Lest We Forget Again

“We must become the change
we want to see in the world.”
- Mohandas Ghandi

“America has never been about what can be done for us.

It's about what can be done by us, together, through the hard and frustrating but necessary work of self-government.

That's the principle we were founded on.”

- President Barack Obama,
November 7, 2012

"LEST WE FORGET!"

O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,

Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;

Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land

Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us as a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

God of our weary years,

God of our silent tears,

Thou who has brought us thus far on the way.

Thou who hast by Thy might,

Led us into the Light,

Keep us forever in the path, we pray.

Lest our feet stray from the places, our God where we met Thee.

Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee.

Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand,

True to our God, True to our Native land.

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From the final verses of

The Star Spangled Banner

by Francis Scott Key

and

Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing

by James Weldon Johnson

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“As long as the mind is enslaved
the body can never be free.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Let us become the change that we voted for!”
- Donna Brazile

“We voted for a President not a Messiah!”
- Rev. Al Sharpton

“I'M ASKING YOU TO BELIEVE.
Not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington . . .
I'm asking you to believe in yours.”
- (quotation from 2008
Obama for America campaign literature)

Start with
“The Man [or Woman] in the Mirror!”
- Michael Jackson

"So you see,
the election four years ago wasn't about me.

It was about you.

My fellow citizens -- you were the change."

From President Obama's
2012 Convention Speech

WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET!

“R-E-S-P-E-C-T!”

A REFRESHING VIEW
FROM CANADA

"We face a choice
between the promise of the future,
or the prisons of the past !"

We face a choice between the forces that would drive us apart
and the hopes that we hold in common.

. . .

Together, we must work towards a world
where we are strengthened by our differences,
and not defined by them.

President Obama Addresses the United Nations
September 25, 2012
United Nations Headquarters
New York, New York

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Transcript
of Remarks by the President

The REAL "Dream" Speech

"The American Dream"

A speech given by
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 5, 1964
Drew University
Madison, New Jersey

PDF of Transcript

State of the Union

2012

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“WE HAVEN'T FINISHED YET!”

President Obama
at the
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Memorial Dedication

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TRANSCRIPT!

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National Memorial

From the President of the United States:

A Timely & Timeless Message -
"NEVER AGAIN!"

Lest We Forget -
Again

Delivering on Change



An Inside Look!

Take a few minutes to see the images
they usually don't show you on television.

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort -- a sustained effort -- to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

It's easier to start wars than to end them.  It's easier to blame others than to look inward.  It's easier to see what is different about someone than to find the things we share.  But we should choose the right path, not just the easy path.  There's one rule that lies at the heart of every religion -- that we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.  (Applause.)  This truth transcends nations and peoples -- a belief that isn't new; that isn't black or white or brown; that isn't Christian or Muslim or Jew.  It's a belief that pulsed in the cradle of civilization, and that still beats in the hearts of billions around the world.  It's a faith in other people, and it's what brought me here today.

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning, keeping in mind what has been written.

The Holy Koran tells us:  "O mankind!  We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another."

The Talmud tells us:  "The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace."

The Holy Bible tells us:  "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God."  (Applause.)

The people of the world can live together in peace.  We know that is God's vision.  Now that must be our work here on Earth.

Thank you.  And may God's peace be upon you.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  (Applause.)

END -  2:05 P.M. (Local)

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Meeting the Challenges of
21st Century Fatherhood
Yes We Can!

First Lady Michelle Obama
Let's Move! Initiative

From: “First Lady Michelle Obama”
Date: Mon, July 12, 2010
(Excerpt of message follows.)

As a mother, I know there is nothing more important than a child's health.
But today, obesity threatens the health of one out of three American children.
That's why we launched Let's Move! -- a nationwide effort to solve the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation.

I hope you'll join me and the thousands of teachers, doctors, chefs, community leaders, athletes and parents from across the country to help raise a healthier generation of kids.

LetsMove.gov -- an online resource for parents, teachers and community leaders to help our children eat better and become more active:
Let's Move!

Sincerely,

Michelle Obama

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SOME RELATED ITEMS

Elder Bernice King
Remembers
Coretta Scott King

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What Would
Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Say
About "Peace And War"
In Today's Troubled World?

Continuing the “New Era” -

THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

Thank you for your service to the nation and the world and for encouraging responsible citizenship and the appreciation of our common humanity.

Your personal example and that of your family do much toward the fulfilment of the dreams of all decent people.

Thank you for your accessibility and the excellent and very informative White House Web site.

Being part of the “Fourth Estate” we shall continue to support thoughtful progress toward a better future.

Sincerely,

Stan Daniels,
Editor,
Urban Cartographer Online
www.eightcitiesmap.com

BLACK ENTERPRISE
Endorsed
Barack Obama for President
in the January 2008 edition.
Read Why Here

Please take time to read:

A Visionary Message
For These Times

See, what God is saying to us today, through the -- through the transition of Coretta Scott King, is that we, here in this world, right now, are suffering from a -- complications of cancer, from materialism, and -- and greed, and -- and selfishness, and arrogance, and elitism, and poverty, and racism, and perversion, and obscenity, and misogyny. and idolatry, and violence, and militarism.

It's a cancer that's eating away at the very essence and the nature of what God created human -- humankind to be, for, he created us to have rulership in and dominion in the earth, and not allow the earth to dictate to us.

But, now, what has happened... ... is that the very earth, the very creation that he put us in charge of, is now controlling us.

And instead of us reproducing other people who look like God, who talk like God, who act like God, who think like God, who do business like God, who govern like God, who entertain like God, we're not reproducing anything, because the cancer is eating away at us.

. . . .

He's saying, now we have people that their only preoccupation is, how can I make more money? And he interjected Martin in time to tell America, there is a danger when you become a thing-oriented society, rather than a people-oriented society.

So, Coretta Scott King's transition is calling for a new birth.

And we missed it. We missed the fact that the one who really caught the heart and the spirit of Dr. King and wouldn't let us forget time and time again, as you saw on the video, that it's either nonviolence or nonexistence, that was Coretta Scott King.

She held it down. God gave her the grace to be able to live as long as she did.

And, when she transitioned, she transitioned to a better place. But she left us, as Joshua did with the children of Israel, with this question, or statement: Choose ye this day.

And, if I might abbreviate for her, which way you gonna live?

From
Elder Bernice King's 

Eulogy for Coretta Scott King

February 7, 2006

WHICH WAY YOU GONNA LIVE? 

ANOTHER LETTER

FROM THE EDITOR

Attention Rappers:

If the President asks

"Do you want to be my 'DOG'?"

This is what he means!