Yesterday was Martin Luther King Day.
Today Barack Obama will become President of the United States.
Obama’s been trying hard to make you connect those two dots.
Instead of coming to town riding on a pony, he's putting the spurs to the memory of Dr. King. He’s trying to convince you that his election victory is the ultimate consummation of Dr. King’s dream.
Hogwash.
Dr. King dreamed of a time when each person would be judged only by “the content of his character” and not by the color of his skin. King didn’t just want a Black man to be President; he wanted a GOOD man to be president, and not be denied the job just because he was Black. I don’t believe King would have endorsed a militaristic corporate pimp dedicated to business as usual, just be cause he happened to be Black.
Or half Black.
King was a stand-up guy who spoke out in no uncertain terms against the war in Vietnam and the depredations of the US government. He was anti-war, pro-justice, and risked his life to say so. Eventually, it cost him his life.
It’s hard for me to imagine King spending $45 million on a party for himself. More likely he’d spread that bread around to folks who hadn’t seen three squares in a while – and we have plenty of people in that situation.
Obama wants to increase the military, escalate the war in Afghanistan. As a Senator, remember, he objected to the war against Iraq not on moral or legal grounds, but because he thought it was the “wrong” war. He nevertheless voted to fund it.
He voted for that bail-out for the rich boys, too.
Now, he’s surrounded himself with a group of “the usual suspects” certain to ensure the continuation of “business as usual.” He spews the same brain-dead pablum about the hyped-up “war on terror” as his dry-drunk predecessor; he pledges loyalty to Israel no matter what kind of ironically nazi-like atrocities they pull on the Palestinians, and he’s probably going to let Bush et al saunter away from a list of felonies long enough to make the average criminal doing 25 to life look like a Cub Scout.
You’ve heard of “guilt by association?”
Well this is the flip side of that same old propaganda trick: “nobility by association.”
Anybody fool enough or knave enough to mention these two men in the same breath, deserves a good whipping.
The above photos of Hitler and Obama?
That's a stupid comparison, too.
sj
4 comments:
I would hope this would finally end the "war on racism", but I'm sure it will just renew the energy of those who won't let it die. Personally, I don't see color, and frankly, I'm tired of hearing about it. Bad things happened. They are part of history. I'd like to live in the present. Some may argue that racism is very much in the present...well, if everyone would quit focusing on it maybe it would eventually die. (I know, there will always be some racists...as well as liars, cheaters and thieves). Black, white or purple...Obama gives me an uneasy feeling. I don't feel trust. Isn't that something we should feel in a president? I don't even have facts to back myself up...it's just one of the sixth sense hair-on-the-back of my neck things. It's uncomfortable. And it's not because he's half white, either.
Here we go again....why do you like to post pictures of Hitler and Obama??? To each his own I guess....
Brrr.... Baby, it's cold outside. C'mon - let me make you a cup o' tea.
I think they suspended trials at Guantanamo.
If the photos of Hitler and Obama are a stupid comparison, why do you post them? I get it...you are "comparing" BO to MLK.
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