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OUR BLOOD IS OUR BORDER
Richard Barrett
Salute. To the American people. The word "reconquest" is being used
by Mexicans in their efforts to make the Southwest part of Mexico.
But, today, the word "reconquest" has a new meaning. To take back the
Southwest from those seeking to make any part of our nation part of
some foreign country or any segment of our population anything but
all-American. The new "reconquest" defeats those who would oust our
people from their homes, wrest them from their families and rob them
of their inheritance. In triumph, the re-Americanizing of the nation
shall divest America from being anything but American. It is fitting
that we meet beneath the Pioneer Monument, to restore the spirit of
the frontier.
It may have been said that the Indians should not be disturbed,
because they had been in place for some time, just as some may say
that minorities have been in place, for a long time, among the
Democratic Party, the slums, which have engulfed our cities, for a
long time, and the choking, gasping fog of hopelessness, which has
beset the land, for such a long time. But, my fellow Americans, the
old had to give way to the new, the barbarous to the civilized and
the backward to progress. Geronimo has yielded to Zebulon Pike. And,
now, the moment yields to you, the Lewis and Clarks of our very own
day. Otherwise, instead of this monument, these spires and this
voice, there would be teepees, scalpings and gibberish, on this very
spot.
The pioneer could not say, "Follow the Colorado River, but leave
the Snake River alone. It is just too hostile there." Oh, no. Hostility
invited him. Challenge beckoned him. Longevity impelled him.
While some cringe at the seizure of this city by the apologists of
reconquest and the minions of minorities, the descendants of
the pioneers see it as territory to be resettled, resurrected and
reincorporated into the fabric of the nation. For, nothing less than
the all-American America can lift our heads, drive us on and envelope
us in freedom. Indeed, if we fail, not only will this monument
perish, but, with it, every virtue and value of an upright nation and
a civilized world.
But, there are those to trim the wicks and light the lights. Some say
that we have begun a "backlash" against the corruption of the day.
But it is, truly, a revolt to usher in change, to deliver justice and
to proclaim liberty. Yes, change begets change and from the turmoil
of the times shall come the opportunity of tomorrow. If it may be
said that we do not have today or, even, tomorrow, we rejoin that we
shall have the day after tomorrow. After the chains have been forged,
today, and placed upon us, tomorrow, and the usurpation completed,
then and only then shall it be so apparent that our spirit has not
been broken.
It took this very moment for the people to realize just what has
taken hold, to see this monument to the pioneer teetering and the
dark and craven looming, in its stead. I will not dwell on how such
misfortune befell us. The treachery, the dirty-deals, the pandering,
the weakness, the vacillation, the lack of vision. Suffice it to say
that favoring the few and empowering the minorities has played well
for those unconcerned about fragmenting the nation, so long as their
bailiwick seemed secure. But, the task is not, now, to put back the
pieces, which have been ripped asunder, but to assure that the
pollutants are shunted aside. And, the question is not how to do the
clean-up. We hold the fresh broom. But who will sweep the path clean.
Toward that mighty day, when the nation shall be about the people's
business, the disrupters of indivisibility shall be swept aside and
the barriers against their reappearance set in place. How may we
speak of such reforms, when the pit bull, so carefully groomed, all
this while, is mauling us? We expected it. When the wildfires of
oppression leave nothing but soot? We have planned for it. Even as
the pioneer alerted himself to the hissing snake or the stampeding
savages. And, now, we are ready to prevent such mauling and begin the
replanting. Some, recoiling from "Black is Beautiful," may lunge over
to "Greed is Good." For, it has been put forth that the only choices
are the idle-poor or the idle-rich.
The pioneer was neither idle nor rich. His worldly possessions were
little more than the knapsack on his back, but it contained the
promise of a new life. His "riches" were his love for his land and
his attachment to his people. But, why mention him? Is the Frontier
not like the New Deal? A time to repose trust in the common man and
to elevate those who work and strive and soar, but, then, to move on,
leaving in ruins the foundations of the work-ethic and the stamina of
the pioneer-spirit? To those nay-sayers, who propose that times have
"changed," we rejoin that, indeed, they have changed and we shall
change them, even more, but, this time, forever more.
Whereas the pioneer might not recognize Denver of today, the
Democrats will not recognize the Denver of tomorrow. Instead of
glances at suspicious characters, leering from the underground of
illegal-workforces and criminal-conspiracies, there will be flashes
from the lasers of labor, sparks from the welding of spacecraft and
cheers from the wit and sinew of youth. It will be a homecoming of
redeemers, happily gazing upon children who look like themselves,
speak like themselves, aspire like themselves and defend this land
like themselves. It will be a transformation, a revolution, but it
will come, because our blood is our border, our limbs are our liberty
and our vision is our victory.
