that had to be written in blood in […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Aug. 27, 2016) — “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” — John F. Kennedy Put two people in a room and disagreement, at times, is a virtual certainty. Put 320,000,000 people in a nation and disagreement, sometimes violent, […]
“LOSS OF RESPECT” by OPOVV, ©2016 (Aug. 7, 2016) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to ‘Pulse of the Nation.’ Hello, my name is Professor Zorkophsky, and I will be hosting the show. Mr. Roving and the Chief are on assignment and will be back shortly. As you can see, we’re under the awning […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (Jun. 19, 2016) — Life is indeed complicated and stressful! There is so much to do and so little time to do it. What with jobs, commutes, kids, homes, vacations, entertainment and sports, it’s so hard to pay much attention to what our government […]
“A GOVERNMENT JOB” by OPOVV, ©2016 (May 8, 2016) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to another immensely entertaining episode of ‘Pulse of the Nation.’ As you can see, we’re once again on our favorite turf under the awning across the railroad station about to waylay a few common folk to see what’s on […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (Apr. 17, 2016) — NOTE: The following article was designed to be Part 2 to our last article entitled “An ‘Establishment’ Always Evolves Into An All-Powerful Oligarchy.” * * * * * * * * * * * * I had a dream […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2016, President, NARLO (Feb. 21, 2016) — “All of the problems we’re facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It’s called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn’t work in reality.” — Michele Bachmann We ask you to take […]
“YOU’RE ALL A BUNCH OF LIARS” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Dec. 19, 2015) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to yet another chapter of ‘Pulse of the Nation.’ We’re here at the nation’s capital to interview a number of our public servants, and our first guest is perhaps the most well-known of the lot, […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2015 (Nov. 8, 2015) — The collusion and corruption in Washington, DC became blatantly obvious when U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced quietly, on a late Friday afternoon, that the FBI has suspended its investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Oct. 18, 2015) — It has been pretty well documented that major man-made disasters very seldom have a single cause. There are always ignored problems first before the third or fourth cause precipitates the disaster. Car, train, airplane and ship disasters follow this […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Aug. 2, 2015) — Most of the responses we receive to our articles are from people over 70. The reason is obvious. They have seen much more than today’s clueless youth. They have seen more than young parents. They have seen more than […]
“MANIPULATING THE NUMBERS” by OPOVV, ©2015 (Jul. 5, 2015) — “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. This show is a little out of the ordinary, but one viewer wrote in and asked the question: ‘How does one become a political strategist?’ and so here we are, at the University in the Political Science building. Here with me […]
“TINKERING WITH THE NATION’S THERMOSTAT” by Don Fredrick, ©2015, blogging at The Complete Obama Timeline (Mar. 28, 2015) — According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in February the average price of a pound of ground beef reached a record high $4.29. Many Americans probably reacted with a sad shrug, assuming that prices will always go […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, ©2015, President, NARLO (Mar. 22, 2015) — We deal in realities, not wish lists. We don’t pull any punches and never will. We write what many others are afraid to write. We say what others don’t have the courage to say, in a climate of fear […]
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? by OPOVV, ©2015 (Mar. 21, 2015) — ACT I The curtain rises on a desolate prison yard scene. The backdrop is of fences and guard towers going off into infinity: far-off rolling hills, denuded of trees. Center stage is a statue of Hillary Clinton, dressed in an ankle-length tunic. The statue is […]