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BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....

19 Jan 09 - 08:19 PM (#2543570)
Subject: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Bobert

Well, I've been trying to find the right Dr King words and taken in their entirity all the bases would be covered but, hey, that would fill up several thousand screens so...

... from Dr. King's last address the SCLC:

"...the road ahead will not always be smooth. There will still be rocky places of frustration and meandering points of bewilderment. There will be inevitable setbacks here and there. There will be those moments when the bouyancy of hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair. Our dreams will sometimes be shattered and our ethereal hopes blasted.... Difficult and painfull as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future..."

Yeah, that's about what Dr. King would tell Barack Obama and our nation today....

Bobert


19 Jan 09 - 08:50 PM (#2543591)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Ebbie

Lovely, and right to the point. Thank you, Bob.


19 Jan 09 - 08:51 PM (#2543593)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Amos

And it sounds very similar to the warnings and hopes voiced by Obama.

Almost close enough to make you want to believe in reincarnation.


A


19 Jan 09 - 09:00 PM (#2543599)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Bobert

Yeah...


19 Jan 09 - 09:29 PM (#2543625)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Janie

PLEASE don't do Obama the diservice of equating him to Dr. King....

King's role and leadership would not have been possible, much less successful, had he aspired to political office.

Obama's potential and promise is as the head-of-state of our nation. His potential is that of a political unifier and sanctioned political leader by way of the electorate.    Very different from the role of MLK.


19 Jan 09 - 11:51 PM (#2543665)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Amos

Wal, the times have changed, but the spirit marches on.

A


20 Jan 09 - 01:20 AM (#2543689)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: michaelr

Amen, Sister Janie.


20 Jan 09 - 02:24 AM (#2543704)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Barry Finn

Janie, you got a sister named Mike??

Barry


20 Jan 09 - 05:40 AM (#2543769)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: akenaton

Well well so it's come to this! Dissin' one of your few true heros to elevate a windbag......and by your own criteria, a bigotted windbag!


20 Jan 09 - 08:34 AM (#2543895)
Subject: RE: BS: Dr. King to Obama and the Nation....
From: Amos

Who are you calling a windbag, you stoneheaded jackanapes?


A