I'm not saying civil rights was not important; however, the AmeriKan media always misses the nonviolent, antiwar, antipoverty message that got him killed.
Then again, what else would you expect from a divisive, agenda-pushing, war-promoting PoS media?
"Optimism on race has leveled off, poll finds" by Errin Haines, Associated Press / January 15, 2011
ATLANTA — Real concerns that Martin Luther King Jr. fought for remain....
The good doctor would be mortified at what the world has become.
Some communities in the South, including around Atlanta, where schools have been closed because of a snow and ice storm, have decided to make up one of the days on MLK Day, upsetting some African-American groups.
I think it should be a national holiday with everyone off work, but.... snow and ice in Atlanta?
Civil rights leaders said yesterday that districts should scrap those plans, calling it an insult to the civil rights icon’s legacy.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton, among others, said schools in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina should find other ways to make up lost days.
Those charlatans can't hold a candle to the good doctor.
In 1994, Congress added community service as a focus of the holiday, which marks its 25th anniversary this year. More than one million Americans are expected to participate in 13,000 projects, said the head of the federal agency charged with administering the service projects.
This the same federal government that spied on him and may have had him killed?
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Also see: MARTIN LUTHER KING - THE FATAL SHOT CAME FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION
Hillary Clinton and Her Martin Luther King Jr Problem
MSM Misses MLK's Message Again
The Modern Day Jesus Christ
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Revolutionary
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Stood Tall and Made the Ultimate Sacrifice
A Radical Revolution of Values": Dr. King's Most Important Speech
In Memory of Martin Luther King
Belated Birthday Wish
Most Difficult Essay I Have Ever Read
MARTIN LUTHER KING ~~ THE DREAM LIVES ON
MARTIN LUTHER KING’S WORDS OF THE PAST ~~ MEANINGFUL TODAY
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO BREAK THE SILENCE
RFK: 'What we need in the United States'
It was upon the death of Dr. Martin Luther King that Robert Kennedy, JFKs younger brother, addressed the issue of what we need in the United States. One can be sure that upon that tragic occasion, Kennedy did not intend to lecture or proselytize. He was not on the stump. On that night, he wasn't trying to get any one elected. His intention was one of consolation in the face of tragic loss. In it is found our nation's only hope.
Yes, don't focus on the nefarious FBI or the questions surrounding King's killing.
The agenda-pushing newspaper always turns it into service for their agenda.
That's what is so offensive: using King as a tool to promote their particular propaganda.
"Volunteerism’s Mass. appeal; Students throughout state will participate in day of service" by Akilah Johnson, Globe Staff / January 15, 2011
This spirit of volunteerism will be shared by more than 300 other students from every city and town in Massachusetts today as they participate in a day of service known as Project 351. The event is part of Governor Deval Patrick’s inauguration festivities.
Students across the state will volunteer by doing such things as shoveling snow for military families, filling backpacks with food, and helping to renovate a child-care center in Roxbury....
And what else?
This will not be the first time since the earthquake and the cholera outbreak, that many of students have donated time or talent to peers in Haiti....
Yeah, one wonders why there is more rubble in Haiti now than at this point last year (actually, not really) and where all that aid money that Bill Clinton and George W. Bush were to have looked after (stolen most likely).
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Also see: State’s youth find reward in service
NAACP branch confronts Hub’s poor image among blacks
I'm not going to read that agenda-pushing Sunday Globe s***, sorry.
Boston not the only one with a bad image:
"Maine leader offers pointed rebuff; Rejects criticism for not attending MLK Day events" by Clarke Canfield, Associated Press / January 15, 2011
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s governor told critics yesterday to “kiss my butt’’ over his decision not to attend the state NAACP’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations over the holiday weekend.
Governor Paul LePage declined the organization’s invitations to a dinner in Portland on Sunday night and a breakfast in Orono Monday because of prior commitments.
The NAACP’s state director said the group felt it was being neglected by the new governor, who was elected in November. The head of a Portland immigration group said it appeared the governor’s decision was part of a pattern.
When asked by a reporter yesterday to respond, LePage said: “Tell them to kiss my butt.’’
“If they want to play the race card, come to dinner, and my son will talk to them,’’ LePage said, referring to Devon Richard, a 25-year-old black Jamaican whom LePage took into his home at the age of 17.
After LePage declined the invitations, NAACP state director Rachel Talbot Ross told the Portland Press Herald the group was beginning to feel “we’re not welcome, we’re not part of the Maine he’s preparing to lead for the next four years.’’
Beth Stickney, executive director of the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project in Portland, told the newspaper she knows the governor is busy, “but this appears to be a pattern that’s going to continue.’’
Phone calls to Ross and Stickney were not immediately returned.
And LOOK WHAT WAS CUT from my printed paper piece:
NAACP national president Benjamin Todd Jealous called LePage's comments inflammatory.
"Governor LePage's decision to inflame racial tension on the eve of the King holiday denigrates his office," Jealous said. "His words are a reminder of the worst aspects of Maine's history and out of touch with our nation's deep yearning for increased civility and racial healing."
LePage spokesman Dan Demeritt said the governor's comments were spoken in a "direct manner" that people have come to expect from him. During last fall's campaign, LePage -- a Republican who had Tea Party movement support -- told a group of fisherman that if he were elected, "you're going to be seeing a lot of me on the front page saying, 'Governor LePage tells Obama to go to hell.' "
But the issue has nothing to do with race, Demeritt said. Rather, he said, it's about a "special interest group" expressing frustration at the governor for not making time to meet.
While mayor of Waterville, LePage attended numerous Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfasts and gave the welcome address on four occasions, Demeritt said. The governor's weekly radio address, to be aired Saturday, pays tribute to King.
But LePage cannot attend the NAACP events because of a personal commitment Sunday and a funeral service Monday.
"It's nothing more than a scheduling conflict and to suggest otherwise is ridiculous," Demeritt said.
But the Globe doesn't want you webbers to know that.
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Related: Turning LePage in Maine
I need to stop turning my Boston Globe because it just infuriates me.
Also see: Tea Party-backed school board dismantles integration effort (By Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post)
I'm tired of Tea Party = racist in my supremacist, Muslim-hating, Zionist War Daily. To hear them tell it the only people on the planet not prejudiced are Jews.
Aren't African-American soldiers also being killed in the wars we were lied into?
Jesse, Al?
