Martin Luther King Jr … MLK Day 2012 … The Dream Continues

On this Martin Luther King Jr. Day let us all reflect on the fact that  we have come a long way; however, we have a ways still to go.  MLK Jr’s message goes out to all people, not just to blacks or to whites, all. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, do not let others interpret that dream for you. Listen to it and figure it out for yourself. It is never about the color of one’s skin, it is always about the content of one’s character. Always!

August 28, 1963: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

Full text of MLK Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech can be read here.

I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, 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 a table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four 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.

Daily Commentary – Friday, October 14, 2011 – Olive Garden Refuses the American Flag!

• Kiwanis Club members weren’t allowed to bring in an American flag to a meeting at the Olive Garden

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UPDATE I: The Olive Garden apologizes for the American flag controversy.

Olive Garden has issued public statements apologizing, including on its Facebook page.

“We are very sorry for any misunderstanding about this issue,” the Facebook post reads. “We do not have a policy at Olive Garden concerning bringing the American flag into our restaurants. Some members of our team were misinformed about company policy by our corporate office. As a company, we take responsibility for that and we regret it. …

“Like all Americans we have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for the American flag and everything it symbolizes, and we welcome anyone who wishes to bring the flag into our restaurants. In fact, we periodically provide American flag collar pins to our employees to wear while serving guests.”

A note to the Kiwanis Club and any other organization, you have many other places that would welcome your business and not even begin to think that an America flag would cause a concern. What country do we live in where anyone would think that the display of an American flag would disrupt patrons?

YIKES: Martin Luther King’s Daughter Bernice King: “Lincoln Remembered for Signing the Declaration of Independence”

Oh boy, I do not remember this from my American History classes from school …  “Lincoln Remembered for Signing the Declaration of Independence”.

From NewsBusters (VIDEO)comes the following miscue on the part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Bernice King when speaking at  a ceremony to honor the opening of the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in our nation’s capital. She stated during her speech, “Lincoln remembered for signing the Declaration of Independence.” Oops, wanna get away.

BERNICE KING: But as I close, I close with the recognition that daddy is standing, Lincoln is seated. Lincoln remembered for signing the Declaration of Independence. Daddy being remembered as standing up for truth and standing up for justice and standing up for righteousness and standing up for peace and standing up for freedom. Daddy is now standing on the National Mall in our nation’s capital.

As also pointed out by NewsBusters, and we will second … this is an obvious case of the misspoken word. I would believe that Ms. King is completely aware that Lincoln did not sign the Declaration of Independence and thus the reason why the MSM did not make such a big deal of this or was it because they were wrapped up in wall to wall coverage of Hurricane Irene?

However, that’s not the real story here. What would the MSM of done if such a comment like “Lincoln is seated. Lincoln remembered for signing the Declaration of Independence” was made by GWB, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann or any Republican? I would dare say that they would have done Breaking News into the hurricane coverage to announce the faux pas. But of course we know there is no double standard in the MSM, is there.

Casey Anthony Murder Trial Day 32: Jose Baez … Who Let the Dogs Out, or Buried them in Backyard with Plastic Bag & Duct Tape

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT … OR BURIED THEM IN THE BACK YARD COMPLETE WITH PLASTIC BAGS AND DUCT TAPE? HUH?

What is supposed to be the final day of the Jose Baez defense of accused tot mom murderer Casey Anthony before they rest,  Baez might have sunk to a new low of silliness and showed that it was rank amateur day. In what can only be called as one of the largest stretches ever seen in a court of law, let alone disgustingly hideous, Casey Anthony’s lead defense attorney Jose Baez actually called every member of the Anthony family and asked them about a history of their canines they owned and how they were buried.

