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ONCE UPON A TIME THER WAS A PLACE CALLED THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

by Pointman USA
I remember the way it was back then. During Veteran's Day, Memorial Day and 4th of July Parades thousands of people were there lining the streets. The Band, the Boy Scouts, the World War 1, World war II and Korean War Veterans marched with us as the drums beat and the fireworks sounded in the sky.
Once upon a time there was a place called the United States of America.

I remember the way it was back then. During Veteran's Day, Memorial Day and 4th of July Parades thousands of people were there lining the streets. The Band, the Boy Scouts, the World War 1, World war II and Korean War Veterans marched with us as the drums beat and the fireworks sounded in the sky.

Back then in America the USA was number one in the world in banking, farming, business, industry, mining, manufacturing, education, military might and most of all number one in Freedom, Liberty and Happiness.

We could leave our home for a day with the doors unlocked and stealing was unheard of. Crime in itself was a rare thing because the nation had high morals and ethics -police only arrested the worst of people but most could be warned once and they never repeated it. The Chief of Police and the Sheriff were the only authorities that were needed in those days.

On Saturday nights children could ride their bikes through different ethnic neighborhoods even past bars and they were still safe as they played. Neighbors visited each other frequently and people on the streets used to smile -they were happy.

Jobs were so plentiful you could quit Ford Motor Company and go across the street and work for General Motors without missing a paycheck. Mom stayed home and dad could feed 7 kids.

You could hitchhike across the entire USA in a couple days with a couple rides. The hitch-hiker and the drivers were safe.

Our fathers left their guns out in the open and none of the children would touch them. When we were older we took guns to school and shot on the target range out back and used them to hunt after school. If there was a domestic dispute in the neighborhood or a fight in school it was with the fists. They shook hands afterwards and the looser bought the victor a Coke.

People said what they believed whether Democrat or Republican and stood by what they said. Freedom of Speech, the Right the Bear Arms and Personal Privacy were not privileges with limitations after paying for some license. The Civil Rights/Constitutional Rights were automatic and exercised to the fullest extent by the individual as a sealed Birth-Right. When you were born an American you were ""Born Free."" The price of Liberty was paid for by the blood of millions of War Veterans!

Then on November 22,1963 JFK was killed. It was one assassination after the other followed by Anti-Vietnam War rallies and Civil Rights Marches.

The Invisible Enemy Within - a secret Military-Industrial-Complex-President Eisenhower warned the nation about on national TV-brought drugs into the country via Air America, Project Phoenix, and Task Force 35. Today’s Talaban were a part of the Golden Triangle of the CIA.

Hollywood operated by the lowest order of social scum on the planet pumped out evil role models that twisted the American youths minds into total perversion.

Greedy corporate America paid off the Federal Government in kickbacks and corruption flourished in all spheres.

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Today you cannot leave your home for a day if you have burglar alarms and guard dogs watching your house.

Today the USA has more people in prison per capita than any country on planet earth.

Today the government, corporations and people in general are corrupt, perverted, vile and without any ethics what so ever.

Today the USA ranks 10th,20th and 30th in farming, industry and education.

Today according to the United Nations the USA is supposed to disarm it's military while the rest of the world is arming itself with nuclear weapons to the teeth.

Today you have little Freedom of Speech, practically no Personal Privacy and the United Nations wants our guns. Today the Utopian schemers are so confident they are winning on destroying the USA they openly admit they want to eliminate much of the world's population-as soon as possible.

Today the entire media is totally controlled by the Secret Evil Empire and the masses of citizens have forgotten who they once were.

Today legislation and legal Constitutional Law is over-ridden by Pro-New World Order courts.

Today the looks on Americans faces on the street is no longer happiness and promise of a better tomorrow. The jobs have been

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systematically sent overseas for slave labor, the farms have been seized by the government, the national forests have been turned over to the United Nations. Then there are foreign troops training with a new fascist breed of goose-stepping American Gestapo. This

egomaniac breed of ruthless killers and thugs have shot women and children at labor rallies and killed innocent people-including children in SWAT night raids.

