The Rifleman  

A Post by Fred, at appleseedinfo.org/blog

People persist in their old, pre-Appleseed habits.

Not understanding that the Appleseed project has changed the playing field.

No longer are Americans concerned about the future of their country doomed to running around shouting “the sky is falling, the sky is falling”.

Now, they can do something about it.

Appleseed.

Get out, teach their fellow Americans a traditional American skill - rifle marksmanship - and awake them to the American Revolution in the process.

Awake them to the cost of that Revolution to the founding generation. The debt we owe them for securing for us “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

So, herewith is a response posted over on at www.appleseedinfo.org, the Revolutionary War Veterans Association forum, to yet another “the sky is falling!” post:

Stick with this program, put your shoulder to the wheel, push as hard and long as you can - and in 2012, three years from now, we’ll be shaking the hand of the 100,000th Appleseeder/rifleman.

Not impressed?

Then stick with us four more years, push as hard as you can - and in the year 2016, we’ll be shaking the hand of the 1,000,000th Appleseeder.

Not impressed with 1,000,000 potential riflemen?

I’m not either.

So I intend to stick with the program another year, and make it double again - so that in 2017, there’s TWO million Appleseeders.

But, like you (I hope), I will still not be impressed, so I will redouble my effort (and hope you will too, as we’ll be getting so close to the goal) so that in 2018, we’ll shake the hand of the FOUR millionth Appleseeder.

Now, do you wanna stop there?

Sooner are later, if we keep doubling, we’ll even run out of Americans (I figure about the year 2026) - but long before then, we’ll have enough in this country - enough Americans educated and awake about their heritage - so that Liberty in this country will again have the strength and support of the American people - and the founders will be right, once again - there is nothing stronger than the American people, their hearts and souls fired with The American Revolution, with the spirit of Liberty.

Crazy? Maybe.

We gonna do it? Yes.

Never forget. We started three years ago, with nothing, from nothing. This year, one of us will shake the hand of the 10,000th Appleseeder.

We can do this even faster, but we need your help - your unqualified, dedicated, stick-to-it-to-the-end, help.

This is a plan to save a country.

A plan which requires only one thing. That we can wake up our fellow Americans and get them to bailing the sinking ship.

As long as we can do that, we can save the ship.

That rosy prospect is confirmed by the rapid growth of this program. Our track record to date is what should encourage you, fire you, energize you to join us.

We’re gonna do it.