Martin Luther King, 1929-1968
Posted January 22nd, 2008 by Da King
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’… I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character… And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.”
I assume most people in america know the above words by Martin Luther King. I hope they do. They should, because they were some of the most important words spoken by an american in the last half century. We could never be a truly great nation with the stain of racism on our national soul, a stain that mocked our own notion that "all men are created equal." Since MLK can say it far better than I, here are links to two of his most famous writings:
Letters From A Birmingham Jail
By breaking the bonds of segregation, Jim Crow, and institutional racism, the King-led civil rights movement freed this entire country. Racism is a mental disorder, brought about by fear and ignorance, which leads to hatred. MLK helped cleanse us of that disorder at the ultimate cost of his own life. When you look back a short 40-50 years to King's time, it is obvious that great progress has been made. Racism has not been completely eliminated, and perhaps it never can be, but by any objective measure, the changes that MLK helped bring about have led us to a far better place.
Martin Luther King's goal was to unite us all in brotherhood, not to split us up into opposing camps in some imaginary racial or class war, as some would have us do today. In King's words, "Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood."
He was a Baptist minister at heart, a hero who maybe reluctantly stepped up to accept the great challenge that was thrown upon him, but step up he did, with tremendous courage. I wonder how many of us could have risen to such a challenge, could have shouldered such a burden. He did, and that is what made him a great man. MLK was a progressive leader with conservative christian moral values. His cause transcended politics. In the Letters From A Birmingham Jail, MLK closed with "Yours In Peace And Brotherhood". That is his legacy, peace and brotherhood.
Let's always look with a suspicious eye on anyone who proposes anything other than that.
(Note - I've had very limited computer time for the last week, so I apologize for not posting much. It won't last much longer. Thanks).
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:30 am
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January 22nd, 2008 at 2:47 pm
[quote Da King] I wonder how many of us could have risen to such a challenge, could have shouldered such a burden. He did, and that is what made him a great man. [/quote]
Americans by the hundreds of thousands were courageous in rallying and speaking out against this war with an obviously bogus "justification".
I was slandered and had my civil rights violated by the police and the Bush SS-apparatus when I was organizing to stop Bush and Cheney from getting elected in 2004. I did what was right. I did not risk death, but when my country needed to me to act, I did not hide.
January 22nd, 2008 at 2:59 pm
“John Edwards tried to get his two cents in between the battling frontrunners. "Are there three people in this debate, not two?" he asked. Actually, John, there are only two. You are over. Drop out, and try to buddy up to someone for the VP slot.”
Correct. Edwards has no chance in this race of gender vs. race The only hope for the Breck Girl is if he comes out of the closet and claims another political correct identity group as his own.
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“Barack, you are running against the Clinton corporation. There's no difference between them, so that doesn't matter either. This is Team Clinton 2.0.”
Exactly! And isn’t it telling at B. Hussein Obama is actually surprised that Bill Clinton lies.
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"Really, Barack? Name ONE issue on which you have led. I can't think of one. Name one piece of significant legislation where you have led the way. I can’t think of any.”
True. But Comrade Hillary has also done zilch in the U.S. Senate and has no record of achievement or leadership, unless you count her management of Bill's "bimbo eruptions." Gotta say, Hillary was pretty good at that.
And all Comrade Hillary's promises to turn around Upstate NY when she was running for the Senate have proved to be nothing but hot air.
The woman is a certified loser. The only thing she succeeded at was trading in Cattle Futures: That's when the comrade turned, what was it, $1,000 into $100,000 in a day or so. Now come on you Dims out there, can any of you believe that that wasn't a pay-off?
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The only thing these Dims candidates hate more than corporations is the American middle class. Why? Because the American middle class holds to traditional values like family, religion, and patriotism while the leadership of the Dim Party views these beliefs as obstacles to their socialization of America.
The American people are getting a good look at just how disgusting & loathsome these Dims are. Hopefully the country will vomit them out in November and not be mislead with their lies and class warfare rhetoric.