Originally Titled: The Most Rev. Dr. Al’s “I’ve Had a Nightmare” speech excerpts
“I’ve had a nightmare that the only place where the sons of sharecroppers and the sons of slave-owners may sit down at the table of brotherhood is in the racially-integrated mess tents constructed on the depleted-uranium tainted soil and sand of oil-rich and militarily stategic nations subjugated by the Amurrakin Empahr all over this God-forsaken planet. I’ve had a nightmare this night!
“I’ve had a nightmare that these sons will unite in a strange and terrible botherhood, not to share the wealth of freedom and peace for all, but to create a plantation spanning the four corners of the globe wherein are imprisoned the new slaves of all nations under the watch and lash of an amoral and malevolent oligarchy. I’ve had a nightmare this night!
“I’ve had a nightmare that scholars, intellectuals, and fence-sitters all across the socio-economic strata of our society will wait until we are past the detour sign on the road to ruin and there is no sustenance left, save serving the war machine involuntarily for one’s daily bread and shelter and uniform; and a flag-draped coffin becomes fair currency for a young life and a family’s tears. I’ve had a nightmare this night!
“I’ve had a nightmare that we may, indeed, have to let our heretofore peaceful and creative protests degenerate into physical force against the unresponsive Leviathan that is beholden, on paper, to follow the lead of the consenting governed; though it may be too late to defuse the whirlwind we may reap as the fruit of our inaction, based on fears, based on lies. I’ve had a nightmare this night!
“I’ve had a nightmare that I may someday soon thank God Almighty that I am dead, dead; dead already…”
Peace, Rev. Al (Alright, so I’m Jewish–so sue me!!)
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