I think Al Sharpton is angry ... actually, now that I think about it he is probably estatic ... that Beck has planned this event because it gets his giant head and name in the media.
We all know he has the RIGHT to hold his "reclaiming Civil Rights" speech on the anniversary and location of MLK's speech... but SHOULD he?
(that line of arguing sounds strangely familiar... I worry I may be stealing it from somewhere...)
lol, i agree...
beck is nuts if he thinks people are going to remember his little pow wow over the history that happened there 47 years ago. does he think he will match what king said in terms of relevence or history?? i can not wait to read a transcript of the drivel that is sure to be said.
why could he not do it at the washington monument or something?
so let me get this straight....he is holding a rally for freedom, civil rights, and honoring the special forces war dead...how do these things even go together? why not hold it at one of the war memorials??
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
I think Al Sharpton is angry ... actually, now that I think about it he is probably estatic ... that Beck has planned this event because it gets his giant head and name in the media.
why the hate on sharpton?
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
We all know he has the RIGHT to hold his "reclaiming Civil Rights" speech on the anniversary and location of MLK's speech... but SHOULD he?
(that line of arguing sounds strangely familiar... I worry I may be stealing it from somewhere...)
lol, i agree...
beck is nuts if he thinks people are going to remember his little pow wow over the history that happened there 47 years ago. does he think he will match what king said in terms of relevence or history?? i can not wait to read a transcript of the drivel that is sure to be said.
why could he not do it at the washington monument or something?
so let me get this straight....he is holding a rally for freedom, civil rights, and honoring the special forces war dead...how do these things even go together? why not hold it at one of the war memorials??
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
did you lose your civil rights? what about the gays? i have replied to your question 100 times in the mosque threads. it is ok with me that they build it there because they have a constitutional right to build it wherever they want to...you and beck use the constitution when it suits you, not in all cases...and then advocate changing it when it does not.
it was a great day until beck tried to commandeer its history.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
We all know he has the RIGHT to hold his "reclaiming Civil Rights" speech on the anniversary and location of MLK's speech... but SHOULD he?
(that line of arguing sounds strangely familiar... I worry I may be stealing it from somewhere...)
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic here. Just in case you're not, that line of thinking has been hashed out in numerous Ground Zero Mosque threads.
Separately, it's idiotic to believe that this timing is truely the coincidence that Beck is apparently claiming it is. Frankly, I think he would be better off calling it a tribute to the civil-rights themes that Dr. King worked so hard to further. Peronally, I'd rather run the risk of being accused of trying to compare myself to MLK and falling short than I would being accused of trying to "one-up" him.
That said, this argument is all so much fluff until we hear what is actually said at the rally.
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
1. Health Reform has already been debated and it has been passed.
2. Taking private property by eminent domain, this Supreme Court ruling in 2005 gave LOCAL and CITY government officials the right to seize private property. This occurs repeatly in urban city areas and in rural areas. Take a look at the Gulf Coast and you’ll see it happening now and not just in Louisiana.
3. Why do you think it’s a great day? (If you believe it’s a great day due to its historical reference to civil rights), why would you be opposed to the construction of the Islamic Cultural Center to replace a ‘damaged 9/11 building’ when there were so many buildings damaged on 9/11?
Seems like you’re contradicting your argument and would rather see it fall under eminent domain due to blight, then to have Muslims build on the property?
SIN EATERS--We take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible and absolutely necessary.
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In front of the Lincoln Memorial in June, a group of students caught up in a moment of spontaneous patriotism broke into song. But the US Park Police were quick to shush the members of the Young America’s Foundation, saying singing is not allowed at the memorial. The song that was stifled? “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
At the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta this July, an official at the memorial to one of the greatest civil rights leaders in the world – my Uncle Martin – removed a bullhorn from the hands of Father Frank Pavone, an internationally recognized leader of the pro-life movement. We were a group more than 100 strong, in Atlanta to declare that abortion is the greatest violation of civil rights in our day. We brought a wreath to lay at Uncle Martin’s grave while we prayed, but due to a King Center official’s barricade at the gravesite, we weren’t allowed. The National Park Service said that would constitute a demonstration.
So much for freedom of assembly.
