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I talked at length about the hate in the heart of one man with a massive audience, Pat Robertson, but it has seeped down into my daily life today just as it did a few years ago in Austin, Texas as you will here in an upcoming blog.

Today was a day off for many but the reason for the holiday is a celebration of a great man, the “I have a dream…” man who awakened so many of us in the 60’s and beyond to the state of racial division in this country and the recipe for its cure.

Martin Luther King Jr. (born January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination in this country through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. He also focused his efforts on ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War from a religious perspective when his untimely death occurred at the hands of a man whose name I shall not yet speak.

This glorious man spoke the wondrous words, “The measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, bet where he stands at times of challenges and controversy,” and was the poster for this highest measure.

It was with this man in mind that a friend of mind and I went out fro a beer to toast this great leader. Just as we sat down, a man walked into the bar to wish us a “Happy James Earl Ray Day”. I couldn’t believe the words at first… It took a few seconds to register… Was this guy really saying with malice and aforethought that he was celebrating the assassin of Martin Luther King Jr.? I said, “You’ve got to be kidding?” and he just smirked. I wanted to punch him in the face but he was much bigger than my friend or I so I just started the berating of his intelligence but you know people of that ilk. The point was to raise my blood pressure and I was falling into his well-sprung trap so I stopped.

Instead we started talking a bit louder about our left of left heroes – the ones that live next door to left, one the left side, of course. Barbra Streisand, Alex Baldwin, Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, JFK, President Obama, a little Michael Moore to make it sting, The Dixie Chicks, Robert Redford, really just anyone we could think of on the fly…. Oh yeah, there was Al Sharpton even though he’s a little out of my taste but he did the trick as grunts and groans began to come from our man conveniently enough on our LEFT.

As we perused our list of lefties we also brought out our favorite agendas and those in positions of power to ensure they stay the way they are. It was just a list of names: Gingburg, Sotomayer, Breyer, Stevens, and Kennedy. Five names, but a majority where it counts! I’m not exactly sure he knew these were Supreme Court Justices so we made sure to spell it out. These are the five who will keep Roe V. Wade where it is. The court has not been overrun and it looks like the wind might be blowing our way. You just never know.

Granted, things don’t look all that pleasant as we head into midterm elections next year but there is always room for a tide change and it’s all the more reason to get out there and work for your congressman and our recently vacated mayor Bill White as he runs for Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s vacated Senate seat on the Democratic ticket. Do you know how long it’s been since we have had a Democrat in the Senate? Lloyd Benson was the last one and Bill White is just the man to do it too.

So… On the memorial day of a great man like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we must look at the stormy seas of our past and the wind and rainy days ahead with our umbrellas out ready for the sun to shine brightly at any moment. We have a great man at the helm doing his best in the roughest waves we have seen in our lifetime. War, natural disasters, failing economy, healthcare crisis and he is taking it all on as a only a true leader can with grace, patience, diligence, and strength through the unrest and unpopular times any president would face. He “has a dream” too and will take us through a little closer to “…the Promised Land…”

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Much Love.

Inspired By Sappho’s Muse

MUSIC OF THE DAY
The first song of the day is a song Will.I.Am wrote during the Obama campaign to capture the spirit of America and I feel it really captures MLK’s as well as the resilience and goodness of the American people. It is aptly titled America’s Song and features the likes of Bono, Mary J Blige, Faith Hill, and Seal with David Foster producing and tickling the ivories. It’s a must hear. While you listen remember how good we have it and when you think of Haiti in the coming weeks, give generously, if not monetarily, take goods like clothes, cooking supplies, whatever to the Red Cross. The second song is from a great artist, Miss Joan Armatrading, called All The Way From America. If you’ve never heard either of these songs, you are in for a treat. These are great songs!

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