Edwards Keynotes "Realizing the Dream" MLK Sunday - Jan 14 (Riverside Church, NYC)

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Realizing The Dream - MLK Sunday - Jan. 14

Former U.S. Senator, John Edwards, recently held a press conference in New Orleans, where the Katrina disaster, last year, clearly confirmed that Dr. King's dream had not been realized. Like King, he says he wants to end poverty in America. As keynote, Senator Edwards joins hands with the "Realizing the Dream" organizers, in this special service. The worship service starts at 4 p.m. in the nave and will be streamed live.

Related Topics: More information and link to the *live stream*

http://www.theriversidechurchny.org/

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1. Fantastic! Go, Edwards! Thank you, Dr. King.

The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it...

Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate....

Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Dr. Martin Luther King

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2. Dr. King would have had issues with Bush.....

...for sure:

"Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate...."

That was a great quote :hi:

[IndyOp]

3. Kicking - two more votes and people can stream on Sunday! (n/t)

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4. I must've been one of those 3 votes...

I just tried to vote it up and got...

"Error: You've already recommended that thread."

I did my job! ~~~

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5. Wow! That bath looks goooood... :D (n/t)

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10. Thanks Indy

Ya did it :hi:

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6. How awesome that it will be livestreamed

"Say it loud," Senator Edwards!

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7. Way to Go, Edwards

That's the man for the future.

[Lex]

8. Cool that it will be streamed.

I intend to listen to it.

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9. More info from the church's website:

Sound like the perfect venue for John Edwards and his message!

Guest speakers include Martin Luther King III, Senator John Edwards, The Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, jr., and Marian Wright Edelman.

Realizing the Dream Inc. is an organization founded by M.L.K. III to empower people and communities to take charge of their lives; they have been traveling throughout America this past year visiting distressed communities. Lessons have been learned and programs are being fashioned to respond to the needs of the people they have met along the way.

In 2006, we initiated the “Realizing the Dream.” service at The Riverside Church to commemorate Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and also uplift the principles that he articulated in his historic speech at Riverside. In that speech Dr. King laid the groundwork for a comprehensive campaign against a dehumanizing foreign policy and structural economic inequality.

As we enter 2007, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday is a chance to once again reflect on what has and has not been achieved. What would Dr. King say if he knew that the number of Americans living in poverty equals the population of twenty-five states? What would he say if he knew that it is now easier for a poor child in Britain or France to advance socially than a poor child in America? What would he say to rising education and healthcare costs, while the real wages of many working Americans stagnate or decline?

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11. Euww...snark from the New York Daily News

Edwards on Hillary's turf !!!!1!!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/487956p-410896c.html

...no wonder our party, much less our country, is so divided :banghead: