Be Patriotic!
Hey kids!! It's the 4th of July — the day we celebrate our nations independence from the tyranny and heavy0handed rule of an authority that the populace no longer believed in or supported.
Well, that time has come again. The tyranny and heavy-handed rule of the Bush administration has once again turned it's back on the American people and circled the wagons around it's own camp.
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
— Thomas Jefferson
It's the 4th of July, do something patriotic; call the White House and tell them that you are mad as hell and not going to take it anymore ... write a letter ... do it ... make the spirit of Thomas Jefferson proud!!!
"That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part." — Thomas Jefferson
Do you feel that your needs and concerns are being met by the current administration?
Do you feel that those in power care about your health care plan?
You work hard and pay your taxes, do you feel that it's OK for Cheney and his friends at Halliburton to move their "corporate office" out of the USA to avoid paying taxes:
http://iraqforsale.bravenewfilms.org/blog/560-halliburton-moves-overseas-to-avoid-taxes-accountability
3/12/07: reports that contracting giant Halliburton is moving its corporate headquarters from the United States to the United Arab Emirates, which will help it avoid taxes and accountability from federal investigators. The company is also in the process of disposing all its ownership in the scandal-plagued KBR, "notorious for overcharging the military and serving contaminated food and water to the troops in Iraq." The article goes on to report that this isn't the first time Halliburton has used tactics to avoid accountability and restrictions.
Do you think if you shot someone you’d get in trouble? This current administration and its cronies have time and time again put themselves above the law. Do you feel that’s fair?
"Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government.” - Thomas Jefferson.
President Bush has lower approval ratings than Nixon had … so why do we let him continue?
I like reading the quotes by Jefferson. They remind me that the more things change, the more they have stayed the same. But more than that, they confirm the notion that you can be a patriot, love your country AND question its rulers. I use the word “rulers” because that is what the US has these days, rulers, not leaders.
What is so funny about peace, love and understanding?
Satch
I AM A PATRIOT
Written by Steven Van Zandt
And the river opens for the righteous someday
I was walking with my brother
And he wondered what's on my mind
I said what I believe in my soul
Ain't what I see with my eyes
And we can't turn our backs this time
I am a patriot
And I love my county
Because my country is all I know
I want to be with my family
People who understand me
I've got nowhere else to go
And the river opens for the righteous someday
And I was talking with my sister
She looked so fine
I said, "Baby, what's on your mind?"
She said, "I want to run like the lion
Released from the cages
Released from the rages
Burning in my heart tonight"
And I ain't no communist
And I ain't no capitalist
And I ain't no socialist
And I ain't no imperialist
And I ain't no democrat
So I ain't no republican
I only know one party
And it is freedom
I am a patriot
And I love my country
Because my country is all I know
And the river opens for the righteous someday
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