Coretta King Denounces Bush Foreign Policy [Focus on Muslim Hate Crimes, Not Iraq!]

Sacremento Bee ^ | Nov. 24, 2002 | Margie Mason

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Civil Rights Leader Coretta Scott King denounced the Bush Administration Foreign Policy as she accepted an award for her work in the gay community, saying homeland security should focus on domestic problems ranging from hate crimes to homelessness.

'A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create more terrorists and drain as much as 200 Billion taxpayer dollars, which should be used for human development here in America,' the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said.

'It seems to me that true homeland security ought to be more about providing health care for every citizen, and less about shuffling bueraucratic agencies and undermining our civil liberties.'

King, 75, was honored Friday night with a Circles of Hope Award from the Metropolitan Community Foundation, a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender organization.

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If had only known that the Islamokazis would stop if we prosecute hate crimes against them! (sarcasm button on)

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Funny, I don't remember anybody bitching about how much World War II cost.

Hey, Ms. King, what good is saving the money and not going to war if you don't have a country anymore?!

[mhking]

This was previously posted: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/794788/posts In addition, it does not belong in "Breaking News."

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More- Following several long standing ovations and countelss proclomations of 'thank you' and 'amen' shouted from the packed Fairmont Hotel ballroom, King said she wasn't finished fighting.

She said more resources must be spent to find a cure for HIV, and hate crime laws must be strengthened to enclude sexual orientation.

'We need more funding for diversity education so young people are inoculated against the toxic viruses of racism, sexism and homophobia before they enter the work force.' Mrs. King said in a shining bronze suit.

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Interesting how they left off the text of the speech in the initial report..

[albee]

Sadam must have made a large contribution to the Martin L. King Charitable Foundation headed by Coretta King.

[F16Fighter]

This was previously posted..."

I prefer this headline ;-)

Dontcha just love the way champagne liberals accept award and accolades for their "contributions" to community or humanity, while trashing the only country standing between them and an Islamic machete.

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That's the only time these political socialists really let their hair down when they think they are alone in Bezerkely or San Francisco with fellow travelers.

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'A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create more terrorists and drain as much as 200 Billion taxpayer dollars, which should be used for human development here in America,' the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said.

We've already spent trillions of dollars on the war on poverty (which is human development). Didn't solve anything.

It's interesting to see how the left keeps ballooning the cost of this "war". We shouldn't have spent all of that money on WWII aka The Cold War either (the left never did like seeing to collapse of the Soviet Union, communism failed???).

[Mfkmmof4]

Would some of these popular folk please stop finding more ways of spending my paychecks especially when I have my own bills to pay. Coretta donate more of your fortune before pushing for Homeland Security to provide the poor with anything else.

[A CA Guy]

Why should anyone listen to that old bag of bones, even her own husband was off screwing every other female he could find rather than be with her. Why should we give a rats bottom about what she ever has to say?
Plus this bag of bones has marketed her dead husbands name for wealth and hasn't treated him as the fallen historical figure most would consider him to be.
I think she has sold his name out to the extent that she has soiled his memory and that is not something that gives her the right to expect me to listen to anything she would say.
She should do something productive with her life, like driving a cab for a living.

[AmericaUnited]

saying homeland security should focus on domestic problems ranging from hate crimes to homelessness.

Let's start with all of the black vs white hate crimes, which outnumber white vs black by about 100-1. Then we can focus on all of the blacks who hate their own race and prey on them.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Well, gosh, there's a surprise.

President Bush was the picture of a gentleman when the Ms. King was at the White House, and how is he repaid? With a vitriolic attack.

Somehow, the liberals never learn.

[Steve Eisenberg]

Funny, I don't remember anybody bitching about how much World War II cost.

Check out Jeanette Rankin, the pacifist GOP congresswoman who said "You can no more win a war than win an earthquake." It is true that her views weren't exactly popular outside her Montana district. Sadly, they are now mainstream in Cambridge, Madison and Berkeley, although I can't believe Montanans would fall for them again.

[stylin19a]

'It seems to me that true homeland security ought to be more about providing health care for every citizen..."

Dead citizens don't need health care.

[Fintan]

'It seems to me that true homeland security ought to be more about providing health care for every citizen...'

Great idea, Coretta.

Next time foreign terrorists hijack aircraft and fly them into buildings on American soil and kill over 3,000 innocent working Americans (who are also taxpayers, unwittingly or unwillingly subsidizing your socialist Ponzie scheme), those who are lucky enough to survive can wait up to six months for that same swell "free" health care. You know, just like they have in Cuba.

And by the way, Coretta...just what do you do for income these days???? And can we see your tax returns????

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President Bush was the picture of a gentleman when the Ms. King was at the White House, and how is he repaid? With a vitriolic attack.

Makes her look very small, doesn't it?

Now we just need a few letters to the editor to point this out.

a.cricket

[raybbr]

should be used for human development

Good God! I didn't know we undeveloped humans right here in our own country. Did evolution stop in some part of the U.S.? Perhaps any anthropoligists out there could enlighten us.

[IronJack]

'A war with Iraq will increase anti-American sentiment, create more terrorists and drain as much as 200 Billion taxpayer dollars, which should be used for human development here in America,' the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., said.

Any action to protect ourselves will increase anti-American sentiment. Terrorists are being created as fast as camels can breed. And the $200 billion -- besides being some arbitrary number she pulled out of her ... handbag, is money well spent. In fact, since most of it will go to American interests anyway, it could prove a tonic to the economy.

'It seems to me that true homeland security ought to be more about providing health care for every citizen, and less about shuffling bueraucratic agencies and undermining our civil liberties.'

It seems to me that national defense should be about defending the nation. One doesn't do that by instituting socialistic policies like government healthy care. One does that by opening a case of Keester Kooler on one's enemies.

King, 75, was honored Friday night with a Circles of Hope Award from the Metropolitan Community Foundation, a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender organization.

King, widow of murdered civil rights leader Martin Luther King, embarrassed herself and her cause by associating with sexual freaks known as the "Circle of Dopes."

[zbogwan2]

Old Coretta Scott King is an irrelevant dinosaur from bygone days.

Hope she becomes extinct just like the dinosaurs, sooner rather than later.