Posted on 05/31/2005 8:36:12 PM PDT by TERMINATTOR
On this Memorial Day holiday we honor those who died in America's wars. We mourn for them and we thank them.
But as the United States becomes more like the brutal police states we once fought, we also mourn for the loss of our freedoms. We mourn the loss of the great promise that once was America -- now betrayed by politicians, bureaucrats, thuggish enforcers, and uncaring citizens.
On this sad holiday, we urge you to take a moment to consider not only what we've lost, but why and how we've lost it. Consider, too, how we might get it back.
Please take time to do two things.
First, go to the JPFO web site and read (or re-read) "An Open Letter to Our Fathers and Grandfathers: You Won the Battle but Lost the War".
That article tells what we lost.
Second, go to the RebelFire site and listen to the song "Justice Day." You can also read the lyrics online. Both are free for download and sharing.
That song tells exactly what took our freedom away. And it hints at freedom's return.
While you're visiting RebelFire, you might also want to read (for free) the first four chapters of the novel from which the song comes. The book tells of the hopeful -- though also frightening -- day when our children, or our children's children, might be forced to begin the long struggle to take their freedom back.
On this holiday, of all holidays, stop to remember that freedom isn't free. But also remember that tyrants are never safe as long as even a few people keep the flame of liberty alive and are willing to act on freedom's behalf.
The Liberty Crew
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BUMP.
I believe more people of my generation are seeing this...a fight is necessary to preserve my own future and my kids; and it starts in the home, keeping the BS liberal psychology, smut, and propaganda out; and instilling good, old fashioned values, common sense, and a sense of responsibility in our kids. I believe there is a shred of hope.
HUH? How did Gen-X get in there?
The Boomers are in charge right now and due to demographics they will be for at least another decade. We only have a handful of members in House, None in the Senate and only 1 Governor (Matt Blunt of Missouri and he is doing a dam fine job BTW).
You World War II veterans, you World War II nurses, and you Korean War veterans ... you all have one last job to do in the fight for freedom.
Yeah right! The only thing this group is fighting for, is the right to steal more money from us for things like free Viagra.
There was a book out awhile ago that I read the review on (called the fourth Generation) or something similar. Sadi ho "the greatest generation" that fought WWII was the fourth generation in a cycle. They went back hundreds and hundreds of years showing this. Said that the generation coming of age (16 to 24 or so I think) in 2000 was the next "Fourth Generation". Talked about how they were achievers and builders and go-getters and VERY self-centered.......unless something catastrophic on a nation leval happened which would bring them together to use their drive for the common good.
The book was written before 9/11/2001.
I think our young men and women in the military have shown that they are the next "greastest generation".
Also - I'm encouraged by the increasing number of teens that have taken a real stand for Christ and some of the moral issues of the day.
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