Kurt Amesbury, J.D.
One of the greatest pieces of Patriotism, I have read!
Wed Jun 25 16:02:34 2003
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One of the greatest pieces of Patriotism, I have read in years!
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Independence Day !
by Kurt Amesbury, J.D.
 kurt@otown.com

The six of them sat around the fire, watching the flames dance in the darkness,
fighting back the evening chill. It had been a long day of hunting - but
productive. The youngest had gotten his first deer, and two other kills ensured
a good supply of venison for the family. Talk of the hunt had dwindled and all
now stared into the dying flames without speaking. "Father", one of the older
boys asked, "Was it like this when you were my age?"

The two adults looked at each other, then gazed back into the flames. "No son,
not exactly." "Why not?" "Well, when I was your age, there was a war on."

The youngsters stirred, then settled in more comfortably. That their father had
played a part in the war for liberty always made them proud. Each retelling
brought new details, and each young man imagined what role he might have played
if he had been alive in those times. "I was about your age when the shooting
started in what turned out to be the great war for independence. The government
had been pushing the people, taxing them heavily, ignoring their rights. There
were even incidents where the government troops had massacred innocent people,
and the government abuses were getting worse all the time."He stopped and
prodded the fire, sending a shower of sparks skyward. After a thoughtful moment,
he continued. "The people took it for a long time. Longer, perhaps, than we
should have. Even when the fighting broke out, there were a lot of people who
were against it. The government was uneasy with us 'rebels' always agitating for
better representation and complaining about taxation. Of course, we were uneasy
about the government too, so we organized into militia groups that could respond
at a minute's notice to any alarm. We all agreed we would have arms and
ammunition in case things got bad. And eventually, they did. "The day finally
came when the government actually tried to take our guns and ammunition. Sent
troops marching right into the city to seize them." "And that's when the
shooting started?", asked the youngest.

His father nodded his head slowly and spoke in an absent voice. "Yes. That's
when the shooting began. None of you were even born then. Some have called it
the 'shot heard round the world', but I wish it hadn't come to that. A lot of
good people died on both sides. But it couldn't be helped. The government had
passed laws saying we could not have guns within the city limits. They had a
list of places where they thought arms were stored, and they sent the government
troops to seize them." "But you were ready, father?" "Yes son, we were. We knew
the government troops were coming. And we knew that the time had come to stop
them." "They marched in like they thought they owned the place. We could see
their breath in the cold night air and hear the crunch of snow under their
boots. They marched right out in the open, as if they didn't have anything to
worry about. We hid and waited until just the right moment, then opened up on
them with everything we had. We killed many of them and wounded many others,
then we melted away like spirits into the night. The government called up
reinforcements, but they didn't know who we were. Word of our daring spread
quickly, and we soon found our ranks swelling with other citizens who believed
in the cause of liberty and wanted to fight along side of us." "We came damned
close to losing. The government of course had professional troops - not only the
military, but foreign troops imported just to fight us. Mercenaries. We almost
missed our last chance to remove the boot of tyranny from our necks, to throw
off the heavy yoke of unconscionable taxation. We almost lost our last chance to
be free." "But then the militia began to catch up with the politicians who were
behind the heavy taxation and the attempt to disarm the citizens. In one night,
all four senators from California and New York - all of whom had worked so hard
to disarm the people - were caught and executed - by firing squad. In rapid
succession, more than 27 congressmen, and another 13 senators were tried for
treason and executed." "And that's when things got really interesting. The House
was composed largely of people sympathetic to the cause of freedom, but there
were so many traitors in the senate if they'd all been killed, there wouldn't
have been a quorum, so some of them were frog-marched into session for a series
of votes. In a period of 24 hours,Congress repealed all gun control laws, the
entire IRS code, all illicit drug laws, eliminated the entire drug interdiction
system and defunded 90% of all Federal government agencies. HUD, BATF, FBI, EPA
- all gone overnight. We withdrew from the United Nations and gave all U.N.
delegates 24 hours to get out. Then we eliminated all foreign aid.

The last item was approving the new budget - which came in at just under $100
billion. Then we took the traitors out onto the front lawn and executed them.
The next day, we dynamited the U.N. building. Brought it right down in one huge
pile of dusty rubble." "All those blue helmets we'd been shooting at, along with
the vehicles and arms and the foreign troops who carried them were surrendered
to us. Some units decided to fight on, and they were hunted down and destroyed.
We shipped the captured U.N. soldiers home - stripped to bare skin and packed
into the hold of a cargo ship. They took nothing with them but water, oatmeal
and enough fuel to get them to Africa." "We bought our freedom with blood. Over
300,000 men died in the fighting before it was all over." "We thought the rest
of the world might go crazy, but it didn't. Sure, the stock markets took a
pounding for a little while, but since we had already announced a return to the
gold standard, the market actually rebounded and stabilized in less than a
year." "The president signed every one of the new bills into law and gave a
speech about the power of the people, freedom and the first Declaration of
Independence. As Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, one of his last acts
was to impose a uniform standard of fitness on all branches of the military.
Twenty-three percent of the military was discharged within the week for lack of
fitness. He then instituted a policy providing for a confidence vote of the
officers by the men - resulting in the ouster of more than 75% of the general
staff. Those officers who had been playing politics at the expense of military
readiness were discharged without retirement benefits. A few were
court-martialed for treason and shot. Thirty days later, the president
resigned." "Some thought other countries would see the drive for liberty and the
decline in military numbers as an opportunity to attack U.S. interests. Some
actually tried. They were punished with a fury that hasn't been seen since the
U.S. flash-broiled Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

