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Title: I Am Just One Man
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Published: Dec 24, 2005
Author: Jay Merrell
Post Date: 2005-12-24 22:16:42 by christine
Keywords: Just
Views: 92
Comments: 8
For I am just one man and liberty fails,
The best of our leaders are rotting in jails,
So who is the one who will show me the way,
Since I am no leader, and its not my day?
What can I do, for I'm only me?
And I know that no matter what I may see,
I can feel justified here in my woods,
Hiding myself and stashed away goods.
What can I do, for I am just one?
And everyone knows that it wasn't MY son,
When they burned down a church and killed 87,
I whispered a prayer and sent it to heaven.
Don't brother me, for I'm just one man,
Making a living the best that I can,
And though I have purchased a lot of gun toys,
It was only so I could be one of the boys.
I am just one man, so what can I do,
When I hear of neighbors killed for their views.
That is the time that I will refuse,
To purchase a paper or turn on the news.
What can I do, for I am alone?
And they haven't yet gotten to my family's home,
So if I am quiet and hide like a mouse,
Perhaps they will pass me for my neighbors house.
I am just one man, so what can I say?
I just want to live till I'm wrinkled and gray,
When innocent blood cries up from the ground,
Don't look for me, for I won't be around.
Don't call on me, for I'm just one,
And even though innocents need of my hand,
I'll cover my eyes and plug up my ears,
And drown out conscience with twenty-four bars.
Don't call on me, for I'm just one,
Who just wants to live out my days in the sun.
So don't tell me stories that hurt me to think,
Instead, we should go to the pub for a drink.
I know that one man cannot save the day,
So give me a break and get out of my way,
And go tell your stories to someone who's brave,
For I find it easy to just be a slave.
Across all the land ten million men cried,
And all of them fed on the very same lies.
And evil has triumphed for nothing was done,
While ten million men said, " I'm only one."
By Jay Merrell
What can I do, for I'm just one man?
And I know injustice abounds in our land,
And just because I can do only little,
I'll keep down my voice and stay in the middle.
I am just one man, and I have been told,
That government agents attack all the bold,
They infiltrate meetings and join all the groups,
So don't expect me to stand up to their troops.
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#1. To: christine (#0)
My mom, 74 years young, got into a conversation at the local supermarket. From one on one, it went to three on three. Slowly spreading discontent. A start, but I fear, too little, too late.
Another Mogambo Day
How many talk the talk, but will not walk the walk? "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I Edward Everett Hale “It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. "God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it." Daniel Webster, June 3, 1834 “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke “The rock on which every attempt to rid man of his shackles is ultimately wrecked is man’s willingness to pay the price of freedom – a price which Thoreau cheerfully paid. Every “cause” must crash on it. Form, when the theorizing is done, the books are all written, the debates have been resolved into a formula for action, there remains always this irremovable obstacle: one must live. "The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it." General Robert E. Lee
Thank you Christing for keeping the Lamp o' Liberty lit for us. A Merry, Merry Christmas to you and yours. -randge
I spread it where ever and when ever possible. “…It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate minority keen on setting brush fires in people’s minds…” Samuel Adams "The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And even if he is not romantic personally he is very apt to spread discontent among those who are." H.L. Mencken, "Smart Set" magazine, December 1919
"The consolidation of the States into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it." General Robert E. Lee
A Merry, Merry Christmas to you and yours. Yes, thank you christine and Merry Christmas.
All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting. ~George Orwell Yesterday, checking out of a local grocery, the young teller greated me with the usual seasonal platitudes, after inquiring about my well-being, and mentioned that he hoped that the coming year would be better than this one has been. Cynic me, I replied that I didn't think that was in "smirk or the globalists' plans for us." His face lite up with a knowing smile, and he said, "You mean the chimperor!" We have all got to engage, on whatever level, everyone that asks, "How's it going?" "Well, it's going like hammered dogshit as long as our kids are dying in foreign lands every day, the border is wide open, and smirk is doing all he can to shred our Constitution and our Bill of Rights." Get some talking points that you know about, and see if they don't resonate with everyone that engages you on a daily basis. We can be better than one in the woods.
thank you, randge. all the best to you and yours too.
The Iraq War is an unconstitutional, unjustifiable conflict devouring innocent lives and abetting the growth of an increasingly lawless leviathan state. It must be ended -- now.
well put. and thank you for what you do!
The Iraq War is an unconstitutional, unjustifiable conflict devouring innocent lives and abetting the growth of an increasingly lawless leviathan state. It must be ended -- now.
#2. To: christine (#0)
Across all the land ten million men cried,
And all of them fed on the very same lies.
And evil has triumphed for nothing was done,
While ten million men said, " I'm only one."
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt (Paris, Sorbonne, 1910)
“By this dodge the lip servers simply admit that the worth they put on their ideal is less than they put into their accustomed way of living or their prospect for improving it. The ideal is nice to talk about, to use as a tonic for one’s sluggish intellectual liver, but when it comes to giving up something for it, that is a different matter. It is more pleasant to make one’s peace with the going order, right, or wrong. And if someone pricks your conscience, you get rid of him by declaring that “the time is not ripe,” or by saying, “wait until I make my pile.” Frank Chodorov
#3. To: christine (#0)
#4. To: rack42 (#1)
Slowly spreading discontent.
#5. To: randge, christine (#3)
Thank you Christing for keeping the Lamp o' Liberty lit for us.
#6. To: christine, everyone here (#0)
Some hope here -
#7. To: randge (#3)
#8. To: lodwick (#6)
We have all got to engage, on whatever level,
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