"Would Your Government Do These

Things?"
By Ron Ewart, President
National Association of Rural Landowners
and nationally recognized author on freedom and property rights issues.
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© Copyright December 13, 2010 - All Rights Reserved

"One man or woman, or a group of men (or women) with governmental

power over the masses, but without limits, oversight, or confronted by a
force of equal power, will eventually assume absolute power." Ron Ewart

History is the great painter of the future because man seems to be hopelessly
destined to repeat it. There have been numerous attempts by different
cultures over the last 2,000 years to build a republic, where the rights and
dignity of the individual were respected and protected. But in the year of our
Lord 2010, two and a half millennium after the Greek Republic fell into the
brutal hands of the Spartans, there is only one true Republic left, and that is
America. Some say that even that is open to debate.
The tally of the nations of the earth is abysmal. All of Europe, under the
European Union has fallen to socialism, including England; Russia and the old
Soviet Block are still flirting with different forms of communism and socialism;
China is toying with a strange mixture of communism and capitalism; Sub-
Sahara Africa, South and Central America are still embedded with despots
and dictators, the Middle East and North Africa are deadlocked in the brutality
and savagery of the seventh century; and Canada, Australia and New
Zealand, are neck deep in their own brand of socialism. The question is, how
does America stand up against this planet-wide trend towards collectivism,
religious zealotry and centralized power ..... or has it?

The Romans started out as a Republic (508 BC) and did fairly well until a
consummate bureaucrat came along (Octavian Augustus) and managed to
"fundamentally transform" the Republic of Rome into Imperial Rome. (circa 27
BC) Octavian assumed dictatorial powers when the Roman Senate granted
extraordinary powers to him. Let's see. The Roman Senate granted
extraordinary powers to one man and the country ended up as a dictatorship.
In America, since the days of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, on up
through FDR and all remaining presidents thereafter, the U. S. Congress has
been granting more and more power to the Executive Branch by allowing the
Executive Branch to expand its powers through control of the rapidly growing
federal bureaucracy, under the direct control of the President and his cabinet.

FDR issued an executive order granting extraordinary powers to the president

because of the declared emergency of the Great Depression. That executive
order has not been rescinded. Future presidents, on both sides of the
aisle, have issued executive orders granting extraordinary powers to the
president in the event of an "emergency" with a description so vague as to
cover almost any event, at the whim of the President. The opportunity to
abuse that power is ever present.

So with a government so powerful, what is to stop it from taking actions, in

secret, that are in direct conflict with the limits placed upon it by a constitution
that has been so corrupted and so bastardized that it is now unrecognizable
from the one drafted by the Founding Fathers? And in spite of those limits
that are no longer observed, what is to stop an all-powerful government
issuing executive orders, passing laws and adjudicating Supreme Court cases
with the sole purpose of supposedly protecting the "public from harm or
from itself", or to increase the "umbrella of their security", without regard to
constitutional liberties?" Absolutely nothing!

But what is even more disturbing, what is to stop a powerful government,

unfettered by constitutional limitations, from conducting clandestine, covert
acts to start a war, even if it meant harming or murdering its own citizens?
Again, absolutely nothing! Certainly they wouldn't let a little thing like the
Constitution to get in their way if they have already abandoned it.

Secrecy is the fuel that feeds the fire of conspiracies and conspiracy theories
thrive in such a tepid environment. Throughout the American contemporary
culture, conspiracy theories abound. For example it is theorized that the
American government sent (or allowed) a cruise ship (the Lusitania) to sail into
German waters on purpose, loaded with Americans (and munitions), knowing full
well the Germans would torpedo it, it would sink with the loss of 1,198 souls
and the Americans would be so angry over the event that they would convince
the American government to go to war in Europe. (World War I) President
Wilson campaigned on not going to war in Europe, but one month after his
inauguration, America declared war on Germany.

And what about the Rockefellers and a whole bunch of other "magnates,
financiers and industrialists" getting together on Jekyll Island in 1910, in a
top secret meeting, to plot the 16th Amendment that created a banking cartel
called the Federal Reserve and established the income tax and the Internal
Revenue Service? It has been theorized that the 16th Amendment was
fraudulently passed because two thirds of both houses of Congress and three
fourths of the states did not actually ratify the Amendment. The government's
position is that in the end, 42 of the 48 states at the time did ratify the
Amendment. Will we ever know the truth?

And why would the United States government (under President Herbert Hoover)
contract with the University of Illinois and Harvard University, funded by the
Rockefeller Foundation, to study how to manipulate the American people
through their subconscious minds? Why indeed! This much we know as
fact. If government would do this, what else would they do under the same
pretense? And what did the Rockefeller Foundation hope to gain by funding
the study?

Many believe that the Government, including FDR, knew full well that the
Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor and that the collective anger over the
attack would launch America into World War II, since the mood of the country
was leaning heavily towards isolationism. They might have even sacked an
Admiral as a scapegoat, to cover up the dirty deed. If the government would
allow 2,600 people to be killed at Pearl Harbor without taking pre-emptive
action, in order to propel us into war, what else would they do to the people to
get what they want?

