MLK Rally marked by Bush, Ashcroft bashing & absence of US flags; Speaker Praises Mugabe

Personal Observations on C-SPAN ^ | August 23, 2003 | nwrep

[Destro]

Actually prohibition of free speech is a leftist trait. So is making sure that when they make a speech they send out PC signals like wearing AIDS ribbons. Remember the episode of Sienfeld where Kramer refused to wear the AIDS ribbons and was attacked by the gays? Don't become your "enemy".

In fact they can speak out against me and my nation all they want. I will defend their right to do so with glee.

As for you, happygrl please post an example, but first look up the meaning of the word demogogue.

[nwrep]

Destro, you are missing the point. The point is one of honesty. You are right that they can spew all hatred towards America and be anti-American. That is their first amendment right. But I am trying to show them for what they are, by their actions. The media is glossing over it, covering for them.

That is the point of this thread. If Jesse Jackson wants to say he hates America, he can be my guest. But I don't want him hiding behing MLK and fooling people about it. I want to shed light on the behavior of contemporary leftist black leadership, for what it has become. I am not disputing their right to be anti-American or pro-American.

[concerned about politics]

Anyone thinking that's NOT in the cards just has NOT been paying attention to the evidence much at all. IMHO.

They sided with muslims after 9/11.
They sided with Saddam before the liberation.
They sided with the old U.S.S.R.
They sold our missile technology to communist Red China. Al took campain contrabutions from them as well.
They support the Cuban dictatorship.
The fource all, rich and poor, free and bond, through litigation before activist judges, to tolerate, accept, and embrace all sin in the name of God. Jessie is suppose to be a Reverend!!!

[CyberAnt]

If these people are so darn unhappy with AMERICA - why don't they go to Liberia instead ..??

[concerned about politics]

PS....

They also side with Palistinian terrorists who wish to ethnically cleanse the entire Jewish population.

[Destro]

Oh-ok that makes sense then-It seemed you wanted them banned for not being patriotic.

[F16Fighter]

"And [they] are using 'tolerance of all sin' as a legitimate reason to rule the country through facist litigation."

Yes they are...

Additionally, they also use this rabid spectacle as a 6:00 news flash-point in hoping not only to recruit other "victims" of white, hetro, capitalist America, but to intimidate all those politicians who allow themselves to fall prey to the "guilt" of "racial inequities," and fear of political retribution.

Not much difference between this and Nuremberg.

[cubreporter]

Color ME a PROUD AMERICAN. I fly our flag day and night. For those who choose not to display Old Glory...to Hell with them!

[F16Fighter]

"Its an American thing."

Sure it.

Enough of this giving the benefit of doubt to anti-America, one-world socialists like Jesse Jackson who can call themselves "American."

Let's call him what he is: An extortionist, provocateur of emnity, enemy of the state, AND traitor to his country.

[Destro]

Destro, we care because these people should show more gratitude for living in the greatest, freest country in the world. Its an American thing.

Or else?

[JulieRNR21]

No mention of all the 'blame America first' speeches at the Rally in this AP report:

WASHINGTON (Aug. 23) - Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently captured the struggle of black Americans for equality, civil rights activists called Saturday for his dream to finally be realized.

His vision of a land where little black boys and girls in the South would one day hold hands with little white boys and girls was remembered by thousands of people who gathered on a warm summer day to celebrate King's ``I Have a Dream'' speech.

``Despite the progress we've made during the last four decades, people of color are still being denied a fair share of employment and educational opportunities in our society,'' said his son, Martin Luther King III.

Speaking to a few thousand people gathered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, King said it was a day to honor the hard work of all those behind the 1963 march. It also represented, he said, a moment of realization that much work lies ahead.

To mark the coming 40th anniversary of the March on Washington, King's widow, Coretta Scott King, urged the crowd to follow the peaceful path that her husband preached.

``We must make our hearts instruments of peace and nonviolence because when the heart is right, the mind and the body will follow,'' she said.

Mrs. King stood on the memorial's granite steps, looking out over the Reflecting Pool, in the same spot where her husband delivered his powerful appeal so many years ago to a throng estimated at 250,000.

Another activist with vivid memories of that August day in 1963 was Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who helped organize the march.

``I was here 40 years ago, 23 years old, a few pounds lighter, with all of my hair,'' he said, as he asked young and old alike to do more. ``Too many of us are too complacent, too satisfied. We need to make a little noise.''

Other speakers spoke against racial profiling, the death penalty and the Iraq war.

Before the speeches, participants took shelter from the bright sun under about a half dozen white tents set up for a series of teach-ins.

The panel discussions varied from education, economic justice and jobs to voter education and empowerment - which was one of the central themes of the weekend remembrance.

The coalition of about 100 diverse groups who organized the rally used the event to kick off a 15-month voter mobilization campaign.

Saturday's teach-ins and speeches culminated a two-day celebration of the march in which King issued his famous demand for justice for all, delivered on Aug. 28, 1963.

``I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,''' he said.

``I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.''

Organizers reached out this year to the younger generation of 20- to 30-year-olds, and many of them turned out.

Rev. Markel Hutchins, national president and CEO of National Youth Connection was one of a number of young speakers.

``We come to this place to place the forces of evil and oppression on notice that our movement may have slowed but it has not stopped, and the hip hop generation is poised and ready to take over where our parents and predecessors are leaving off,'' said Hutchins.

Jimmy Prude, 20, a senior at Howard University, said he came to the rally to understand a little more about economic empowerment. ``I just want to see people be able to help better themselves.''

08/23/03 19:21 EDT

[Mo1]

This was NOT a rally for Martin L. King .. this was just another A.N.S.W.E.R and Moveon Rally ..

IMO Dr. King would not support a murder like Robert Mugabe

[F16Fighter]

"In fact they can speak out against me and my nation all they want. I will defend their right to do so with glee."

Be my guest. But don't expect the rest of us to load the chambers of their guns along with you.

[concerned about politics]

Or else?

Expose them for what they are, and rally the troops to vote their enablers out of power.

[Mo1]

Next whistle-stop for the political kamikaze Dean: The Al Qaeda Rally in Baghdad

I would not be surprised if he did that

[CyberAnt]

Hmmmm? I'm confused the mainstream didn't want to show this parade of the useful idiots.

[Destro]

Expose them for what they are, and rally the troops to vote their enablers out of power.

That I can get behind.

[Destro]

Shame on those "rest" then.

[nwrep]

Why were no other peoples successfully sold as slaves?

Huh? What are you referring to? Most ancient cultures, from the Chinese to the Egyptians to the Arabs to the Mongols to Greeks and Celts had slaves. Africans had the misfortune of being the prime target of the world's foremost slave traders, the Arabs.