Our only hope today lies in ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit

[kpete]

Thanks DU for letting me post this and anything else I feel like posting. It feels especially good to share part of Martin Luther King's Speech because it is so relevant today. I found it on Kos, and as always, when I see His words, I am lifted. So Happy Thanksgiving to a new group of friends (DU) who this newbie is grateful for!!!

Why I Oppose The War In Vietnam (could have been about USA now)
by:Martin Luther King



Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit. And go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism and militarism. With this powerful commitment, we shall boldly challenge the status quo. We shall boldly challenge unjust mores. And there by speed up the day when every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill shall be made low. The rough places shall be made plain and the crooked places straight. And the glory of the lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Let me say finally that I oppose the War in Vietnam because I love America. I speak out against this war not in anger but with anxiety and sorrow in my heart and above all with a passionate desire to see our beloved country stand as the moral example of the world. I speak out against this war because I am disappointed with America. And there can be no great disappointment where there is no great love. I am disappointed with our failure to deal positively and forthrightly with the triple evils of racism, economic exploitation, and militarism. We are presently moving down a dead-end road that can lead to national disaster.

I call on Washington today. I call on every man and women of good will all over America today. I call on the young men of America who must make a choice today. Take a stand on this issue. Tomorrow may be too late. The book may close. And don't let anyone make you think that God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/11/23/13331/131
entire speech (Great Thanksgiving read)at:
http://www.wrybread.com/misc/vietnam/index.shtml