48 YEARS LATER

As you all know, the state of America is in an uproar because of the economy. People are disenfranchised and feel as if America has failed them, which has prompted a movement named Occupy Wall Street which has now gone global. Nations all over the world have taken part in the message and want their voices to be heard. The same way Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted his message to be heard when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech forty eight years ago in 1963. Dr. King had a vision and everyone who felt his vision took part in the marches and the peaceful demonstrations to bring about change. Dr. King stood for something and that was for all mankind to get along with one another as well as EQUALITY throughout the WORLD! After all the things that's been done in his honor, it baffles me that this message is still NOT being HEARD! Racism still exists in America, INEQUALITY still pervades the nation, CORPORATE GREED has caused our NATION to be in a recession. Unemployment has skyrocketed within the past couple years. People are losing their jobs left and right, mortgages cannot be paid therefore causing families to lose their homes to foreclosure. President Barack Obama personifies the DREAM that Dr. King had but the job is nowhere near done. A lot of people that voted for him are expecting him to make a miracle out of a country that was passed on to him AFTER the DAMAGE was already done. Its not his fault this country is in the situation that it is. Let's not forget about Bush's agenda with "weapons of mass destruction" and all the money he put into the war. For eight years this man ran our country tearing it down day by day and as soon as Barack Obama is elected, everyone expects him to eradicate a situation that was already DOOMED before he got in office. He is doing the best he can to rectify this economy and bring the country back to a normal state, but opposition is all he gets. This whole world is in a state of emergency, which is why Occupy Wall Street reminds me of the Civil Rights movement. People of all races are uniting together for what they feel is right. Too many times, we sit back and watch things happen right under our noses without doing anything about it. We are the 99% and it's only right that our voices be HEARD throughout the world. The same way Dr. Martin Luther King wanted FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and EQUALITY for all mankind to be heard is the same way Occupy Wall Street should be heard! People should not have to suffer over corporate greed, its not right! When you don't learn from history, its bound to repeat itself.