FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2020 (Jan. 5, 2020) — Long before the “Shot Heard Round the World” at Lexington and Concord in April of 1775, the new world rose from about 2,000 inhabitants in 1620 to 250,000 by 1770 and 2.4 million by 1775. Most came from the […]
“LIBERTY OR DEATH” by Ammo.com, ©2019 (Dec. 9, 2019) — The Culpeper Flag is often mistaken as a modern variation of the iconic “Don’t Tread On Me” Gadsden Flag – and rightly so. What many don’t know is that the Culpeper Flag was inspired by its Gadsden counterpart, and both have become touchstones of the […]
“WE’RE HUNTING TRUMP” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Oct. 15, 2019) — In contemplating how to begin this post, your faithful servant eventually focused on two quotes which seem to capture the toxicity of the present political atmosphere in the nation. The first quote comes from over two centuries ago, during the period leading up to […]
“A SMALL PRICE FOR THE PRICE THEY PAID” by Cody Robert Judy, ©2017 (Jul. 4, 2017) — As I recall running for Congress, the Senate, and President over the last 17 years, 9 years of litigation in Civil Courts against all odds the many sacrifices of myself, family, and friends that did not pay a […]
FROM “IN DEFENSE OF RURAL AMERICA” by Ron Ewart, President, NARLO, ©2016 (Nov. 13, 2016) — Yes, Donald Trump has been elected President, but the situation America faces is just as dire as it was before November 8th, 2016. The accumulated difficulties that have piled up over the last 100 years are not going to […]
“A FRIGHTFUL DESPOTISM” by Dr. Tom E. Davis, Col., USA (Ret.), 2016 (Jan. 16, 2016) — From the left-tilted magazine “Politico” comes this: “Do the Democrats Have a Next Act? Forget the Republican squabble—it’s Hillary’s party that needs to find new ideas” by Todd S. Purdum, 1/15/2016: Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/do-the-democrats-have-a-next-act-213532#ixzz3xKa62cPc” Search “Todd S. Purdum-Politico” for […]
COLONIAL LOSS WAS ONE STEP ON THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE by James Still, ©2015 (Oct. 1, 2015) — In June 1775, the Colonists discovered a British plan to occupy Bunker Hill as a strategic point to control Boston and Boston Harbor. The Colonists raced to take possession of the hill. With limited ammunition, Colonel Prescott […]
VETERANS VS. THE SHAMEFUL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A THREE-PART SERIES by Tom Pastore, Vietnam Veteran, ©2014 (Jun. 16, 2014) — Definition: Complete alienation, complete intractability, immovability, immovable resolution, immutability, incurableness, inexorable positions, intransigence, irreparableness, irreversibility, irrevocability, obduracy, rigidity, rigorism, ruined relationship, total inflexibility, unmoved positions… “We’re going to do right by our veterans […]
“SUPPORTING THE CONSTITUTION 110%” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Mar. 21, 2014) — Each of us is on a plantation. If you’re in the Navy, consider your ship a plantation. All ships are not equal, you know. A carrier is worth more than a handful of cruisers and destroyers or squadrons of destroyers, for that matter. A carrier is […]
ARE AMERICANS TODAY “INTELLECTUALLY LACKING?” by OPOVV, ©2014 (Feb. 26, 2014) — Welcome. Please be seated. There is no roll call for this class. I figure for unarguably the most important class of your life, there is no need for pettiness; after all, it’s your future we’ll be discussing, that and your children’s. I once took […]
“A COMPROMISED CONSTITUTIONAL ACT” by Cody Robert Judy, ©2013, blogging at CodyJudy (Nov. 29, 2013) — As Thanksgiving approaches, I begin to think about all of the many things I am grateful for. I’m patting the back of my sleeping son thinking about the men on the battlefield in our Revolutionary War. Fighting for ideas, […]
WHY ARE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY NOT PROTECTED BY THE FIFTH AMENDMENT? by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 3, 2013) — In May 2006, seven U.S. Marines and one Navy corpsman were accused of murdering an unarmed Iraqi man in the town of Al Hamdania, Iraq. Marine Sgt. Lawrence Hutchins III was one of the eight charged […]
“WE CAN GET OUR COUNTRY BACK” by OPOVV, ©2013 (Mar. 31, 2013) — Dear Readers, HAPPY EASTER! I’ve a favor to ask: read this and, at the end, follow the link and listen, really listen, to the song. So there was this valley, a basin, really, couple of hundred square miles, and it was peaceful until […]
WILL ANYONE REMEMBER AMERICA’S BEGINNINGS? by OPOVV, ©2012 (Dec. 6, 2012) — It’s the year 2043, and a group of campers are lounging around the campfire after a day of hiking and fishing. For the past week at this time of evening one of the campers gets to tell a story. Sometimes old Brothers Grimm tales […]
WHERE IS THE “PRESIDENT,” AND WHERE IS OUR NATION?” by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet (Feb. 20, 2012) — This is how it is: there’s an island, and it’s all yours. At first it’s just you and the plants and wildlife, but then you get hitched and raise a family. Years later, maybe 15,000, the island […]
WHO ARE THE “PROUD, TRUE AMERICANS?” by Hector Maldonado (Feb. 20, 2012) — To be Commander-in-Chief, one must be a Natural Born Citizen. Last week as I was testifying at the Missouri Elections Committee, they only wanted to allocate 2-3 minutes of testimony. Sure enough, as I introduced Vattel’s treatise on the Law of Nations, […]
WILL AMERICANS HEED THE CALL? by Bob Russell, ©2012, blogging at Conservative Daily News (Jan. 6, 2012) — As we start a new year some thoughts come to me from something my pastor’s wife said Sunday morning, January 1, 2012. She recently did a study on the number 12 and its significance in Scripture. It […]
IS ISOLATION AS A TACTIC ANOTHER MEANS TO TEAR APART AMERICA? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet Has Jesse Jackson perpetuated racism or helped to eradicate it? (Oct. 6, 2011) — The odds-makers in Las Vegas would like nothing better than to have an “Easter Egg” bet. that’s the kind of bet when the chances of […]
WHAT HAS BEEN THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet (Aug. 6, 2011) — Imagine a crayon company being in the center of P.C.? Well. It’s true. The time is the future and someone asks, “What was the root cause of the end of freedom?” And the answer is…“Well, there was this […]
HOW MANY WAYS ARE THERE TO DISMANTLE A NATION? by One Pissed-off Vietnam Vet (Aug. 3, 2011) — Mistakes? Are you kidding me? The word “mistake” is now the politically-correct definition of “grievous felonious mortal failure”? Whatever the bum, meaning, of course, our de facto “Scorch America” president, signed into law will be rendered null […]