DISCLAIMER: That’s Freedom belongs to John Farnham.

AUTHOR’S NOTES: This story’s title comes from one of my all-time favorite songs. You can find the song on the album We the People, which I have been desperately searching for online. If anyone finds it, please tell me as my copy is getting old and it’s my favorite album. If you’re a member of the Hate-America-First crowd, you’ll find this piece offensive and I care as much about that as I do about whether or not France approves of the War on Terror.

THAT’S FREEDOM

What’s freedom?

Freedom is a reason to live

And a reason to die

Freedom means never worrying about being arrested because someone doesn’t agree with your views

And knowing you can speak your mind without fear.

Freedom is choosing what you want to be

And your only limitation is yourself

Freedom is a small government

That takes as little money from you as possible

Freedom is being allowed to worship whichever god you want however you want to

And own whichever religious book you want and not have to hide it

Freedom is the ability to dress how you like

Be it preppy or classic or trashy

Freedom isn’t free

It was paid for in blood by others who loved it more than their own lives

Freedom must never be taken for granted

Because someday we could wake up and find it stolen from us

We must fight and struggle to preserve it

And make sure that our Founders’ work

And our young men’s sacrifice

Is not in vain

That’s freedom