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    Watering the Tree, Thoughts on Liberty and Tyranny
    Watering the Tree, Thoughts on Liberty and Tyranny
    Watering the Tree, Thoughts on Liberty and Tyranny
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    Watering the Tree, Thoughts on Liberty and Tyranny

    By Kender MacGowan

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    Watering the Tree, Thoughts on Liberty and Tyranny has been called "A Common Sense for the 21st century." Using the under utilized form of poetic satire, it pierces the heart of the culture and takes issue with the loss of personal responsibility, American exceptionalism and liberty in America today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKender MacGowan
    Release dateMay 2, 2011
    ISBN9781458070128
    Watering the Tree, Thoughts on Liberty and Tyranny
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    Kender MacGowan

    Kender MacGowan, a devout patriot, reluctant romantic, sarcastic cynic and victim of love writes poetry as a cheap alternative to therapy, hoping that somewhere karma will pile up in his favor. He sounds the alarm about the dangers to losing our freedoms to a society slipping into the dead ends of socialism from a compound in Southern California, where he samples copious amounts of single malt scotch and practices the ancient arts of the Curmudgeon.

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