Friday, February 4, 2011

King a Lost Cause

Tell that to the Arab masses in the streets.

"King’s daughter won’t take SCLC helm" by Associated Press / January 22, 2011

ATLANTA — For more than a year, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. put off taking her oath as president of the landmark civil rights group cofounded by her father — and now she doesn’t want the job at all.

The Rev. Bernice King’s decision to abandon the Southern Christian Leadership Conference comes at the worst possible time for the once-proud organization, which has struggled to stay relevant as it split into two factions, had its finances scrutinized, and saw its former chairman indicted last week on theft charges.

The SCLC, which led the movement to end segregation in public facilities and open access to the ballot box for millions of black Americans, has fallen so far that former United Nations ambassador Andrew Young said he told Bernice King she had better things to do with her time.

“We should’ve closed it down years ago,’’ Young, who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., said yesterday after King’s announcement. “I saw this as a lost cause a long time ago.’’

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Also see: Slow Saturday Special: King-Sized Insult

King For a Day 

The Modern Day Jesus Christ

Notice how the war-promoting AmeriKan media misses the antiwar, nonviolent message of the man? 

And if his is a lost cause then this planet is finished.

After all, what is the alternative? 

War worked out real well as a problem solver, has it? 

Well, maybe for $ome, if you know what I mean. 

And speaking of lost causes....