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Praying for Peace in The New Year

From: Paul McDonald
Length: 00:02:27

What might really happen if every warrior on the planet beat his sword into a plowshare? Read the full description.

Peace_small Broadcast on WFPL, December 22, 2005.

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Piece Description

Broadcast on WFPL, December 22, 2005.

Broadcast History

December 22, 2005 WFPL Louisville, Kentucky

Transcript

Praying for Peace on earth is pretty much the norm during the holiday season. Prayers for Peace are sent out so routinely that you could even consider it clich?. Of course, its better than praying for War on Earth, but I've always heard that that you should watch what you pray
for because you just might get it.

A couple of years ago I ruminated about what might happen if we did have peace on earth. It's really an audacious idea because our society, our culture for that matter, is so geared for war that its impossible to believe that one day we may actually see every warrior on this planet beating his sword into a plowshare.

There are a lot of people in this world who need war because that's how they make their living. General George Patton said that battle was the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. In the book, "The Art of War" Sun Tzu says that conf...
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Timing and Cues

2 minutes 27 seconds. 30 seconds of music under the commentary toward the end.

Musical Works

Final 30 seconds of "Imagine" by John Lennon.

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Related Website

http://allegedgravitas.blogspot.com/2006/12/peace-on-earth.html