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30, 2007 For several years we have been trying to alert, mostly rural folks, to the damage being wrought upon their land and their livelihood, by government excesses and abuses. Some have responded to our warnings, but the majority have not. As we researched and learned more, we finally realized that we were up against a dictatorial "closed system." A system so tightly woven that the average American cannot penetrate it, at an individual level. This system "feeds" off of the hard-earned dollars of taxpayers. Most Americans have been sucked into the system without even realizing it. They put up with licenses and permits for everything. Those licenses and permits come with hefty price tags that "feed" the system. The price can get really high of you violate or ignore the license and permit procedures and get caught. Citizens put up with regulations that increase almost by the day. They put up with ever-rising taxes. They put up with the social manipulation of every aspect of their lives. They put up with draconian environmental regulations that ignore constitutional safeguards. They put up with surly government "servants," who seem to take some perverse pleasure in exercising control over you, and they know that you can't do anything about it, because you are on the outside of the system. They don't have to be kind and courteous, because they have become the masters and we the servants. Unfortunately, we have allowed this reverse of our Constitutional roles. The "system" has evolved over time, and its fibers have grown closer together with each passing year. The system's liberal-socialist-radical-environmentalist-trained "staff" has cemented the fibers even more. The system has no allegiance to Constitutional law, only allegiance to its own existence and its own rules. It operates to perpetuate its survival. It survives by increasing the rules, increasing its numbers, and increasing its cost. It is an insatiable beast that eats at the very heart and substance of the people. It is persistent. It is invasive, and it is pervasive. It is made up of government at every level that is interconnected by administrative procedures that bear no relation to Constitutional law. Play by the administrative rules and things might go smoothly for you, albeit expensive. Break or subvert the rules, and your road will be paved with grief and heartache that can lead you to ruin. Many have given up because they believe that the beast cannot be tamed. They say you can't beat "the system." They are wrong, of course, but they have absolutely no clue as to why they are wrong. Any beast can be tamed if you have the right tools ... and enough people. The system has two Achilles Heels. It relies on your tax dollars, and it relies on your adherence to playing by the rules, their rules. If you dry up the dollars and significantly resist their rules on a grand scale, the veneer of their system breaks down like a cracking egg shell. The "system's" first reaction to resistance is to bring out the police (law enforcement). They have already done that, and we have now become a police state to enforce all the rules and administrative procedures they have perpetrated against us. But there are not enough police in the world to stop a truly massive resistance, especially a resistance founded on freedom and liberty. People are already resisting by quietly not following the rules. Some get caught - and pay a terrible price. Others get off scot-free but they don't advertise or gloat about their resistance. Eventually, the "system" will go too far and squeeze the people in just the right places. We are getting precariously close. As a matter of fact, we encourage the system to tighten the knot. When the right buttons are pushed, when the noose gets too tight, true Americans will rise to the surface and say enough is enough. When they do, the system will collapse and all Hell will break loose. But maybe, just maybe, WE THE PEOPLE can pick up the pieces and re-establish the Constitutional Republic that our Founding Fathers, and all the other brave men and women, fought and died for. Perhaps we can then regain our freedoms and liberty, that are the promise of our Constitutions. All we need do is to defend them, but it won't come easy , and the price will be high. The alternative is becoming a slave to the system. Many are already there, and you won't be able to count on them when the "going" gets tough, and make no mistake, all the signs point to the fact that the "going" is going to get tough. Ron Ewart, President NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RURAL LANDOWNERS
Originally published at eco•logic Powerhouse on April 04, 2007. Republished with permission of the author. |
Radical Environmentalism Is An Unmitigated Farce
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