Our leaders have led us to this...
They call it the 'American Dream' because you have to be sleeping to believe it...
Does anyone still believe that the Capitalist System works?
They have been tweaking it for hundreds of years, and we are experiencing the results: a crashed economy, that favors a tiny minority; an erosion of our rights; Homeland Security - we are on the road that leads to a police-state; Our social welfare system is being disassembled; Medical care is a joke, big corporations decide who lives and who dies, who gets treatment and who doesn't; Cures are prevented in the interests of making money; The people no longer trust the Government, no longer believe the media, no longer believe that the future holds promise; Our environment is polluted, our water is poisoned, our schools and libraries are closed... I could go on forever.
But, then you already know the extent of the disaster.
The question remains: Can we save America?
Do we really want to save America?
What is America, anyway?
"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free.
Let us all be grateful for a land so fair,
As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer:
God bless america, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her
Through the night with a light from above.
From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans white with foam,
God bless america,
My home sweet home."
~ Irving Berlin
An idea? A feeling? A connection to the land?
WHAT is patriotism? Is it love of one's birthplace, the place of childhood's recollections and hopes, dreams and aspirations? Is it the place where, in childlike naivety, we would watch the fleeting clouds, and wonder why we, too, could not run so swiftly? The place where we would count the milliard glittering stars, terror-stricken lest each one "an eye should be," piercing the very depths of our little souls? Is it the place where we would listen to the music of the birds, and long to have wings to fly, even as they, to distant lands? Or the place where we would sit at mother's knee, enraptured by wonderful tales of great deeds and conquests? In short, is it love for the spot, every inch representing dear and precious recollections of a happy, joyous, and playful childhood?
"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend -them against all attacks. We have received them as a fair inheritance from our worthy ancestors. They purchased them for us with toil, and danger, and expense of treasure and blood, and transmitted them to us with care and diligence. It will bring an everlasting mark of infamy on the present generation, enlightened as it is, if we should suffer them to be wrested from us by violence without a struggle, or be cheated out of them by the artifices of false and designing men. Of the latter, we are in most danger at present. Let us therefore be aware of it. Let us contemplate our forefathers and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former for the sake of the latter. Instead of sitting down satisfied with the efforts we have already made, which is the wish of our enemies, the necessity of the times more than ever calls for our utmost circumspection, deliberation, fortitude, and perseverance. Let us remember that "if we suffer tamely a lawless attack upon our liberty, we encourage it, and involve others in our doom!" It is a very serious consideration, which should deeply impress our minds, that millions yet unborn may be the miserable sharers in the event!" ~ Samuel Adams
"The lines of red are lines of blood, nobly and unselfishly shed by men who loved the liberty of their fellowmen more than they loved their own lives and fortunes. God forbid that we should have to use the blood of America to freshen the color of the flag. But if it should ever be necessary, that flag will be colored once more, and in being colored will be glorified and purified."
~ Woodrow Wilson
"Our land is the dearer for our sacrifices. The blood of our martyrs sanctifies and enriches it. Their spirit passes into thousands of hearts. How costly is the progress of the race. It is only by the giving of life that we can have life."
~ Rev. E. J. Young
"America is the crucible of God. It is the melting pot where all the races are fusing and reforming … these are the fires of God you've come to…. Into the crucible with you all. God is making the American."
~ Israel Zangwill
How much do you love America?
How much do you love God?
Are you ready to dedicate your life and fortune to the Nation, or, will you sit on the side-lines and be an observer to its decline?
Lies can only be set right by the Truth. Freedom can only be won by dedication to the ideal. Justice can only be served by those who are resolute in its cause.
Now is the time to consider enlisting in the 'Psychopathic Army'. And becoming a soldier of God....
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