A Poem -"A VISITOR FROM THE PAST"- Is this still the land of the free and home of the brave?

[Christopher A. Brown]

A VISITOR FROM THE PAST

A POEM

By; Thelan Paulk 1980?


I had a dream the other night, I didn't understand.

A figure walking through the mist, with flintlock in his hand.

His clothes were torn and dirty, as he stood there by the bed.

He took off his three cornered hat, 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."



"The freedom we secured for you we hoped you would always keep.

But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep.

Your freedom gone, your courage lost, you're no more than a slave.

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 a land that you believe you own you pay a yearly rent.

While you have no voice in choosing how the money is 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 IRS."



"Your money is no longer made of silver or of gold.

You traded in your wealth for paper so your life can be controlled.

You pay for crimes that make our Nation turn from God in shame.

You've taken Satans 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.

Your daughters visit doctors so their children won't be born.

Your leaders ship artillery and guns to foreign shores,

and send your sons to slaughter fighting other peoples wars."



"Can you regain the freedom for which we fought and died?

Or don't you have the courage to stand with faith and pride?

Are there no more values for which you'll fight to save?

Or do you wish your children live in fear and be a slave?"



"Sons of the republic, arise and take a stand!

Defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land!

Preserve our Great Republic and each God Given Right!

and pray to God, to keep the torch of freedom burning bright!"



As I awoke he vanished, in the mist from which 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 were asleep.

and wonders what remains of our Rights he fought to keep.

What we be your answer if he called out from the grave?

"IS THIS STILL THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE?"



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Are sincere Americans brave enough to publicly accept the root definition of freedom of speech?

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthr...Of-Free-Speech

[FindLiberty]

What we be your answer if he called out from the grave?

No, and the hat only had three corners.

[kcchiefs6465]

Bump.

[Christopher A. Brown]

No, and the hat only had three corners.

But this is the real question.

Are sincere Americans brave enough to publicly accept the root definition of freedom of speech?

[Terry1]

But this is the real question.

Nice poem. I don't think it's that those of us who do agree are afraid to stand and fight, it's that our numbers are so few these days who still believe in liberty and all that it entails. We have a huge problem in this country and that's plain old lazy ignorance. My opinion is simply that the majority of this country simply doesn't care about anything other than what they can obtain for personal gain using the government to get it.

When you take God out of government--something else must replace Him--and so they have chosen and it is what it is. The only trace of God in government we still have left is this and this paper is nothing more than zombie still in circulation that doesn't realize it's already dead.

[HVACTech]

But this is the real question.

no, RPF's is overrun with misguided AnCaps.
and that is an optimistic assessment.
the top members here are "anti-federalists"
any idea what that means?
if, it tis true, that they $#@!ing hate the US Constitution...
why bother with this website?

you seem to be an astute patriot.
is it possible, that there can be an "anti-federalist" that does not $#@!ING HATE the US Constitution?

from what I read today, that would seem to be a very clear oxymoron.
peace and Liberty.

just to be very clear, my query has nothing to do with a popular member who goes by that moniker.
I was pissed when I chose HVACTech in 08.

[Ronin Truth]

It probably all boils down to how you choose to define 'free' and 'brave'.

Mine say, Nope!

[kcchiefs6465]

Bump

[Anti Federalist]

Whatever happened to that guy?

And my old foil HVACTech?

[ATruepatriot]

Whatever happened to that guy?

And my old foil HVACTech?

Myself and another member here tried to reach out to HVACtech by email with no luck AF.

[Danke]

Whatever happened to that guy?

And my old foil HVACTech?

Interesting. I worked with him during the 2008 Rally in Minneapolis along with Casey Jones, etc. Saw him a few years later in LAS. Don't know if I still have his contact info.