Picture of the Day - 2
No paean to MLK. I do greatly respect what he accomplished through non-violence, but I thought his words would be far better than mine. (Text/Audio/Some Video)"I Have a Dream"
"Beyond Vietnam - A Time to Break Silence"
"I've Been to the Mountaintop"
posted by mikevotes at
9:15 AM
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A couragious man, a visionary. He did what he did without lobbyist, corporate sponsership, violence, or ribbons on cars. His words, his actions moved a nation. Moved the world. Sad to say that students elswhere in the world often know more about this person than ones in this country.
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Yukkione, at 9:49 AM
Of the five companies that I've worked for over the 10 years (yeah so I did some startups...) only 1 celebrated MLK day--my current employers, and today is the day.
Not a good sign, I think. Still it's good to have the opportunity to reflect on Dr. King and his legacy.
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Anonymous, at 12:35 PM
I have never worked for a company that celebrates MLK's birthday. It is a disgrace
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Graeme, at 1:56 PM
The media focuses primarily on racial equality when they discuss MLK, but he also stood for economic equality and called for our country to end poverty. Those issues transcend race and gender.
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Kathy, at 3:54 PM
Kathy, let me add, he was also fervently against the Vietnam War near the end of his life. He questioned how the US could sacrifice it's poor and spend money there to more benefit than spending that money here to alleviate poverty.
Everybody else, No place I ever worked took MLK day. I'll requote the Chris Rock line, "What kind of a racist do you have to be to refuse the day off."
Mike
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mikevotes, at 4:07 PM
It is interesting to note today's editorial on MLK in the Washington Times. It seems that they cannot find it in their cold, right-wing hearts to give full credit to a marvelous man like King without deriding him.
America celebrates the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. today not because of his socialist idealism, but because of what he accomplished in spite of it.
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liberal_dem, at 8:29 PM
That's a longer discussion than I'm ready for late tonight, but as Kathy said, he stood for far more than civil rights, and the corporate rightwingers think that that is a threat to them.
Mike
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mikevotes, at 10:50 PM
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