MSL
01-16-2003, 08:26 AM
I want you to close your eyes and picture in your
mind the soldier at
Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody
hands. He stands
barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food,
wounded from months of battle and emotionally
scarred from the eternity away from his family
surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war.
He stands though, with fire in his eyes and victory
on his breath. He looks at us now in anger and
disgust and tells us this...
I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and
now your children graduate too illiterate to read it.
I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the
freedom to vote and you
stay at home because it rains.
I left my family destitute to give you the freedom
of speech and you
remain silent on critical issues, because it might
be bad for business.
I orphaned my children to give you a government to
serve you and it has stolen democracy from the
people.
It's the soldier, not the reporter, who gives you
the freedom of the
press.
It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the
freedom of speech.
It's the soldier not the campus organizer who
allows you to demonstrate.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the
flag, whose coffin is
draped with the flag that allows the protester to
burn the flag!!!
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
Protect them as they
protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts
they perform for us in our time of need.
mind the soldier at
Valley Forge, as he holds his musket in his bloody
hands. He stands
barefoot in the snow, starved from lack of food,
wounded from months of battle and emotionally
scarred from the eternity away from his family
surrounded by nothing but death and carnage of war.
He stands though, with fire in his eyes and victory
on his breath. He looks at us now in anger and
disgust and tells us this...
I gave you a birthright of freedom born in the Constitution and
now your children graduate too illiterate to read it.
I fought in the snow barefoot to give you the
freedom to vote and you
stay at home because it rains.
I left my family destitute to give you the freedom
of speech and you
remain silent on critical issues, because it might
be bad for business.
I orphaned my children to give you a government to
serve you and it has stolen democracy from the
people.
It's the soldier, not the reporter, who gives you
the freedom of the
press.
It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the
freedom of speech.
It's the soldier not the campus organizer who
allows you to demonstrate.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the
flag, whose coffin is
draped with the flag that allows the protester to
burn the flag!!!
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands.
Protect them as they
protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts
they perform for us in our time of need.