by Ron Ewart, President
National Association of Rural Landowners
© Copyright November 3, 2007 - All Rights Reserved
National Association of Rural Landowners
© Copyright November 3, 2007 - All Rights Reserved
I come from a long line of inventers, entrepreneurs, fighters and mavericks, some famous, some infamous. We are actually related to the longest running Prime Minister of England, William Ewart Gladstone. Connecting the dots to that relationship have been problematic for some in our family, as not all lineage works out to a straight line. One of our descendants, the illegitimate son of Prime Minister Gladstone, was purported to have run with the Dalton Gang of Kansas. The details of his trip from England to Kansas, remain cloudy to this day.
My grandfather invented and patented the first infinitely variable, automatic transmission and portions of his invention are used in automatic transmissions of today's cars. He was negotiating a deal with General Motors when World War II broke out and GM went to building airplanes instead of cars. Had fate played a different role for our family and my grandfather's invention paid off, I would be the son of a silver spoon.
George Washington, a man to which we owe our very freedom, faced much stiffer odds than I, or others in this current battle, because death and obscurity could have easily been his reward. When he asked Congress for men, materials and money to prosecute the war against the British, they ran away, or conspicuously ignored him. On a sleepless night, in a long letter to John Hancock, Joseph Reed and the Congress, he lamented, "The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in." In his letter he went on to say that there was too little powder and still no money. (We know how he feels) Washington had about 8,000 to 10,000 troops, but only half were fit for duty. Many of his troops had given up and gone home. When they left, they carried off muskets that were issued to them and vitally needed for the war effort.
He went on to write in his nocturnal letter: "I have often thought how much happier I should have been if, instead of accepting of a command under such circumstances, I had taken my musket upon my shoulder and entered the ranks, or, if I could have justified the measure to posterity, and my own conscience, had retired to the back country, and lived in a wigwam. If I shall be able to rise superior to these, and many other difficulties which might be enumerated, I shall most religiously believe that the finger of Providence is in it, to blind the eyes of our enemies; for surely if we get well through this month, it must be for want of their knowing the disadvantages under which we labor."
The history books are full of such men (and women) who did not give up because the battle was too tough, or "life too short". I have children and grand children. Does not my generation have a duty and responsibility to see that freedom and liberty, that was paid for by the blood of countless men and women that have gone before us, are preserved, protected and defended on their behalf? As George Washington said, ".......Few people know the predicament we are in." For those of us that do know, is it not our duty to inform those that don't?
Neither George Washington nor I could "retire to the back country and live in a wigwam" because the battle is too tough, or the rewards too little, or life too short. From my perspective to "know" and not "act", is cowardice.
For those that have supported us with not only their wallets, but with words of encouragement, we sincerely thank you. However, if it has been your choice not to support NARLO, then we will continue to probe and search the valleys, mountains, plains and deserts of America, for as long as it takes, to find those that will support us, until NARLO becomes a potent, powerful, influential and active voice for freedom for all Americans, but especially for rural landowners. We can do no less.
Watch for our articles in the following national, on-line magazines that promote and defend freedom for you, your children and your grandchildren. These venues have found our words of freedom and liberty sufficiently worthy to publish.
Good Neighbor Law
Freedom 21 Eco-Logic Power House
The Price of Liberty
The Federal Observer
Klamath Falls Bucket Brigade
The Reagan Wing
Rest assured. We have no intentions of giving up.
Ron Ewart, President
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RURAL LANDOWNERS
P. O. Box 1031, Issaquah, WA 98027
425 222-4742 or 1 800 682-7848
(Fax No. 425 222-4743)
Website: www.narlo.org
The National Association of Rural Landowners (NARLO) is a non-profit corporation, duly licensed in the State of Washington. It was formed in response to draconian land use ordinances that were passed by King County in Washington State (Seattle) in the late Fall of 2004, after vociferous opposition from rural landowners. NARLO's mission is to begin the long process of restoring, preserving and protecting Constitutional property rights and returning this country to a Constitutional Republic. Government has done a great job of dividing us up into little battle groups where we are essentially impotent at a national level. We will change all that with the noisy voices and the vast wealth tied up in the land of the American rural landowner. The land is our power, if we will just use that power, before we lose it. We welcome donations and volunteers who believe as we do, that government abuses against rural landowners have gone on for far too long and a day of reckoning is at hand. To learn more, visit our website at www.narlo.org.
President Roosevelt, in his 1933 inaugural address said, “…. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”. I maintain that the only thing we have to fear is unbridled government. The only way unbridled government can exist is if WE THE PEOPLE allow it.
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