Aug
29
2008
Last night in Barack’s speech he paid homage to MLK in his speech…. We need to understand that “Now is the time!” There are a lot of things that Barack can put into play but WE have to understand that WE are the ones that have to make the change!!!
WE NEED TO KNOW THAT OUR VOICES DO COUNT AND THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REGISTER TO VOTE AND VOTE!!!!!!!!! Obama voter registration click here!!! MAKE THE DIFFERENCE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IN OUR FUTURE!!!!!! Check out the parts of his speech that referenced back to MLK’s. . .
Barack Obama’s Speech:
“Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. Not even close…. Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy….Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American. If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums….Now is the time to help families with paid sick days and better family leave, because nobody in America should have to choose between keeping their jobs and caring for a sick child or ailing parent…..Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect social security for future generations…..And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day’s work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons……Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I’ve laid out how I’ll pay for every dime - by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don’t help America grow.”
Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech’:
“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. So we have 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 quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.”
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