"I Have a Dream"

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as a fairly good blog entry.

Seven score and eight years ago, a great American, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Today we face a government infringing upon citizens rights not only to the black, but to all Americans.

When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the constitution they knew the hardships we would face in attempting to keep the republic. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation the current regime apologizes for us and attempts to make government the master and citizens the slaves. It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. We cannot turn back. Children and young adults are being indoctrinated and not educated. Citizens are living in and embracing a society of entitlements. Our citizens are failing to prepare for the future as they are accepting of the notion that they will be cared for from cradle to grave.

But there is something that I must say to my people, avoid the trap of blissful ignorance, hoping for the best, with eyes closed. Instead my brothers and sisters become seekers of knowledge.

I say to you today my friends, let us not wallow in the valley of despair. Instead educate yourselves, then stand to defend your rights. I know it is difficult to accept that your elected officials may not be looking out for your best interests. Many are concerned only with expanding their power and influence. Throughout history this has been the case with the majority of governments. I simply warn be vigilant, or you may lose what you have.

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day government will stop interjecting itself into our lives.

I have a dream that multiculturalism is rejected, and we become united one nation under GOD, where immigrants assimilate into American culture and leave behind the wretched countries they fled from.

I have dream that citizens will one day regain a sense of self pride, and reject the notion that their neighbor is responsible to pay for them.

I have a dream that one day we will realize that giving to the poor is charity and a good thing. The government confiscating our property and redistributing it is theft.

I have a dream that one day the government agrees that taxing your money once is enough, and do not tax it a second time when you die.

I have a dream that one day young people will realize that defacing their bodies with tattoos and piercings is not cool. It is the act of lemmings.

I have a dream that Americans will one day understand that liberalism is a flawed philosophy, and discard it as a failed relic.

I have a dream that Americans will discover that quality of education is not based on how much money is spent or wasted by school districts. If quality of education was dependent on how much money is spent the United States would be the clear leader with no second place competitor in sight.

I have a dream that one day people will say what they mean and mean what they say.

I have a dream that we understand that the constitution protects our rights, and we must guard and defend it vigorously.

I have a dream that one day we will again hire our superintendents and presidents by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.

And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: My country tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true.

And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.

Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the litter strewn, graffiti covered, streets of El Paso.

But not only that:

Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill in Mississippi.

From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, (once these and a few other necessary adjustments are made) we will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual:

Free at last !

Free at last !

Thank GOD Almighty, we are free at last.


Thank you Dr. King for the use of your beautiful speech.


A. C. Smithson