Remember, Remember

given that i'm a day ahead of y'all, it's GuyFawkes day here already.

here's a poem:

The Treason of September

Below is a poem (loosely based on the Guy Fawkes poem) written the day after Congress sent the Military Commissions Act to President Bush. That bill is but the codification of the treasonous doctrine both the executive branch and the judiciary have been asserting for years – that even U.S. citizens can be declared “enemy combatants” and stripped of their ancient right to jury trial, and of the rest of the protections in our Bill of Rights. Click the hyperlinks for a multi-media experience. Pass it along to others. Then resolve to do your utmost to stop anyone, from any political party, who would destroy our Constitutional Republic.

Stewart Rhodes

Remember, Remember the 29^th of September
The Military Commissions Act, assault on the Bill of Rights by a vile lot;
I see no reason why that day of high treason
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember the 11^th of September
The American Reichstag Fire burned hot;
I see no reason why the lessons of history
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember this is land of the free, home of the brave
Land of the scared, home of the slaves it is not;
I see no reason why Liberty or Death, Spirit of 1776
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember, the source of your rights is in heaven
Proclamations of black robed priests matter not;
I see no reason, why their creeping treason
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember “when the government fears the people,
there is liberty.”
“When the people fear their government” there is not;
I see no reason why this timeless truth of freedom
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember the 19th of April
Embattled farmers stood in the Concord meadow
Firing the world-changing shot;
I see no reason why the 19th of April
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember the 19th of April,
Embattled Jews stood in the Warsaw Ghetto
Firing on the Nazi rot;
I see no reason why the 19th of April
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember the 19th of April
Embattled Davidian women and children burned in the fire so hot;
I see no reason why the 19th of April
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember their spirits live forever
Thus they did fear not;
I see no reason why these examples of defiance
Should ever be forgot.

Remember, Remember your body will not live forever
That you will die matters not;
When The Day comes, follow your fathers
Give them ball for ball, and shot for shot.

© 2006 E. Stewart Rhodes

E. Stewart Rhodes is an ex-U.S. Army paratrooper, disabled veteran, former firearms instructor, and former member of the D.C. staff of Congressman Ron Paul. Stewart graduated from Yale Law School in 2004 and is currently a research scholar for Yale writing a book on how the applications of the laws of war to the American people in the “war on terror” pose a grave threat to our constitutional republic. Stewart practices law in Montana.

and a big GSF birthday hug to OldSchool. best wishes and soft landings, my friend.