Posted on 01/31/2006 4:05:36 AM PST by Maria S
I just heard on the news that Mrs. Coretta King has died. Just my personal opinion, but she was a dignified, classy woman who served her country and her late husband's memory quite well.
Definately a historical collectors item. I wouldn't part with it either if I was you.
yeah--should have died another day... what was God thinking?
Maybe someone can explain to me why we have something called Presidents day and we have MLK's birthday?
How come we do not have Civil Rights Day and Presidents Day? I would think that Lincoln and Washington deserve their own days about as much, if not more than MLK.
Because democrats, in their eternal search for recognition, were trying to regain some semblance of minority notice, reestablish themselves as THE party of blacks, and trying to find votes. How else to impress black voters than to declare a special holiday for a fallen leader? Had things been left to the democrats, blacks would STILL be unable to vote, etc.
Thanks to a Republican vote back in the 60's, blacks were given equal opportunity, equal everything. Democrats were completely AGAINST it. Please read up on your history...
It is amazing to me that so many young people think democrats were for the blacks equality! They voted against all of it!! Good old senator Byrd was a member of the KKK, for goodness sakes!
Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, Jesse Jackson, etc., WILL milk this for all it's worth. The saddest part is that these are people who couldn't care less about black people. It's all about the dollar and the vote.
did she actually say that her life had been a misery? i know she experienced a lot... and the death of her husband was tragic... many people face tragedy and tragedies in their lives, but don't think the sum has been miserable... i was just wondering if she had come out to say that she thought her life miserable...
To correct your post. Black people good, white people good. Pageonetoo, Bavarian leprachaun - asses.
Interestingly, the British took advantage of American unwillingness to address the slavery issue, offering black recruits to British colonial forces the opportunity of freedom in exchange for military service. After the British surrender of Yorktown, many of the black soldiers emigrated to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, establishing an African-American presence in what would become Canada.
In addition, there were white indentured servants from Britain and Ireland. Their servitude was caused by failure to pay debt or punishment for crimes, often misdemeanors. Their term of indenture was less than the life sentence imposed on their African descended co-workers. However, their economic value to plantation owners was less than that of the blacks. As a result, white indentured servants were at times more abused than were black slaves.
Had the Founding Fathers in both the middle and Southern colonies (Madison, Jefferson, and Washington included) been farsighted enough to see beyond their personal financial interests, slavery would have been eliminated by the Articles of Confederation or the Constitution. With the development of the cotton gin in the 1790s and the opening of new territory suitable for cotton cultivation, from Alabama to Texas, as a result of American expansion, black slavery became firmly embedded in the Southern economy. At that point, only a war could end it (although Lincoln would have tolerated the continuation of slavery where it existed provided the Southern states rejoined the Union).
you can listen to the speech here http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/Ihaveadream.htm
sw, you are a true southern gentleman and my admiration for you (already quite high) has just gone up several notches. Your post takes the sting away from some of the rather tacky posts that have unfortunately been posted on this thread. Bless you and may Mrs. King rest in peace.
The DemocRATS should have nothing to say about Mrs. King. As RUSH said today on his show, it was Bobby Kennedy as AG who actively tried to prove MLKjr was having affairs with other women in an attempt to break up the marriage.
free dixie,sw
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there's enough unpleasant stuff in my life (what with the HATERS, fools, assorted lunatics & crazed DYs on the WBTS threads), without that.
Mrs. CSK rests in the arms of the RISEN Christ.
free dixie,sw
bttt
"Bavarian Leprechaun"...cut me some slack!!!
Exactly WHERE is "Bavaria"? Exactly WHAT is a leprechaun besides a 2-foot tall never-seen green person?
And NO, for the love of Pete, I will NOT please explain what era of our history is known as: "MLK Times"...? If you weren't there, Mr./Ms.short, green leprechaun bavarian, I will not explain. If you are not familiar with a history book (try the library), nor what the civil rights movement was about, that's your problem.
MLK may or may not have been a marxist...I haven't a clue. All I know is that it was a desperate time for a lot of people. And we survived, regardless of race, creed, or color.
Of course, we didn't have little green men running around then, either.
you thought rosa's was a show you have not seen anything yet; the usual suspects will be there and the racebaiting by the hustlers will be unbearable to watch. I plan on allowing Rush and Laura describe in detail the all day event
we college kids did NOT see them as any MORE special (at THAT time!)than any number of other Baptist pastors, who volunteered for the Mitchellville Restoration project. imVho, ALL of the VOLUNTEERS, who worked so very HARD on the project (for LONG hours & NO PAY!), are HEROES & SPECIAL!
MLK, Jr had his faults, as we ALL do. (i, for one, have a LEGION of faults/sins and am a poor excuse for a Christian.)
i liked the MAN, even though i regretted his faults. otoh, i wish that the "press" hadn't tried to make a PLASTER SAINT out of him.
imVho, MLK, Jr would have been embarrassed/humiliated about all that "hoopla" and particularly about having a "MLK Day". he was basically just a country PREACHER & an HUMBLE man, who "fate" picked to be a "leader of men". i think he did his best & that is all anyone can do.
free dixie,sw
for all his faults, those of us who knew him NEVER believed that he was anything but a devoted follower of the RISEN & ETERNAL CHRIST.
free dixie,sw
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