-Caveat Lector-
I also enjoyed the following.................
THE PARADOX OF OUR AGE
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers;
wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints;
we spend more, but have less;
we buy more, but enjoy it less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time;
we have more degrees, but less common sense;
more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts,
but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
We spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive
too fast, get too angry too quickly, stay up too
late, get up too tired, read too seldom, watch TV
too much, and pray too seldom.
We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values.
We talk too much, love too seldom and lie too often.
We've learned how to make a living, but not a life;
we've added years to life, not life to years.
We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have
trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We've conquered outer space, but not inner space;
we've done larger things, but not better things;
we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul;
we've split the atom, but not our prejudice;
we write more, but learn less;
plan more, but accomplish less.
We've learned to rush, but not to wait; we have
higher incomes; but lower morals; more food but
less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer
friends; more effort but less success.
We build more computers to hold more information,
to produce more copies than ever, but have less
communication; we've become long on quantity, but
short on quality.
These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion;
tall men and short character;
steep profits and shallow relationships.
These are the times of world peace, but domestic warfare;
more leisure and less fun; more kinds of food, but less nutrition.
These are days of two incomes, but more divorce;
of fancier houses, but broken homes.
These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers,
throwaway morality, one-night stands, and pills
that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill.
It is a time when there is much in the show window,
and nothing in the stockroom........
Author unknown
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> From: Gavin Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] Proud to be an American?
> Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 1:49 AM
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> fwd. Gavin.
>
> << Save for a rainy day. One of the better reads to come along in a
while.
> ICE
> *******************************************************
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James C DeArman)
> >Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 21:02:04 EST
> >
> >Greetings gentlemen,
> >
> >I received a call last evening from an editor of a
> >patriot publication and he reminded me of an item
> >I wrote a couple of months ago. He said I should
> >do more writing. I dunno.
> >
> >Anyway here it is for pass on including address:
> >*********************************************************
> >"Proud to be an American ?"
> >
> > I used to be proud that I lived in the world's first
> >constitutional republic,
> >Now I am told it is a "democracy", the final step before a
dictatorship.
> > I used to be proud that this nation was an example of right for
> >all to follow,
> >Now I am ashamed to call myself an American because of our decline into
> >wrong.
> > I used to be proud that we had a free nation of law, under GOD,
> >Now we are a nation of "public policy", under bankruptcy to
international
> >bankers.
> > I used to be proud that I was born free and lived in Michigan
> >state, a geographical area,
> >Now I am told it is a corporate "State of Michigan", and I am subject
to
> >its statutes, codes and laws.
> > I used to be proud that the citizenry knew their rights and
where
> >they came from,
> >Now most believe that they only have privileges granted them by the all
> >powerful corporate state.
> > I used to be proud when I knew juries and grand juries stood
> >against bad laws and judges,
> >Now they are nothing more than a prosecutorial tool of the prosecutors
> >and judges.
> > I used to be proud of the education standards of our schools and
> >university's,
> >Now there are courses taught like 28 ways to shake hands and advanced
> >basket weaving.
> > I used to be proud of my honorable military service in time of
> >war,
> >Now I know the people were, and are, constantly lied to about the
causes
> >and prisoners of that war.
> > I used to be proud when I saw a person in most any uniform on
our
> >streets,
> >Now I fear for my safety because that person does not have me or my
> >nation's security as his goal.
> > I used to be proud when I saw the "United States" (No yellow
> >fringe) flag flying in our state,
> >Now I see it as the symbol of a fearsome, manipulated, foreign
> >corporation that is anti-American people.
> > I used to be proud to assert my right to vote for the statesman
> >of choice,
> >Now it matters not for whom or even if I vote, as politicians, mostly
> >lawyers, are bought and paid for.
> > I used to be proud of the people at my local media for reporting
> >truth, justice and all the news,
> >Now it is controlled by the "editor" who censures it so that people
> >cannot make fully informed decisions.
> > I used to be proud when I paid my fair share in taxes to support
> >my government,
> >Now I am aware none of that money goes to support our government.
> > I used to be proud that one qualification to become a police
> >officer was local residency,
> >Now the applicant must be a "citizen or resident of the United States",
> >which is a foreign corporation.