Symbols of liberty
Americans are hungry to reclaim the symbols of our liberty, hard won by an unlikely group of outnumbered, outgunned, underfunded patriots determined not to live in servitude to the British Empire. If we want to sing the national anthem at a memorial to the man who led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free, we should be able to send our voices soaring to the heavens.
Glenn Beck’s “Rally to Restore Honor” this Saturday will give us that chance, and that’s why I feel it’s important for me to be there.
Before the words were out of Mr. Beck’s mouth announcing the Aug. 28 rally, The New York Times noted that it would be at the same place and 47 years to the day since my Uncle Martin gave his “I Have a Dream Speech.” When asked why he chose that date in particular, Beck said he had not realized its significance, but in thinking about it, he saw it is an auspicious day to rally for the honor of the American people. He has said, and he’s right, that Martin Luther King didn’t speak only for African-Americans. He spoke for all Americans, and his words still ring true.
Other groups are planning rallies and demonstrations in Washington that day, and freedom of speech gives them the right to do so – and to criticize me for not jumping on their bandwagon. But Uncle Martin’s legacy is big enough to go around.
A rally about character, not politics
Though critics see it as partisan, Beck’s rally is not a political event, per se. Instead, it is designed to be a refreshing exercise of freedom of speech.
The rally will be a celebration of who we are as a nation and a chance to stop for a moment, reflect, reorganize, and re-energize. It’s a chance to think about character; both our character as a nation and our character as individuals.
Delineating ourselves as red state or blue, liberal or conservative, minority or majority, we have not quite reached the day when men and women are “judged not by the color of their skin but on the content of their character.” We are still marching toward that day. As Uncle Martin said, “we cannot turn back.”
The rally will also give America another chance to honor and thank the men and women in our armed forces for the dangers they face every day in our stead. Unless you have a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan, it’s too easy to forget that tens of thousands of Americans are far from the comforts of home, are directly in harm’s way, facing an enemy who hates us precisely because we are free. And coming just days before the ninth anniversary of 9/11, the day that roused us from our complacency, we could use another wakeup call, one of our own devising.
When I join Beck and all gathered at the Lincoln Memorial this weekend, I will talk about my Uncle Martin and the America he envisioned. I will talk about honor and character and sacrifice. I will be joined by those who represent the diversity of the human race.
On Saturday, Uncle Martin’s dream of personhood and human dignity will resound across America. And the Park Police should consider themselves forewarned: As we stand in the symbolic shadow of the great American who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, we just might sing.
Dr. Alveda King is the director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life, and the founder of King for America.
I never said I thought it was an insult to MLK, however I do think that another date would probably be a better choice, for his own benefit, as like I said, he's setting himself up for comparison.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
...
Me... personally, I don't have problem with Glenn Beck or anyone else giving a speech at the same location, on the anniversary date of the Martin Luther King speech... it is his right as an American to choose to do so. My problem is his motivation. Glenn Beck is at first... and entertainer. He is in it to make money... to boost ratings and to sell books. That is the business Glenn Beck is in... entertainment. He understands that publicity is publicity and it puts his name out in the forefront of national discussion. He understands that there are people like you that will watch his shows and listen to his radio program, boosting his ratings an increasing revenues for... Glenn Beck. He isn't an idiot.. he knows exactly what he is doing because he understands you... his base audience.
If he was so concerned about 'Reclaiming Civil Rights', where was he when the government was infringing on your rights to privacy when warrantless wiretaps were being put into place?
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only". We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
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."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
...
Me... personally, I don't have problem with Glenn Beck or anyone else giving a speech at the same location, on the anniversary date of the Martin Luther King speech... it is his right as an American to choose to do so. My problem is his motivation. Glenn Beck is at first... and entertainer. He is in it to make money... to boost ratings and to sell books. That is the business Glenn Beck is in... entertainment. He understands that publicity is publicity and it puts his name out in the forefront of national discussion. He understands that there are people like you that will watch his shows and listen to his radio program, boosting his ratings an increasing revenues for... Glenn Beck. He isn't an idiot.. he knows exactly what he is doing because he understands you... his base audience.
If he was so concerned about 'Reclaiming Civil Rights', where was he when the government was infringing on your rights to privacy when warrantless wiretaps were being put into place?
