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[likethebeer]

Randi Rhodes played this at the end of one of her shows, mda heard it, and found it from her website. It's very touching right now:
I am not leaving.

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[kalimama.livejournal.com]

Wow. I sit here with tears and pride. I wonder who wrote that, because I want to write it down and hang it beside my bathroom mirror so I can read it every morning!

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

mda was tearful when he played it for me last night. I don't know who wrote it either, but here are the words:

I'm Not Leaving
(Lifted from the The Randi Rhodes Show on the Air America Network)

I am not leaving!
Please hear what I said,
I am not leaving!
Iʼm staying where Iʼm at, thank-you very much.

And as long as I stand upon her soil,
She will be my land of the free.
As long as I believe what I believe,
You will see the meaning of brave!

I will not under threat of tyranny or mob,
Toss the place that I love in the ashen pile of lost causes,
And walk quietly into a meaningless mist!

No, I will stay, and you will listen.
You will not lecture me about values!
You will not receive the exclusive rights to my morality!
Please hear what I said.

For where ever I stand upon her soil,
I am the deep well of my beloved countryʼs finest values and highest
morals:
Fairness, compassion, wisdom, strength, common sense, tolerance,
And you shall tremble before them,

For they are righteous!

So let the cheers for my demise die this night in a million throats!
Let the gloating turn to great and frightening doubt!
For I am not leaving!

My beloved country needs me now more than ever she has before.
And I pledge my allegiance to that which she still is,
And to that great and shining day that she has yet to live!

It's very touching

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

it's a true and noble sentiment,..but any land/nation/society is only as strong as the bulk of its people,..while i cand stand firm and live by my values, how many of those roar in in the shadows can deliver the same,it's a test i prefer not to see,...0.o

Re: It's very touching

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

oh, yes. I think we all can. I know from what you've said that you'll weather the storm, but some of us need a little prodding right now.

I think we all can.

[erisreg.livejournal.com]

sadly, i think not, i can think of only a few with the resolve to give up everything worldly to hold their values to the light,.
to leave job/home/friends/security to live a base exsitance, is unthinkable to many i know,..and that becomes the ultimate test of ones stand in life

yes i've been there, and would go again,...o.0