MLK -- what would he say today?

Kevin Miller · Post by **Kevin Miller** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:46 pm

Careful Joe! Posting that speech without permission could get you in trouble with the King family.
It seems that the King family is keeping a tight rein over the words spoken by MLK. A Fox News talking head lamented that many kids today aren't being exposed to the "I Have a Dream" speech because the King family is limiting access and use. Shouln't such a universal message of freedom and equality be available to all the people? Apparently not if you can make a buck off it.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9905/11/king.speech.02/

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:51 pm

Kevin Miller wrote:Careful Joe! Posting that speech without permission could get you in trouble with the King family.
It seems that the King family is keeping a tight rein over the words spoken by MLK. A Fox News talking head lamented that many kids today aren't being exposed to the "I Have a Dream" speech because the King family is limiting access and use. Shouln't such a universal message of freedom and equality be available to all the people? Apparently not if you can make a buck off it.

http://www.cnn.com/US/9905/11/king.speech.02/

CBS seems to be making quite a few bucks off of it:

"Let's talk about who's being greedy," Beck said. "We give the speech to schools for free. We give the speech to non-profits and churches for free. CBS -- they don't deny it -- charges $1,000 a minute for a public school to have access to 'I Have a Dream.'"

CBS officials said they determine charges on a case-by-case basis.

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:39 pm

One thing I know as a distant relative of Dr. MLK is he would be abhored by the actions and sayings of his supposed good friend, Jesse Jackson.

From Broadway the Hard Way
Frank Zappa
"Rhymin' Man"

Rhymin' Man,
Tall and tan,
Rhyme or reason,
Play your hand --
Rhyme on this -- rhyme on that
Oh, you naughty Democrat!

They say when Doctor King got shot,
Jesse hatched an awful plot,
Dipped his hands in the Doctor's blood,
'N rubbed his shirt like playin' with mud
Looked around for all the press,
Said: "Check me out, my name is Jess!
I'll be known from towns 'n farms --
Doctor King died in my arms!"

Rhymin' Man,
Tall and tan,
Rhyme or reason,
Play your hand --
Rhyme on this -- rhyme on that
Oh, you naughty Democrat!

A few years later, legend says,
Rhymin' man made a run for Prez
Farrakhan made him a clown,
Over there near Hymie-Town
Said he was a diplomat --
Hobbin' an-a-knobbin' with Arafat
Castro was simpatico,
Though the U.S. voters, they said: "No!"

Rhymin' Man,
Tall and tan,
Rhyme or reason,
Play your hand --
Rhyme on this -- rhyme on that
Oh, you naughty Democrat!

Okay, here we go again!
Rhymin' Man says he's your friend
Any fool can make a rhyme --
Cowboys do it all the time
(We could do, they sure do)
People say: "Now he's mature!"
Cowboys rhyme that with horse manure

Horse manure!
(Horse manure)
That's for sure!
You been cheatin' --
We kept score!
Are you "this"?
Or are you "that"?
Oh, you naughty
Demo . . . (crat!)
Democrat!

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:33 am

... and I submit that IF we are moving, then we are moving in the right direction, anyway...

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:16 pm

Beergardenblatter wrote:the message of MLK has been bastardized from the original intent and the bastards are everywhere....

I can agree with this, too.