tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914208.post2220448109703408682..comments2024-02-15T10:35:41.755-05:00Comments on Padre Mickey's Dance Party: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. DayPadre Mickeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07580459577853346369noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914208.post-40496997384431264992007-01-15T13:43:00.000-05:002007-01-15T13:43:00.000-05:00I must make two honest confessions to you, my Chri...<i>I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. </i><br /><br /> I know the feeling. With Bush in power, a "moderate" Democrat is Joe Lieberman. When one side in power is bloodthirsty, greedy and nearly insane, moderation isn't an option.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36914208.post-8891644381403478952007-01-15T13:06:00.000-05:002007-01-15T13:06:00.000-05:00For many years I have read his Letter from a Birmi...For many years I have read his Letter from a Birmingham Jail on MLK day. This year, given all the fracaso in Iraq, I read as well his 'A Time To Break the Silence,' from 1967 on the Viet Nam war.<br /><br />In part, his speech says:<br /><br />I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin the shift from a ‘thing-oriented’ society to a ‘person-oriented’ society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered.<br /><br />Siguemos adelante.Caminantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16610142955176992982noreply@blogger.com