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A restless holiday: Sorry, Dr. King
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^
| Monday, January 19, 2004
| editorial
Posted on 01/19/2004 11:25:03 AM PST by Willie Green
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:19 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Today, Martin Luther King Day and Southern hero Robert E. Lee's birthday coincide. The First National Confederate Flag will fly over the Lee County Courthouse in Sanford, N.C., as it does on the general's birthday.
The coincidence happened once before in the last 17 years. The county's only black commissioner, Robert Reives, is OK with it and said he would celebrate Dr. King's life.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2004; dean; mlk
To: Willie Green
Blacks only number 0.5 percent of the population in Vermont, but we figure he could have found one if he looked. Why would anybody expect that he would? Does he have 200 cabinet posts available? That's what you'd need in order to provide proportional representation for 1/2 of 1 percent of the population.
How many whites does Sharpton have on his staff?
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posted on
01/19/2004 11:31:33 AM PST
by
Kenton
("Life is tough, and it's really tough when you're stupid" - Damon Runyon)
To: Willie Green
Happy birthday, General Lee!
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posted on
01/19/2004 11:31:53 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Willie Green
One thing Im pretty sure of... Dr King most likely wanted no part of having a national holiday named after him...
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posted on
01/19/2004 11:32:49 AM PST
by
smith288
(Secret member of the VRWC elite forces)
To: Willie Green
"We won't have a color-blind society as long as the industry of affirmative action and historical grievance is a mainstay of political warfare."Exactly!
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posted on
01/19/2004 12:59:19 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
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