George Anthony, Cindy and Lee were all questioned, one after the other about their backyard PET CEMETERY that would have made even Steven King cringe. What was Jose Baez thinking to actually make the comparison of burying a dog in the back yard to that of precious little Caylee? As asked by the Orlando Sentinel, Did the defense just bury itself with the asking of pet questions? Not only is the answer, yes, Baez also just showed yet again what a novice attorney he is as he continued down this completely silly line of questioning that was completely offensive. How does the Anthony’s having the practice of burying an abundance of dogs in the back yard some how tie to George Anthony being complicit is the disposal of Caylee?  Of course in his lack of wisdom, Baez also pointed out is his not ready for prime time direct of the A’s that Casey would have learned as well how to use duct tape and plastic bags. What a sad moment for the legal system.

WFTV-Channel 9 anchor Greg Warmoth wondered if the questions about pets tied George Anthony to the duct tape and Caylee’s remains. Casey Anthony, George’s daughter, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Caylee.

WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer scoffed, “Come on. What a stretch this is, for heaven’s sakes.”

Judge O.H. Eaton Jr., legal analyst for WESH-Channel 2, said he wasn’t sure where the defense was headed with the pet questions. “Somebody in the family buries dogs in plastic bags, and I guess there’s supposed to be a leap from that to this child was treated the same way,” Eaton said. “It’s hard to connect that. It was so long ago.”

Not only did Baez offend with this line of questioning, he allowed prosecutor Jeff Ashton to ask in cross the line of the morning to George Anthony, “have ever tossed a dead pet in the swamp.” Point for the State. What a pathetic line of questioning by Baez as Defense attorney Cheney Mason was seen sitting at the defense table leaning back most likely shaking his head in his mind, contemplating days of yore before ever having head of the name of Jose Baez and thinking … What the hell have  got myself into?

Jose Baez, is this all you have? As you rest your case today you defend your client for a capital murder charge and all you got is a dog names Mandy? Yikes. As crime blogger Blink from Blink on Crime stated, “O Mandy, when you came and you gave without taping … “. We hate to make light and jest about this, but it just proves the point of how absolute ignorant this line of questioning truly was by Baez.

Who knew that the Casey Anthony murder trial and the death of little Caylee would be turned into such a joke by Jose Baez? He has presented the Mandy defense … or is it the “Me and You and a God Named Boo” Defense? The question might not be, Who let the Dogs Out … but instead, Who Let Jose Baez into the legal profession?

EXIT QUESTION … Just how many Anthony pets have died?

Absolutely Despicable: Wonkette Editor Jack Stuef … Reprehensible Birthday Greeting to Sarah Palin’s Son Trig

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE LEFT? … YOU ACTUALLY THINK THE IS FUNNY OR APPROPRIATE! This is how the LEFT honors a baby’s birthday with special needs.

File this one under, UNREAL. Those on the LEFT have lost their souls. Sorry, but there is no justification or rational behind attacking a child with Down Syndrome. NONE!!!  This is pathetic and sick, even for Wonkette. Sorry, I will never link to such a most; however, will do so to Mediaite.com as they report on this hateful and insensitive story. Who knew that jokes about Down Syndrome,  incest, child rape, and fetal alcohol syndrome was humor. But when the LEFT attacks Sarah Palin, all things are perfectly ok. Imagine if those at Wonkette made similar comments about Obama’s daughters.

Political humor website Wonkette has long been trending toward nihilistic snark for snark’s sake, but Jack Stuef’s column “honoring” Trig Palin’s birthday is about the most irredeemably vile, unfunny thing I’ve ever seen. As if jokes about Trig’s Down Syndrome aren’t bad enough on their own, Stuef goes the extra mile to pen kneeslappers about incest, child rape, and fetal alcohol syndrome. I don’t want to reproduce too much of it here, but this quote is fairly representative:

News Busters states it best … “What has become of today’s liberalism that makes it acceptable to attack the mentally handicapped if they or their parents are conservatives?” Seriously folks, you mean the LEFT who claim to champion the underdog and the down trodden find it perfectly ok to attack a child with Downs as long as their parents do not agree with their political agenda. ARE YOU THAT SICK!

