posted August 28, 2013 03:00 PM            

"What affects the one, affects the many"

The work of his life is not done.... EQUALITY and Love.

Anniversary 50 years!
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Speech, I Have A Dream
August 28, 1963

His written speech..... http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

[AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. (2)]

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."

But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.

We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. And there will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone.

And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead.

We cannot turn back.

There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger 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 Whites Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York 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."¹

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest -- quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive. Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed.

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 American 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 men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

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 low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."2

This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with.

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 nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning:

My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride,

From every mountainside, let freedom ring!

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last! Free at last!

Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!3

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¹ Amos 5:24 (rendered precisely in The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible)

2 Isaiah 40:4-5 (King James Version of the Holy Bible). Quotation marks are excluded from part of this moment in the text because King's rendering of Isaiah 40:4 does not precisely follow the KJV version from which he quotes (e.g., "hill" and "mountain" are reversed in the KJV). King's rendering of Isaiah 40:5, however, is precisely quoted from the KJV.

3 At: http://www.negrospirituals.com/news-song/free_at_last_from.htm

Also in this database: Martin Luther King, Jr: A Time to Break Silence

Audio Source: Linked directly to: http://www.archive.org/details/MLKDream

External Link: http://www.mlkmemorial.org/

External Link: http://www.thekingcenter.org/

Copyright Status: Text and Audio = Restricted, seek permission. Image = Public domain.

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(clip) speech [17:29] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

(music) Lord, Don't Move The Mountain (Mahalia Jackson) [3:38] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jusAnLIFE3k

(music) I Be Your Water (Sweet Honey in The Rock) [6:11] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUnyOETz7DY

(music) The Women Gather (Sweet Honey in The Rock) [6:04] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBwZMe1-A14

posted August 28, 2013 03:24 PM            

Abuse of power....

Biology is People! Humanity! Living Beings!

We are EQUAL under the skin.... Color is JUST PIGMENT!!!

posted August 28, 2013 03:51 PM            

Biology is People! Humanity! Living Beings!

We are EQUAL under the skin.... Color is JUST PIGMENT!!!

We need EQUALITY for ALL!-----

I understand "how" I've been overlooked. Government and religion has focused its efforts on foreigners, and people of race/color, protecting these. But now, the pendulum swung too far. I was "cut off" from Care. They have Forgotten about people who are "me"....... "I am white, I am old, I have disability, I have special needs. I want to survive. I have been Forgotten, Ignored. I cannot access 'Benefits' my generations fought for. It is now arranged by Legislators that I Fall in the Cruelty of being 'in the cracks' of qualifying. I waited decades, my life force eroding more and more and more. Had I had the Right intervention decades ago, I would NOT be soooooo depleted now. But darkly corrupt people in strategic places, were there, always. I was ostracized. Isolated. Social Death. Eliminated.

The thoughts of Beneficial Society have always gone towards helping the most number of people possible with one sweeping motion: helps 'the masses' and 'the classes'--- but I am a lone 'hard-to-fit' individual. There IS no 'thought' when it comes to tailoring simple help.... for the Individuals ...... If I'm ONLY asking for Bread, don't give me bagfuls of raw Turkey. I have no ability to cook it.

posted August 28, 2013 04:33 PM            

(clip) "We Shall Overcome" by Martin Luther King, Jr [4:25] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJoWrLQWrEc

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Dr. Martin Luther King’s words resonate once again.

Full text of “We Shall Overcome” speech, March 31, 1968

Posted on October 1, 2011, by Louis Maistros

On March 31st, 1968, just four days before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered the following brief speech. As peaceful demonstrators on Wall Street stand up to the wrongfully legal oppression and outright class warfare being waged against the middle class and poor of America, Dr. King’s words resonate deeply once again.

Below is the full text of that speech.

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Deep in my heart, I do believe, we shall overcome.

You know, I’ve joined hands so often with students and others behind jail bars singing it, We shall overcome.

Sometimes we’ve had tears in our eyes when we joined together to sing it, but we still decided to sing it, We shall overcome. Oh, before this victory’s won, some will have to get
thrown in jail some more, but we shall overcome.

Don’t worry about us. Before the victory’s won, some of us will lose jobs, but we shall overcome.

Before the victory’s won, even some will have to face physical death. But if physical
death is the price that some must pay to free their children from a permanent
psychological death, then nothing shall be more redemptive.

Before the victory’s won, some will be misunderstood and called bad names, dismissed as rabble rousers and agitators, but we shall overcome.

We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice.

We shall overcome because Carlyle is right, “No lie can live forever.”

We shall overcome because William Cullen Bryant is right: “Truth crushed to earth will rise again.”

We shall overcome because James Russell Lowell is right: Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne, yet that scaffold sways the future and behind the dim unknown standeth God within the shadows keeping watch above his own.

We shall overcome because the Bible is right, “You shall reap what you sow”

We shall overcome.

Deep in my heart I do believe we shall overcome.

And with this faith we will go out and adjourn the counsels of despair and bring new light into the dark chambers of pessimism and we will be able to rise from the fatigue of despair to the buoyancy of hope. And this will be a great America! We will be the participants in making it so.

And so as I leave you this evening I say, Walk together children! Don’t you get weary!
http://504ever.wordpress.com/2011 /10/01/dr-martin-luther-kings-words-resonate-once-again-full-text-of-we-shall-overcome-speech-march-31-1968/

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posted August 28, 2013 06:27 PM            

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Rustin was imprisoned for challenging racial segregation in the South before the phrase "Freedom Rider" was ever said. He taught a 25-year-old King the true meaning of nonviolent civil disobedience while the great dreamer was still being flanked by armed bodyguards. And before addressing the crowd of 250,000 that gathered at the National Mall nearly five decades ago, famed actor and activist Ossie Davis introduced him "as the man who organized this whole thing."

No, the reason why you probably have not heard of Bayard Rustin has nothing to do with the significance of his contributions to the March on Washington or the civil rights movement in general. His absence is epitomized by the sentiment woven between the lines of that joke between Jones and Rustin's protege. You see, the organizer of the great march, the man who held a fundraiser at Madison Square Garden to help fund the bus boycott in Montgomery, the intellectual behind the founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Council was also unabashedly gay. And it was the discomfort some had with his sexuality that led to his disappearance in our history books.

"We must look back with sadness at the barriers of bigotry built around his sexuality," wrote NAACP chairman emeritus Julian Bond in "I Must Resist," a collection of Rustin letters. "We are the poorer for it."

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You see as big and as looming and as destructive as racism has been and continues to be in society, we must remember it is only a branch.

The root of the problem, the reason why we continue to struggle with equality, is our pathological intolerance, an intolerance no collective group of people has proven to be immune to.

"I say to you today, my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today, and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'"

Dr. King's dream has not been fulfilled because we began betraying the integrity of his dream the moment we started scrubbing Rustin's life out of Black History Month lessons and civil rights movies.

We betray that dream each time a black person claims offense to the notion that gay rights are civil rights, as if the black community is the only community capable of being oppressed.

We betray King's dream each time a white elected official is allowed to say things about the gay community in ways that would never be tolerated if directed at the black community.

I don't say these things because I view the history and plight of these two minority groups as being exactly the same -- they are not.

I say these things because racism and homophobia -- like anti-Semitism, sexism and xenophobia -- all have the same mother. And as long as concessions are made for one, we will never be free from the clutches of the others.

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posted August 28, 2013 08:34 PM            

gunnal sleep on this one...

"minorities" are as such.

In my VERY culturally-diversed location, I AM a minority...

I am a white woman, single and fighting "big bro" the whole way..

posted August 29, 2013 01:38 AM            

Dr. King was a part of a GROUP, a community. Without the support of Others, we cannot reach full potential. We all need the help of Others to 'watch your back,' and to lift you when you fall down, and when the Bullies come and surround you. We all need help reining in our very human emotions when they get the better part of us on certain days, (as we all experience time to time).

Community is where we Learn who we are.... Our Education. Becoming good citizens, and good neighbors. It's where we Can Become.... Human Potentials awaken and get realized!

posted August 29, 2013 03:59 AM            

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Originally posted by mirage29:
as Martin L. King, Jr said, "There comes a time when Silence is Betrayal."

