Go Obama!

As a white male over 50 year old fart,

Three men I admire most;
Jesus the man,
Gandhi and Martin Luther King all spoke truth to power, all were assassinated.

Join the battle www.peacecoalition.org and organize a chapter near you of this 25 year old organization which thinks globally act locally

not to hijack the thread or anything, but isn't this quote:

"Progress tends to be fragile and often proves illusory when it is the product of political insiders who fail to engage the broader citizenry"

an endorsement of Obama?

Truth B Told @ 1:

In Context

Martin Luther King's assassination led to riots in more than 100 US cities.

James Earl Ray was convicted of his murder and sentenced to 99 years in prison.

But he later retracted his confession and said he had been only a minor player in a conspiracy.

However, his appeals for a new trial were rejected and he died in prison in 1998.

Ray was supported by some members of Martin Luther King's family who believed the US Government may have been involved in Dr King's death.

Their case was strengthened in December 1999 when a jury in a wrongful death case brought by the King family, decided the civil rights leader was the victim of a murder conspiracy.

However, in June 2000 after an investigation the US Justice Department said it had uncovered no reliable evidence of a conspiracy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2453000/...

You do not honor a man by interrupting a conversation about his life with comments about the end of his life.

peaceful easy feeling @ 8:

Truth B Told @ 1:

In Context

Their case was strengthened in December 1999 when a jury in a wrongful death case brought by the King family, decided the civil rights leader was the victim of a murder conspiracy.

However, in June 2000 after an investigation the US Justice Department said it had uncovered no reliable evidence of a conspiracy.

The US government investigating itself? what other result would it determine?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/4/newsid_2453000/2453987.stm

I was glad to hear Senator Obama acknowledge that Hillary and Bill Clinton were active for 35 years working to continue the work of Dr. King. Obama born in 1961 benefited from the work and what others died for. As Obama read about the struggle the baby boomers lived it. The Civil Rights Movement was fought by blacks and whites. Obama can say he's black and has read about the movement but Hillary met Martin Luther King in person and got to talk to him in person. As for Mrs. Obama thinks just being black means you are to vote for Senator Obama isn't done anymore. He is a good man but needs experience and those endorsing him have their own personal agenda. Like Bush is just a figure head that's what would happen to Senator Obama if he got the top job. Obama wants California votes so bad he's talking about putting Arnie in his Cabinet. Now who's next his cousin Dick Cheney as his running mate. Enough with race we need a President with experience. Bill Clinton spoke the truth as Obama spoke to soon to say he was wrong. Bill lived during the struggle and has already helped Black Americans get a piece of the American pie, Obama hasn't. He was asked about Bill Clinton being called the first Black President, Obama answered by saying can Bill dance that will show he's a brother. Well Bill Clinton can dance better then Obama what does that tell you. Dr. King fought for all people not just Blacks and it's about time people realized that fact. Dr. King had thousands of white people fighting for the Civil Rights cause and many died doing so. I don't expect the Media to address this has they are helping get a Republican back in office by dividing America.

One could easily replace John Edward's name with Dennis Kucinich and the letter would read exactly the same way.

pinkobait @ 9:
Well I turn 50 this year in September and am here to say that the "I Have a Dream" speech by MLK was a truly elevating call to all the people of Earth that a better world was(and is) possible if we truly want it.I believe in his dream.

I'm not 50 yet and I cried twice today. I mean, I wept over a speech that put the hairs on my arm in 240-volt mode. It was a door closing today. I was saying it out loud to my wife. She never saw me thrashing around like I was today, because I, like most married men, know that humor can get a woman down off the chandelier faster than anything. But today was different. I woke up listening to King's speech on the radio and I never heard it before. I was still a kid in Israel. The utter power of this man.

Then I heard the speech again. Then I watched snips of it throughout the day.

And I realized why I resonated with it. I fucking hate racism; I dont see any reason for it; it's an outward directed judgment that fails to open the drawer to check the contents; a sign of imbecility; and that includes the Jewish racism in the country where I was born, which is profound.

I'm fed up with it, but I think it's time to go have a drink with my wife.

the facts of the race have NOT changed. obama is a corporate shill LIEberDem DINO.

truly, the narrative of the american dream was broadened by dr. king to include not only people but the ideas which sustain them in a civil society.

he prepared the vocabulary used to create a more mythical america.

Interesting transcript of a Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford:

Give the Candidates the MLK Test

http://www.opednews.com/articl.....dates_.htm

And who is the only Presidential candidate, according to this commentator based on the teachings of Dr. King, who would passs the test (and no it’s not either Obama or Clinton — they FAILED the test)…?

Dennis Kucinich.

From the article:

“The only candidate who would pass the Martin Luther King Test is Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, whose platform for peace, truly universal health care, a living wage, and an end to corporate domination of American life harkens back to that “shining moment” in the Sixties that King mentioned, when there were “hopes” and “new beginnings.” But the corporate media has caused the Kucinich campaign to disappear from coverage and televised debate.”

But then again, Dr.King was assasinated. American Fascism lives on…we are fucked.