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Zombieland II & Twinkies: Chicago School Bans Bagged Lunches Brought from Home

UNREAL … WHO EVER HEARD OF NOT BRINGING YOU PB&J, ORANGE, TWINKIES AND BEVERAGE OF CHOICE TO SCHOOL IN YOUR SCOOBY-DOO, MYSTERY MACHINE LUNCH BOX.

Liberal educators are against a student’s right to choose, at least when it comes to bagged lunches. Taking the rights away from parents yet again.

Hat Tip: Flickr

Public schools just do not quit. They cannot seem to properly educate our school children, but they certainly can take away their rights to prevent them from bringing bagged lunches to school. Some Chicago schools have banned bagged lunches stating, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria. Once again “THEY” know better than you as Principal Elsa Carmona said,  ”her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices”. Students, how about its the parents that are making the food choices. Read more at the Lonely Conservative, an individual hunkered down in their blue state bunker.

Fernando Dominguez cut the figure of a young revolutionary leader during a recent lunch period at his elementary school.

“Who thinks the lunch is not good enough?” the seventh-grader shouted to his lunch mates in Spanish and English.

Dozens of hands flew in the air and fellow students shouted along: “We should bring our own lunch! We should bring our own lunch! We should bring our own lunch!”

Fernando waved his hand over the crowd and asked a visiting reporter: “Do you see the situation?”

Warning: Language

Do failing schools really need to worry about controlling what children eat, or educating them? Democrats claim they want Republicans to stay out of their bedroom, LIBS … stay out of childrens bagged lunches. Is it any wonder why Woody Harrelson was on a mission for a Hostess Twinkies in Zombieland, he probably went to a Chicago school and was deprived of them.

The Tolerant LEFT … Man With Anti-Obama Sign Attacked In San Francisco

So much for “FREE SPEECH” and tolerance in San Francisco…

San Francisco libs are always quick to preach of tolerance and the hateful, war mongering ways of the right and the Tea Party. They are the party of love all, serve all, tolerance. That is except when some one does not agree with them.

Hat Tip: Weasil Zippers - This sign would have been praised in SF & the MSM

What a shock, the attack took place in SF. A man was attacked in Francisco’s North Panhandle neighborhood who was holding an anti-Obama sign. According to reports, A man and woman approached the victim, tore the sign and shook the table and kicked the man. The sign said,“Impeach Obama” with a picture of the president with a Hitler mustache. The two attackers fled the scene and have not been located.

Oh the “TOLERANT LEFT”. As if the Left has never had signs made of GWB or any Republican with the same display? We need to look no further than the recent protests in Wisconsin to find signs of GOP Governor Walker depicted as Hitler. I guess we must have missed the news that they were attacked for expressing their freedom of speech.

Initial police accounts had indicated that the man had a sign supporting Obama, but witnesses later said it was an anti-Obama sign with a Hitler mustache drawn over the president’s face.

The attack happened around 11:30 a.m. Monday in the 1200 block of Fell Street, where the victim, a 29-year-old Daly City man, had set up his table, said Capt. Denis O’Leary of the SFPD’s Park Station.

A man and woman approached the victim, tore the sign and shook the table, causing the political literature to fall to the ground.

The attackers also kicked the man in the hand, O’Leary said.

Where is the MSM clammering over this violation of this man’s First Amendment Rights? Where is the ACLU, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton? Where are the cries of “No Justice, No Peace”? I guess we should not hold our breath.

VP Joe Biden goes to UNH to Discusses New Guidelines Regarding Sex Crimes on School Campuses

VP Biden gets an “A” for bringing the issue to light of the increasing number of sex crimes on school campuses. Reading, Writing and Arrhythmic is not also supposed to include sexual assault.