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Yep, and Bayard Rustin was betrayed like that...don't know if he was betrayed by MLK Jr. specifically (possible), but certainly by his GROUP. He deserves his recognition for his risk and his work, not to be forgotten because of the bigots that that was in the group that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. But I think the group is finally, today, starting to walk its talk for real with equality for all rather than only for some.

posted August 29, 2013 09:22 AM            

As you said, mirage, lets take care of our own.

And, that being all of the citizens born in this country no matter of race, religion, etc.

Wouldn't it be fun if we could live and let live and care for our own?

Not be nosein in this and that.

His dream will probably always be a dream as this country cares for not it's own, but destroys other's.

posted August 29, 2013 06:17 PM            

I want you to 'see' something....

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Originally posted by PixieJane:

Yep, and Bayard Rustin was betrayed like that... don't know if he was betrayed by MLK Jr. specifically (possible), but certainly by his GROUP. He deserves his recognition for his risk and his work, not to be forgotten because of the bigots that that was in the group that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. But I think the group is finally, today, starting to walk its talk for real with equality for all rather than only for some.

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YOU, Pixie Jane, have just recognized and "honored" the efforts and courage of this man, Bayard Rustin. See that? He IS not being utterly Forgotten! By making public mention of this gay individual who fought for 'equal rights' for ALL... YOU made his contribution "as a gay man" valid! (yay!)

He wasn't the attention-grabber.... He worked. He walked his road, alone.

Keep making a difference!

posted August 29, 2013 06:28 PM            

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Originally posted by scorpio17:

MLK was a cappy. That's cool.

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posted August 29, 2013 07:23 PM            

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Originally posted by hippichick:
...[Dr. M.L.King,Jr.] His dream will probably always be a dream as this country cares for not it's own, but destroys other's.

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You already know how this is one of my greatest Passions, hippichick!

I want to point out that my OWN American Dream seemed shattered when 'the man' that we, that I, "democratically" voted into office, was PREVENTED from "his Dream Chance" in America--- to fulfill his greatest longings... He reached the top, and a glass ceiling retracted the Life that this honorable man had to Give. He was NOT allowed the full cooperation he needed to DO what we "hired" and "voted" him to be able to do. He could not FULLY apply his work. For ME, this has got to be torture to his Purpose! The Jealous Ones made sure he would be LIMITED to only a sports 'benchwarmer'..... The Democrats were too "polite" and OVER INDULGED the 'burnt' party.... Tried to "protect" their "feelings"..... and THEY lashed back, attempting to shred America into ribbons and pieces.

The man Obama has incredible TALENT that was NOT Utilized. He worked HARD under the deepest vile adversity THIS country and Congress could make for him. He stayed Kind. He was firm but a Strong Kind Soul. (With a sense of Humor!! LOL) He matured as a person, as an individual himself. I saw him FILL the Job.

He worked with great tolerance! He 'accepted' their BAD behaviors....

By the time of his first State of the Union address, my Soul realized that Obama was the 'embodiment' of the Historical MLK Dream, and for all Black Americans.... I was overshadowed with the Feeling (like prophecy) that "When" Barack Obama Learns to "embody" this attainment IN HIS OWN SOUL, ..... When HIS own soul learns that Equality is Real, and that He Made It, and "it's okay" to BE "The President".... That THEN..... Through the Peace He makes INSIDE himself, Then PEACE would come and Equality to Persons of ALL Color would 'break' a boundary mark-- A Limitation would come off, The Spirit of The People could BEGIN their Healing..... [I want to add this: I consider "WHITE" IS A "COLOR" too!]

I can now SAY....that I have SEEN this Fulfilled with my own Eyes. I wanted this dream since late 1960s, as teenager. I lived with the riots only miles away, with my father in the national guards, and my city was dangerous. --- And I SAW that event "when" Barack Obama finally "OWNED" Being "The President"..... And I FELT SOOOOOOO "Proud" of him. So utterly Proud for his Taking That Step. I'm certain his mother would have said the same.... in spite of 'what happened' to her in her lifetime. Her Baby Boy WAS The Dream. (Her chart was America's Chart. President Jimmy Carter's mother's chart.... was America's Chart.....) "America is Mother..." in the world. The Children of the World .... she wants to Feed. (But, I digress....)