One particularly belligerent country lost over a hundred thousand troops in a
single afternoon - but they were warned and didn't heed the warning. After that,
no one dared to mess with the USA. Our forces were meaner and leaner than ever,
and they weren't under the control of a commander-in-chief who owed his
presidency to foreign interests. Military morale was at an all-time high.
Enemies and allies alike just hung onto their seats with knuckles turning white
while we cleaned house and restored freedom and everyone waited to see how it
would all turn out." "With their pay cut by 75%, their perks and status gone,
many of the remaining members of Congress hung their heads and went home. They
knew that they had failed to fulfill their oath of office and that their greedy
dreams of power were over. Some found real jobs. Others committed suicide. A
few, some of the good ones, stayed on and began the rebuilding process, but most
of the vacancies weren't filled for a couple of years. A lot had fled for fear
that they might be called to account for past votes." "We found out we didn't
really need a federal government - not like we thought we did. Even the poor
were better off. Americans discovered real charity again, and communities began
to pull together. People could begin to see that their neighbor-hoods were
really theirs... not something on loan from the Federal government.

Sure, a lot of welfare bums had to get jobs. I didn't shed any tears over that.
Some of the mothers who kicked their husbands out found life considerably
changed. There were no more government payments, and the state stopped enforcing
alimony. Some ran short on food until they learned to go to the local church and
ask for it. They seemed shocked at the idea that they were no longer 'entitled'
to a living. But they adjusted." "Americans rediscovered freedom and liberty,
and vowed they would never again let their government rule them. Eventually
Congress rebuilt. In its new trimmer form, it was something of which the
Founding Fathers might have been proud. And the idea of being a career
politician? It sort of got lost along the way. These days people seem to
understand that politicians serve for the good of the country, not the good of
the politician." "The general tension in the country subsided quickly. New laws
were passed that made the person who filed a bad faith law suit responsible for
all costs, plusdamages, and for the first time, courts started awarding those
damages. A lot of lawyers wound up standing in soup lines. Can't say it hurt my
feelings any. Medical costs plummeted. Do you know how much doctors used to have
to charge just to get insurance coverage for unfounded malpractice claims?!

When all the minorities and hyphenated Americans realized that they weren't
going to be compensated for hurt feelings, they quit agitating and made a
greater effort to be part of society, instead of trying to tear it apart.
Jackson and Sharpton finally got on the boat and went back to Africa. Seem to
recall one of them was killed when an angry mob strung him up." "Entire segments
of the insurance industry collapsed as people realized that they didn't need
coverage for the imaginary ills of others. This by itself brought a measure of
freedom. People weren't afraid to have a party and invite friends over. It seems
hard to believe now that there was once a time when someone who drank too much
could blame the person who served him for injuries sustained in an accident, but
it's true!" "Law schools went into deep decline. To be sure, there was still a
need for lawyers. But the practice of shunning came back into vogue and nowhere
was it practiced with more ardor than when shunning a lawyer who served himself
above his clients." "The media giants staggered. The Federal government began
charging for the use of the People's airwaves and contributing the charges
towards the cost of running the country. With the reduced government, and the
charge for use of public resources, the need for Federal taxes disappeared."
"There were a lot of changes. The Feds were barred from keeping records on
law-abiding Americans. Social Security paid out what was owed to the people who
contributed, and then it was shut down. We were free to plan for our own
futures." "But that first engagement - that was the day we looked back on as the
day our freedom began anew. That frosty night, as we waited on the roof tops and
behind the trash dumpsters for the U.N. troops to come and try to take our
firearms. We declared our independence in .30 caliber lead."

Stirring from deep thoughts, the man's wife looked with respect and affection at
the grizzled old man who was her husband and her hero. "Of course, they rewrote
the Second Amendment", she said, "It wasn't the same back then. They added a
line. Before the war for independence started, the Second Amendment said, "A
well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the
right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It wasn't
until 2011 that they added, ~"Any person who questions this right in a
legislative body may be shot without consequences."~

The change was enacted exactly four years after that first encounter with the
U.N. troops, on the day when ordinary citizens took their firearms into the
Nation's capital and came back with our freedom... Independence day, September
6, 2007." "You know," the father said, "I was just thinking. In all of human
history, there was never before a country like ours. We were given a gift of
incalculable value by men in 1776, and in a little over 200 years, we nearly
ruined it. I wonder how long it will be before people start to let their rights
slip again? How long will it be before they forget again, the price that was
paid for their freedom?"

There was no answer but the slow crackling of the dying embers.

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