And how many secrets are still uncovered over the Vietnam war and the
assassination of President Kennedy? There are more theories on these
two events than there are grains of sand on a sandy beach. (Well, not quite)
Which brings us to the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11,
2001 by radical Muslims. Just the other day the purveyor of the Southwest
Free Press, one Jeff Maehr, sent us a video that supposedly "proved", beyond
a shadow of a doubt, that the federal government, or some entity within the
government, planned, perpetrated and carried out the 911 attack as an
"inside" job. He provided all kinds of evidence. It appears that millions of
Americans believe this conspiracy theory with great conviction, because there
is so much so-called "incontrovertible" evidence that points to the fact that the
airplanes couldn't have brought down the Twin Towers and further evidence
that a plane did not hit the Pentagon. They cite things like the World Trade
Center buildings couldn't have fallen the way they did, unless it was planned a
head of time using thermite bombs that only the government had access to.
They go on to say that WTC Building 7, that fell 5 hours after the Twin Towers
fell, had to have been brought down with human hands. Is this evidence of a
government conspiracy? Perhaps, but it's hardly a quid pro quo.

We didn't agree with Mr. Maehr's assertions and suffered a vicious personal
attack as a result. These people are intransigent in their belief that the
government would take the chance of killing 30,000 to 50,000 people in the
World Trade Center (full WTC buildings) so that the United States could "launch
the war in Afghanistan and Iraq and the CIA could import opium into the
United States", for reasons only they seem to know. (the words in quotes are Mr.
Maehr's words, not ours).

And one more thing on a different subject. Why did Obama and the Congress
insert $4 Billion into Obama Care, to establish a civilian defense corps and a
civilian ready reserve corps, under the control of the President? What does a
civilian defense corps have to do with providing health care to the un-
insured? Could this be another grab for more power by the Executive
Branch? Remember Octavian Augustus who presided over the "fundamental
transformation" of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire? We'll let the
reader decide what the possible use would be of the Obama Civilian Defense
Corps, but whatever its use is, it doesn't bode well for freedom and liberty in
America. All the more reason to repeal Obama Care!

Now we have all kinds of conspiracy theories erupting around Obama, Pelosi,
Reid, Soros, the left, Obama Care, Cap and Trade, Fusion Centers, FEMA
camps, military operations to quell large uprisings and civil unrest, along with
a whole host of other liberal initiatives and secret goings-on, that threaten to
"fundamentally transform" America. The possibility of Star Chambers,
international cabals and secret meetings of governments, bankers,
industrialists and the like, plotting to bring down America and merge it with the
one-world-order, are racing through cyber space at light speed, on a daily
basis.
But ladies and gentlemen, do we dare utter the unthinkable? What if these
things aren't conspiracy theories but instead, there is an element of truth in
them? Could a government so powerful, with a wave of its traitorous hand,
sweep away the limits on its power, with little or no compunction? Would
your government do these things we have mentioned here? In the realm
of possibilities and given history for what it is, the answer is a resounding yes,
they obviously could, but did they?

Frankly, this author does not know what to believe because there are so many
conflicting "stories" on what is truth and what is fiction. All we are doing here
is asking the questions.

We submit therefore, that if there is any chance that the conspiracy theorists
are right, the problems we face as a representative Constitutional Republic,
pale in comparison to a government that has broken every limit on its power
and now operates in the forbidden zone of fascism! If we do not break the
curtain of secrecy that surrounds the inner workings of the American
government and expose once and for all what they have done and will do with
their absolute power, voting for Republicans or Democrats, or some unknown
third party, will be irrelevant and of little consequence. The three branches of
government will be equally irrelevant, except maybe the executive branch who
could become a dictator. Can you imagine President Obama with absolute
power? A scary thought indeed!

A government this powerful will have no qualms about interning people in

FEMA camps; taking private property without due process or just
compensation, assigning one or more arms of the military to keep "the peace"
anywhere in America, in direct violation of the "Posse Comitatus Act";
merging America into the "global" community; take our guns by force and
declare martial law on the whim of a president declaring an emergency
..... any emergency no matter how inconsequential. The President actually
has that legal power right now.

The individual has very little if any protections against a powerful, tyrannical
government that has flagrantly and openly severed the bonds on its limits.
Strict adherence to the constitution by the government and the people is the
only thing that stands between freedom and slavery. It is only by banding
together en masse, does a society have any hope of gaining control over that
government and returning to one that respects and protects individual
freedom. If the society cannot take control by peaceful means, only
capitulation or violent means are left to them.

It has been said that timing is everything and so it is, in the midst of national
anger, turmoil, confusion and frustration, a book comes along to light the way,
at a time in American history when it needs it the most. In the hopes that
peaceful means will reclaim our liberty, we must rally around a platform of
ideas that are patterned after the ones that gave birth to our freedom.
Celebrated author, columnist and lecturer Beverly K. Eakman has put together
such a platform in her just released book entitled, "A Common Sense
Platform for the 21st Century".

Positive reviews keep piling up on this timely addition to the dialogue that is
sweeping America about what has happened to our great country and what
can be done to reclaim her liberty. In 120 pages with lots of white space and
fairly large print, Mrs. Eakman succinctly lays out where we came from, how
we got here and specific ways on how freedom-loving Americans can re-chart
the course of America towards the original vision of our Founding Fathers. If
you read any book on freedom, liberty, sovereignty, or even the Tea Party
movement, you can't miss this one. This educational, inspirational,
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afford. You can read the rave reviews of Mrs. Eakman's new book and
purchase a copy HERE (http://www.narlo.org/platform21.html.) If we, as a
nation, will only rally around the principles expressed in this book, we may
have a chance to save America before it falls into the hands of the fascists
and the one-world-order crowd, with our wealth, resources, freedom and
sovereignty sold to the highest bidder.

Ron Ewart, President

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