Time: Tue Sep 30 09:28:08 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA16715; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:14:56 -0700 (MST) by usr05.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA11087; Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:13:04 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:12:36 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Why I Love America (fwd) <snip> > >Why I Love America >by Ed Wolfe > >What I love about this country has nothing to do >with it's geographical location or it's topography >or any other physical characteristic that is particular >to this great country or not. > >It's the people that make America what it is and >that set it apart from every other nation in the >world. > >Dating all the way back to our inception, a certain >spirit has existed here. A spirit of independence, >rebellion, and a resistance to be just like everyone >else, go with the flow or to take any flak from >anyone. > >The men who set this country on a collision course >with the most powerful military in the world, did so >over a very small taxation that they decided they >weren't going to put up with anymore. > >There were other complaints of course, but the tax >issue was one they were most vocal about. And the funny >thing is, it was a tiny percentage of what we pay today, >even when you take into consideration adjustments for >inflation, cost of living, etc. It was a fairly small matter, but it was >the principle of the thing that was pretty big. > >Americans are big on principles. We'll fight over >something that isn't even a threat to us, like one >group of Arabs invading another Arab country. Not as >long as we're around buddy! We don't like little >countries getting picked on by bigger countries. It's >against our principles. To put it real simply, and as >teenagers do everyday, "That ain't fair!" > >We'll fight for fairness. And we don't care what it >costs or how many people have to die, because we >know the difference between right and wrong and ain't >afraid to spill a little blood on both sides to teach >that lesson to people who have trouble understanding it. > >We'll fight for a lot of things. Hell, we'll declare >war not only on people, countries and opposing >principles, but on ideas, inanimate objects, habits >and thoughts, if they aren't right. > >We're not afraid to take on anything. So far we have >on-going wars against drugs and people that use them, >bigotry and people that prefer being their own race, >AIDS and people that don't like the carriers, extremism >and people that think they know better than the >government, guns and people that think they should be allowed to keep >them just because they obey the laws, >and we're about to have a war against ethnicide >and people that won't cooperate in Bosnia, (but that will >be a war to keep the peace, so it's not a *real* war.) > >When something ain't right, we've got what it takes >to face the fire and put it out. If our enemy is a >flaming ball of magnesium and our only weapon is spit, >then by-gawd, we'll spit 'til we're dehydrated or that >fire goes out. > >It's in our blood. We, as a nation, we're born out >of defiance for the norm and complacency in the face >of oppression. We've had the fighting spirit ever >since we kicked ass in our first and founding battle. > >And then we laid down the law just to make it real >clear to anybody in the future who got any ideas >about unfair taxation or any other oppression, that we >won't stand for it. We were so bold, we created a >government, fearlessly, and put chains on it to keep >it in check in case it tried to become an out-of-control >beast. > >We foresaw what might happen and took steps to prevent >it. We knew that government would try to limit people's speech, take >away their guns, prevent religous freedom, censor the press, and all >sorts of intolerable things, so >we added locks to the chains to make extra sure that the >government we made could never trample on those pre-existing rights. > >Man, were we smart! > >And some of our visionaries were certain that these >safeguards wouldn't be enough so they made sure to >remind the people that they created the beast called >government, and if it got out of line, then they damn >well better tear it down and start with a new one. > >How's that for a country with guts? > >They took one country and beat it down, and then told the people to do >it again to the one we made for ourselves if *it* ever got out of line. > >See? We know what's right and wrong, and we believe in >fighting for what's right, even if it means making a mess >in our own yard. > >We won't stand for lying, corrupt politicians, denial of our rights and >liberties, like telling us what we can or can't say in public, taking >away any of our guns or ammo, denying us juries of our peers, aiding or >comforting enemy countries that would love to see us destroyed, cheating >the people out of their votes, taking away private property without >compensation, forced labor, unfair taxation, interfering with any part >of our private lives like how we raise our children or educate them, >what we do with our own land, the agreements we make with our spouses if >get divorced, how much water we have in the tank of our toilets, whether >or not we restrain ourselves in our personal conveyances or purchase a >bond to cover our butts in case of an accident, where we work or who we >hire, what we eat, drink or consume, or any other thing that we didn't >create this government to do for us. > >We made our government for several specific tasks that >would make things easier for us as a nation of states. We made our >government to be a servant to US for the first time in history instead >of the people being servants of the government, and we retained the >right to abolish it and institute new government if it ever became >destructive or forgot it was a servant and not a master. > >See why I love this country so much? > >We fought for our freedom and we won! > >And we won't let anyone take it away from us. > >Nobody! > >Right? > >Ed Wolfe > >-- > >Long Live Gordon Kahl ! >8 Jan 1920 - 3 June 1983 >http://www.involved.com/ewolfe/kahl > > >********************************************** >To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: > majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com >with the message: > subscribe ignition-point email@address >or > unsubscribe ignition-point email@address >********************************************** >http://www.telepath.com/believer >********************************************** > > ======================================================================== Paul Andrew Mitchell, Sui Juris : Counselor at Law, federal witness B.A., Political Science, UCLA; M.S., Public Administration, U.C. 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