We are told we must live in a Police State against terrorists the Evil Empire created itself. Instead we are told we must be tagged like cattle, tracked like dogs 24 hrs. a day by satellite, inserted with IC chips, inoculated with genocidal vaccinations and exterminated when our usefulness is up.

America was wounded on Nov. 22, 1963, but America died on Sept. 11th, 2001.


Once upon a time .... there was a place called America.

Pointman USA

by Anti-Fascist
National Forests turned over to the United Nations? Foreign troops? What foreign troops? U.S. troops are present in just about every country on Earth. Who besides the U.S. has troops on U.S. soil?

You're right about one thing, there IS an Evil Empire-but it's NOT the United Nations!
by Radio man
Although I agree that things are in the crapper, I must disagree that the world was once a wonderful utopia that has slipped away. If one were to do a careful study of US history, (and I'm not talking about the lies in our children's history books) one would learn of battles between unions and corporation owners, who had the military backing. Child labor. 14-16 hour work days. Unsafe working conditions which killed hundreds of thousands of workers. The murder of 10 million Native Americans over a 500 year period. The murder of what is estimated to be 25 million African Americans during the slavery years. Hospitals which one went to too die, not to be cured. Police who did as they damn well pleased in a world with no instant accounting through news media and the net. No minimum wage. Often no wage whatsoever once the 'company store' was finished with you. Child mortality rates through the roof. A life span almost half of what it is today. No womens rights. No minority rights. No child welfare rights. I could go on and on.

We get romantic and choose to conjure up images of the wonderful old days. It ain't true, baby. We white people have made a good deal of progress these last 100 years here in America. Lucky for me my Cherokee blood doesn't show, and I have been able to live the white American life. My darker skinned family members haven't been so lucky. They are still living in the America that is telling minorities to go fuck themselves. Even though these people were here first.

The second part of your piece was more on target. Things seem to be going to hell just as fast as capitalism will allow. Not to mention the Bush crime family and their 75 year theft from our country which comes to billions. I believe that if we take a serious, non bullshit look at our history, we will see that it has been one bloody fight after another, and that the fight still goes on. The good old days- that's bullshit. Things are better today than they were 100 years ago.

At least today it is illegal for white people to kill and cut Native American bodies up to collect their ears, penis', breasts and scalps for souvenirs. Oh yes, there are many chapters of American history left out of your little Pointman piece. No longer can a man beat his child to death without getting jail time. Today you cannot knock your wives teeth down her throat because she annoyed you. Today you cannot kill a gay man without paying for it. Oh yes, Pointman, tell me all about the good old days. Personally, I will take today. You can have the good old days.
by Daniel Prestridge
I agree with Radioman. Though there are things in Pointmans statement that ring true. When I was a boy locked doors were rare. But then it was a small town. To many of are watching TVland and beleiving in the world of Leave it to Beaver.
by miguel
The real world was never quitre so rosy, unless you were white. America died long before 9-11.
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by Diamond Dave Toledo
There were no "good old days.." Just read A Peoples History of the United States" , by Howard Zinn... And "Stolen Continents," by
by What PERFECT USA?
Back then(AND now), there NEVER was a perfect United states. It has been Screwed up since day 1. You can blame it on whatever you wan to to say, but the truth will always be there. I would list all the ways that the USA is messed up, but...I have to sleep sometime. Back then, things might have been safer, but they still were many things wrong with society. Women couldn't vote until 1922! I am not going on.
by tim moore
Point man, Your just scared man.There aint nothing changed since the good ole days.The good ole days were more simple but they were days when we were in the dark about what was really happening in the world.You mentioned doors were left unlocked and everything was perfect but I think you are mistaken cause history is full of horror stories throughout history.There has always been murder,rape,child abuse,stealing. I guess about 100 years ago children were given some protection against child abuse under the cruilty of animals law cause there was no laws to protect them and the abuse was going on just like it does today only we didnt have sattellite tv and computers to open our eyes to the negative stuff. We are still free to live our lives in the united states and I love this country. The world is changeing but America is still alive. All the men women and children who fought and died for this country (and you)did not die in vein. There is all kinds of deciet amoung our government, citizens and friends.It has always been there. Its called sin. Dont be terrorized by change. Trust in god and you will be fine.
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