Vice President Joe Biden travels to the Granite state today and will discuss at the University of New Hampshire new Education Department instructions to public school districts, colleges and universities about their responsibilities under civil rights laws to prevent sexual violence. However, is this just more federal government interference? Although I do not completely agree with the remedy of federal govt involvement, I do commend the Veep for bringing the issue to the forefront.

“Sexual violence can happen to anyone, and it happens at the best colleges,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. “Very few report the crime to law enforcement because when they do, universities often fail to discipline the offender, leaving him free to do it again.”

Mr. Biden’s New Hampshire visit is part of a broader effort by the Obama administration to draw attention to sexual violence and ways to prevent it, officials said.

“There is a terrible and alarming trend in the country of sexual violence,” said Russlyn H. Ali, assistant secretary of education who heads the Office of Civil Rights. (NY Times: Read full story)

 I do not doubt that Biden’s heart is in the right place; however, there needs to be a lot more to prevent sexual crimes on school campuses than an edict from on high from and Education Department and a 19 page letter to all educational institutions that receive federal money. Once again we are witness to the strings, ropes chains that are attached to receiving federal monies.

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Tucson Gunman Jared Lee Loughner Indicted on 49 Charges in Tuscon Massacre Shooting & Assassination Attempt

Jared Lee Loughner, the man accused in the Tuscon, Arizona shooting massacre has been indicted on 49 counts including murder and attempted murder that left six people dead and critically wounded Arizona US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Among the indictments is the assassination attempt of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords that carries a potential death sentence.

The full Federal indictment can be read HERE.

A grand jury had indicted Loughner, 22, on three counts of attempted murder, including one alleging that he tried to kill Giffords with a Glock semiautomatic handgun during an event for constituents at a Tucson grocery store in January.

The new indictment, returned by a federal grand jury Thursday, includes those three charges and adds murder charges connected to the deaths of John M. Roll, a federal district judge, and Gabriel M. Zimmerman, a staff member for Giffords. He also faces charges in the deaths of Dorothy J. Morris, Phyllis C. Schneck, Dorwan C. Stoddard, and a child, referred to in the indictment as C-T G.

Forty-sex new indictments were added to the existing three counts of attempted murder against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D) and two aides as U.S Attorney Dennis K. Burke stated that Loughner violated the civil right of all attending the Giffords’ event. Burke stated, “These victims were exercising one of the most precious and fundamental rights of American citizens: the right to meet freely, openly and peaceably with their member of Congress.”

But, employing a novel legal argument, prosecutors persuaded a federal grand jury to indict him on 46 new charges, on the theory that the shootings occurred on protected federal ground, as if it happened in Congress. Six people, including a chief federal district judge, were killed, and 13 – including Giffords – were injured.

 Prosecutors have yet to say whether they will seek the death penalty; however, the option is certainly available.

ACLU Upset with President Obama for his TSA Pat-Downs Joke During SOTU … “Violations of the Constitution are NO JOKE!”

It does not appear that all were amused with President Barack Obama’s SOTU speech. The ACLU is expressing their ire over Obama’s TSA pat-down joke. While talking about spending more tax payer dollars on high-speed rail, Obama joked that “you go places in half the time it takes to travel by car and for some trips, it will be faster than flying – without the pat-down.” Needless to say, the ACLU was not amused.

“… for some trips, it will be faster than flying – without the pat-down”

During his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Barack Obama cracked a joke about TSA pat-downs – and earned an immediate rebuke from the ACLU.

Awkward laughter and a scattered applause followed as Obama smiled and chuckled.

Moments after the president made the remark, the American Civil Liberties Union fired out a Tweet that read: “President Obama makes funny about TSA pat-downs, but the violations of the Constitution are NO JOKE!”

It was accompanied by a link to a scathing report on the ACLU’s Web site, which noted complaints “from men, women and children who reported feeling humiliated and traumatized by these searches, and, in some cases, comparing their psychological impact to sexual assaults.”

As Weasel Zippers stated, isn’t it great when Progressives attack each other.