A Cruel Wind Blows Across America
By Rep. Cynthia McKinney
As dead bodies lay strewn about the New Orleans Superdome, military recruiters blew into Houston's Astrodome to reap the harvest. This ill wind that engulfs our country is also global in its impact. It dipped into the Caribbean hitting Haiti and Cuba; it reached into Latin America to slap Venezuela; it swept death, greed, and destruction across Africa into Eastern Congo; and it breathes occupation onto the peoples of Iraq and Palestine.
But just as sure as an ill wind now blows, it doesn't always have to be so. The people, united, can stop wars. We can stop injustice; and we can stop indifference. The people,united, can tear down the mightiest walls of oppression. These ill winds have brought us high crimes and more than misdemeanors. But they've also brought us together: one answer, united for peace and for justice. Let's stay together. Because we have to get rid of these ill winds and breathe fresh breath into a new jet stream of life. We can do it, ya'll, because they can't fool us anymore. Thank you!
Cynthia McKinney represents the Fourth Congressional District of Georgia, which includes part of metropolitant Atlanta.
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