There's a special place in our hearts for the man, Martin Luther King, Jr. The man who gave so much of himself to us.
MLK, as he has come to be known, was a man with big ideas. He spoke of mountain tops and valleys evoking messages of biblical proportions. His words rang through our souls.
There it is. Martin Luther King, Jr spoke words to enlighten humanity. He spoke of a timeless and tireless dream - words of inspiration.
On the grounds of the Nation's Capital rests a monument among many monuments to commemorate MLK, not so much to a man, but to the words. We shouldn't forget the words are more powerful than any man. Nearby is a similar monument to FDR. There again, a monument to the words.
The question is what makes the words and what brings forth such words from some one? Where did the words come from? Was it divine intervention?
As in MLK's time, there's a new day dawning around the globe. There is unrest and there are protests around the globe responding to imbalances of power and wealth. It's too bad MLK isn't here today to share his wisdom, to console the masses, to counsel in the doctrine of peace and resistance to tyranny and to help us find our way forward to become a better society.
It's sad that MLK is gone; that he had to go. Was it his destiny? Was it really his time to go? And why does he remain in our hearts with such splendor? Is it the man that we love and cherish, or the words?
The legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr lives today and forever not only because he was a great man, but because of the power of his words - words that will never grow stale, because the establishment never seems to learn the lessons of history - that money and power and greed are on the wrong side of history - that you can kill, but the words will live on forever.
Celebrate the words of MLK today and forever.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Occupy Movement: The Riddle
Occupy is a necessary political process and Anonymous is a brilliant means of pushing back on the forces of tyranny, but is there a riddle in its connection to Vendetta? Is there a hint of anarchism or even violence?
The Occupy movement began as a quiver of energy spun off from uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. It's an important political process, but dangerous. As with any movement it runs along the margins of societal tolerance. By nature the establishment will only tolerate so much change and the movement will press on for more. The greatest risk is that the movement presses even when the wheels of progress are beginning to turn in their favor. When that happens the movement is actually in the way, acting merely to make a name for the itself and running the risk of loosing sight of its cause -- the cause to progress society.
There have been brilliant moments in the Occupy movement. Moments when protesters have pushed back intelligently almost as if a high-level consciousness had taken over. Whenever that happens the result is that the protesters appear more civilized and more intelligent than those who confront them.
It's undeniable that what's been done within Occupy is powerful and draws our attention to the brilliant ways of Ghandi, King and Mandella. We should be reminded that there's no connection between any of these brilliant movements and anarchism.
The Occupy movement began as a quiver of energy spun off from uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. It's an important political process, but dangerous. As with any movement it runs along the margins of societal tolerance. By nature the establishment will only tolerate so much change and the movement will press on for more. The greatest risk is that the movement presses even when the wheels of progress are beginning to turn in their favor. When that happens the movement is actually in the way, acting merely to make a name for the itself and running the risk of loosing sight of its cause -- the cause to progress society.
There have been brilliant moments in the Occupy movement. Moments when protesters have pushed back intelligently almost as if a high-level consciousness had taken over. Whenever that happens the result is that the protesters appear more civilized and more intelligent than those who confront them.
It's undeniable that what's been done within Occupy is powerful and draws our attention to the brilliant ways of Ghandi, King and Mandella. We should be reminded that there's no connection between any of these brilliant movements and anarchism.
Warriors and Humanity: A Struggle With Evil
Are we surprised by the recent video of U.S. Military Personnel pissing on corpses? Surprised by pictures of Abu Ghraib prison guards playfully abusing prisoners? Should we venture to guess what fun and games were played out behind closed doors during water boarding sessions?
There's a story unfolding here and the U.S. Military doesn't want to talk about it. In reality it's a fallacy to call it rouge behavior, because the troop behavior really is the result of a mindset being passed down through the ranks - that the enemy are not human. After so many years of floating these sentiments all throughout the rank and file you can expect to see this kind of behavior. Let's face it the U.S. troop are tired and frustrated by a mission obviously gone on too long and going nowhere. They've seen or heard of comrades wounded or killed and they really no longer believe in the mission.
Part of the problem is circumstantial and the other part is poor leadership from the top command. The result is a mean-spirited armed forces and any notion that these were the actions of warriors in the "heat of the battle" overrun by a blitz of emotions is just bunk. No, these were actions perpetrated in times of relative calm, for fun and with nothing but evil intentions. Evil intentions and evil outcomes.
There's a story unfolding here and the U.S. Military doesn't want to talk about it. In reality it's a fallacy to call it rouge behavior, because the troop behavior really is the result of a mindset being passed down through the ranks - that the enemy are not human. After so many years of floating these sentiments all throughout the rank and file you can expect to see this kind of behavior. Let's face it the U.S. troop are tired and frustrated by a mission obviously gone on too long and going nowhere. They've seen or heard of comrades wounded or killed and they really no longer believe in the mission.
Part of the problem is circumstantial and the other part is poor leadership from the top command. The result is a mean-spirited armed forces and any notion that these were the actions of warriors in the "heat of the battle" overrun by a blitz of emotions is just bunk. No, these were actions perpetrated in times of relative calm, for fun and with nothing but evil intentions. Evil intentions and evil outcomes.
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