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Defending Freedom, Hypocrisy of two community organizers

In America, the call of the drums and fifes is forever



In those dark hours of the soul when it seems that a shock a day is being launched at We the People from the White House, I return to the drummers and fifers who led the 9/12 march to Washington. Listening to--or even imagining hearing--the drums and fifes on that day drowns out the hypocrisy of two community organizers now benefiting from the titles of President and First lady of the mighty United States of America. Listening to the drums and fifes wipes out the image of Obama passing out white coats for yesterday’s Rose Garden photo-op during which 150 doctors purportedly helped him to orchestrate the latest chapter in his hard sell Health Care Reform.


Remembering the sound of the drums and fifes on Sept. 12, 2009 makes fade away, at least for awhile, the image of a Michelle, self-professed Sainted Sacrificer, and all the czars steadily chipping away at American sovereignty. The first time I saw the video produced by Revolutionary-era enactors William Temple and Gene Hoyas, my own tears forced me to watch it a second time. The tears were not because Canada Free Press was there and knew the mainstream media would downplay the numbers who marched to the Capitol. Nor were they even because people like proud Americans Joe and Kathie came all the way from Panama to be there on that day. My tears flowed because even in the massive loss of jobs and homes and even having to suffer the indignity of hearing their Commander in Chief apologize for their country, the remarkable passion of the American patriot lives on. All drummers and fifers following the lead of Temple and Hoyas in the march were like the throngs who came to defend freedom; they were ragtag. They had answered the call of Temple’s and Hoyas’ emails, “Come and bring your instrument with you.” They would go on to lead the march for Americans of all colors, all ages, all walks of life. We the People on 9/12 were Republicans, Democrats and Independents--but patriots one and all. Many of those on site did not know that the march was led by the drummers and fifers. That’s because park authorities forced the march to begin an hour and and 15 minutes earlier then planned. Swallowing their disappointment, the drummers and fifers formed a line and just began their march. Making the best of it, the crowd, many of whose members had been there since daybreak, set them off with a rousing cheer.

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Dressed in the same clothes as the revolutionaries of more than two centuries ago, the drummers and fifers marched down Washington streets with the same love of America. Instead of being thrown off by their unscheduled early start, they marched resolutely ahead, not knowing what awaited them at the Capitol: the cheers of more than a million other patriots. The words of Gene Hoyas on the video is written on human memory forever: “I had never before in my life witnessed anything like this--much less participated in it. At that moment I realized I was about to become a part of history.” Even though One Worlders have found the perfect delivery boy in Barack Hussein Obama; even though anger and bitter resentment rather than goodwill seems to now dominate the White House, the flame of American patriotism will never be doused. Drums and fifes are part of American history, and just like America, are forever.


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Judi McLeod -- Bio and Archives -- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.

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