Redneck Review!
No. 218 - 7/1/2019
Interruption!  Last review ended with the statement, "It is time to step up and be counted! ... A recent book has come to my attention that proposes an intriguing..."  solution might be coming to the many moral and other problems being discussed in our last reviews!
The discussion of that book is being put off one more week, as it dawned on me recently we are in our annual "Fourth of July week!"  So submitted here is a poem written by me back in the 1980's under the title  Let Freedom Ring!  It is reprinted here in honor of the day we have celebrated in the past for the unprecedented freedoms we have been given.
First the traditional:  "And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air,   gave proof through the night,  that our flag was still there.     Oh say, does that star spangled banner  yet wave, over the land of the FREE, and the home of the brave?" 
To this original part above, is added my  following  addition in the 1980's: "July the 4th, here it comes once again, sparklers and rockets and firecracker's din. The sounds that signaled our nation's birth, and gave us the best spot to live on this earth!
"Oh say, does that banner continue to wave, are you people still free, can you still be called brave?     Back in those days when this nation was born, the struggle for freedom had us battered and torn.     But we prayed and we struggled and sacrificed too, we carved out a nation to pass down to you.
"Oh say, by the way is your flag still up there?  Do you honor and respect it, do you continue to care?      Down through the years we continued the fight, for evil and error always attack what is right.     Eternal vigilance we learned is truly the key,  the price that is paid to stay truly free.
"Oh say, we do wonder, does that banner still fly, over a vigilant people with love of country still high?     We learned in the old days certain wars must be fought, some against mighty armies, others evil and rot.    From our study of history this lesson we learn,  each generation must take up the fight in its turn.
"Oh say, might we ask, are you still doing your part,  to keep strong the nation that's so dear to our heart?     Are you still thankful, do you still kneel and pray, do you give 'til it hurts, do you do it each day?     Do you look to the future, do you smile or you cry, when you see the loving trust in each child's bright eye?
"Oh say, let us say, as we see the flag flying there, we'll prove to the world we do love, we do care!     Let's all resolve today as this 4th rolls around, to get into the battle and fight to hold the good ground!   Put selfishness behind us, struggle with all our might, quit compromising and stand up for all that is right.     So that still in the future, when that banner still waves, our own record will prove we are still free and still brave!"
As we turn back to the topic that was raised one week ago, might there be a solution that a person might know?  From a  book that really is quite easy to read,  that suggests a solution might be coming, quite  intriguing indeed!     And could it be true as Thomas Paine once did claim, "We have it in our power to begin the world over again!?"  (Stay tuned!  Next week!)
Jake Wren

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