About His DREAM..... ABOUT his Being Black and Reaching UP for that Brass Ring in The American Dream. This was a generational HIGH-MARK for kids & parents in those American mid-1900s---- 'You had made it'~~ 'You're a Somebody' if you could BEcome a person with the Employed Job Title called "The President" of these United States.

"Barack Obama" IS "The Martin Luther King's "Dream"" MADE manifest in THE FLESH.... He didn't need to open his mouth for ANYTHING yesterday during the Ceremonies....... It was "Just HIM Being there" that WAS Our Human Achievement and Fulfillment of a REAL Dream. It was Achieved..... With LONGER still to go, and now WORK THE DREAM.... Make it WORK for ALL, boots on the ground, yet still with heads in the Possibility of "what" can happen when we Work for Our Dream.

I remember the Glory of the night he was Elected. OMG, The World was filled with Astonishment. He and WE 'had made it'!! WE Made History!! I WEPT TEARS in the HISTORY of that SURREAL Moment! OMG!!! ------

THEN/And The Foolish CONGRESS "REFUSED" TO WORK WITH HIM! Even when he was RE-elected--- He WAS the proven Choice......... And "THEY" REFUSED...... What kind of "honor" did "this BAD Behavior" show to the world about Our Country and about the workings of a democracy.... It takes the Cooperation of Fully Mature Adults to be Republican.... AND BECAUSE "they" cannot be Mature, "they" show WHY Democracy IS the better part of the American Dream. It takes MATURITY to "share" and Be a Good Citizen to Neighbors who did 'not' luck-out in their endeavors. That's what "Entitlements" were made for..... For Helping the American-Dreamers that had some business or health Failures along the way. "Luck" is NOT "Equal Opportunity Provider".... It is foolishness to think that Everybody can Win The Lottery in life. The ghoulish-Takers COUNT on Americans who are Deceived into thinking that Luck comes ONLY to the Brave and the Strong. NO.... Sometimes LUCK is a Neighbor who have Plenty & Compassion Filling their Hearts.

The man Obama HAS the Talent, and we DID NOT "utilize" what he had to bring. Instead, the OBSTRUCTIONISTS / teabagger-Republicans were the "sore Losers"...... BECAUSE they have Spoiled sportsmanship!! They RUINED 'The Possibility Dream'...

It was not "just" a Dream for America.... It was a Global issue for Living Human Beings around the World, and for OUR EARTH's Environment. There are No Boundaries when you look at Pictures of our Beautiful Earth. "What happens to One, Happens to All"

"We"/ Of The DREAM-- The Dream that makes America the Beautiful Souled One, "United" States---- we are HANDICAPPED by our 'weakest' members in the Congress. We CANNOT GO FORWARD with Our Dream because WE WAIT on the "Weak" Members of Our Congress... The obstructioners.

When these WOULD NOT cooperate, I feel that Obama bent WAY over backwards (in MY opinion) to CATER to their Needs. I feel he 'OVER-cooperated'.... with "them"!---- which REVEALS Obama's magnanimity of Spirit. (Puts ME to shame... I do not think I could have remained as GRACIOUS as he has... God Forgive Me.) This is to his great credit "as a person." EVEN if it meant Peril to ME "as a person"....

He "gave in" to their CAPITALISM.... This was a Republican Dream.... The Banks, the Corporations.... He GAVE it to them "as a Democrat".... But "they" have PROVED that they were NOT "HONOR-WORTHY" of the Chances that our Democracy SOLD OUT to them in the Effort of "Cooperative" Politics. They are the Takers!! They LIED, and have NO Conscience. NOW, "we" live with the Consequences of the experiment.... ONLY CONGRESS can "turn back the Hands of Fate" now. It is IN their HANDS to COOPERATE with each other... (dammit! okay, *bad mirage, bad mirage*.... *gonna go sit in the corner*)

They are 'machines' and 'numbers'..... Cruel, and cannot "feel" because THAT is the NATURE of Computers and Mechanical Robots. The Future Belongs to People. Businesses and Banking institutions are NOT "people"..... The COURTS of Our Beautiful Land made a horrible mistake (imo). They were "hoodwinked" into believing The Lie and NOT the Dream and ITS Dreamers!......

We, The People, fell for their Wedge, their Trap.

I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK------- Congress NEEDS to WORK with Obama. He will not FORCE them. THEY are the ones who need to MATURE, get themselves some Responsibility, and PULL TOGETHER this Nation once again.......

