SAD BUT ALL TO TRUE

Submitted by: L R Dutton

They came for the loggers ... but no one defended them.

Now we buy lumber from Canada.

They came for the coal miners ... but no one defended them.

Now we need more oil.

They came for the oil drillers ... but no one defended them.

Now we buy it from the Middle East.

They came for the fishermen ... but no one defended them.

Now we buy from countries with polluted waters.

They came for the clean hydro-power dams ... but no one defended them.

Now electric rates are sky high.

They came for the miners ... but no one defended them.

Now government controls the mineral rights.

They came for the ranchers ... but no one defended them.

Now the beef comes from foreign countries.

They came for the farmers ... but no one defended them.

Now Americans must buy foreign food AND foreign oil.

Then they came for me and my family ...

But there was no one left to defend US!

Taken from SUPPORT RURAL AMERICA website.

Freedoms not exercised are freedoms lost.