Our Ancestors, What WOULD they think? > > >A VISITOR FROM THE PAST.. > > >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 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." > >"The freedom we secured for you, we hoped you'd 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 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 choice in how the money's spent." > >"Your children have to 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 out of silver or of gold, >You trade 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 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 the 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 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 and be 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 side, in a dream, while you're asleep, >And wonders what remains of our Rights he fought to keep, >What would your answer be, if he called out from the grave: >"Is this still the land of the free and home of the brave???" > >Author Unknown > > >