Okay, I read the paper.& It was not new information to me, although it was without a doubt, the most detailed paper I have read on the War Powers Act.


However, my heart and soul still tell me that hope is about the only thing that I have to go on.& It is obvious that we have no rights.& That we have been educated for generations to believe that we live in a free country.& That we only "rent" our property from the State.& So, when I learned this information I had a decision to make.& I could either pretend I never heard it, or I could accept it and fight.& Well it turns out that I am a fighter.& So, the rest of my days I will live with the hope that if enough of us stick together, we can actually live in the free country that we originally thought that we lived in.


I have looked at my options and the hope option&looks like the best one.&


If I don't give the government the power over me that they think that they have by implementing their War Powers Act, then how does it effect me.& What are they going to do? Take my house?& Kill me?& No, I don't want those things to&happen, but&if they did all of the things to me that the Act says that they are allowed to do, at least I would go down knowing that I did the right thing.


So, as far as the flag goes, perhaps it is not the right thing to represent the hope that I have in the future.& Maybe I will learn to hate it, but right now, I choose to accept it for&a symbol that all of the people of America, who recognize&the flag&as freedom, will be able to learn with us and truly become free.