I Have A Dream Nightmare

Sad to say, but I had never heard the entire "I Have A Dream" speech until this year on MLK Day -42 years after the speech was delivered. It's probably the greatest speech I've ever heard. Why hasn't Washington erected an enormous memorial to the man?

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. MLK spoke a message that was rooted in love and admiration for the principles on which the United States was founded. This says it all:

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.

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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."

Martin Luther King had so much faith in his country that he believed that by appealing to the core principles on which the United States was founded he would help to create the "greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation."

Now Hillary Clinton comes out this week trivialize slavery by saying the congress runs like a plantation. Why? Because as far as I'm concerned, she doesn't love her country and she has to resort to race baiting to get the country back on a path that she feels is appropriate.

Then you've got Ray Nagin saying New Orleans needs to be a black city. Obviously he missed this:

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.

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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.

To me, it's clear Senator Clinton and Nagin don't love their country.