Ex-NRA member now proud tree-hugger
Editor, This is in regards to Ron Baker’s letter on Sept. 5.
At one time, I was a proud member of the NRA. It was a first-class organization.
Then the unexpected occurred. It was taken over by a bunch of right-wing looney tunes. I, and several other members in this area, along with thousands of members nationwide, bid farewell to the NRA, formed our own gun clubs, or joined others. The NRA today is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the crazies.
I received letters from them, “Bill Clinton will take your guns - send money” “Ted Kennedy will take your guns,” send money, “the United Nations will take your guns,” send money, etc. It never stops.
The people running the NRA with these kinds of tactics, reminds me of Joseph Goebbels, Adolph Hitler’s minister of propaganda, who used to say “report a lie often enough and soon people will start believing it.” Well my son, not I.
Ron, you speak of Americans and the almighty dollar. I tell you now, today’s NRA is nothing more than an organization of professional con artists.
I wrote a letter to LA Wayne Pierre stating that while Bill Clinton was president for eight years, I did not have one gun taken away, and in fact during his presidency I even bought a few, and I went on to ask him how many of his guns were taken away. That letter was sent a long time ago.
I’m still waiting for an answer.
And I always said that if our founding fathers considered the Second Amendment so important, they would have put it at the top of the list and made it the First Amendment instead.
And, I might add, I’m a tree hugger, I like to think I’m the world’s best. My trees not only take in our carbon dioxide that we exhale, but they in turn emit life saving oxygen. My oak trees drop acorns which feed deer, bear, turkeys, grouse, squirrels, etc.
They not only nourish, but give protection to the fauna. If you’re a hunter you probably pursue them. My hemlock trees overhang my streams and help keep the water cool, so cold water fish like trout can survive.
My trees provide cover for our avian bretheren to build nests and raise their young.
The roots of my trees aerate the soil, and most importantly store water and prevent erosion.
My home is surrounded by trees, they keep me cool during the hot days of summer and protect me from the cold wind of winter. But nothing lives forever, my diseased and dying trees provide fuel to heat my home with my wood furnace, while millions of other people are sending their money to the foreign despots, for heating oil.
Yes Ron, I am a tree hugger extraordinaire, and proud of it, and I have 25 acres of them to snuggle up to. I am also a hunter. And of course, we must remember maple syrup, aspirin, which is made from the bark of weeping willows. (I have one in my backyard) and lumber for homes and furniture, charcoal for your barbecue and hundreds of other uses. What kind of world would we have without trees.
Robert A. Foose, Nuremberg
At one time, I was a proud member of the NRA. It was a first-class organization.
Then the unexpected occurred. It was taken over by a bunch of right-wing looney tunes. I, and several other members in this area, along with thousands of members nationwide, bid farewell to the NRA, formed our own gun clubs, or joined others. The NRA today is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the crazies.
I received letters from them, “Bill Clinton will take your guns - send money” “Ted Kennedy will take your guns,” send money, “the United Nations will take your guns,” send money, etc. It never stops.
The people running the NRA with these kinds of tactics, reminds me of Joseph Goebbels, Adolph Hitler’s minister of propaganda, who used to say “report a lie often enough and soon people will start believing it.” Well my son, not I.
Ron, you speak of Americans and the almighty dollar. I tell you now, today’s NRA is nothing more than an organization of professional con artists.
I wrote a letter to LA Wayne Pierre stating that while Bill Clinton was president for eight years, I did not have one gun taken away, and in fact during his presidency I even bought a few, and I went on to ask him how many of his guns were taken away. That letter was sent a long time ago.
I’m still waiting for an answer.
And I always said that if our founding fathers considered the Second Amendment so important, they would have put it at the top of the list and made it the First Amendment instead.
And, I might add, I’m a tree hugger, I like to think I’m the world’s best. My trees not only take in our carbon dioxide that we exhale, but they in turn emit life saving oxygen. My oak trees drop acorns which feed deer, bear, turkeys, grouse, squirrels, etc.
They not only nourish, but give protection to the fauna. If you’re a hunter you probably pursue them. My hemlock trees overhang my streams and help keep the water cool, so cold water fish like trout can survive.
My trees provide cover for our avian bretheren to build nests and raise their young.
The roots of my trees aerate the soil, and most importantly store water and prevent erosion.
My home is surrounded by trees, they keep me cool during the hot days of summer and protect me from the cold wind of winter. But nothing lives forever, my diseased and dying trees provide fuel to heat my home with my wood furnace, while millions of other people are sending their money to the foreign despots, for heating oil.
Yes Ron, I am a tree hugger extraordinaire, and proud of it, and I have 25 acres of them to snuggle up to. I am also a hunter. And of course, we must remember maple syrup, aspirin, which is made from the bark of weeping willows. (I have one in my backyard) and lumber for homes and furniture, charcoal for your barbecue and hundreds of other uses. What kind of world would we have without trees.
Robert A. Foose, Nuremberg
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