I am soooo sad. And yet, Hope doesn't die. That is what AUDACITY is....... Audacity BELIEVES....... and with KINDNESS, and LOVE, and Great Compassion, we MEND the Broken Hearts of America's people.

We need to KNOW and STOP the killing of Our own.

There are people who are DESPERATELY Poor. There are Cities---- The Great "Communities" of America that are dead. The are caving in.... "The Machines" are Eating them.

STOP the Carnage of Cities. Stop the Hunger and Death! WAKE UP!! Wake up, O Might Nation!!! Make Our Dream LIVE again.....

(music) Follow (Richie Havens) [8:21] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjefIsixrfU

_____ {Must let this stand "as-is" for now... too much physical distraction going on around me... bye for now, and until later... perhaps tomorrow?)

posted August 29, 2013 07:46 PM            

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Originally posted by mirage29:
He wasn't the attention-grabber.... He worked. He walked his road, alone

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No he wasn't. He was a historically significant and very important and crucial member of the group and yet written out of most history, only a few kept his name alive, and only now as gays begin to get equality is he being allowed of the shadows. He did not walk his road alone, he was cast out of history by bigots preaching equality for all.

I just recently found out about him. Even a friend of mine who has had African American history shoved down her throat didn't really know him, certainly not that he was gay, and it's left an impression on her about the hypocrisy of people preaching equality while treating someone that important to their cause in such a way.

posted August 29, 2013 09:09 PM            

I Sorrow for your Hurts, Pixie Jane. I'm sorry that the Community Failed him, and fail the innocent dreamers. I express Deep Sorrow to you (THROUGH your Spirit) For the Hurts that have happened to All the Children of This Earth under Heaven.

Please forgive Us... We were sooo Blind.

Believe. Believe in the Second Chances.... Mend the Broken, Fix the Pieces. Heal Our Souls. Heal our Community-Nations.....

Let's Be the Bridge-Makers between the Generations and Communities of the Earth....

GREAT PEACE to you. Blessed-Be the Peace Promoters in this World inflicted with violence.... Their Promise is that their Peace will be the Earth's Inheritance, in times to come.

God grant ME the Serenity, and Strength to Have Good Moral Courage and immoveable Grace in my Soul..... (I am in my fleshly weakness NOT worthy to speak these sublime thoughts, Pixie Jane. I am spent & "plain"... I feel actually feeble right now. I use 'big' words from a very small body; and I face daunting mortal challenges in near-future days..... but the Great Spirit in me, it Does Exploits right now by electronics!! haha! My Keyboard, My Sword! My Trusty Horse (Sagittarian-style, of course!! DREAM...)..., With Deep Grace to Work in my Life, I want each person to be able to have that Chance to Sing 'Their Song of Life'. May YOU Sing your song, PJ.... Find it, and Never let it go! ((much love to you)) )

posted August 29, 2013 09:38 PM            

(The VIDEO has AWESOME images! Says it all!!! :heart

LYRICS:

Sing, sing a song
Sing out loud, sing out strong
Sing of good things not bad
Sing of happy not sad

Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not good enough
For anyone else to hear
Just sing, sing a song

La la la la la
La la la la la la...

Sing, sing a song
Let the world sing along
Sing of love there could be
Sing for you and for me

Sing, sing a song
Make it simple to last your whole life long
Don't worry that it's not good enough
For anyone else to hear
Just sing, sing a song
Just sing, sing a song
Just sing, sing a song

posted August 30, 2013 04:21 PM            

King advisor on the 'Dream' speech backstory
Clarence Jones, personal counsel, advisor and speechwriter to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., talks with Rachel Maddow about the backstory of how the "I have a dream" speech was composed and his personal reaction to the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

(video) [10:49] http://video.msnbc.msn.com/rachel-maddow/52870748/#52870748

posted August 30, 2013 04:56 PM            

Rev MLK spoke to Harry about his Soul purpose, his felt-sense of mission, and asks Harry to join the GROUP...

Heart-wrenching video...

posted August 30, 2013 05:05 PM            

(clip) (music-enhanced) [2:52] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QRldBpGQ-I

Rousing & POWERFUL!

(Here's clip "without the music")