When They Came For Me

Today's Thoughts 8/14/11 They Came For Me

I would love to sit here and think that all the ideas that creep across my mind were all mine. To think that I, the great "Me" had it all figured out and all the wisdom of the world could only possibly be a product of my great intellectual thinking. Fact is that with all the billions of people before me, coming up with a completely new idea, one that has never been thought of before is an extremely hard task indeed. So is coming up with a situation that no one in this world has gone through.

"They Came For ME" was brought to my attention the other day as I was having a conversation about why it is we need to step outside of the trucking industry and fight for all industry in America. Why it is that we must save the jobs of other industry so that we can in turn save our own. As you read "They Came For ME", first understand that it comes from a time before our own and that as usual with history, if you ignore it, you are doomed to repeat it. The lessons learned back then are the very lessons we need to learn and understand today if we are to remain strong as a free nation. If we are to save our very own industry, trucking.

I found several names as to the author of this piece. I hope I have selected the correct person.

When They Came For Me

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasnt a Jew.

When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892-1984)

Be safe peeps …

Jeff Head.
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