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about.

Visitor From The Past
  by Thelen Paulk
 
  I had a dream the other night I didn't understand. A
figure walking
  through the mist with a flintlock in his hand. His
clothes were torn and
  dirty, as he stood there by my bed. He took off his three
cornered hat and
  speaking low, he said:
 
 We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty. We wrote
the Constitution,
  as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this
legacy we gave, in
  this, the land of the free and the home of the brave.
 
   You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun.
Permits to start a
  business, or to build a place for one. On land that you
believe you own, you
  pay a yearly rent. Although you have no voice in
choosing, how the money's
  spent.
 
  Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate.
Your Christian
  values can't be taught, according to the state. You read
about the current
  news in a regulated press. You pay a tax you do not owe,
to please the
  foreign I.R.S.
 
 Your money is no longer made of silver, or of gold. You
trade your wealth
  for paper, so your lives can be controlled. You pay for
crimes that make our
  Nation turn from God in shame. You've taken Satan's
number, as you've traded
  in your name.
 
 You've given government control, to those who do you harm,
So they can
  padlock churches, and steal the family farm. And keep our
country deep in
  debt, put men of God in jail. Harass your fellow
countrymen, while corrupted
  courts prevail.
 
  Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've
sworn. They defy
  and rape the nation, and leave it's fabric tattered and
torn. Your leaders
  ship artillery and guns to foreign shores. And send your
sons to slaughter,
  fighting other people's wars.
 
 Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died?
Or don't you have
  the courage, or the faith to stand with pride? Are there
no more values for
  which you'll fight to save? Or do you wish your children
to live in fear as
  a slave?
 
  People of the Republic arise and take a stand! Defend the
Constitution,
  the Supreme Law of the Land! Preserve our Great Republic,
and God Given
  Right! And pray to God, to keep the torch of Freedom
burning bright!
 
  As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came.
His words were
  true, we are not Free, we have ourselves to blame. For
even now as tyrants
  trample each God Given Right, we only watch and tremble,
too afraid to stand
  and fight.
 
  If he stood by your bedside, in a dream, while you're
asleep, and wonders
  what remains of our Rights he fought so hard to keep,
What would be your
  answer, if he called out from the grave;
 
  IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE?
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<< This is excellent!! Please read and pass on.
 
 Visitor From The Past
  by Thelen Paulk
 
  I had a dream the other night I didn't understand. A figure walking
  through the mist with a flintlock in his hand. His clothes were torn and
  dirty, as he stood there by my bed. He took off his three cornered hat and
  speaking low, he said:
 
 We fought a revolution, to secure our liberty. We wrote the Constitution,
  as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this legacy we gave, in
  this, the land of the free and the home of the brave.
 
   You buy permits to travel, and permits to own a gun. Permits to start a
  business, or to build a place for one. On land that you believe you own, you
  pay a yearly rent. Although you have no voice in choosing, how the money's
  spent.
 
  Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate. Your Christian
  values can't be taught, according to the state. You read about the current
  news in a regulated press. You pay a tax you do not owe, to please the
  foreign I.R.S.
 
 Your money is no longer made of silver, or of gold. You trade your wealth
  for paper, so your lives can be controlled. You pay for crimes that make our
  Nation turn from God in shame. You've taken Satan's number, as you've traded
  in your name.
 
 You've given government control, to those who do you harm, So they can
  padlock churches, and steal the family farm. And keep our country deep in
  debt, put men of God in jail. Harass your fellow countrymen, while corrupted
  courts prevail.
 
  Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oath they've sworn. They defy
  and rape the nation, and leave it's fabric tattered and torn. Your leaders
  ship artillery and guns to foreign shores. And send your sons to slaughter,
  fighting other people's wars.
 
 Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died? Or don't you have
  the courage, or the faith to stand with pride? Are there no more values for
  which you'll fight to save? Or do you wish your children to live in fear as
  a slave?
 
  People of the Republic arise and take a stand! Defend the Constitution,
  the Supreme Law of the Land! Preserve our Great Republic, and God Given
  Right! And pray to God, to keep the torch of Freedom burning bright!
 
  As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from whence he came. His words were
  true, we are not Free, we have ourselves to blame. For even now as tyrants
  trample each God Given Right, we only watch and tremble, too afraid to stand
  and fight.
 
  If he stood by your bedside, in a dream, while you're asleep, and wonders
  what remains of our Rights he fought so hard to keep, What would be your
  answer, if he called out from the grave;
 
  IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVE? >>


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