tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691757629712580616.post2111133123648324380..comments2023-10-29T06:52:39.011-07:00Comments on Monkey Lounge: The Colored Elephant In the Roomkieulinhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10132710557045468416noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691757629712580616.post-59908191124572377702008-08-29T13:35:00.000-07:002008-08-29T13:35:00.000-07:00Mr King, how we miss you. What a brilliant flame a...Mr King, how we miss you. What a brilliant flame and erudite man. What a bold and thoughtful voice of truth. Mr. King held nothing back and called a spade a spade. No wavering. No straddling a populist centrist position. What an intellect, what a gift, what a contribution and sacrifice, what a man. <BR/><BR/>Barack Obama will be a good president, perhaps even a great one someday. But he owes everything to the courage and sacrifice of Mr. King and all those who struggled for equality in this country. He owes a debt to those who lost their lives at the end of a rope in the backwoods of Mississippi, and to the jew-boy freedom riders who tried to join that fight and ended up a corpses face down in a southern swamp. For the memory and debt of all those who fought for freedom and died trying he must acknowledge the truth that the fight for equality and against racism is not yet won in this country.<BR/><BR/>Is now, when we are a few weeks away from electing our first obviously multi-racial president, the time to make that statement? I don't know. It can be argued for several perspectives. In this case the end probably justifies the means. The position of the president can be a great place to affect change. But if it is not said now, then it must be said soon. And it must be backed up with action. <BR/><BR/>I think Barack Obama is a good man. Mr. King was a great man. Barack Obama can't hold a candle to the flame of Mr. King... Even 45 years later. But there is time and opportunity for Barack Obama to achieve something really great for this country. Let's hope he has the wisdom and courage to use that opportunity to its fullest and make real change.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04398289980972576928noreply@blogger.com