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LarryLDN 
6:43pm Wednesday
will this Dream come to fruition Today?
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I say to you today, my friends, 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, 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.
This is our hope. 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.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a 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. 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 snowcapped 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, when we allow freedom to 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!"
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Comments
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LarryLDN
Not today. But maybe it will be a start of things to come.....One person and one day at a time?
mooseyinn
"will this Dream come to fruition Today?"... I HOPE IT DOES!
TWCgirl
AMEN!
olelady
THAT DREAM IS TODAY
threed
I hope that Dream is today as well. Hugs
LeeAnn
I just hope that IF Obama does happen to lose, it is not widely felt that it is ONLY due to the color of his skin, but the content of HIS character, that many, such as myself, do find questionable.
HicLilSis
yeah, I guess we'll see the content of character from those who I used to think preached love and not hate
LarryLDN
It's really sad that here in NY/NJ I only see the ones who say "I won't vote for that Nr", I just tell them they should vote for the white half. Don't McCainers say that Jesus was a Community Leader and Pontius was Government?
I have not pulled the lever for anyone who won office since I got married, maybe this year I'll break that. Was going to go for Bob Barr, but maybe at the last second I'll vote BOJB
LarryLDN
It's funny how United America was for Republicans like Reagan and Nixon, landslide reelections; but the ONE year the Republicans, especially the love preaching ones, should Unite for a historical time, I think they're missing their chance for what they've been preaching. It's a historic day in America, yet much sadder than it Could have been, Should have been, and Would have been if people only opened their eyes and hearts as much as they'd like others to believe they were capable of. Sad, very very sad.
LarryLDN
larry,
I just wanted people to know that was not the reason I was not for him. I know what you mean though, as my father has said that exact ststement to me, but with a "never" added.
Just VOTE! It doesn't matter in my mind who you vote for, just make sure you do!!
HicLilSis
I forgot to add that I think that people in our generation are more open minded, and the next is even more so. My dad was a southern-redneck bigot if I ever saw one. HE Was everything I did not want to be, or have my children grow up to be.
HicLilSis
Beautiful, thank you Larry. I can't wait to hear the inaugural speech should Obama be the one to give it.
LilMargie
Rosa sat
so that
Martin could walk
so that
Obama could run
so that
Our Children could FLY
LarryLDN
Good little ditty! Did you make it up?
And, what's with your mood changing so much?
Take care, My friend!
Clare
olelady
"Yes we can" !!!! Go obama !! xx loved it, nice journal entry :D
I wish the man Luck, its not going to happen overnight, he has a lot of inherited crap to sort through, but I think he's the change we need, young and fresh.
Lets hope for a "United" usa :-)
Nellynumb
I like this journal entry
http://dailystrength.org/people/17...
LarryLDN
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_l...
http://www.michaelmoore.com/mustre...
Youtubes of people dancing in the street on election night all around the country
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MPEG...
LarryLDN