Just for a lighter side of things (not an accurate quote):
We cannot wheel alone.
And as we wheel, we must make the pledge that we shall always drive ahead.
We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of wheelers rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the prospect is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of vehicular scrutiny. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging by the lake and the campfire of the CC's. We cannot be satisfied as long as the wheeler's basic mobility is from a Cruiser club to a generic one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Landcuisers Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Jeep in BC cannot vote on a run and a Jeep in Vancouver believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the four wheeling dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all four wheel drives are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the green hills of BC, the sons of former Jeepers and the sons of former Landcruisers will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made high, the rough places will be retained, and the crooked places will never end; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all vehicles shall see it together."
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our club into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to play together, to wheel together, to get stuck together, to stand up for freedom of choice together, knowing that we will be better for it one day.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of BC.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom of choice, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every hill and every meadow, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's vehicles, Jeep and Landcruiser, Ford and Chevy, Nissan and Suzuki, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old wheelers spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
For I have driven up that mountain and to behold the view with a Landcruisr friend by my side, with both of us saying "wow, that's beautiful".
We cannot wheel alone.
And as we wheel, we must make the pledge that we shall always drive ahead.
We cannot turn back.
There are those who are asking the devotees of wheelers rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the prospect is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of vehicular scrutiny. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging by the lake and the campfire of the CC's. We cannot be satisfied as long as the wheeler's basic mobility is from a Cruiser club to a generic one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Landcuisers Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Jeep in BC cannot vote on a run and a Jeep in Vancouver believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the four wheeling dream.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all four wheel drives are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the green hills of BC, the sons of former Jeepers and the sons of former Landcruisers will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made high, the rough places will be retained, and the crooked places will never end; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all vehicles shall see it together."
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our club into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to play together, to wheel together, to get stuck together, to stand up for freedom of choice together, knowing that we will be better for it one day.
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of BC.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom of choice, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every hill and every meadow, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's vehicles, Jeep and Landcruiser, Ford and Chevy, Nissan and Suzuki, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old wheelers spiritual:
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
For I have driven up that mountain and to behold the view with a Landcruisr friend by my side, with both of us saying "wow, that's beautiful".
Well done Craig, but I dare you to post that in Chat. Let me know if you do. I am itching to try out that new campfire grill I won at the last meeting.
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