But, our homecoming will enable there to be homecomings for others,
among their own, as well. As we reclaim our land and our rights, as
we gather together, unite and multiply, even as we bid "farewell" to
those disenchanted and chafed by us, even as we resurrect law and
language, art and medicine, science and industry, agriculture and
charity, we uplift not only our own country but all of mankind. For,
our strength shall, also, be our example. Even as we have come
together, on our own terms, in our own time, so may others do
likewise, join hands, on their own land, in their own ways.
There was a time when some may have cast the pioneer as someone
wanting to simply "get away" from the throes of the city, to isolate
or separate himself from all the rest. But, they would be wrong. For
he was, instead, a spark, leaping from the embers, which gave him
birth, and blazing new trails and firing new engines, still one and
the same bonfire of civilization, of liberty enlightening the world.
And, thus, we do not abandon our party, but reclaim it. We do not run
from power, but to it. We embrace not one section of this land, but
all of it. So, as we consecrate ourselves to the spirit of the
pioneer, we leave this place with new purpose and renewed dedication.
When we see another, who dreams the same patriot's dream, we clasp
his hand. When we come across another who speaks of majority-rule,
democracy, freedom and nationality, we open our doors, even as one
pioneer would to another on the restless frontier. After impeaching
the haughty, we dethrone the unworthy. After shaking up and shaking
out, we build up and iron out. We know the trials, we accept the
hardships. With no idols before us, no vanity within us, no burden
upon us, we retake this land by right, we propel this cause by faith
and we infuse this people with love.
Background
This speech was slated by Richard Barrett at the "All-American
America" protest at Pioneer Monument Park in Denver, Colorado
on August 28, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention.
However, three days before the Convention opened, police
arrested the protest-organizer, Marty Williams, charging him with
"parole-violation" -- for arranging the speech -- and ordering him
detained, until after the Convention. According to Derrick Bender,
police were fanning out "trying to discourage participation."
Nationalists gave officials a one-day deadline to release Williams
and, then, cancelled the speech and boycotted the Convention.
Williams' brother, Daniel, related that police were categorizing
Nationalists as a "gang" and "threat," were doing background-checks
on them and were preparing to arrest them "on sight." Barrett said
that "the fight goes on, but on our turf and on our terms."
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Richard Barrett
Salute. To the American people. The word "reconquest" is being used
by Mexicans in their efforts to make the Southwest part of Mexico.
But, today, the word "reconquest" has a new meaning. To take back the
Southwest from those seeking to make any part of our nation part of
some foreign country or any segment of our population anything but
all-American. The new "reconquest" defeats those who would oust our
people from their homes, wrest them from their families and rob them
of their inheritance. In triumph, the re-Americanizing of the nation
shall divest America from being anything but American. It is fitting
that we meet beneath the Pioneer Monument, to restore the spirit of
the frontier.
It may have been said that the Indians should not be disturbed,
because they had been in place for some time, just as some may say
that minorities have been in place, for a long time, among the
Democratic Party, the slums, which have engulfed our cities, for a
long time, and the choking, gasping fog of hopelessness, which has
beset the land, for such a long time. But, my fellow Americans, the
old had to give way to the new, the barbarous to the civilized and
the backward to progress. Geronimo has yielded to Zebulon Pike. And,
now, the moment yields to you, the Lewis and Clarks of our very own
day. Otherwise, instead of this monument, these spires and this
voice, there would be teepees, scalpings and gibberish, on this very
spot.
The pioneer could not say, "Follow the Colorado River, but leave
the Snake River alone. It is just too hostile there." Oh, no. Hostility
invited him. Challenge beckoned him. Longevity impelled him.
While some cringe at the seizure of this city by the apologists of
reconquest and the minions of minorities, the descendants of
the pioneers see it as territory to be resettled, resurrected and
reincorporated into the fabric of the nation. For, nothing less than
the all-American America can lift our heads, drive us on and envelope
us in freedom. Indeed, if we fail, not only will this monument
perish, but, with it, every virtue and value of an upright nation and
a civilized world.
But, there are those to trim the wicks and light the lights. Some say
that we have begun a "backlash" against the corruption of the day.
But it is, truly, a revolt to usher in change, to deliver justice and
to proclaim liberty. Yes, change begets change and from the turmoil
of the times shall come the opportunity of tomorrow. If it may be
said that we do not have today or, even, tomorrow, we rejoin that we
shall have the day after tomorrow. After the chains have been forged,
today, and placed upon us, tomorrow, and the usurpation completed,
then and only then shall it be so apparent that our spirit has not
been broken.
It took this very moment for the people to realize just what has
taken hold, to see this monument to the pioneer teetering and the
dark and craven looming, in its stead. I will not dwell on how such
misfortune befell us. The treachery, the dirty-deals, the pandering,
the weakness, the vacillation, the lack of vision. Suffice it to say
that favoring the few and empowering the minorities has played well
for those unconcerned about fragmenting the nation, so long as their
bailiwick seemed secure. But, the task is not, now, to put back the
pieces, which have been ripped asunder, but to assure that the
pollutants are shunted aside. And, the question is not how to do the
clean-up. We hold the fresh broom. But who will sweep the path clean.
Toward that mighty day, when the nation shall be about the people's
business, the disrupters of indivisibility shall be swept aside and
the barriers against their reappearance set in place. How may we
speak of such reforms, when the pit bull, so carefully groomed, all
this while, is mauling us? We expected it. When the wildfires of
oppression leave nothing but soot? We have planned for it. Even as
the pioneer alerted himself to the hissing snake or the stampeding
savages. And, now, we are ready to prevent such mauling and begin the
replanting. Some, recoiling from "Black is Beautiful," may lunge over
to "Greed is Good." For, it has been put forth that the only choices
are the idle-poor or the idle-rich.
The pioneer was neither idle nor rich. His worldly possessions were
little more than the knapsack on his back, but it contained the
promise of a new life. His "riches" were his love for his land and
his attachment to his people. But, why mention him? Is the Frontier
not like the New Deal? A time to repose trust in the common man and
to elevate those who work and strive and soar, but, then, to move on,
leaving in ruins the foundations of the work-ethic and the stamina of
the pioneer-spirit? To those nay-sayers, who propose that times have
"changed," we rejoin that, indeed, they have changed and we shall
change them, even more, but, this time, forever more.
Whereas the pioneer might not recognize Denver of today, the
Democrats will not recognize the Denver of tomorrow. Instead of
glances at suspicious characters, leering from the underground of
illegal-workforces and criminal-conspiracies, there will be flashes
from the lasers of labor, sparks from the welding of spacecraft and
cheers from the wit and sinew of youth. It will be a homecoming of
redeemers, happily gazing upon children who look like themselves,
speak like themselves, aspire like themselves and defend this land
like themselves. It will be a transformation, a revolution, but it
will come, because our blood is our border, our limbs are our liberty
and our vision is our victory.
But, our homecoming will enable there to be homecomings for others,
among their own, as well. As we reclaim our land and our rights, as
we gather together, unite and multiply, even as we bid "farewell" to
those disenchanted and chafed by us, even as we resurrect law and
language, art and medicine, science and industry, agriculture and
charity, we uplift not only our own country but all of mankind. For,
our strength shall, also, be our example. Even as we have come
together, on our own terms, in our own time, so may others do
likewise, join hands, on their own land, in their own ways.
There was a time when some may have cast the pioneer as someone
wanting to simply "get away" from the throes of the city, to isolate
or separate himself from all the rest. But, they would be wrong. For
he was, instead, a spark, leaping from the embers, which gave him
birth, and blazing new trails and firing new engines, still one and
the same bonfire of civilization, of liberty enlightening the world.
And, thus, we do not abandon our party, but reclaim it. We do not run
from power, but to it. We embrace not one section of this land, but
all of it. So, as we consecrate ourselves to the spirit of the
pioneer, we leave this place with new purpose and renewed dedication.
When we see another, who dreams the same patriot's dream, we clasp
his hand. When we come across another who speaks of majority-rule,
democracy, freedom and nationality, we open our doors, even as one
pioneer would to another on the restless frontier. After impeaching
the haughty, we dethrone the unworthy. After shaking up and shaking
out, we build up and iron out. We know the trials, we accept the
hardships. With no idols before us, no vanity within us, no burden
upon us, we retake this land by right, we propel this cause by faith
and we infuse this people with love.
Background
This speech was slated by Richard Barrett at the "All-American
America" protest at Pioneer Monument Park in Denver, Colorado
on August 28, 2008, at the Democratic National Convention.
However, three days before the Convention opened, police
arrested the protest-organizer, Marty Williams, charging him with
"parole-violation" -- for arranging the speech -- and ordering him
detained, until after the Convention. According to Derrick Bender,
police were fanning out "trying to discourage participation."
Nationalists gave officials a one-day deadline to release Williams
and, then, cancelled the speech and boycotted the Convention.
Williams' brother, Daniel, related that police were categorizing
Nationalists as a "gang" and "threat," were doing background-checks
on them and were preparing to arrest them "on sight." Barrett said
that "the fight goes on, but on our turf and on our terms."
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