Sit right down here, Mr. Alien, sir.

You must be drained from the very long ride

I must press upon you how little time we have

To enlighten you. You see, you’re on the wrong side

From light years away, you wander the stars

And do the bidding the mother ship declares

But down here on our earth, things work a little different

And to decide our fate, you must see things very clear

You see, here you are free to choose for yourself

What you want, what you seek, what you do

You’re not bound by the whims of a tyrannical lord

Well, at least in this country and a couple other few

As humans we fight for and will always cherish

our choices, our liberty, our free will

Even though some of our kind try to throw them away

There are many more who long for them still

So I ask you, consider why it is that you’re here

Why our earth is the planet you desire

We’ve still much to do, many more chains to set free

For on tyranny, we will never cease fire

If its pure water, or metal, or general resources you seek

I’m afraid you’ve come here a little too late

Perhaps you should have visited a couple years ago

At least a thousand or so, I would contemplate

And there’s no need on this earth for your mind-reading skills

Although impressive they truly might be

You see we’ve already got our own resident psychics

In dilapidated houses, on the phone, and sometimes TV

The biggest impediment I think you are surely to find

To your plans to conquer this planet

As humans, we don’t even know how not to fight back

Something you’d have known had you bothered to scan it

So you can bring on your lasers and your infrared beams

And whatever weapons you might have in reserve

Just remember that today we gave you this choice

Respect our independence or get what you deserve

For we have a long history of atrocities and bondage

We’ve lived through thousands of years of this shit

From our lowest of peasants to our richest pioneers

Believe me, we know how to outlast and outwit

By GR Clarke

Are you guys serious?!? You waltz in here and just assume you're going to take us over?!?!

As if we're going to lie down and succumb to your "superior intelligence" and live our lives the way you see fit?!?

Well, you obviously haven't done your homework! For years, this country - and thousands of others like it - fought, and continue to fight, for the freedom we have earned and the opportunities that come along with it!

Men with tattered clothes and frostbitten digits fought for our right to be able to speak, worship, and live free from the oppression of others! To this day sons, husbands, fathers, daughters, mothers, and wives leave their homes to help preserve that freedom! It is, in our society, the most honorable thing one can do!

I realize you look down upon us and see what you believe to be an inferior race.

Well, however inferior we may be, we will rise up against any obstacle, we will gather and coordinate our efforts, we will become one to defeat anything that stands in the way of such freedoms!

That, in and of itself, is the one thing that makes freedom so great! Our ability to choose! Where we live, who we associate with, how we dress, how we worship. And that freedom gives us the ability to defend the very rights we have fought for for so many years!!

Here in America, you see our flag as just a piece of cloth. But the white stripes represent the purity in which this nation was founded; the red stripes represent the blood so many have shed; the blue field represents the many battlegrounds where we have defended our rights; the stars represent the ideals and independent thoughts of those whom we fight to preserve freedom for. Throughout the world, in many other countries, there are similar symbols of such freedom!

So, bring it on! We may not stand a chance, but I guarantee you we will rise up as one, fight tooth and nail, and bring out everything in our arsenal to defend our right to be free!

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!!!