MLK: A Christmas Sermon On Peace

Dr. King first delivered this sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he served as co-pastor. On Christmas Eve, 1967, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation aired this sermon as part of the seventh annual Massey Lectures.

Peace on Earth…

This Christmas season finds us a rather bewildered human race. We have neither peace within nor peace without. Everywhere paralyzing fears harrow people by day and haunt them by night. Our world is sick with war; everywhere we turn we see its ominous possibilities. And yet, my friends, the Christmas hope for peace and good will toward all men can no longer be dismissed as a kind of pious dream of some utopian. If we don’t have good will toward men in this world, we will destroy ourselves by the misuse of our own instruments and our own power. Wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the very destructive power of modern weapons of warfare eliminates even the possibility that war may any longer serve as a negative good. And so, if we assume that life is worth living, if we assume that mankind has a right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war?and so let us this morning explore the conditions for peace. Let us this morning think anew on the meaning of that Christmas hope: “Peace on Earth, Good Will toward Men.” And as we explore these conditions, I would like to suggest that modern man really go all out to study the meaning of nonviolence, its philosophy and its strategy.

Video: Brian Gerrish – State of the Nation

Filmed at the “Lawful Rebellion” Conference, The British Constitution Group, Stoke-on-Trent, 24th January 2009.

To All Those Who Live Under Conflict Or Fear

(PalTelegraph) – It is extremely hard for me to send you all seasonal greetings from England when I know in my heart that this is just another day for you either living under the terror of conflict, torture, rape, breaches of human rights or simply harassment.

MSM: Russia to work on new nuclear missiles – Medvedev

(Reuters) – Russia will work on a new generation of atomic weapons to strengthen its nuclear deterrent, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday, just hours after Moscow test-fired one of its most feared missiles.

MSM: Yemen – New frontier in US ‘war on terror’

(BBC) – The increased violence in Yemen is a clear indication that military campaigns to crush al-Qaeda-inspired violence extend far beyond the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

UN to produce bullion coins as world currency

The announcement by the United Nations this week that it will license the minting of silver and gold bullion coins bearing the UN logo may be the button that launches metal prices into orbit.

Supremes : ‘Suspected Enemy Combatant’ no Longer a ‘Person’

While we were all out doing our Christmas shopping, the highest court in the land quietly put the kibosh on a few more of the remaining shards of human liberty.

FBI: 19,000 Matches to Terrorist Screening List in 2009

(Wired) – December 9, 2009 – United States law enforcement agents and partners reported “encounters” with suspected terrorists 55,000 times in the last year; a check against the terrorist watchlist found a match 19,000 times, according to testimony presented to the Senate on Wednesday.

Video: Obama grants Interpol immunity as foreign ‘assets’ assigned to U.S. homeland

Alex Jones covers some recent aspects of diplomatic immunity, as extended to Interpol and other foreign agencies, by way of President Obama’s Executive Order 12425. They, along with foreign troops & assets have been increasingly used throughout the United States to for ‘Homeland’ control over the populace.

Check these links for more info:

Obama Extends Diplomatic Immunity to Interpol by Executive Order
http://www.infowars.com/obama-extends…

Why Does Interpol Need Immunity from American Law?
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post…

FEMA: National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)
http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets…

IDF, US National Guard to share defense ideas
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellit…

Army Dispatched in Response to End the Fed Protests
http://www.infowars.com/army-dispatch…

The Pentagon Wants Authority to Post Almost 400,000 Military Personnel in U.S.
http://www.progressive.org/wx081209b….

Secret State Police Report: Ron Paul, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Libertarians are Terrorists
http://www.infowars.com/secret-state-…

The Modern Militia Movement-Missouri MIAC Strategic Report 20Feb09
http://www.scribd.com/doc/13290698/Th…

See Also:

Wikipedia – Interpol

2009 Executive Orders Disposition Tables

Supremes : ‘Suspected Enemy Combatant’ no Longer a ‘Person’

Wikipedia – No Fly List

Wikipedia – USA Patriot Act

FBI: 19,000 Matches to Terrorist Screening List in 2009

Gaza Continues To Fall Victim By The IOF’s Use Of DU/EU Weapons

(PalTelegraph) – Whenever I try to break away from talking about the deeply disturbing use of American and Israeli WMD’s both during the Lebanon conflict in 2006 and in Gaza during Cast Lead in 2008/9 I find myself being haunted by more gut-wrenching stories coming out of the strip.

Video: Gerald Celente With Henry Kriegel On Open Range – End The Fed

Gerald Celente, Founder, Trends Research Institute, predicted the economic collapse and banking crisis, the fall of the Soviet Union and the quagmire in Iraq before the war even started.

Wealth Care – Mumia Abu-Jamal

As Congress wrestles over the parameters of a health care bill, amidst maddened catcalls of ‘death panels’ and ‘socialism!’, I am reminded of the experience of John Black, an old trade unionist, revolutionary activist and journalist.

Obamacare sparking 10th Amendment rebellion, action in seven states

Looks like the steadily growing list of constitutional, ethical and political outrages that constitute the Harry Reid version of Obamacare is sparking a rebellion in the states, as AP reports South Carolina’s attorney general plans to investigate the vote-buying that surrounded the proposal in the Senate majority leader’s office.

Video: Alex Jones – Big Government Forces Health Care Bill Despite Bi-partisan Opposition

IN A SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN, Alex Jones warns against the Big Government, Big Insurance Health Care Bill being forced down in the Senate despite opposition by members in both parties and an overwhelming majority of Americans.

In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities – Why War Will Take No Holiday in 2010

Excuse the gloom in the holiday season, but I feel like we’re all locked inside a malign version of the movie Groundhog Day. You remember, the one in which the characters are forced to relive the same 24 hours endlessly.  Put more personally, TomDispatch started in November 2001 as an email to friends in response to the first moments of our latest Afghan War.  More than eight years later… well, you know the story.