Perhaps you are familiar with the hymn LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH. . .and
let it begin with me. The words
should strike a resounding chord in the hearts of every person, whether they be
Christian, Jew, Islamic, Buddhist, Baha’i, atheist, agnostic, etc. After all, we are all one with humanity, are
we not?
The presumption that we share the same ideals – that we are
all equal, all deserve to be treated with dignity and all share the same civil
rights is unfortunately Pollyannic.
Where we fail as a species compared to others including predators, is our frequent obsession with our own selfish desires,
hoarding material goods, raking in billions of dollars, ‘doing whatever it
takes’ to beat those we see as our competitors.
Unlike other predatory species who consume other life forms merely to survive, human predators base their consumptions on greed, power, and devouring
those whom they believe stand in their way.
Our founding fathers established a democratic union based on
equality and justice for all. Few
Americans have ever read the entire U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the
Constitutional amendments passed since our nation’s founding, most especially
Republicans, Tea Party and Libertarian legislators and self-absorbed citizens.
To be against government, yet run for office like Ted Cruz,
Marco Rubio, Ron Paul, etc. is not only ludicrous but completely hypocritical.
If they actually believed in our ‘Government of the people, by the people, and
for the people’ they wouldn’t be so tightly tied to corporate moguls like
the Koch Brothers, big oil, gas, coal, and dangerous chemical manufacturers. Rather they would pass legislation requiring the
wealthiest to pay their fair share of taxes, prohibit sending jobs overseas,
outlaw savings accounts outside our shores, and the myriad of loopholes greedy
corporate CEOs enjoy at the expense of the middle class and extremely poor (the
other 99%).
Peace on Earth requires the passage of broad immigration
reform, full integration of our communities, police forces, judicial systems,
city, state, and national legislatures, places of worship, corporate
management, etc.
Peace on Earth mandates abandoning hate, color
lines, establishing a complete overhaul of our judicial system throughout our cities,
states, and our nation's capital.
Peace on Earth
cries out for pro-active, progressive, liberal democratic education, peaceful
protests, the removal of money from politics, complete separation of church
and state, ending white supremacist organizations and media that spread
only hate, violence and division.
One cannot practice ‘an eye for an eye,’ if Peace on Earth
is to exist. Peace on Earth cannot occur where state legislatures violate the U.S. Constitution by implanting religion
into social studies textbooks, prohibiting women from accessing the same
healthcare as men, forbidding women from earning the same wages as their male
counterparts, and refusing to raise the minimum wage so that all Americans can
be lifted up out of poverty.
The ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, NAACP, LULAC, AFLCIO
and the American people must file a law suit against the Texas State Board of
Education for merging religion into our state adopted social studies textbooks,
listing Regan as the best president ever, eliminating the truth about slavery,
The Alamo, and the election of Barack Obama.
Moreover, we need to file law suits against every state legislature and
governor who passes laws prohibiting access to Affordable Healthcare (Obama
Care), the right to vote, etc.
Since when did our Constitution grant individual states the
right to side-step our U.S. Constitution?
Are we not these United States of America? Republicans, Tea Party and Libertarian
legislators don’t see it that way.
Peace on Earth has no room for the constant and historic murder of Black
men and youth, state judicial systems that permit grand juries to determine
the fate of those who commit the murders, be they members of a police force, or
the ‘Stand Your Ground,’ racists.
Peace on Earth harbors no place for the
divisive false accusations against Mayor DeBlasio by PBA President Patrick Lynch. Clearly Lynch can’t see the forest for the
trees. His words instigated an
unwarranted community division between the office of the mayor and the Latino
and Asian communities. What sort of
mayor would have ignored the blatant violation of civil rights toward Mr.
Garner, resulting in his death at the hands of a NY cop, while six
others stood silently by doing nothing to bring about justice? He had to speak out as to the necessity for
racial and sensitivity training throughout all law enforcement
Are you aware that Black police officers fear retaliation from other cops if they speak out against internal racism? I suggest you research this topic.
The murder of the two New York police officers was not the
fault of Mayor DeBlasio, but a mentally ill man, who had a history of violence
and attempted suicide. He did not have
any gang affiliations as right-wing talk shows spout. He approached three guys just before he shot
the police officers, asking them what their gang affiliation was. He may have been raised Islamic, but his
actions did not reflect the faith of Islam practiced by most throughout the
world. Just as we have right-wing religious extremist zealots who incite hate,
yet call themselves Christians, so too does every faith have their share. That doesn’t mean that the majority of
faith-based Christians, Jews, or Islamics are dangerous.
Peace on Earth holds no place for pointing fingers, false
accusations, painting every person with the same brush who is other than white,
or those of a faith other than Christian.
In other words, Peace on Earth can only exist when hate mongers like
Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Mitch
McConnell, Rick Perry, Gregg Abbott, Dan Patrick, Scott Walker, PBA President Patrick Lynch, and the
majority of GOP/Tea Party legislators throughout this land are out of office,
and their corrupt corporate puppeteers are removed from the election process.
The primary and greatest danger to Peace on Earth are those who
refuse to open their hearts and minds to the whole truth, preferring to wear mental horse-blinders, dwelling in a world of ignorance,
closed-minds, spawning hate and violence against their fellow humans. Their blindness has nothing to do with sight,
but distorted minds following corrupt corporate and extreme right-wing media
blather. They are easily brainwashed,
because their intellectual capacity for exploration and discovery is
non-existent.
The secondary leading threat to Peace on Earth are the
complacent, apathetic, uninvolved populace who put their selfies, reality-TV,
Instagrams, and social lives above the good of all others. These are the individuals who don’t vote,
don’t participate, and are too self-absorbed to care about the utilitarian good
of all, the preservation of our Constitutional Civil Rights which guarantee equality and
justice for all. These selfish wonders often include some educators, nurses, physicians, and other professionals, who don’t
understand the workings of our democratic republic, and the import of voting. Like Nero, who played while Rome burned as an enormous fire ravaged Rome over six days, destroying 70% of the city, leaving half the population homeless, these complacent souls are too busy texting, socializing, shopping, etc. to donate even a few hours a
week
toward restoring our civil rights, electing those who represent real democracy, and voting in every city, state,
and national election.
If our founding fathers had chosen to live as two-thirds of
nation now do, ignoring the destruction of our democratic republic, the United States would not have been born.
Perhaps I am far more passionate than many about equality,
justice for all, restoring and preserving our Constitutional Civil rights,
which can ultimately bring about Peace on Earth.
I am thankful for the hundreds of friends who have joined me in working
toward these goals. There are millions
more like us, and for those of you reading this, who have yet to join us, do so now.
A peaceful existence requires unrelenting work, dedication, devotion and passion.
Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.
Let there be peace on Earth,
the peace that was meant to be. . .
To take each moment, and live each moment in peace eternally,
let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.
