{"id":6567,"date":"2024-05-30T05:30:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T10:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=6567"},"modified":"2024-05-30T05:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T10:30:39","slug":"ive-got-a-job-ive-got-a-family-i-cant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=6567","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;VE GOT A JOB &#8211; I&#8217;VE GOT A FAMILY &#8211; I CAN&#8217;T"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a frustrated list of quotations, rationale, explanations, reasons we&#8217;re stuck in this mess without leadership out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why can&#8217;t somebody step forward and organize us and tell us what to do to actually make a difference and stop the evil and the evil people enveloping this country ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Workers, preachers, teachers, parents, reporters, politicians, Target managers, small businessmen, big business leaders, Christians, patriots, conservatives, second amendment believers, ministry leaders, motivators, people with a platform and audience, revolutionaries with passion for freedom&#8212;IS THERE NO ONE TO &#8216;RALLY THE TROOPS&#8217;, REV UP THE RESISTANCE, READY TO SACRIFICE AND INSPIRE OTHERS ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The signers of the Declaration of Independence &#8220;pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor&#8221; to bring that declaration to reality&#8212;they personally made good on their pledge&#8212;and it cost them dearly !<br>Reclaiming our independence, our very freedom, will cost us no less today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More quotes:<br>No violence.<br>I can&#8217;t afford to lose my job.<br>I can&#8217;t take the risk.<br>I can&#8217;t afford lost reputation.<br>I can&#8217;t say anything.<br>I can&#8217;t do anything.<br>What good will it do if I&#8217;m in jail, or dead.<br>Only diplomatic channels.<br>Only democratic processes.<br>Only legal means.<br>Only peaceful protests.<br>Somebody else should stick their neck out.<br>I&#8217;m not supposed to hurt anyone.<br>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br>And the evil people laugh, unrestrained, with free reign to accomplish the rest of their demonic agenda for America.<br>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<br>George Washington&#8217;s words actually apply the second amendment, and we just can&#8217;t comprehend it applied to our lives now,<br>&#8220;Freedom will look easy when we don&#8217;t have to die to get it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have we learned from history a century ago ?<br>&#8220;First they came for the Communists<br>And I did not speak out<br>Because I was not a Communist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they came for the Socialists<br>And I did not speak out<br>Because I was not a Socialist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they came for the trade unionists<br>And I did not speak out<br>Because I was not a trade unionist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they came for the Jews<br>And I did not speak out<br>Because I was not a Jew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they came for the Catholics<br>And I did not speak out<br>Because I was Protestant<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then they came for me<br>And there was no one left<br>To speak out for me&#8221;<br>&#8212;&#8211;Martin Niemoeller<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a frustrated list of quotations, rationale, explanations, reasons we&#8217;re stuck in this mess without leadership out of it. 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