DIY History | Transcribe | Campus Culture | Ernest Rodriguez speeches, 1976-2006 | ""Power of Love"" by Ernest Rodriguez Page 1

Transcribe
Translate

Ernest Rodriguez speeches, 1976-2006

""Power of Love"" by Ernest Rodriguez Page 1

POWER OF LOVE by Ernest Rodriguez 

I am sure you have heard it said, the world is a small place, but would you want to paint it?

Yes my friends the world is indeed a small place.

Today you can sit in the comfort of your living room and see events from all over the world on your TV set. 

And so many of these events mirror the sad state of the world.

Not too long ago we witnessed our loved ones march off to Vietnam to fight a war that made little sense to anyone with sense. 

We watch the starving masses of India, Africa, Asia and Latin America, appealing for our help on WorldVision Telethons.

TV brings us to scenes of fighting in El Salvador and Guatemala. 

We hear stories of wholesale massacres of thousands of peasants whose only crime is to be free from oppression. 

There are stories of government troops in Guatemala bayoneting innocent babies and bashing their heads against stone walls to save ammunition. 

These are Indian peasants who know little of international politics. 

They only know what their oppressors are corrupt and merciless leaders drunk with power, who are aided by the Colossus of the north the U.S.

Saving...

POWER OF LOVE by Ernest Rodriguez I am sure you have heard it said, the world is a small place, but would you want to paint it? Yes my friends the world is indeed a small place. Today you can sit in the comfort of your living room and see events from all over the world on your TV set. And so many of these events mirror the sad state of the world. Not too long ago we witnessed our loved ones march off to Vietnam to fight a war that made little sense to anyone with sense. We watch the starving masses of India, Africa, Asia and Latin America, appealing for our help on WorldVision Telethons. TV brings us to scenes of fighting in El Salvador and Guatemala. We hear stories of wholesale massacres of thousands of peasants whose only crime is to be free from oppression. There are stories of government troops in Guatemala bayoneting innocent babies and bashing their heads against stone walls to save ammunition. These are Indian peasants who know little of international politics. They only know what their oppressors are corrupt and merciless leaders drunk with power, who are aided by the Colossus of the north the U.S.