Beck is not benefiting from this rally. In fact, he's paid out alot of money to make it happen. As far as your last question, I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it. Don't we also have the right to feel safe and be protected from thugs like Al Qaida that want to blow us up? Plain, Simple, Common Fucking Sense!
Beck is not benefiting from this rally. In fact, he's paid out alot of money to make it happen. As far as your last question, I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it. Don't we also have the right to feel safe and be protected from thugs like Al Qaida that want to blow us up? Plain, Simple, Common Fucking Sense!
are you joking? how is beck NOT benefitting from this gathering of the mental midgets? he has a whole audience of a couple hundred thousand that will buy his next book, not to mention those that will deify him due to the lack of support from those on the left. he is going to benefit big time from those on the fringe that think he is a great american for pulling this publicity stunt on shuch hallowed ground, when most of us would not bother buying his stupid books.. and waht does beck givig a pep talk have to do with you feeling safe from "thugs like alquada that what to blow us up" when al qaeda is a DIRECT result of our cia acting behind the scenes in afghanistan and pakistan and other middle eastern countries...
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
1. Health Reform has already been debated and it has been passed.
2. Taking private property by eminent domain, this Supreme Court ruling in 2005 gave LOCAL and CITY government officials the right to seize private property. This occurs repeatly in urban city areas and in rural areas. Take a look at the Gulf Coast and you’ll see it happening now and not just in Louisiana.
3. Why do you think it’s a great day? (If you believe it’s a great day due to its historical reference to civil rights), why would you be opposed to the construction of the Islamic Cultural Center to replace a ‘damaged 9/11 building’ when there were so many buildings damaged on 9/11?
Seems like you’re contradicting your argument and would rather see it fall under eminent domain due to blight, then to have Muslims build on the property?
I was answering this post.....
gimmesometruth27 » 27 Aug 2010 06:18
norm wrote:
gimmesometruth27 wrote:
and what the fuck does beck mean when he says "This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement." ???????? anyone have any ideas what he means? as if he has ever had to overcome his civil rights being denied or something...
The Health Care Bill was not debated....how can anyone debate on the health care bill when no one read the bill.... The Supreme Court should not make law.........that ruling is against the Constitution and Americans Civil Rights.....hence losing our civil rights
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
Beck is not benefiting from this rally. In fact, he's paid out alot of money to make it happen. As far as your last question, I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it. Don't we also have the right to feel safe and be protected from thugs like Al Qaida that want to blow us up? Plain, Simple, Common Fucking Sense!
What's your full name and address...? I'm sure you'll be ok with posting that information...you know, since you have nothing to hide...
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
...
Me... personally, I don't have problem with Glenn Beck or anyone else giving a speech at the same location, on the anniversary date of the Martin Luther King speech... it is his right as an American to choose to do so. My problem is his motivation. Glenn Beck is at first... and entertainer. He is in it to make money... to boost ratings and to sell books. That is the business Glenn Beck is in... entertainment. He understands that publicity is publicity and it puts his name out in the forefront of national discussion. He understands that there are people like you that will watch his shows and listen to his radio program, boosting his ratings an increasing revenues for... Glenn Beck. He isn't an idiot.. he knows exactly what he is doing because he understands you... his base audience.
If he was so concerned about 'Reclaiming Civil Rights', where was he when the government was infringing on your rights to privacy when warrantless wiretaps were being put into place?
Beck is not benefiting from this rally. In fact, he's paid out alot of money to make it happen. As far as your last question, I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it. Don't we also have the right to feel safe and be protected from thugs like Al Qaida that want to blow us up? Plain, Simple, Common Fucking Sense!
Anyone that thinks Beck isn't benefiting from this rally needs to take their heads out of the sand.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
Beck is not benefiting from this rally. In fact, he's paid out alot of money to make it happen. As far as your last question, I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it. Don't we also have the right to feel safe and be protected from thugs like Al Qaida that want to blow us up? Plain, Simple, Common Fucking Sense!
There are a billion other things that will kill you befoe Al Qaeda does..
Statistically speaking...
Contrary to what W tells you, "terrorism" is not the single greatest threat to Americans today.
where was he when the government was infringing on your rights to privacy when warrantless wiretaps were being put into place?
...I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it.
