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He belongs with Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and others who rose from anonymity through the sheer power of their words. These people changed the tone and direction of the American conversation.

King was heroic…and only someone who wanted to deflect from his heroism would bring up his foibles.

The Founding Fathers had foibles enough to outlast any of King’s. We could start with Franklin’s womanizing, neglect of his family, and kowtowing to the British and from there move on to “ain’t gonna serve in no Army” Jefferson. In fact, he ran away from the British. And he seriously wounded Adam’s presidency with deceit and slander. Not nice.

Our Founders were not saints. Neither was King. But they were admirably human, all of them.

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This 1968 article,”On His Last March”, reminds me that we live in a World where there are no endings and beginnings, only Dreams of what we shape to become something new.

Those who use the memory of Martin Luther King to slander President Bush over the war on terrorism and the current military campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, need to take a good long look in a mirror and ask themselves some tough questions:
1). How long has slavery and racism existed under Islam (answer: about 1400 years)?
2). How do you explain Islamic slavery, racism and genocide in the Sudan province of Darfur and in northern Ethiopia? How do explain the racist policies of Idi Amin?
3). Do you know anything at all about the Zanj rebellion against the Abbassid Caliphs? This rebellion of black slaves against oppression rivaled that of the Spartacists against the Roman Empire. If at one time there were large black populations in Iraq and Iran, where are the descendants of these people today? Don’t come back and tell me they melted in with the rest of the population. That never happened. Survivors of black slaves in these countries today live at the bottom of the economic and politcal scales and are often referred to by the Arabic equivalent of the n-word.
4). Why does the announcement of the imposition of Sharia in sub-Sahara African countries always lead to major riots and bloodshed?
5). Slavery in the United States lasted for approximately 250 years and was ended by a brutal civil war. It took another 100 years to finally end the grip of segregation. Why don’t you go on record demanding the elimination of slavery and racism in the Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Mauritania, Mali and elsewhere? Why is the UN deaf and silent on this issue?
6). What were the casualty rates among slaves in a) the trans-Atlantic slave trade, and b) Islamic slave caravans across the Sahara Desert (answer: 80% and oftentimes higher for the trans-Sahara slave trade). The casualty rates for the trans-Atlantic slave trade were grim as well, but you never mention the trans-Sahara slave trade even though it is equally relevant.

To the Harry Bellafontes and the rest of the hypocritical crowd today — do you really think you’re following in Martin Luther King’s footsteps? From where I stand, you’ve strayed way off the path, and your hypocrisy will eventually come back to haunt you big time!

I discovered today that Rick Moran, proprietor of Right Wing Nuthouse and a contributor to The American Thinker has written exactly the article that I have had in mind since I was first turned on to the television show 24…

I believe Dr. King would be dismayed and ashamed of much that is being done and said today in his name.