Happy Patriot's Day! --------- April 18, 2000 by Chuck Baldwin Tomorrow is Patriot's Day here in the United States. It is the day when the shot was fired that was heard round the world. It was the day those colonists drew their line in the sand at Lexington Green and Concord Bridge and America's War for Independence began. It's not likely very many will notice, however. Public schools haven't taught American history for some time now. The media will focus on Waco (sparingly) and the Oklahoma City bombing. (Before these disastrous events, April 19 came and went without even so much as a mention from the propaganda press.) What most Americans have forgotten (or never learned) is that it was the attempt by the Crown to confiscate their arms that caused those Minutemen to shoulder muskets. Until then, the conflict had been largely peaceful and nonviolent. Independence was debated, even argued, but until King George sent troops to confiscate the Americans' firearms, it was an urbane disagreement. Attempted gun confiscation turned a political debate into a bloody Revolutionary War. It's funny how history tends to recycle itself. Listening to America's political leaders today (Democrats and Republicans), you would think you were living in 1775. In fact, the government of today has invented tyrannically invasive schemes that make old King George look rather tame by comparison. I submit that whatever red-blooded American patriots are left today would have no choice but to respond in a similar way when the modern day Machiavellian attempts a repeat at crossing the Concord Bridge. In the mean time, here is Emerson's tribute to those brave colonists who fought and died to procure a land of liberty for their posterity. Believe it or not, there was a time when this poem was actually found in the history books of America's schools. (It was in another dispensation.) By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward creeps. On this green bank, by this soft stream, We set today a votive stone; That memory may their deed redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone. Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee. -end article- --------------------- Waco: April 19th, 1993 NEVER AGAIN!!! --------------------- Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! *********************[EMAIL PROTECTED]******************** The Patriot Resource Center: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/6627/ Online Patriot Internet Radio: http://www.geocities.com/aresister_2000/ **********************Live Free or Die!*********************<>< <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
