Give it a listen:
The Role of Marksmanship in Preserving American Liberty (http://www.thetakeaway.org/2010/aug/02/marksmanship-and-american-liberty/)
Thanks Fred!
Now, who's next? All it takes is a clear mind, an adherence to SOM SOM, and a phone. You know each of you could do it too.
Techres
Thanks Tech; I never heard about this. That was great Fred - thanks. O0
Great job, Fred, navigating the waters of what seemed like a pretty tough interview.
I got a few emails from folks interested in attending Chaplin, CT out of this. O0
I think Fred did great considering the setup. Nice work again.
Fred, at this level of dialogue, your wisdom and skill is unequaled!
And I normally don't listen to NPR, but they often cover stuff I should listen to but I don't know when the good stuff is coming up.
Funny, I actually have someone that left a comment on my blog saying that because of the NYT article she should attend an Appleseed - I know who she is but still we are at a plus one and many more based on the exposure. Real thinking and reading people can find their way through the drama to what we are about.
I'll have to say, that is the best thing I've ever heard on NPR.
Hey Techres, you're doing a fabulous job in followup on this NYT article! Thanks for posting this link.
I listened to it, and then posted the following:
Allow me to place into context Jack Dailey's "odd side effect" quotation which you display above.
Just prior to your clipping, Mr Dailey says, "This is an important historical lesson: Back then, they only had two choices, when they had to deal with a tyrannical government. The two choices were to fight, or to submit. And one of the historical lessons that comes from the revolutionary war is that what our forefathers did for us is give us a third option. We no longer have to fight or submit. We have representative government. And Appleseed as a program is trying to reach as many Americans as possible, to encourage them; to, as Matt says, to participate."
After the part you quote, Dailey goes on. "By hearing the story, and the historical lessons that come out of the Revolutionary War, they come to understand that there IS a third choice. That there IS hope, that we can --- if you don't like the way things are going in this country, that you can change them."
"And that's why the program is growing so fast. Because the more Americans we reach with that message, the better off we're all going to be as a country."
I appear by name in Matt's NYT article. Since that interview, I have indeed become an Instructor with the program, as the article hints at. I, and virtually all the instructors in the program, are deeply motivated by this "third way" message, and the notion that the more of our fellow Americans we can reach with this message of hope and responsibility, "the better off we're all going to be as a country".
This is what Project Appleseed is about. Come see for yourself! -G.W.
Gordon Wade
Bowling Green, Ohio