One of the things we should remember when we observe holidays for “a specific person” is that we also honor the ideals that person gave us. Martin Luther King’s birthday isn’t just about him, it’s about the struggle for civil rights for all in this country, and the importance of ensuring they are protected. It’s also about change acer aspire 1350 battery,acer aspire 1510 battery through non-violence — something we should all stay aware of. Would you feel better about the holiday if it was called “Civil Rights Day”? Or “Human Dignity Day”? Or “Change Through Peace Day”?

Hear hear!!!! Also, people leave out that Robert Kennedy was speaking to a mostly black crowd and announcing to them that MLK was dead. To me that was start of the narrative MLK spoke of in regards to race relations.

Obama is in Indiana today, while the other presidential candidates are in Memphis. While obviously, the most significant thing that happened 40 years ago was the assassination of King, it was in Indianapolis that Robert Kennedy gave a crowd of people the news that King was killed. It was largely due to Kennedy’s plea for calm that Indianapolis remained quiet while virtually every other sizable city in the country was beset by riots.

Let the other candidates exploit the anniversary of the tragedy for votes. I’m glad Obama is in Indiana — I feel comfortable with that symbolism.

Aw, geez — are you gonna make me paste my post again with the correction? ;-)

Hey, TP — when are you gonna let us edit our posts?

The only american holiday Named after a person! I think the Indians or the founding fathers should get one way before MLK
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Eau contraire. There are 10 U.S. federal holidays, and four of them are named for individual people — Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Washington’s Birthday, Columbus Day, and Christmas. And then there are three holidays to honor specific groups of people — Memorial Day (to honor fallen soldiers), Labor Day (to honor laborers), and Veteran’s Day (to honor those serving or who have served in uniform).

This leaves three holidays that don’t honor any specific person or group of people, but rather events — New Years Day, Independence Day (although many celebrations do honor our founding fathers), and Thanksgiving (and many of those celebrations honor early European settlers).

One of the things we should remember when we observe holidays for “a specific person” is that we also honor the ideals that person gave us. Martin Luther King’s birthday isn’t just about him, it’s about the struggle for civil rights for all in this country, and the importance of ensuring they are protected. It’s also about change through non-violence — something we should all stay aware of. Would you feel better about the holiday if it was called “Civil Rights Day”? Or “Human Dignity Day”? Or “Change Through Peace Day”?

I do agree that Native Americans deserve to be honored with a federal holiday. And I think that ditching Columbus Day to make room for it would be appropriate. Observing a holiday that basically says this land mass didn’t exist until a white guy “discovered” it sends the wrong message.

Does anyone know what his current position is on the Confederate flag?

The above is the most odious thing about all of this. What McCain’s trying to do here is identify Dr. King with the fiasco in the Middle East. He’s suggesting that our endless chain of war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan are inspired by King’s legacy and are inspired by his work. This is absolutely disgraceful but…… what else is new?

Hey troll — why don’t you stop posting?

McCain is on track to receive less of the black vote than even GB. Of course, he won’t care.

This should come out real good when Obama’s nominated.

I think Miss Molly said it best in another thread. He needs to keep taking all the wrong turns and when he gets to the cliff keep going…

Sorry Miss Molly if I didn’t get it completely right….

A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to restore and strengthen civil rights laws that ban discrimination in employment, and for other purposes.

McCain is the last person in the world who should talk about Martin Luther King. He voted Nay to this bill, something that Mr. King believed in strongly. Has he no shame…