Are you been serious or this is just a joke? It seems like you were born in some communist country where wiretapping was the rule. If you don't get why wiretapping is wrong well i guess you'll be happy buying the next Glenn Beck book
P-r-i-v-a-c-y is priceless to me
P-r-i-v-a-c-y
"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Beck is not benefiting from this rally. In fact, he's paid out alot of money to make it happen. As far as your last question, I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it. Don't we also have the right to feel safe and be protected from thugs like Al Qaida that want to blow us up? Plain, Simple, Common Fucking Sense!
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If you don't know... and you make it clear that you don't... Glenn Beck will make a killing on this scheme. He will make millions when he expands his base audience who'll boost his ratings and buy his books.
and about the warrantless wiretaps.. apparently you DON'T KNOW WHAT CIVIL RIGHTS ARE. It does not matter what phone calls are being made, it is the fact that it goes against our Constitution. If the government wants to tap my phone... they can get a warrant in order to do so.
Also... i'm not a pussy and I'm not afraid of Al Qaeda like so many wusses that are willing to let the fear of them cause us to forfeit the very rights those pussies claim they hate. By allowing our rights to be violated would be exactly what al qaeda would want, right? So... YOU are doing the will of Al Qaeda!!!
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
Also... Glenn beck claims this was an arbitrary date and location he chose.
*IF*... Glenn beck is a historical scholar and a dedicated follower of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr... as he claims to be... then I have to ask... WHY didn't he KNOW that the most memorable speech delivered by Dr. King took place on this very location... on the same date?
Does he not know his history... or is he a liar... or just dumb?
None. He is a calculating entrepenuer that wants to capitalize on all of this free publicity for his own gain.
Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
Hail, Hail!!!
Also... Glenn beck claims this was an arbitrary date and location he chose.
*IF*... Glenn beck is a historical scholar and a dedicated follower of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr... as he claims to be... then I have to ask... WHY didn't he KNOW that the most memorable speech delivered by Dr. King took place on this very location... on the same date?
Does he not know his history... or is he a liar... or just dumb?
None. He is a calculating entrepenuer that wants to capitalize on all of this free publicity for his own gain.
+1
"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
Neil deGrasse Tyson
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only". We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
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."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
glenn beck you will never match or detract from the greatness of the words spoken here 47 years ago today.....
I don't normally quote such a large text, but this is an exception. This speech ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes, and gives me chills, it is so beautiful and hopeful.
Beck is nothing. He can't tarnish MLK or that day of beauty in any way.
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Also... Glenn beck claims this was an arbitrary date and location he chose.
*IF*... Glenn beck is a historical scholar and a dedicated follower of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr... as he claims to be... then I have to ask... WHY didn't he KNOW that the most memorable speech delivered by Dr. King took place on this very location... on the same date?
Does he not know his history... or is he a liar... or just dumb?
None. He is a calculating entrepenuer that wants to capitalize on all of this free publicity for his own gain.
+1
even i know and im not an american.
beck knew exactly what he was doing. feigning ignorance just makes him look stupid, not to mention a bit of a liar. i heard a part of his speech this morning during a news break and he said the US was turning back towards religion. if thats the case then you are all in serious trouble.
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lie beside me
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We all know he has the RIGHT to hold his "reclaiming Civil Rights" speech on the anniversary and location of MLK's speech... but SHOULD he?
(that line of arguing sounds strangely familiar... I worry I may be stealing it from somewhere...)
thanks for posting that...
lol, i agree...
beck is nuts if he thinks people are going to remember his little pow wow over the history that happened there 47 years ago. does he think he will match what king said in terms of relevence or history?? i can not wait to read a transcript of the drivel that is sure to be said.
why could he not do it at the washington monument or something?
so let me get this straight....he is holding a rally for freedom, civil rights, and honoring the special forces war dead...how do these things even go together? why not hold it at one of the war memorials??
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Mandating health insurance, taking private property by eminent domain when it is not need for public use and selling it to a developer is just two examples of losing our civil rights…
.....why is it okay with you people to build a mosque at one of the buildings damaged on 9/11, but you find fault with Beck trying to get people together on this great day?
it was a great day until beck tried to commandeer its history.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Separately, it's idiotic to believe that this timing is truely the coincidence that Beck is apparently claiming it is. Frankly, I think he would be better off calling it a tribute to the civil-rights themes that Dr. King worked so hard to further. Peronally, I'd rather run the risk of being accused of trying to compare myself to MLK and falling short than I would being accused of trying to "one-up" him.
