Dreamers Unite

The two monks moved in tandem across the mall. They never spoke or even looked the other's way. Though fifty yards apart, they moved as if tethered together like synchronized swimmers. Their training made communication unnecessary. Their mission made failure unthinkable.

Brown cowled monk's robes made them one with the darkness as they masterfully moved in and out of cover. The few people out on the mall never saw the stealthy duo.

Their path meandered making it impossible to anticipate their destination, but their method made it obvious they were heading to a definitive target.They skirted around a souvenier shop, and crept up some stairs with their back to a wall. They now maneuvered through the dark recess of the inside of the Lincoln Memorial. One of the monks appeared to kiss his hand and touch the statue of Lincoln as he went by. Once around, they went down the stairs then zig-zagged through various trees and eventually pressed themselves against opposite corners of the statue of General Sherman.

After a brief pause, they simultaneously moved out from behind the statue. The same monk seemed to leave behind another hand delivered kiss for Sherman's monument.  They waited until no cars were in sight and glided across Pennsylvania Ave. like hooded wraiths.

They made their way to the gate around the White House. Their cloaks were not ordinary monk cloaks. They were woven with special light and sound refracting thread. To the human eye in broad daylight they looked brown. At night they were nearly invisible especially to survelliance cameras and listening devices.

One of the monks, a swarthy looking German, pulled out a bible and threw it over the iron fence. The bible doubled as a grapling hook. It caught a branch on the other side, and the two clerics hoisted themselves up and over the barrier.

Their cloaks made security detection improbable. Side by side they boldly made a bee line for the front door. Once at the door one of the monks reached into his sleeve and pulled out a scroll. The other pulled out a hammer and two nails. The one with the scroll unfurled it and held it to the door while the other secured it with the hammer and nails.

Inside, President Obama was out of bed because he couldn't sleep. He had a nightmare that he was being hunted by Sarah Palin and her dad. Agitated and restless, he had sent his security team to confirm Sarah's location so he could get some sleep.

He heard the pounding. Not having opened a door to the White House in his two years there, he decided he would confront the midnight intruders himself. He thought this might be a great PR move showing him to be courageous. "Sarah can shoot and gut caribou, but I can apprehend protesters in the night." he thought. "Besides it might just be Oprah coming over with her latest book recommendation." He swallowed, drew a breath, and threw open the door.

Pres.: "Ah-ha! What are you doing?"

Monk 1: (Startled but stern) "We are starting a new reformation."

Pres.:  "Who are you and what is this reformation you speak of?"

Monk 1: "I am Martin Luther."

Pres.: "Martin Loser?"

Monk 1: "No, Luther."

Monk2: "And I am Martin Luther King, Jr."

Pres.: "Junior? Is he your dad?"  (looking closer) "I guess not." "Alright, Loser and Loser Jr., what's this all about? You're not part of the Tea Party are you?"

Monk2 (MLK):" We both stood for similar things in different times, and it is time for us to unite under the same banner with a new reformation."

Pres.: (not believing) "Well, now that you mention it I am familiar with you MLK, but I am a little fuzzy on your chubby friend." (sniffing) "You smell like bratwurst."

Luther: (sheepishly) "Sorry, I had a small snack before starting our mission." (popping in a breath mint) "Rev. King and I are uniting because we each experienced significant oppression and dreamed of change. I saw Christendom oppressed by greed and power at the expense of freedom in Christ and a diminishing of the power of the Cross."

MLK: "And I, as you know, experienced the oppression and hatred of racism." "We both believe in liberty for people that is anchored in Jesus Christ."

Pres.: "Well, you're both for change. I'm all about change. I've changed a lot of things. What do you need changed?"

Luther: "We are here because of one of the greatest oppressions of all time. The killing of pre-born children. Christ is calling us to change and to stop murdering his people. We want to reform America's view of human life."

Pres.: (blind sided by a nervous anger) "What? Wh...? Wait a sec....Hold on!  You're pro-lifers. You're against choice and a woman's right to her own body."

Luther: "We must have truth that is beyond our choice because without God and His truth our sin nature will cause us to choose evil. Those who put choice above truth  trust their sinful hearts more than they trust the one true living God."

Pres.: "What about the precious liberty you just mentioned? Your cause eliminates liberty."

MLK: "You are confusing personal freedom to do your own thing with the liberty to choose to live justly within a society with laws that restrain evil and allow all members of the community to flourish together. The idea of freedom you put forth is anarchy in disguise. Millions of children are murdered without seeing the light of day. A culture is judged on how it treats its most defenseless members. America is guilty of murdering over 40 million children since the early 70's. That is why we have come."

Pres.: "You cannot legislate morality. People must be free to choose what to do with their bodies, what religion to practice, what sexual orientation they prefer, where to live, and so forth."

MLK: "As I said during our civil rights movement, I cannot pass a law to make my neighbor love me but I can pass a law to keep him from lynching me. There is a necessity for proper legislation to protect the oppression of the downtrodden."

Pres.: "Who then gets to choose which morality will be enforced? No religion is superior to the others."

Luther: "That is why a secular state is a charade that will collapse into tyranny. People will wrestle and fight to exert their morality over others because no one recognizes a transcendent authority."

Pres.: "That will never happen on my watch."

MLK: "What do you call the extermination of over one million pre-born children a year in the United States if not tyranny? It is a tyranny of the individual bent toward self indulgence. We want our sex without the fruit and responsibility. We want our pleasure and economic freedom without the burden of an unwanted child. That is tyranny."

Pres.: "Look, you two are full of yourselves showing up here like this. You're so high and mighty. If you had your way you would have a religion named after yourself or create a national holiday in your honor. I suppose you're going to go ballistic on me and call me all sorts of names."

Luther: "Actually we already have a religion and a holiday named after us, but we're a little uncomfortable with them. You should also know we will treat you with respect and dignity because of your office and because you're  made in God's image just like the aborted children. What we really want is freedom from oppression for all of society and for that society to choose to follow Christ. We know that many will not choose Jesus, but a godless man-centered view of humanity and culture cannot take its place because it will destroy people in the end. In the case of the United States it has destroyed over 40 million people."

Pres.: (annoyed he turns and yells back inside the White House) "Michelle, are you up? " (a muffled yes is heard) "Can you pull up our key donor data-base and see if a Martin Luther or a Martin Luther King, Jr. are listed?"

2 minute pause

First Lady: "No hon. Don't see them. There is Larry King and a guy who owns some Burger Kings but no other Kings. There's also Martin Sheen and Martin Scorsese but no Martin Luthers."

Pres.: "Thanks hon. Well boys that ends our conversation." (The President reaches over and hits the security alarm.)

(The monks pull their cloaks tight as they prepare to flee.)

MLK: "You will not catch us, and we will press on. We have a dream, and it is God's dream too which means it will come true."

Pres.: (turning to go back to bed) "Whatever boys. I have to catch some sleep. I have to speak at an elementary school in a few hours. I think it's Martin Luther Ki.....  Day" (A sudden realization hits him, and he spins around but the monks are nowhere to be seen.)