> > I used to be proud that I had the freedom to travel without fear
> >most anywhere in this nation,
> >Now I worry when I see a policeman, lest I be caught breaking some
edict
> >of government and be jailed.
> > I used to be proud that all our government guarded my privacy as
> >one of its main jobs,
> >Now its main job is nothing less than the invasion and abolition of the
> >privacy of all of the citizenry.
> > I used to be proud that I maintained my home and land well,
> >Now I dare not improve it because I may not be able to afford the tax
> >increase.
> > I used to be proud to enter most any neighborhood in this nation
> >to visit friends or family,
> >Now I fear doing so lest it be a "known" drug or crime area and my car
be
> >confiscated.
> > I used to be proud that I had been called to serve for jury
duty,
> >Now I avoid the courts as just another "business for profit" in the law
> >enforcement industry.
> > I used to be proud that my neighbor's were watchful of my lands
> >and property,
> >Now I fear they could be the cause of its forfeiture for some
victimless,
> >mala prohibita crime.
> > I used to be proud that I had a right to responsibly own,
possess
> >and use "arms",
> >Now those actions are being used to label me as "anti-government", or
> >"militia", "terrorist", or worse.
> > I used to be proud to stand up and be counted as a loud voice on
> >numerous issues,
> >Now I hesitate to do so, should I, or my family, become targets of
> >ignorant vindictiveness.
> > I used to be proud that I could read, study, and live, my
> >religion's teachings,
> >Now if I do so, I am falsely branded as "white supremacist",
> >"anti-Semitic", "radical", "racist", or worse.
> > I used to be proud that I did not need government identification
> >for all personal interactions,
> >Now I fear that a national identification document for all transactions
> >is law in the land.
> > I used to be proud that I could say or write most anything, with
> >responsibility,
> >Now if I speak or write freely, expressing unpopular views, I am called
a
> >"paper terrorist" or worse.
> > I used to be proud that I could teach my children my religion's
> >moral views and ways,
> >Now, if I do so, I may be charged with the crime of teaching religion
> >without training and a license.
> > I used to be proud that my children were properly punished when
> >they did wrong,
> >Now I fear to do so because I might be charged with "child abuse".
> > I used to be proud to let my children learn by doing things for
> >themselves,
> >Now if I do so I may be charged with "child neglect".
> > I used to be proud that my spouse and I had a marriage license,
> >believing it was required,
> >Now I learn it is permission to the false god, the state, to control
me,
> >my spouse, and my children.
> > I used to be proud that I was among the creators of this earthly
> >government,
> >Now I am told I must obey any unreasonable demand of it's lowliest
> >bureaurat, as he is over me in authority.
> > I used to be proud to grasp and shake the hand of anyone, in
> >mutual honor, dignity and respect,
> >Now most want to "slap hands", in which there is no mutual honor, nor
> >dignity, nor respect.
> > I used to be proud that my debts were "paid" with substance, not
> >cheating those I dealt with,
> >Now debts are "discharged" using "debt instruments".
> > I used to be proud that I was "no-account" and not a "surety"
for
> >debts,
> >
> >Now I cannot conduct business without approved "identification",
"credit"
> >or an "account with us".
> > I used to be proud that I could actually do a wide variety of
> >things without anyone's permission,
> >Now I am told I must ask permission of government beforehand as I may
be
> >violating some prohibitive law.
> > I used to be proud that my word could be believed as truth and
> >without deceit,
> >Now people will not believe even the most honest person because of the
> >constant lies they get.
> > I used to be proud to be a responsible, conscientious, hard
> >working, honorable, caring, voting, spouse, father
> >and member of the political community, Now I am ridiculed, threatened,
> >harassed, cheated, conspired against, and
> >made a criminal, risking reputation, life and limb, because of my
> >religious beliefs, my gun ownership, my stand on
> >certain moral issues, my lack of instant compliance to every minuscule
> >demand of government at all levels, and my
> >sacred responsibility to my children, family, neighbors and nation.
> >
> > Thank You "Workers of Iniquity"!
> >
> > Proud to be an American? I don't think so, Tim.
> >
> >James DeArman
> >P.O. Box 0913
> >Pinconning,
> >Michigan
> --------------------
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