That said, this argument is all so much fluff until we hear what is actually said at the rally.
1. Health Reform has already been debated and it has been passed.
2. Taking private property by eminent domain, this Supreme Court ruling in 2005 gave LOCAL and CITY government officials the right to seize private property. This occurs repeatly in urban city areas and in rural areas. Take a look at the Gulf Coast and you’ll see it happening now and not just in Louisiana.
3. Why do you think it’s a great day? (If you believe it’s a great day due to its historical reference to civil rights), why would you be opposed to the construction of the Islamic Cultural Center to replace a ‘damaged 9/11 building’ when there were so many buildings damaged on 9/11?
Seems like you’re contradicting your argument and would rather see it fall under eminent domain due to blight, then to have Muslims build on the property?
http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opi ... r-of-honor
By Alveda King / August 26, 2010
New York
In front of the Lincoln Memorial in June, a group of students caught up in a moment of spontaneous patriotism broke into song. But the US Park Police were quick to shush the members of the Young America’s Foundation, saying singing is not allowed at the memorial. The song that was stifled? “The Star-Spangled Banner.”
At the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta this July, an official at the memorial to one of the greatest civil rights leaders in the world – my Uncle Martin – removed a bullhorn from the hands of Father Frank Pavone, an internationally recognized leader of the pro-life movement. We were a group more than 100 strong, in Atlanta to declare that abortion is the greatest violation of civil rights in our day. We brought a wreath to lay at Uncle Martin’s grave while we prayed, but due to a King Center official’s barricade at the gravesite, we weren’t allowed. The National Park Service said that would constitute a demonstration.
So much for freedom of assembly.
Symbols of liberty
Americans are hungry to reclaim the symbols of our liberty, hard won by an unlikely group of outnumbered, outgunned, underfunded patriots determined not to live in servitude to the British Empire. If we want to sing the national anthem at a memorial to the man who led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free, we should be able to send our voices soaring to the heavens.
Glenn Beck’s “Rally to Restore Honor” this Saturday will give us that chance, and that’s why I feel it’s important for me to be there.
Before the words were out of Mr. Beck’s mouth announcing the Aug. 28 rally, The New York Times noted that it would be at the same place and 47 years to the day since my Uncle Martin gave his “I Have a Dream Speech.” When asked why he chose that date in particular, Beck said he had not realized its significance, but in thinking about it, he saw it is an auspicious day to rally for the honor of the American people. He has said, and he’s right, that Martin Luther King didn’t speak only for African-Americans. He spoke for all Americans, and his words still ring true.
Other groups are planning rallies and demonstrations in Washington that day, and freedom of speech gives them the right to do so – and to criticize me for not jumping on their bandwagon. But Uncle Martin’s legacy is big enough to go around.
A rally about character, not politics
Though critics see it as partisan, Beck’s rally is not a political event, per se. Instead, it is designed to be a refreshing exercise of freedom of speech.
The rally will be a celebration of who we are as a nation and a chance to stop for a moment, reflect, reorganize, and re-energize. It’s a chance to think about character; both our character as a nation and our character as individuals.
Delineating ourselves as red state or blue, liberal or conservative, minority or majority, we have not quite reached the day when men and women are “judged not by the color of their skin but on the content of their character.” We are still marching toward that day. As Uncle Martin said, “we cannot turn back.”
The rally will also give America another chance to honor and thank the men and women in our armed forces for the dangers they face every day in our stead. Unless you have a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan, it’s too easy to forget that tens of thousands of Americans are far from the comforts of home, are directly in harm’s way, facing an enemy who hates us precisely because we are free. And coming just days before the ninth anniversary of 9/11, the day that roused us from our complacency, we could use another wakeup call, one of our own devising.
When I join Beck and all gathered at the Lincoln Memorial this weekend, I will talk about my Uncle Martin and the America he envisioned. I will talk about honor and character and sacrifice. I will be joined by those who represent the diversity of the human race.
On Saturday, Uncle Martin’s dream of personhood and human dignity will resound across America. And the Park Police should consider themselves forewarned: As we stand in the symbolic shadow of the great American who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, we just might sing.
