James Madison from his ratification speech at the Virginia convention on June 16th, 1788...
" There are more instances of the bridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by VIOLENT AND SUDDEN USURPATIONS"
Implications
All powerful has been the USA
It has been the place to go
Immigrants find it the place to be
To have their children grow
So fair our country has been to us
So free we were to live
We were given the right and ability to prosper,
To err and to forgive
Now comes those who beg to differ
Right from our own communities
They want us all to fall in line
With lands of no opportunities
Social and Fiscal justice has been
The bain of most existance
For people who'd rather be like us
At their government's resistance
Now progressive politics sees our future
As a global world economy
In which we all should share the wealth
Our wills no longer free
If they have thier way our nation falls
Our power no longer respected
As Socialism tightens its grasp
Our country now infected
The power of the people is gone
The government holds all the cards
As we'll live in mediocrity
In the changing of the guard
They'll care for us, just how they wish
In the new found nanny state
No longer can we seek success
Just the food upon our plate
No childhood dreams of who we'll be
We'll be just what they say
If we sit back and accept it all
The new "American" way
Marian
October 11, 2010
Marian,
ReplyDeleteYour marrying Implications to the quote of James Madison is brilliant. It goes right to the heart of the creeping "nanny state" [form of slavery]our leaders have been ever so slowly and now rapidly ushering us into.
When you get to the "food on our plate" Gov. is trying control what we can and cannot eat. First thing you know we might be fed the same things VA State prisoners [who work outside of the prison] get for lunch (bread and a juice box].
You are a great poet of our times. Thank you for shearing.