Dr. Alveda King is the director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life, and the founder of King for America.
Me... personally, I don't have problem with Glenn Beck or anyone else giving a speech at the same location, on the anniversary date of the Martin Luther King speech... it is his right as an American to choose to do so. My problem is his motivation. Glenn Beck is at first... and entertainer. He is in it to make money... to boost ratings and to sell books. That is the business Glenn Beck is in... entertainment. He understands that publicity is publicity and it puts his name out in the forefront of national discussion. He understands that there are people like you that will watch his shows and listen to his radio program, boosting his ratings an increasing revenues for... Glenn Beck. He isn't an idiot.. he knows exactly what he is doing because he understands you... his base audience.
If he was so concerned about 'Reclaiming Civil Rights', where was he when the government was infringing on your rights to privacy when warrantless wiretaps were being put into place?
Hail, Hail!!!
—Glenn Beck, New York Times, March 29, 2009
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check — a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.
It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "For Whites Only". We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.
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."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!
But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.
And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
view the entire speech here..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbUtL_0v ... re=related
glenn beck you will never match or detract from the greatness of the words spoken here 47 years ago today.....
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
Beck is not benefiting from this rally. In fact, he's paid out alot of money to make it happen. As far as your last question, I never really could understand why this bothered people. Are you hiding something? Are you having phone sex and don't want the government to listen in? Drug deals over the phone? I just don't get it. Don't we also have the right to feel safe and be protected from thugs like Al Qaida that want to blow us up? Plain, Simple, Common Fucking Sense!
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I was answering this post.....
gimmesometruth27 » 27 Aug 2010 06:18
norm wrote:
gimmesometruth27 wrote:
and what the fuck does beck mean when he says "This is a moment, quite honestly, that I think we reclaim the civil rights movement." ???????? anyone have any ideas what he means? as if he has ever had to overcome his civil rights being denied or something...
The Health Care Bill was not debated....how can anyone debate on the health care bill when no one read the bill....
The Supreme Court should not make law.........that ruling is against the Constitution and Americans Civil Rights.....hence losing our civil rights
What's your full name and address...? I'm sure you'll be ok with posting that information...you know, since you have nothing to hide...
Statistically speaking...
Contrary to what W tells you, "terrorism" is not the single greatest threat to Americans today.
Are you been serious or this is just a joke? It seems like you were born in some communist country where wiretapping was the rule. If you don't get why wiretapping is wrong well i guess you'll be happy buying the next Glenn Beck book
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If you don't know... and you make it clear that you don't... Glenn Beck will make a killing on this scheme. He will make millions when he expands his base audience who'll boost his ratings and buy his books.
and about the warrantless wiretaps.. apparently you DON'T KNOW WHAT CIVIL RIGHTS ARE. It does not matter what phone calls are being made, it is the fact that it goes against our Constitution. If the government wants to tap my phone... they can get a warrant in order to do so.
Also... i'm not a pussy and I'm not afraid of Al Qaeda like so many wusses that are willing to let the fear of them cause us to forfeit the very rights those pussies claim they hate. By allowing our rights to be violated would be exactly what al qaeda would want, right? So... YOU are doing the will of Al Qaeda!!!
Hail, Hail!!!
+1
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*IF*... Glenn beck is a historical scholar and a dedicated follower of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr... as he claims to be... then I have to ask... WHY didn't he KNOW that the most memorable speech delivered by Dr. King took place on this very location... on the same date?
Does he not know his history... or is he a liar... or just dumb?
None. He is a calculating entrepenuer that wants to capitalize on all of this free publicity for his own gain.
Hail, Hail!!!
+1
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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I don't normally quote such a large text, but this is an exception. This speech ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes, and gives me chills, it is so beautiful and hopeful.
Beck is nothing. He can't tarnish MLK or that day of beauty in any way.
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R.i.p. Black Tail (cat) - Sept. 20, 2008
even i know and im not an american.
beck knew exactly what he was doing. feigning ignorance just makes him look stupid, not to mention a bit of a liar. i heard a part of his speech this morning during a news break and he said the US was turning back towards religion. if thats the case then you are all in serious trouble.
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11114172
all white crowd.